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Travel funds available for CE specialists to collaborate with CE advisors

ANR will be making additional travel support available for UC Cooperative Extension specialists to collaborate with UCCE advisors in FY 2016/17. With the level of funds available, each specialist may apply for up to $2,500 for FY 2016/17 (funds must be expended by June 30, 2017). These travel funds must be utilized by the UCCE specialists only and cannot be used for out-of-state travel.

Completing a short online survey is the only step in accessing these funds.

A brief survey form will be accessible from your ANR Portal. The survey will ask 

• Name and title of specialist requesting support
• Project/Program name
• Brief project description (one paragraph)
• Collaborating advisors

While there is no deadline for applications for these travel funds, they must be expended in the current fiscal year. We are pleased that we are able to take this step to assist in meeting an identified need.

UCCE specialists may apply for funds directly at http://ucanr.edu/survey/survey.cfm?surveynumber=18400.

Wendy Powers
Associate Vice President

 

View or leave comments for ANR Leadership at http://ucanr.edu/sites/ANRUpdate/Comments.

This announcement is also posted and archived on the ANR Update pages.

 

VP approves UCCE positions for recruitment

To continue our aggressive effort in hiring Cooperative Extension Advisors and Specialists, I am announcing the release of positions for future rounds of hiring. These positions have been through a thorough process of proposal and review. The more than 120 proposals for these CE positions were developed in consultation with our stakeholders. The review process involved public comment (more than 900 individual comments from agricultural organizations, governmental agencies, youth and nutrition coalitions, individuals and many others), ANR Program Teams, Cooperative Extension County Directors and College and School leadership.  All of the review information, along with information regarding current staffing and retirement projections, was considered by ANR Program Council in their deliberations to provide me with recommendations. My decisions in the release of these positions were based upon review of all the available information.

These positions are now in the queue and will be released for recruitment in phases over time to enable us to accomplish the search and hiring process in an orderly fashion, evaluate resources on a real-time basis, deal with unexpected changes in staffing, and address unanticipated issues as they arise. While I am providing the anticipated release dates, we will also be monitoring progress in recruitments already released to ensure that we are progressing efficiently.  Although we have hired more than four dozen new Cooperative Extension Advisors and Specialists over the past three years, we currently have 20 recruitments of previously released positions either underway or still to be initiated.

So, CE advisor and specialist positions approved for hiring in 2015-2016 (location, counties or campus) are as follows:

Round 1 (Spring 2015)

Area Youth & Community Advisor (Mendocino, Lake)

Area Agronomic Cropping Systems / Nutrient Management Advisor (Kings, Tulare, Fresno)

Area Citrus Advisor (Tulare, Fresno, Madera)

Area Nutrition, Family and Consumer Science Advisor (Central Sierra Multi-County Partnership)

Area Environmental Horticulture Advisor (Fresno, Madera, Tulare, Kings)

Area Environmental Horticulture Advisor (San Diego, Orange)

Livestock & Natural Resources Advisor (Siskiyou)

Beef Cattle Herd Health and Production Specialist (School of Veterinary Medicine, UCD)

Community Food Safety Specialist (College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, UCD)

Integrated Urban Water Management Specialist (College of Natural and Agricultural Science, UCR)

Round 2 (Summer 2015)

Area Youth & Families Advisor (Imperial)

Area Nutrition, Family and Consumer Science Advisor (San Mateo, Santa Clara)

Area Small Farms Advisor (Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, San Mateo, San Benito)

Area Rice Advisor (Sutter-Yuba, Placer, Sacramento)

Area Orchard Systems Advisor (Madera, Merced)

Area Vegetable Crops Advisor (Colusa, Sutter-Yuba)

Area 4-H Youth Development Advisor (Marin, Sonoma, Napa)

Agricultural Safety & Health Specialist (College of Agricultural and Environmental Science, UCD)

Irrigation Water Management Specialist (Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center)

Quantitative Policy Analysis Specialist (College of Natural Resources, UCB)

Round 3 (Fall 2015)

Area Agronomic Cropping / Weed Science Advisor (Glenn, Butte, Tehama)

Area Agronomy Advisor (Capitol Corridor Multi-County Partnership)

Area Nutrition, Family and Consumer Science Advisor (Tulare, Kings)

Livestock and Range Economics Specialist (College of Agricultural and Environmental Science, UCD)

Aquaculture Specialist (College of Agricultural and Environmental Science, UCD)

Mechanization Engineering Specialist (College of Agricultural and Environmental Science, UCD)

Round 4 (Spring 2016)

Area Livestock & Natural Resources Advisor (Placer-Nevada, Sutter-Yuba)

Area Livestock & Natural Resources Advisor (Plumas-Sierra, Butte)

Area Nutrition, Family & Consumer Science Advisor (Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Sutter-Yuba)

Area Vegetable Production & Irrigation Advisor (Stanislaus, San Joaquin, Merced)

Area Low Desert Weed Advisor (Imperial, Riverside)

Forest Products and Woody Biomass Specialist (College of Natural Resources, UCB)

Orchard Crop Entomology Specialist (College of Natural and Agricultural Science, UCR – located at KARE)

Evaluation Specialist (College of Agricultural and Environmental Science, UCD)

Round 5 (Summer 2016)

Area Sustainable Orchard Systems Advisor (Butte, Glenn, Tehama)

Area Orchard & Vineyard Systems Advisor (Stanislaus, San Joaquin, Contra Costa, Alameda)

Community Economic Development Specialist (College of Agricultural and Environmental Science, UCD)

Dairy Cattle Production Health Management Specialist (School of Veterinary Medicine, UCD)

Round 6 (Fall 2016)

Area Desert Livestock Advisor (Imperial, Riverside, San Bernardino)

Area Forestry & Natural Resources Advisor (Sutter-Yuba, Butte, Nevada

Area Livestock & Range Advisor (Ventura, Santa Barbara)

Area Dairy Systems Advisor (Sonoma, Marin, Mendocino)

Biometeorology Specialist (College of Agricultural and Environmental Science, UCD)

Barbara Allen-Diaz
Vice President
UC ANR

View or leave comments for ANR Leadership at http://ucanr.edu/sites/ANRUpdate/Comments.

This announcement is also posted and archived on the ANR Update pages.

Travel funds again available for CE specialists to collaborate with CE advisors

ANR will be making additional travel support available for UCCE specialists to collaborate with UCCE advisors in FY 2014/15. With the level of funds available, each specialist may apply for up to $2,000 for FY 2014/15 (funds must be expended by June 30, 2015).  These travel funds must be utilized by the UCCE specialists only and cannot be used for out-of-state travel.

Completing a short online survey is the only step in accessing these funds.

A brief survey form will be accessible from your ANR Portal. The survey will ask 

• Name and title of specialist requesting support
• Project/Program name
• Brief project description (one paragraph)
• Collaborating advisors

While there is no deadline for applications for these travel funds, they must be expended in the current fiscal year.  We are pleased that we are able to take this step to assist in meeting an identified need.

Specialists may apply for funds directly at http://ucce.ucdavis.edu/survey/survey.cfm?surveynumber=11865.

Bill Frost
Associate vice president

View or leave comments for ANR Leadership at http://ucanr.edu/sites/ANRUpdate/Comments.

This announcement is also posted and archived on the ANR Update pages.

Travel funds available for CE specialists to collaborate with CE advisors

In ANR leaders’ discussions with Cooperative Extension specialists around the state, it became clear that there was a need for additional travel support to enable specialists to increase their collaborations with CE advisors. In response, ANR has created a pool of funds for CE specialists to apply for to support these collaborations. With the level of funds available, each specialist may apply for up to $2,000 for this fiscal year (funds must be expended by June 30, 2014).  Completing a short online survey is the only step in accessing these funds.

To keep the process simple, a brief survey form will be accessible from your ANR Portal. The survey will ask 

• Name and title of specialist requesting support
• Project/Program name
• Brief project description (one paragraph)
• Collaborating advisors

While there is no deadline for applications for these travel funds, they must be expended in the current fiscal year.  We are pleased that we are able to take this step to assist in meeting an identified need.

Specialists may apply for funds directly at http://ucce.ucdavis.edu/survey/survey.cfm?surveynumber=11865.

Bill Frost
Associate vice president

 

View or leave comments for ANR Leadership at http://ucanr.edu/sites/ANRUpdate/Comments.

This announcement is also posted and archived on the ANR Update pages.

 

ANR program support funds for advisors, academic coordinators, academic administrators & program reps

ANR leaders are continuing to direct USDA Smith-Lever funding to provide program support funds for advisors, academic coordinators, academic administrators and program representatives serving in county-based programs, statewide programs, research and extension centers and ANR support units. 

These funds will be allocated to accounts for FY 2013-14 under the direction of respective unit directors.  An increased allocation has been approved based on a formula of $2,000 per advisor, academic coordinator and academic administrator and $1,000 per program representative.

Program support funds may be used in broad support of program activities such as the purchase of specialized equipment, computers, peripherals, etc.; travel and registration costs for professional meetings; training opportunities (professional training or locally organized events); and membership fees to professional societies.  Use of these funds will be approved by each unit director. 

Funds will be transferred by the Business Operations Center to program support accounts assigned to respective units in October.  Each director is expected to manage, allocate and approve expenses in accordance with ANR’s guidelines. Funds must be spent and recorded on the UC account ledgers by June 30, 2014, in accordance with fiscal closing deadlines.

Questions may be directed to Cherie McDougald, ANR Business Operations director  at cfmcdougald@ucanr.edu.

View or leave comments for ANR Leadership at http://ucanr.edu/sites/ANRUpdate/Comments.

This announcement is also posted and archived on the ANR Update pages.

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