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New leaders named for three strategic initiatives

2018 brings new challenges, new opportunities and new leadership to our UC ANR Strategic Initiatives. Please join us in welcoming four new SI leaders for three of our five initiatives.

The future leaders

The strategic initiative leaders play a key role in unifying, communicating and advocating to promote the science and impact of the work of UC ANR. A key undertaking for the SI leaders in 2018 will be to revisit and evolve the role of the initiatives themselves, identifying how the strategic initiatives can better help us advance the UC ANR agenda of touching the lives of 40 million Californians.

The new SI leaders include

• Jim Farrar, director of UC Integrated Pest Management Program, for Endemic and Invasive Pests and Diseases (EIPD)

• David Lile, UCCE director in Lassen County, for Sustainable and Natural Ecosystems (SNE)

• Neil McRoberts, associate professor of plant pathology at UC Davis, and Deanne Meyer, UCCE specialist in animal science at UC Davis, for Sustainable Food Systems (SFS)

Effective Jan. 2, Farrar, Lile, McRoberts and Meyer will succeed the SI leaders who are rotating out.

We thank Cheryl Wilen (EIPD), David Doll (SFS) and John Harper (SNE) for their service as SI leaders. As one colleague put it, we are grateful “for your contributions to the SIs and to the SI process in general. Your professionalism and friendship have made the past few years a pleasure.”

The continuing leaders

We also thank Keith Nathaniel, who leads the Healthy Families and Communities initiative, and Doug Parker, who leads the Water Quality, Quantity and Security initiative, for their ongoing commitment to bring their leadership, experience and wisdom to advance the SIs and the UC ANR agenda.

For any questions about the strategic initiatives, please contact Wendy Powers, associate vice president, at wendy.powers-schilling@ucop.edu, or Mark Bell, vice provost for strategic initiatives and statewide programs, at mozbell@ucanr.edu.

Wendy Powers
Associate Vice President

Mark Bell
Vice Provost for Strategic Initiatives and Statewide Programs

 

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Dairy and food safety, pest management and youth development program teams to meet in June

Three program teams and the associated workgroups will be meeting in June in Davis. Registration is open for the Pest Management, Dairy Production and Food Safety, and Positive Youth Development program team meetings.

Pest Management 

June 6-7

UC ANR Building, Davis, CA

Workgroup meeting times:
June 6, 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m.: Pesticide Use Reporting Workgroup, San Joaquin Valley (view agenda)
June 6, 1-4 p.m.: Integrated Management of Soilborne Pests Workgroup, San Joaquin Valley (view agenda)
June 7, 1-3 p.m.: Plant Pathology Workgroup, San Joaquin Valley (view agenda)
June 7, 1-5 p.m.: Entomology Workgroup, Coast Room (view agenda) 

Program contact: Andrew Sutherland

Website and Registration

Dairy Production and Food Safety

Thursday June 8, 9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

2154 Meyer Hall, UC Davis

Discussion topics include dairy production, heard health, forage production, nutrient management and more. See the full agenda at http://ucanr.edu/sites/programteams/June_8/Agenda_790.

Program contact: Deanne Meyer

Website and Registration

Positive Youth Development

June 19-22

UC ANR Building, Davis, CA

Workgroup meeting times:
June 19, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.: Diversity Workgroup, Sacramento Valley 
June 19, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.: Positive Youth Development through 4-H Camp Experience, Coast Room
June 21, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.: Developing Volunteer Capacity Workgroup, Sacramento Valley
June 21, 8 a.m.-1:30 p.m.: Environmental Education Workgroup, Coast Room
June 22, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.: Money Talks Workgroup, Bay Room

Program contact: Fe Moncloa

Website and Registration

For questions about meeting logistics, contact the Program Support Unit at anrprogramsupport@ucanr.edu. For more information about Program Teams, visit http://ucanr.edu/sites/programteams.

     

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Register for May and June UC ANR program team meetings

Register for May and June UC ANR program team meetings

Registration is open for the following program team meetings in May and June: Agronomic Crops, Pest Management and Positive Youth Development. Associated workgroups may also meet at the program team meetings. Registration links are below:

• May 12 – Agronomic Crops Program Team, UC ANR Building, Davis http://ucanr.edu/sites/programteams/May_12_Agronomic_PT_Meeting.
  Register at https://ucanr.edu/survey/survey.cfm?surveynumber=20575

• June 6-7 – Pest Management Program Team, UC ANR Building, Davis http://ucanr.edu/sites/programteams/June_6-7_2017_Pest_Management.
  Register at https://ucanr.edu/survey/survey.cfm?surveynumber=20565
  Workgroup meetings: Pesticide Use Reporting, Plant Pathology and Entomology

• June 19-21 – Positive Youth Development Program Team, UC ANR Building, Davis http://ucanr.edu/sites/programteams/June_19-22_Positive_Youth_Development_PT.  Register at https://ucanr.edu/survey/survey.cfm?surveynumber=20566
  Workgroup meetings: Diversity, Developing Volunteer Capacity and Environmental Education

All program teams will have an opportunity to meet at the 2018 UC ANR Statewide Meeting, which will be held the week of April 8, 2018, in Ontario. Please mark your calendars.

The strategic initiative leaders and a planning committee are working with Sherry Cooper, director of the Program Support Unit, on an agenda that leaves time for program teams to meet in conjunction with the event. During fiscal year 2017-18, April 8-13 will be the time for program teams to meet. No additional funding will be provided to hold program team meetings between July 1, 2017, and June 30, 2018, (FY18) other than during the statewide meeting the week of April 8-13, 2018.

In the coming months, Cooper will solicit program team requests for meeting rooms. If you have ideas for the statewide meeting, please share them with any of the strategic initiative leaders.

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Pest management program team to meet next week

There's still time to register for next week's pest management program team meeting on March 25-26. Check out the latest agenda and register at http://ucanr.edu/sites/programteams/Pest_Management_March_26_747.  Please pre-register so the organizers can plan appropriately for seats and food.

If you're not sure if you registered, check the updated participant list at http://ucanr.edu/sites/programteams/Pest_Management_March_26_747/See_whos_attending.

The program team plans to discuss Cooperative Extension positions by discipline on Wed. afternoon (see the agenda on the website). Maps have been developed that show the locations of current ANR academics and recruitments by discipline and are posted on the website agenda (about half way down the page), and if more information becomes available before the Wed. meeting the page will be updated. Discussion leaders will also project the latest recruitment information via AdobeConnect and for those in the room.

You may participate remotely in the Wed. afternoon program team meeting. Pre-registration is required. If you prefer to change your registration to remote access, please email  anrprogramsupport@ucanr.edu ASAP. You will be given the Adobe Connect and Ready Talk access codes after you register or after you contact ANR Program Support.

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Register for ANR Program Team meetings

To respond to ANR’s recent call for positions, some program teams will be holding meetings soon to discuss and prioritize new position requests. Visit the ANR Program Team Meetings website to register and to see the latest information. The following program teams plan to meet:

• Youth Families and Communities-related Program Teams – Registration is open
  February 19-20, UC Davis Conference Center
  Positive Youth Development/Youth Science Literacy Program Team
  Healthy Behaviors for Preventing Childhood Obesity Program Team
  California Communities and Food Systems Program Team

• Pest Management Program Team – Registration is open
  March 25-26, Bowley Center and UC Davis Conference Center
  Spray Application Technology Workgroup and Weed Workgroup will also meet.

• Agronomic Crops Program Team – Registration will be available soon. 
  March 4-5, locationTBD

Workgroup chairs and program team leaders who are interested in holding a workgroup or program team meeting should complete a short request form. The Program Support Unit will be in touch with you to discuss the details.

For more information, visit http://ucanr.edu/sites/programteams. If you have questions, contact the Program Support Unit: 
Sherry Cooper, (530) 750-1256
Lauren McNees, (530) 750-1257
Angela Oates, (530) 750-1258
Saundra Wais, (530) 750-1260
Alex Zabelin, (530) 750-1259

 

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