Join the UC ANR 2040 Strategic Visioning Committee either in-person or over Zoom to provide feedback on the initial draft of UC ANR's 2040 Strategic Vision and to network with colleagues.

Thank you to our UC ANR network and external partners who have already completed the Strategic Visioning Input Survey, which will be used to inform the 2040 vision document. Before this important document is finalized, you are invited to provide feedback on the draft components as they will guide UC ANR's work and allocation of resources over the next 15 years.

Here is what you can expect during these interactive sessions:

• Get an overview of the draft components that make up UC ANR's 2040 Strategic Vision document – mission, vision, list of key California challenges and correlated areas of focus for UC ANR research, Extension and programming.
• Participate in an activity to prioritize the challenges facing California and the opportunities for UC ANR to address these challenges.
• Break out in small groups by areas of focus to brainstorm specific ways in which UC ANR should engage with Californians to address identified challenges.
• Enjoy lunch (in-person sessions only) and network with colleagues.

See the table for specific dates and locations.  Space is limited so please register now to ensure you can participate.

Please select the session that best fits with your schedule and location. If you are not able to attend in-person, please register for one of the virtual sessions. Register at https://na.eventscloud.com/ereg/newreg.php?eventid=767744&.

In-person feedback sessions are 10 a.m.–noon followed by lunch and networking.

Davis – Dec. 7 

Santa Cruz – Jan. 9

Riverside – Jan. 16

Merced –Feb. 9

Redding – Feb. 27

Virtual via Zoom

Zoom Session #1
Dec. 11, 10 a.m.–noon  

Zoom Session #2
Jan. 3, 1–3 pm  

Zoom Session #3
Feb. 8, 3–5 p.m.

Contact Program Support Unit, at (530) 750-1361 with any questions.

Programmatic Footprint Map

A 30-minute webinar on “UC ANR's Programmatic Footprint Maps: Using the maps with new secondary data to inform position proposals” will be presented Nov. 9 from noon to 12:30 p.m.

UCCE Programmatic Footprint Maps illustrate current positions for UCCE advisors, UCCE specialists, other UCCE academics and community educators, as well as the UCCE advisor and specialist positions under recruitment. 

Newly available secondary data layers provide county-level data with relevant information which, when coupled with local knowledge, can help illuminate gaps and needs to inform UCCE position-proposal development and future hiring.

Join Katherine Webb-Martinez, director of Program Planning and Evaluation; Han Pham financial analyst and reporting manager; Nathan Ritchie, financial analyst; Christopher Hanson, system administrator for ANR computer-based reporting systems; and Shane Feirer and Robert Johnson of IGIS on Zoom to discuss how to use the maps.

Zoom https://ucanr.zoom.us/j/751701428?pwd=Q1ZrbUtoQVJwMXJVRkQydUlwNytJQT09
Password: 4Learning

For people who can't join the live session, the webinar will be recorded and posted on the 2023-24 Call for CE Positions web page.

From left, Su-Lin Shum, Vi Pham and Elizabeth Bezark hold Pax a920 credit card machines.

The UC ANR Business Operations Center has begun loaning credit card machines on a short-term basis for payment card acceptance during sales and events.

Ten credit card machines are available on request on a short-term, first-come, first-served basis for $10 per day plus the cost of shipping and transaction fees. Borrowers must complete three required security trainings and allow at least 10 business days after they submit their request for the machine to be delivered.

ANR launched the much-anticipated Credit Card Machine Program on October 9. 

The Business Operations Center (worked with many partners to implement this new service including administrative units, UCCEs and statewide programs. We gained valuable feedback from survey data and focused discussions, allowing us to plan for an effective program with everyone in mind.

Our appreciation goes out to many individuals who worked closely with us to enable electronic payments and debit/credit card sales at all our on-site events across ANR.

Special thanks to everyone who made the UC ANR Credit Card Machine Program possible!

Specifically, we'd like to acknowledge:

Business Operations Partners

Connie Tadesse

Jaki Hsieh Wojan

Sree Mada

Jennifer Bunge

Han Pham

Tu Tran                                                                                                        

UC Master Gardener Program

Missy Gable

UC Cooperative Extension

Sheila Barry

Dustin Blakey

Rita Clemons

Lindsey Harwood

JoLynn Miller

BOC Project Team

Su-Lin Shum

Tracy Roman

Janelle Hernandez

Elizabeth Bezark

Vi Pham

Please visit the BOC's ANR Credit Card Machine Program website under the Major Initiatives & Programs menu for the request form, information on the process and required trainings, and volunteer guidelines.

ANR anticipates that the use of credit card machines will improve our customer service at our sales and events. BOC looks forward to receiving your requests and making your event operations easier through this program!

At the summit, UC colleagues gathered for a photo. From left, Phenocia Bauerle, of UC Berkeley, Michelle Villegas-Frazier of UC Davis, Rosalie Fanshel of UC Berkeley, Elizabeth Moon and Andy Lyons of UC ANR, and Kase Wheatley of UC Davis.

Andy Lyons, program coordinator for the Informatics and GIS Statewide Program (IGIS) and Elizabeth Moon, director of Workplace Inclusion & Belonging, attended the Land-Grant Partners Summit in Denver on Oct. 12-13.

The Land-Grant Partners is an alliance of 1862 land grant universities working to develop collaborations with 1994 Land Grant Institutions, i.e., tribal colleges and universities. The Land-Grant Partners project began in response to the article “Land-grab Universities: Expropriated Indigenous land is the foundation of the land-grant university system,” published in High Country News on March 30, 2020. The article revealed that Native lands were taken to fund the original land-grant institutions.

While they were in Denver, Moon and Lyons were able to attend the first day of the 2023 FALCON Conference (First Americans Land-Grant Consortium), which was held immediately after the Land-Grant Partners Summit.

“We were not formally representing ANR at either of these events,” said Lyons, “but went to listen and learn what other states are doing, in the hopes of joining forces and ultimately connecting the many people in ANR trying to deepen our relationships with tribes with colleagues in other states.”

They wrote a short blog post about the two conferences. It's posted on the IGIS blog and Together@Work blog. The story includes an interactive map of land grant colleges and universities. 

The two-year tribal college Deganawidah-Quetzalcoatl University, or D–Q University, is not currently operating in Yolo County. However California Tribal College is administering their program through Woodland Community College.