- Author: Emily Delk, Director of Annual Giving
At the conclusion of UC ANR Giving Day, 354 generous donors helped raise $72,342 for UC Cooperative Extension and the statewide programs, institutes and research centers. We welcomed 70 first time donors to UC ANR!
This show of support demonstrates the impact UC ANR is having in communities and the value that donors place on our work.
An additional $7,500 was made available to incentivize giving to our programmatic and research initiatives at the state and local levels. These funds were raised throughout the year for the ANR Incentive Fund, which is used to encourage donor engagement and increased giving to all ANR programs.
Many thanks to our UC ANR colleagues who got creative and put the extra time into successful fundraising campaigns for the event. Now, it's time to steward our donors. Reach out to learn more about why they gave and how we can continue to engage them. Strengthening our relationships is an investment in building lasting support!
Donor reports by county and program will be available in the next issue of The Scoop. Email eddelk@ucanr.edu to be added to the distribution list.
Shout Outs for Best Original Social Media Content (in no particular order):
- Author: Jodi Azulai
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Extension Methods & Delivery
Building Support
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Office, Team and Personal Management
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Extension Methods & Delivery
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June 9, 2022
1-2 p.m. Pacific Time
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Have you ever thought that something beyond your current programming is needed to address issues impacting those you serve? Ever wondered how you could engage more people in understanding and acting on issues affecting their lives? Are you looking for specific guidance for how to increase engagement and build resilience through your programming?
A community issues forum is a tool you can use. By attending this session, you'll better understand types of forums and their respective outcomes. You'll leave with a set of tools to host an issues forum and strategies to name and frame issues to encourage participation. You will also become familiar with the 2022 Extension Foundation e-book publication: “Engaging Communities through Issues Forums."
Innovation Skill-Building Experience ePub: A Guide for Project Incubation and Tools for Success (Connect Extension, article & eBook)
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If you've participated in an Innovation Skill-Building Experience (ISBE) before, you'll know Impact Collaborative Innovation Facilitators and Extension Foundation team members provide a hands-on introduction to the ISBE workbook. This workbook and related tools is the start of your team's collaboration in imagining something extraordinary, experimenting to make it great, and then turning your team's vision into actuality. We are excited to announce a new iteration of our ISBE workbook – a new interactive ePub to better utilize all the workbook's tools in a more user-friendly, easy to share and printable format!
Building a Well-being Economy: A Future Role for Cooperative Extension? (Connect Extension, article)
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Over the past several months, I've been involved with a group examining the notion of well-being economies. Seeking a deeper understanding of the concept, I came across a 2020 article in the Stanford Social Innovation Review by Anna Chrysopoulou that posed a compelling vision for what a well-being economy might look like. Click here to read the Stanford Article.
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Building Support
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June 22, 2022
9:30 -10:30 a.m.
Once a sponsor elects to fund a proposal, the review, negotiation and award acceptance process begins. This webinar walks you through what is happening in the Office of Contracts and Grants, and what to do when the accepted agreement arrives in your office. Presenters are Kim Lamar and Heidi Von Geldern.
Zoom webinar: https://ucanr.zoom.us/j/751701428?pwd=Q1ZrbUtoQVJwMXJVRkQydUlwNytJQT0
Password: 4Learning | +1 669 900 6833 | Webinar ID: 751 701 428
Post Award Process
July 27, 2022
9:30 -10:30 a.m.
Fiscal management of grants, contracts, and other funding agreements is the responsibility of the Principal Investigator and the Administering Unit. Learn more about how to successfully manage your project finances, adhere to University policies, adhere to the Sponsor's terms and condition, and how to monitor your subawardees. Presenters are Lenora Bruce (UC Davis) and ANR Business Operations Center.
Zoom webinar: https://ucanr.zoom.us/j/751701428?pwd=Q1ZrbUtoQVJwMXJVRkQydUlwNytJQT0
Password: 4Learning | +1 669 900 6833 | Webinar ID: 751 701 428
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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June 23, 2022
11 a.m.-Noon Pacific Time
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This dynamic discussion centers on what it means to move from being "awake" to issues of racial equity, to operationalizing it in your teams, departments, and with community partners. We will explore what are the opportunities for an honest talk on racial equity, and the barriers that inhibit it. Hosted by Carolyne Abdullah from Everyday Democracy.
Be an Inclusive Organization People Won't Leave (LinkedIn Learning, Course)
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In recent years, organizations have faced an unprecedented amount of talent loss. While there are numerous external forces that may cause employees to leave a company — opportunities for advancement, more flexible schedules, better pay — you also need to look at the possibility that biased practices in your organization are pushing employees to leave. In this course, Jodi-Ann Burey shows how an approach rooted in diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) best practices can help your company leverage inclusion practices to get at the business of truly caring for employees, provide an equitable workplace for all, and retain your valuable workforce.
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Office, Team, and Personal Management
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June 2, 2022
11 – 11:45 a.m. Pacific Time
You need a LinkedIn Learning Account to register. Request one from ANR IT at help@ucanr.edu.
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Join Jessica Chen, founder & CEO of Soulcast Media, as she chats with the managing director at ZRG Partners, LLC, Summer Anderson. They'll be sharing all their tips and tricks to becoming an impactful, trustworthy communicator.
-Building trust through excellent communications skills
-Communications habits to advance your career
-Building trust with your team to spark innovation
-The communications building blocks to become an impactful leader
Leading Through Stressful Times (Connect Extension)
June 8, July 6, August 10, 2022
11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Pacific Time
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Join this summer series for conversations with special guests to get wisdom on turning volatility into vision, uncertainty into understanding, complexity into clarity and ambiguity into agility. Series led by Karl Bradley, Extension Foundation leadership development specialist. Only Extension Foundation members can participate in this event; UC ANR is a member.
New (or old) to Supervision? Tips from colleagues on being a good supervisor
June 16, 2022
Noon-12:30 p.m.
Be you an experienced supervisor or new, come and share and learn practical tips from your colleagues about what makes and how to be a good supervisor. Be you a leader, a manager or simply someone who oversees (or wants to oversee) others, come and learn. Presented by Mark Bell.
Zoom Meeting: https://ucanr.zoom.us/j/5307501239?pwd=WDI3U2g5cXRvWUhVUlY3MitJWkVVUT09 Meeting ID: 530 750 1239 | Phone +1 669 900 6833 US | Password: 4Collab
Personal Leadership Bootcamp (Connect Extension)
June 9, 16, 23, 2022
11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Pacific Time
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New in 2022, this three-part series invites individuals to really get to know themselves, choose a path and take action with the power of their own personal leadership philosophy! Who you are, what you hold dear, what upsets you, and what underlies your decisions, are all connected to your personal values. Your values reflect what is important to you. They are a shorthand way of describing your motivations. Together with your beliefs, they are the causal factors that drive your decision-making. When you register for this course, you will receive a personal values assessment to fill out to find out what is important to you. This assessment provides a wealth of information about why you do what you do.
My UC Career (UCnet)
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This online development portal is available to all UC faculty, academic personnel, staff and students seeking to advance their career. Six self-paced modules help users discover their internal UC career mobility options, highlight accomplishments, and identify how they can achieve their career goals within UC.
Registering for an account provides instant access to the following six self-paced modules: Begin Career Discovery, job search, resume building, telling your story, networking and research and more.
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- Author: Pamela Kan-Rice
FIRA USA 2022, the International Forum of Agricultural Robotics, will be held in Fresno on Oct. 18-20.
Abstracts are being accepted for research and development presentations on Oct. 18, the first day of the three-day agricultural robotics and technology event. FIRA USA 2022 will feature plenary sessions, workshops and exhibits on Oct. 19, and demonstrations and tours are scheduled for Oct. 20. https://www.fira-agtech.com/event/fira-usa.
Poster and presentation submissions that are accepted will be guaranteed complimentary registration for the entire conference. Travel funds are available for accepted submissions.
Presentations during the conference will be 15 minutes long and presenters will participate in a 15-minute panel discussion. Presentations will be recorded.
Posters will be presented at the end of the presentations and posted online after the event.
To submit an abstract, visit https://www.fira-agtech.com/event/fira-usa/webview/RXZlbnRWaWV3XzM1MTU5NA==. The deadline to submit is Monday, July 18.
For more information, contact UC ANR Program Support at anrprogramsupport@ucanr.edu or (530) 750-1361 (messages only).
Research and development leads include Gabe Youtsey, UC ANR; Josh Viers, UC Merced; and Luca Brillante, Fresno State University.
- Author: Pamela Kan-Rice
During Asian Pacific American Heritage Month in May, UC ANR colleagues gathered via Zoom for virtual events to learn, share, support and celebrate. The presentations were recorded and will be posted under DEI on the Learning and Development recording archive page https://ucanr.edu/sites/Professional_Development/Monthly_WebANRs/Webinar_Archive under "Asian Pacific Islander Month."
"Stories in Seeds: Asian American Identity as rooted in heirloom crops"
Kristyn Leach, Namu Farms and Second Generation Seeds
May 25, 2022
Kristyn Leach, a Korean American farmer in Yolo County, will share her personal story of activism for food and environmental justice, as well as her passion for nurturing connections between Asian American communities and the unique crops and foodways that are deeply rooted in their heritage. In addition to growing Korean and East Asian produce using traditional methods, Kristyn is active with Second Generation Seeds, a collective of Asian American growers dedicated to offering heirloom seeds and resources that help communities of the Asian diaspora reclaim and revitalize their diverse food cultures. Recording on YouTube: https://youtu.be/WKbyeiVPJL0.
UCCE helps Asian American small farmers overcome language barriers
UC Cooperative Extension small farms advisors Ruth Dahlquist-Willard, Margaret Lloyd, Aparna Gazula and Hung Doan
May 31, 2022
Meet the UCCE team that serves Hmong, Mien, Chinese, Korean and other Asian American farmers in California. Farming is a complex business made even harder when English is not your native language. When the pandemic struck, UC Cooperative Extension helped Asian American farmers quickly comply with COVID-19 policies and adapt to new market conditions. The small farms team members are currently assisting Asian American farmers to adapt to climate change, access grants and other resources, and identify more ways to remain competitive and sustainable. The researchers also educate policymakers about issues affecting Asian American farmers to shape policy that is more practical.
Small farms team serving Asian American farmers:
- Margaret Lloyd, Pang Kue and Fam Fin Lee, Capitol Corridor
- Vong Moua, Stanislaus, Merced and San Joaquin counties
- Ruth Dahlquist-Willard, Michael Yang and Lilian Thaoxaochay, Fresno County
- Aparna Gazula, Xuewen Feng and Qi Zhou, Santa Clara County
- Hung Doan, Riverside County
- Author: Jaki Hsieh Wojan, Chief Information Security Officer
To ensure information technology system security and stability, the UC ANR IT team will be performing scheduled maintenance routinely every third Sunday of the month.
Planned maintenance activities will occur in an eight-hour window from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
During the maintenance window, all systems will be down and unavailable, with the exception of email and Zoom meetings. We will do our best to quickly restore services. When systems are restored and available for your use, we will send an email.
Two reminder emails will be sent to you in advance of the scheduled maintenance:
- Monday, seven days prior to the scheduled maintenance
- Friday, two days prior to the scheduled maintenance
Thank you in advance for your patience and support. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to get in touch with IT at anritg@ucanr.edu.
