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Tune in March 24 for webinar about Day of Science and Service

The UCCE Centennial Committee members invite you to join them for a short webinar on Monday, March 24, at 2 p.m. to learn more about the May 8 Day of Science and Service.

On May 8, 1914, President Wilson signed the Smith-Lever Act and established the national Cooperative Extension Service, which strongly tied service, science and citizen participation together in scientific enterprises.

Now, 100 years later, we're celebrating this milestone by asking all Californians to join in a one-day science project and to be a scientist for a day. We've developed three questions – about water, food and pollinators – and we're turning to you to help us engage the public to collect answers to these questions.

During the webinar, Rose Hayden-Smith, Yana Valachovic and Marissa Stein will discuss the Day of Science and Service, what it means for ANR, and direct you to resources and ideas for planning local activities and conducting outreach in your counties and on your campuses.

“The Day of Science and Service has been met with a lot of excitement all over the state,” said VP Barbara Allen-Diaz in last week's ANR town hall. She has agreed to wear bees on April 30 to help increase visibility and excitement for May 8 activities.

To participate, to log into http://uc-d.adobeconnect.com/May8th. If you haven't used Adobe Connect before, you may want to log into http://uc-d.adobeconnect.com/May8th ahead of time in case it requires you download a plug-in. If you have a technical problem, contact Dave Krause at djkrause@ucanr.edu or (530) 750-1300.

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Enfield appointed to lead UCCE in Ventura County

Richard Enfield will add oversight for UCCE in Ventura County to his county director responsibilities for San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties.

“I look forward to the challenge of serving as County Director and working with the outstanding people of Ventura County UCCE,” said Enfield.

Rose Hayden-Smith will turn over the Ventura County director responsibilities to Enfield, effective April 1.

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Hayden-Smith named Sustainable Food Systems strategic initiative leader

We are pleased to announce that Rose Hayden-Smith has agreed to lead the Sustainable Food Systems initiative.

Hayden-Smith is Cooperative Extension county director and youth, family and community development advisor for Ventura County. In her advisor role, she develops programs for youth and adult extenders that focus on agricultural literacy and gardening. She previously worked with the Master Gardener Program and the UC Hansen Agricultural Center as educational programs coordinator. Recently she served as a Kellogg Food and Society Policy Fellow. As a Kellogg fellow, Hayden-Smith developed a national media and educational campaign to promote school, home and community garden efforts and public policies that would support those efforts.

Hayden-Smith will continue to serve on Program Council as SFS initiative leader.

Darren Haver has been appointed to Program Council to provide a county-based perspective, a role previous served by Hayden-Smith. Haver is the water resources/water quality advisor for Orange County and South Coast Research and Extension Center director.

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County-based members appointed to Program Council

Dear Colleagues,

I am pleased to announce that we have appointed two new members to serve on Program Council: Rose Hayden-Smith and Steve Orloff.  The Program Council coordinates divisionwide planning and delivery of programs and provides recommendations for allocation of resources.  The new members will continue providing a county-based perspective to Program Council once the Regional Directors end their duties on June 30.  Orloff and Hayden-Smith will join Program Council in July 2010 on two- and three-year staggered terms respectively, to ensure continuity of county-based input.

Using an online survey tool, we solicited nominations of county-based Cooperative Extension academics from specialists and county-based personnel.  Program Council evaluated the nominations and made recommendations to the Executive Working Group.

Rose Hayden-Smith is Ventura County Director and a Kellogg Food and Society Policy Fellow. Hayden-Smith develops programs for youth and adult extenders in agricultural literacy, garden-based learning, and youth and community gardening.  Her national advocacy work focuses on encouraging national efforts to promote school, home and community efforts; and public policy related to food systems, gardening, education and urban agriculture.

Steve Orloff is Siskiyou County Director and a Farm Advisor.  Orloff conducts research and educational programs on alfalfa, small grains, irrigated pasture and non-crop weed control; with emphasis on variety adaptation, pest management, irrigation and general production practices.

I want to thank those of you who provided such thoughtful recommendations; your feedback is always an essential part of our Division's work.

Sincerely,

Daniel M. Dooley,
Vice President

 

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