Extension Updates

To assure that all of you are kept up to date on a regular basis, the three regional directors and the state Extension Administration Office provides bi-weekly Extension Updates. This forum is for all Extension announcements, so if you have something to distribute, please forward it to Lori Bates with FOR EXTENSION UPDATE noted.

September 27, 2013

On Behalf of the State Extension Administration Office Update


Program Leadership Team (PLT) – Jan Carroll

Program Leadership Team (PLT) will meet face to face Monday, 9 – 11 a.m. in University Square to discuss planning and reporting after a small working group has gathered substantial input. Two conference calls (September 10 & 12) included almost all Work Teams (WTs). Please contact your regional representative(s) on PLT, your Program Area Leader (PAL), or me with any questions or concerns. This is a schedule revision of the earlier PLT calendar, which was to have been a PA/WT reporting call on Monday.

Diversity Catalyst Team (DCT) – Jan Carroll

Diversity Catalyst Team (DCT) will meet by conference call October 10 at 8 a.m. at 970-491-2609. We are strategizing our presence at Extension Forum, and planning our annual face-to-face meeting (Fort Morgan on December 11–12). Please join the call if you are interested in Extension diversity efforts, and plan to join our meeting if you can.

Forum 2013 – Judy Barth

Forum will be held November 4-8. Forum 2013 will look very different from previous years. First and foremost, only the far north end of the Lory Student Center is available, so all meetings will take place in Rooms 220-230 and the North Ballroom. Entrance to LSC is through the Transit Center on the north side.

This year Forum is being planned by the Program Area Leaders (PALs) and will be content update for all program areas. Attached is the current agenda – only small changes are expected at this point. As you will see, the time each individual will need to be at Forum is likely shorter than in previous years. 4-H activities begin on Monday and conclude with the Awards and Recognition Reception and Banquet on Tuesday evening. Ag/NR and FCS programming begins Tuesday at 11AM on Tuesday and will conclude no later than 5PM on Thursday. There are NO scheduled activities on Friday.

Another change that you’ll notice is that we will NOT be offering full breakfasts each morning. Since many hotels offer breakfast as a part of the room cost, we will reduce morning offerings to drinks and healthy snacks. Breaks and the Thursday boxed lunches will be provided in the programming rooms. The only joint time will be the Administrative Update on Tuesday afternoon and the Reception/Banquet Tuesday evening.

Registration will open October 7 and remain open until October 21. The registration fee will be $75 this year. If you have questions about the general Forum agenda, please contact my office. If you have specific questions about the programming sessions, please contact the appropriate PAL: 4-H - Jeff Goodwin; Energy - Cary Weiner; Community Development - Jacque Miller; Competitive and Sustainable Agriculture AND Natural Resources and the Environment - Steve Newman; and Family and Consumer Sciences - Susan Baker.

Flood Recovery Resources – Ruth Willson

In an effort to try to keep the Flood Recovery Resources page so it isn’t so overwhelming to those who need the information quickly and succinctly, Joanne Littlefield and I met and have moved some resources that seem more for agents to another area labeled 'Agent Resources'. You will see that link once you get into the Flood Recovery page on the left side navigation directly under 'Flood Recovery Resources'. If you have more resources or suggestions, feel free to send to Joanne or me. We hope you find this helpful.

Specialists’ Introductions

Don Kitchen

Meet CSU Extension Specialist
Dr. Don Kitchen

Title: Associate Professor
College: Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Department: Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratories
% Extension Time: 7%
Years with CSU: 5
Extension/Outreach Involvement: Outreach and education of local veterinarians and stock producers in Western Colorado.
Research Area: None…we are a service laboratory.
Hobbies/Interests: Photography, hunting and enjoying the Colorado outdoors
Contact Information: Western Slope Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, 425 29 Road, Grand Junction, Co 81504, 970-243-0673 don.kitchen@colostate.edu

 

Tony Koski

Meet CSU Extension Specialist Tony Koski

Title: Professor
College: Agricultural Sciences
Department: Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
% Extension Time: 54%
Years with CSU: 25
Extension/Outreach Involvement: CO Master Gardener training, Lawncheck, diagnostics for golf course, sports turf, sod production, commercial lawn care industry; education at Rocky Mountain Turf Conference, ProGreen, other state, regional and national industry conferences; co-chair of Environmental Horticulture Work Team.
Research Area: Turf and landscape water use/irrigation efficiency, turf weed management, development and evaluation of turf species and cultivars for use in the Rocky Mountain region.
Teaching Responsibilities: HORT 341 (Turf Management) and advising of students in Turf Management concentration.
Hobbies/Interests: Golf, golf course architecture, gardening
Contact Information: 101A Shepardson, 1173 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1173, 970-491-7070, 970-222-1450 (cell) tony.koski@colostate.edu

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