- Author: Pamela Kan-Rice
By the time the statewide call for proposals for new advisor and specialist positions closed on Nov. 15, the strategic initiative leaders, associate deans of the colleges, county directors and workgroup chairs had submitted 138 position proposals. On Dec. 8, the county directors will review the proposals and provide input for Program Council’s consideration. Program Council will begin reviewing the proposals in December and will provide recommendations to ANR Vice President Dooley by March. The top priority positions selected for recruiting will be announced in April. At present, ANR expects to be able to fund approximately 20 new positions. As previously announced, hiring of the new advisors and specialists will occur over an 18- to...
- Author: Pamela Kan-Rice
We are pleased to announce that Jeffery Dahlberg has accepted the position of Kearney director beginning Jan. 3.
Dahlberg will oversee both Kearney Agricultural Center (academic group) and Kearney Research & Extension Center. He will be based in Parlier and report to Bill Frost, the Research and Extension Center System associate director/Cooperative Extension assistant director.
Currently Dahlberg is research director for the National Sorghum Producers and the United Sorghum Checkoff Program and based in Lubbock, Texas. He conducts and publishes sorghum research and has worked to develop sorghum use in the biofuels and renewable industries and food industry.
“This newly configured position, combining...
- Author: Pamela Kan-Rice
Following an intensive effort, involving a broad spectrum of members of ANR and our stakeholders, ANR completed a Strategic Vision for the purpose of meeting California’s challenges to ensure a high quality of life, healthy environment, and economic success. The Strategic Vision identified 9 areas of inquiry and is the compass that currently guides our strategic planning and allocation of resources. With the initiation of implementation, in order to make the most of our available resources we are focusing on the following 5 initiatives: Sustainable Food Systems, Healthy Families and Communities; Endemic and Invasive Pests and Diseases, and Sustainable Natural Ecosystems, and Water.
The ANR Program Council has worked with ANR...
- Author: Pamela Kan-Rice
On Jan. 1, 2011, the previously established Business Operations Centers (at Davis and Kearney) will be consolidated into one center with current staff. Cherie McDougald, current chief administrative officer (CAO) of the Business Operations Center at Kearney, which serves Cooperative Extension county-based operations, will become director of the consolidated Business Operations Center. Nikki Humphreys, current CAO of the Business Operations Center at Davis, which serves statewide programs, EFNEP and ANR’s service units including the Research and Extension Centers - Administrative Office, will become associate director of the consolidated Business Operations Center.
The center will continue to operate in two locations with the...
- Author: Michael L. Poe
The link to an Adobe Connect recording of the October 28, 2010, town hall meeting can be found in your ANR Portal http://ucanr.org/portal. The link is in the Adobe Connect section in the right column. Recording length: 45 minutes. First topic: the state budget on UC and ANR.
If you have trouble accessing the recording, please contact Bryon Noel (530) 754-3937 or bjnoel@ucdavis.edu
Flash is required to view the recording. Flash can be downloaded at http://Adobe.com.
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