A national action dialogue on community-based programming in the digital networked COVID-19 age will be hosted by eXtension.
March 26 & April 1, 2020
12 noon - 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time
Available to all Cooperative Extension professionals
Register at https://bit.ly/2JrlROd
Panelists include:
Chuck Hibberd, Dean & Director of Nebraska Extension
Paul Hill, Extension Associate Professor, County Director, Community Economic Development, Utah State University
Elise Lofgren, Senior Instructional Designer, Purdue University
Doug Edlund, Assistant Director of...
UC ANR directive on planning for in-person meetings/events/gatherings
Note: This directive does not affect work sites where ANR “essential employees” are continuing to work, or any future dates of return to work for ANR employees. Return to work information will be communicated separately, based on updated information from UCOP and/or the state.
- Cancel, postpone or conduct online all meetings/events/gatherings statewide through April 30, 2020.
- During this time, ANR personnel, volunteers, and program participants also may not represent ANR or its programs at in-person meetings/events/gatherings.
- Leaders and event planners should...
- Author: Linda Forbes
Updated FAQs for paid administrative leave
On March 16, President Napolitano issued an Executive Order outlining expanded paid administrative leave to address the extraordinary demands placed on UC employees due to impacts related to COVID-19 on themselves and their family members. The executive order makes all employees eligible to receive a one-time allotment of up to 128 hours of paid administrative leave to be used no later than December 31, 2020, based on...
- Author: Linda Forbes
Research scale-down
Based on the statewide “stay home” order issued by Governor Newsom last night, and in accordance with UC guidance, the information that was provided yesterday on research continuity is now supplemented with additional guidance. Principal investigators (PIs) and Research and Extension Center Directors must move quickly to a complete cessation of non-critical research activity, while maintaining critical systems. Unfortunately, there are a number of projects and functions that, while of high importance, will cease. Research groups/staff may...
UCANR off-campus research continuity plan
Guidelines have been developed for off-campus research continuity. Please review them here. UC ANR remains open for important research activities, but these activities must be adjusted in accordance with COVID-19 guidance. Our goal in issuing these protocols is to address the imperative to minimize in-person interactions while allowing for continuation of critical research. When the conditions outlined in the guidelines cannot be met without compromising worker safety, the research function must be discontinued. Questions about research continuity should be directed to
