ANR Employee News

UC Cooperative Extension advisor Rose Hayden-Smith has taught schoolchildren at 4-H summer camps about food, inspired Master Gardener volunteers to plant school gardens, led the UC Cooperative Extension office in Ventura County as its first female director, and encouraged fellow University of Califo...

"Wellness Spot" Leaders Are you interested in leading a 5-minute "Wellness Spot" for your colleagues in the coming months? What is a wellness spot? It is a presentation/activity that you provide that shares how you incorporate wellness into your life.

McPherson joins ANR as Bay Area UCCE regional director Frank McPherson joined UC ANR on Feb. 3, 2020, as a regional director for UC Cooperative Extension serving Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco and San Mateo counties, and Elkus Ranch Environmental Education Center.

To gain a better understanding of UC ANR's work in communities and to see firsthand how UC's Agricultural Extension programs engage with the public in an urban setting, the UC ANR Governing Council toured the South Coast Research and Extension Center in Irvine on Feb. 19.

Another survey is about to land in your inbox, but this one is special. The ANR@Work Survey which will be open from March 17 through April 3 is the opportunity for all academics and staff to provide feedback about their experience working at UC ANR.