- Author: Katherine Webb-Martinez
Every year the UC ANR Program Council visits programs for one of their monthly meetings. In June, they toured several sites in the Monterey Bay area.
Their first stop was UC Santa Cruz, where they met with Katharyne Mitchell, sociology professor, Agricultural Experiment Station faculty member and dean of the Division of Social Sciences. Joji Muramoto, UC Cooperative Extension organic production systems specialist, and three of the five new AES faculty located at UCSC – Matt Sparke, professor of politics; Greg Gilbert, professor of environmental studies; and Michael Loik, professor of environmental studies – described their research. The group walked around the UCSC Farm, learning about its 53-year history advancing small-scale, organic production and hearing from students what the experience has meant to them.
Next they headed to Marina to discuss the innovation initiatives at the UCSC Monterey Bay Education, Science and Technology Center (MBEST) and the developing collaboration with UC ANR focused on ag tech research and homebase for the new UC Cooperative Extension specialist position to work on food safety, drones and remote sensing.
They had lunch with staff at the UCCE Monterey County office in Salinas, then local farm advisors gave presentations on their research and extension. Michael Cahn discussed CropManage. Aparna Gazula and Mark Bolda described their work with non-English speaking farmers. Devii Rao talked about cattle grazing as a tool for wildfire prevention.
Their last stop was at the USDA Agricultural Research Service Lab for Crop Improvement and Protection Research in Salinas, where the recently announced UCCE specialist in coastal produce safety systems will be located, growing the cohort of UCCE specialists there.
- Author: Pamela Kan-Rice
Academics interested in learning more about ANR's budgetary decisions and processes and representing the Division are invited to serve on the ANR Program Council.
Academic Assembly Council is seeking self-nominations to serve on the ANR Program Council, which advises the Vice President on Divisionwide planning and delivery of programs and develops recommendations for allocation of Division resources.
“We are seeking academics with well-established programs, who can commit to monthly two-day, meetings, many via Zoom,” said Aliasghar Montazar, Academic Assembly Council president.
Attendance at all Program Council meetings is mandatory. Please note that Program Council does not have a budget to support full travel (meals during meetings are provided).
A list of all interested individuals will be sent to the Interim Associate Vice President, who will review self-nominations with current ANR Program Council members on Jan. 11 to make the selection.
“We are seeking to fill one position beginning February 2023,” said Deanne Meyer, interim associate vice president.
To express your interest, please complete the brief survey at https://surveys.ucanr.edu/survey.cfm?surveynumber=39661by Jan. 10.
Scheduled meeting dates
Program Council members are asked to reserve time beginning 3 p.m. on Tuesday and ending at 3 p.m. on Wednesday. Time will be released if not needed by Friday of the preceding week:
Jan. 10 and 11, 2023 (Davis)
Feb. 6 and 7, 2023 (Davis)
March 7 and 8, 2023 (Davis)
April 3 and 4, 2023 (Davis)
May 2 and 3, 2023 (Davis, possibly offsite)
June 11 and 12, 2023 (Davis)
July 11 and 12, 2023 (Davis)
No meeting August 2023
Sept. 5 and 6, 2023 (Davis)
Oct. 3 and 4, 2023 (Davis)
Nov. 7 and 8, 2023 (Davis)
December meeting tentative, dates TBD
- Author: Katherine Soule
Academic Assembly Council is seeking self-nominations to serve on the ANR Program Council. The ANR Program Council advises the Vice President on Division-wide planning and delivery of programs and develops recommendations for allocation of Division resources.
More information about ANR Program Council can be found at https://ucanr.edu/sites/anrstaff/Divisionwide_Programs/Program_Council.
We are seeking academics with well-established programs, who can commit to monthly two-day, in-person meetings (scheduled dates below), most often held in Davis. Attendance at all Program Council meetings is mandatory and missing one or more meetings will result in removal for non-performance of the position. Please note that Program Council does not have a budget to support travel (meals during meetings will be provided).
A list of all interested individuals will be sent to the Associate Vice President, who will review self-nominations with current ANR Program Council members on Oct. 1 - 2 to make the selection. We are seeking interest in two positions, both beginning January 2020.
Please complete this survey by Sept. 27 to express your interest. If you have already completed the survey, your self-nomination will be reviewed in October as well.
Scheduled meeting dates (Beginning 3 p.m. on Tuesday and ending at 3 p.m. on Wednesday):
- January 7 & 8, 2020 (Davis)
- February 4 & 5, 2020 (Davis)
- March 17 & 18, 2020 (tentative)
- April 7 & 8, 2020 (Davis)
- May 5 & 6, 2020 (Davis, possibly offsite)
- June 9 &10, 2020 (Davis)
- July 7 & 8, 2020 (Davis)
- No meeting August 2020
- September 1 & 2, 2020 (Davis)
- October 6 & 7, 2020 (Davis)
- November 3 & 4, 2020 (Davis)
- December meeting tentative, dates TBD
Sincerely,
Katherine Soule
Academic Assembly Council President
Wendy Powers
Associate Vice President