Extension Echoes

December 2007/January 2008

Deborah Young, Director

From the Director - Deborah J. Young

2007 Top Extension Stories from the Director:
Resources, communications, leading by learning

CSU Extension thrives. Despite challenges in funding higher education in the state, Extension is developing new opportunities for funding programs -- emphasizing grants, contracts and endowments. CSU Extension in Adams County received the first ever endowed position for 4-H Youth Development, thanks to the generous support of a local family. Extension established new goals for garnering support from local advocates and clientele. Thirteen new staff have been hired since 8/1/07, including county agents, regional specialists, assistant director/finance, and technology and communications/marketing coordinators. All are bringing high energy and great ideas.

CSU Extension reaches out to all. By communicating, in many ways, with county commissioners, state and county advisory boards, and residents of the state, Extension is committed to addressing the needs of Colorado. The 2007 annual report showcased real Coloradans benefiting directly from Extension programs. In a matter of months the report was distributed more widely than any previous annual report. Informational articles in newsletters, magazines and newspapers continue to market the organization. Extension is frequently represented on a dozen radio broadcasts and one TV show across the state. The Extension website is being renewed and reviewed for launch in mid-2008. Plans are underway to use new technology to reach new Colorado audiences - whether it's using podcasts, vcasts, blogs or on-line courses.

New Extension Director learns about the state. In her first five months in Colorado, Young visited counties and extension offices across the state, attending workshops and seminars in all program areas. She met with faculty and administrators in the Colleges of Agricultural Sciences, Applied Human Sciences, Natural Resources, Veterinary Medicine and Engineering. Round tables were held for all specialists as well. Constituents from organizations around the state provided valuable input, including Rocky Mountain Farmers Union, Colorado Farm Bureau, Colorado Livestock Association, Colorado State Fair, Colorado Cattlemen's Association, Colorado Department of Agriculture, Colorado State Conservation Board and Colorado Counties Inc., and Central Colorado Water Conservancy District. Two issues identified in these conversations, which Extension has opportunities to address, are water and energy.

User Fees Report

user fee measure

The user fee program established financial targets for all local Extension offices throughout the state. The target set for 2007-08 is a net $75,000 expected contribution to CSU. The revenues for 2007-08 through the end of November reached $45,633.







Contracts and Grants 2007

With the increased emphasis in CSU Extension on alternative revenue sources, we will include successful contract and grant awards. Following is a listing of our newly awarded contracts and grants in September-October 2007. The amounts awarded list the direct costs.

November/December 2007 Awards

Investigators Sponsor Title Award
Date		 Amount
Donna J Liess (Primary PI)-; (Co-PIs)- Eric McPhail Rhonda Follman; Irene Shonle; William Nobles; Elisa Ann Shackelton; Kurt Jones; Deborah A Alpe ; Karen Crumbaker; Linda M Yoder ; Kenneth Tremblay; Janet M Sennhenn Colorado Dept Public Health & Environ 2007-2008 Colorado Indoor Radon Grants 11/13/2007 $4,062
Elisa Ann Shackelton (Primary PI)-; (Co-PIs)- Eric H McPhail; Rhonda Follman; Irene Shonle; William Nobles; Donna Liess ; Kurt Jones; Deborah Alpe; Karen Crumbaker; Linda Yoder; Kenneth Tremblay; Janet Sennhenn Colorado Dept Public Health & Environ 2007-2008 Colorado Indoor Radon Grants 11/12/2007 $9,405
Irene Shonle (Primary PI)-; (Co-PIs)- Eric McPhail; Rhonda Follman; William Nobles; Donna Liess; Elisa Shackelton; Kurt Jones; Deborah Alpe; Karen Crumbaker; Linda Yoder; Kenneth Tremblay; Janet Sennhenn Colorado Dept Public Health & Environ 2007-2008 Colorado Indoor Radon Grants 11/13/2007 $1,675
Jan Carroll (Primary PI)-; (Co-PI)-Jeff Goodwin Kansas State University Military 4-H Clubs in Colorado 11/30/2007 $30,000
Janet L Miller-Heyl ; David L MacPhee (Co-PI) HHS-OS-OPHS-Office of Population Affairs DARE to Be You Care to Wait Family-Based Prevention Program 10/23/07 $335,843
Jeffrey E Tranel (Primary PI)- Colorado Department of Natural Resources Colorado Water for the 21st Century: Educating the Public 11/1/2007 $20,294
Karen M Crumbaker (Primary PI)-; (Co-PIs)- Eric McPhail; Rhonda Follman; Irene Shonle; William Nobles; Donna Liess; Elisa Shackelton; Kurt Jones; Deborah Alpe; Linda Yoder; Kenneth Tremblay; Janet Sennhenn Colorado Dept Public Health & Environ 2007-2008 Colorado Indoor Radon Grants 11/13/2007 $2,842
Kurt M Jones (Primary PI)-; (Co-PIs)- Eric McPhail; Rhonda Follman; Irene Shonle; William Nobles; Donna Liess; Elisa Shackelton; Deborah Alpe; Karen Crumbaker; Linda Yoder ; Kenneth Tremblay; Janet Sennhenn Colorado Dept Public Health & Environ 2007-2008 Colorado Indoor Radon Grants 11/13/2007 $3,871
Linda M Yoder (Primary PI); (Co-PIs) Eric McPhail; Rhonda Follman; Irene Shonle; William Nobles; Donna Liess; Elisa Shackelton; Kurt Jones; Deborah Alpe; Karen Crumbaker; Kenneth Tremblay; Janet Sennhenn Colorado Dept Public Health & Environ 2007-2008 Colorado Indoor Radon Grants 11/13/2007 $2,064
Robert W Hammon (Primary PI)- USDA-USFS-Rocky Mtn. Rsrch Station - CO Managing Insect Pests Affecting Seed Production of Native Forbs and Grasses 10/30/2007 $12,500

JCEP Galaxy III

The Joint Council of Extension Professionals (JCEP) Board invites Extension colleagues to attend the Galaxy III Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana, September 15-19, 2008. The Galaxy III theme is "Celebrating the Extension System: Strengths, Diversity, and Unique Qualities." The Galaxy conference is a wonderful opportunity for Extension professionals from all subject matter areas and all parts of the country to network, learn together, and continue to build programs that will serve the citizens of our communities now and well into the future. Check their website often for updates: sharepoint.agriculture.purdue.edu/ces/galaxy/default.aspx. Proposals for competency building/ program development concurrent sessions, roundtable discussions, posters, and research presentations at the Extension 2008 Galaxy III Conference are due by January 15, 2008. The website to submit proposals is: ext.msstate.edu/survey/galaxy. All submissions must be submitted electronically.

Social Work Center for Lifelong Learning and Outreach Education

The School of Social Work has formed the Social Work Center for Life Long Learning and Outreach Education (CLOE). Nancy Banman, Extension specialist, serves as the director. Underserved populations will be reached, especially those in more rural areas of Colorado. Programs include distance education opportunities, certificate programs, workshops, institute trainings, and special projects. It hopes to support the goals of CSU Extension by designing evaluation instruments, providing knowledge for sustainable community development, developing social capital leadership education programs, and forming strong collaborative relationships with the communities of Colorado. Excerpt from TODAY@CSU and 2006-2007 Social Work News.

Announcements

Awards...

Deborah Valentine, Director, School of Social Work was honored recently with the Presidential Award from the Council on Social Work Education at the annual national conference in San Francisco. Her many important contributions to social work education for several years were acknowledged. As mentioned in Today@CSU, she has provided the leadership for several innovative social work programs at Colorado State University such as a mediation certificate program that addresses an emerging dimension of social work practice with a substantive curriculum and high quality instruction. She has also created an office of outreach education concerned with meeting the education and training needs of social workers and human services agencies throughout Colorado. Congratulations to Dr. Valentine for this honor!

The 2008 Distinguished Alumni will be honored at a banquet on Saturday, February 9, 2008, at the Hilton Fort Collins. Jean Hoshiko (friend) has been selected to receive the Distinguished Extension Award and William Wailes (campus) the Jim and Nadine Henry Award. We congratulate them for this special recognition!

Best wishes to...

Barbie Latoski (Jefferson County) married Michael Garnett on November 3 in Lakewood.

Brooke Balenseifen (Otero County) married on November 10 to Dustin Matthew.

Holli Bowman (Broomfield County) married Christopher Campbell on November 24 in Denver.

Troy and Joy Bauder (campus) upon the birth of their grandson Kaden on December 11.

Get well soon to...

Meg Wilson (campus) for recent foot surgery.

Retirement...

Doug Hall (campus) began his career with CSU Extension on June 6, 1980, and retires on December 31, 2007. During his career, he enjoyed working for a number of different Extension Directors and with all the state and county Extension employees throughout the state. Per Doug, he will miss working with co-workers that have great 'people skills' but he is looking forward to spending more time with his family and working on his hobbies. Doug and his wife Marian will continue to reside in the Ft. Collins area after he retires.

Frank Sobolik (Pueblo) retired on January 3, 2008, with a reception planned for January 30 at 1:00 p.m. at the Old Towne Carriage House, 102 S. Victoria on the HARP, Pueblo. Frank has been employed in government service positions for almost 44 years, 33.5 years of which have been spent as an Extension Agent. He began his career in Extension with North Dakota State University in 1974 as an Area Agronomy Agent and transferred to Colorado State University in the summer of 1989 to the position of County Director in Pueblo County. Frank's main program area centered on agriculture and horticulture plus all of the necessary administrative duties assigned a county director. He has served as president of ESP and CCAA and has been active in both organizations at the state and national level. Frank has been very supportive of the 4-H/Youth Development and Consumer and Family Science programs and has worked with the staff assigned primary responsibility for these areas to bring new processes and ideas to Pueblo County. In his role as county director, Frank has become acquainted with all the local legislators, county commissioners as well as additional leaders across Colorado. He has served as a representative for Pueblo County on the Colorado Counties Incorporated Agriculture Committee and was the educational liaison for a 13 county coalition of commissioners in southeastern Colorado. Frank says he is not retiring, just moving on to another interesting and challenging opportunity. Real estate (license and opportunity forthcoming) will allow him to join his life partner, Jan, in a whole new world still working with people. We wish him the best.

Nancy Race (campus) will retire on January 31, 2008. After earning her B.A. at Susquehanna University in Pennsylvania, Nancy lived in many states and in Costa Rica and Peru. She was an assistant in the Department of Agricultural and Resources Economics from 1980 until joining CSU Extension in 2004. Nancy enjoyed the people in Extension. A reception will be on January 25 in the Student Center at 3:00 p.m. Her retirement plans include more time with her husband Tracy, travel, volunteer work, reading and gardening.

Sympathy to...

Milan Rewerts (retired, campus) on the recent death of his sister in Texas.

Personnel Update

Update as of January 9, 2008

-Judith Barth, Assistant Director, Operations

Note: Only currently active positions are listed here. Positions under review will no longer be listed.

A reminder:
Anyone interested in receiving information on Extension positions outside of Colorado should subscribe to our "jobs" listserv by sending an e-mail message to list@coop.ext.colostate.edu. In the body of the message type "subscribe jobs firstname lastname."

NORTHERN REGION - JoAnn Powell

Adams County
Family Service Coordinator (Family Success in Adams County (FSAC), #03-08
The position was advertised with an application deadline of January 4, 2008. Applications are being reviewed. Interviews are scheduled for January 30, 2008

Small Acreage Coordinator
Jeremy Cronk accepted this position effective January 14, 2008. Jeremy has a B.A. in Economics from University of Northern Colorado. Jeremy has experience in dryland agriculture and small acreage developments.

Denver
Extension Agent, 4-H Youth Development
New grant-funded position. The position description is being developed.

Extension Agent, Food Stamp Nutrition Education (FSNE)
Alison Ruppel resigned effective December 30, 2007.

Golden Plains Area
Area Extension Agent (Agronomy), #27-07
The search was unsuccessful. The vacancy will be readvertised.

Jefferson County
County Extension Director, #18-07
The vacancy will be readvertised.

SOUTHERN REGION - Joel Plath

Huerfano County
County Extension Director
Amy Hart has been appointed Interim County Director .50 FTE effective November 19, 2007. Amy will continue with County Extension Agent, Food Stamp Nutrition Education (FSNE) .50 FTE in Las Animas County.

Pueblo County
County Extension Director
Frank Sobolik retired effective January 3, 2008. Marvin Reynolds has been appointed Interim County Extension Director effective January 4, 2008.

Southeast Area - Cheyenne and Kiowa Counties
Area Extension Agent, 4-H Youth Development, #05-08
The position will be advertised with an application deadline of February 18, 2008.

Southeast Area - Crowley/Otero Counties
Area Extension Agent (Range and Livestock Management), #19-07
Crowley/Otero Counties, Ordway, CO
The search was unsuccessful. The position has been readvertised as #01-08 with an application deadline of December 21, 2007. Interviews are scheduled for February 12 and 14, 2008.

Southeast Area Prowers and Bent Counties
Area Extension Agent, 4-H Youth Development, #04-08
The position will be advertised with an application deadline of February 11, 2008.

Teller County
County Extension Director, #22-07
The search was unsuccessful. The position was readvertised as #02-08 with an application deadline of January 7, 2008. Applications are being reviewed. Interviews are scheduled for February 27-29, 2008.

WESTERN REGION - Nathan Moreng

No active positions at this time.

STATE STAFF

Extension Regional Communications and Marketing Coordinator, #24-07
Front Range Joanne Littlefield has accepted the position effective February 1, 2008. Joanne has a B.S. in Broadcast Journalism/Environmental Studies from Southern Illinois University and a Master of Mass Communication in Journalism and Mass Communication from Arizona State University. Joanne has been employed by Arizona Cooperative Extension as an information specialist coordinator, media information and education specialist.

Assistant Director, Budgets and Finance, #23-07
Wesley Scharf has accepted the position effective February 1, 2008. Wesley has a B.S. in Business Finance from Colorado State University and an M.B.A. in Financial Management from the University of Colorado at Denver. Wesley has been employed as a Financial Analyst, Director of Finance and Accounting/Controller, and Senior Assistant Controller.

Computer Applications Training Coordinator, #25-07
Technology Unit
The search was cancelled. Jeff Wood returned to this position, .75 FTE, effective January 1, 2008.

Resource Coordinator (1/2 time/.50 FTE position), #26-07
Colorado Family Education, Resources & Training (CFERT) Project
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Sandra Tinsman resigned effective December 31, 2007. Interviews were December 11, 2007. Chryste Weitzel has accepted the position effective January 14, 2008. Chryste has a B.A. in Social Work and a Masters in Education and Human Resources Studies both from Colorado State University. Chryste has been employed an a Human Resources Coordinator, Career Development Specialist, Training and Senior Learning Coordinator, and an In House Suspension Monitor/Tech Lab Instructor.

Personnel Directory

Be sure to check the information listed in the on-line personnel directory at: www.ext.colostate.edu/cedirectory. If you have questions or problems, contact Joy Bauder at 970-491-3887 or joy.bauder@colostate.edu.

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All items for Extension Echoes should be sent to:

Nancy Race, Program Assistant
Colorado State University Extension
4040 Campus Delivery
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523
nancy.race@colostate.edu

Updated Monday, August 29, 2011