- Author: Pamela Kan-Rice
Dear Colleagues,
I want to thank all of you for your hard work to make our May 8 UC Cooperative Extension centennial celebration a success statewide. I am so impressed with the way everyone in the Division pulled together and got our partners involved in publicizing the Be a Scientist project and the local events in the counties. We had a tremendous response.
Several news stories about UC Cooperative Extension appeared in newspapers, online, TV and radio outlets. You can see a summary at http://ucanr.edu/sites/anrstaff/?blogpost=13885&blogasset=544 and a list of stories at
- Author: Pamela Kan-Rice
Get out your UC Cooperative Extension centennial t-shirts to wear tomorrow for our May 8 Day of Science and Service!
How can you participate?
- Join a UCCE centennial activity at your campus, REC or county office. Coordinate a community pollinator walk, visit a local school and teach about water conservation, or have an open house at your demonstration garden and add it to our California food map. Watch our webinar to get more ideas: http://ucanr.edu/sites/100brand/Day_of_Science_and_Service.
- Have kids...
- Author: Pamela Kan-Rice
UC ANR leaders welcome and encourage your review and comment on the five candidates invited to interview for the UC ANR Vice Provost position. You can review the public presentation portion of the interview process at the links below.
The vice provost candidates gave their presentations on April 30 and May 1. Audio volume can be adjusted at the bottom right corner of Adobe Connect with the slider next to the speaker icon.
http://uc-d.adobeconnect.com/Candidate_01 Candidate #1 – Chris Greer
- Author: Pamela Kan-Rice
Nomination applications are being accepted for the ANR Staff Appreciation and Recognition (STAR) Program through May 16.
The purpose of the STAR program is to recognize and reward outstanding staff individual and/or team performance within the Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
Under the STAR plan, managers are able to recognize, acknowledge and reward employees for exceptional performance and/or significant contributions related to and supportive of individual, departmental, divisional, and/or organizational goals and objectives. Managers may acknowledge and reward individuals and teams demonstrating:
- Exceptional performance: Demonstrated and sustained exceptional performance...
- Author: Pamela Kan-Rice
We need your help! With one week to go before our May 8 Day of Science and Service, we need your help to encourage people throughout California to participate. One easy way to do this is to join our Thunderclap campaign: https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/10528-beascientist
Once we get 100 sign-ups, it will activate a social media blast on May 8 to our Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr accounts. If you sign up, the following message will be sent on May 8 to your friends and followers:
"On May 8, 2014, join the University of California in a one-day science project and record your observations.
