2022 Agenda

Monday, June 27

2:00 PM   Registration – Golden Gate Foyer CDE

3:00   Business Meetings
          WAAESD Executive Committee – Golden Gate C
          WEDA – Tilden-Chabot            

6:00  Opening Reception – Firepit Courtyard

Tuesday, June 28

7 AM   Registration – Golden Gate Foyer CDE

7:30 Continental breakfast

Golden Gate C

DEIA: Serving Historically Underserved Populations - Moderated by Kate Moots, Interim Associate Dean of Instruction, College of Natural & Applied Sciences, University of Guam

8:00 Introduction: Post-pandemic Views of the Future – Kate Moots, Interim Associate Dean of Instruction, College of Natural & Applied Sciences, University of Guam

8:15 Federal Requirements for DEIA/Recent Civil Rights Review/Audit – Jessica Creighton, Acting Director, Equal Opportunity Staff and Civil Rights, USDA-NIFA (virtual presentation)

8:45 DEI Practices: What is Working and What is Not? – Catherine Kleier, Associate Dean, Student Success, Diversity Equity and Inclusion, College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 

9:15 The Value of Operating a Research Center in a Sovereign Nation – Leslie Edgar, Associate Dean and Director, College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences and New Mexico Agricultural Experiment Station, New Mexico State University and and Kevin Lombard, Professor and Superintendent of the Farmington Agricultural Science Center, New Mexico State University

9:45 Break

10:15 Best Practices for Extension in Metropolitan Areas to Serve Underserved Populations – Dr. Ivory Lyles, Vice Provost, Division of Extension and Engagement, Director, Oregon State University 

10:45 Serving Hispanic Communities – Dina Chacon-Reitzel, Regent, New Mexico State University; presented by Leslie Edgar

11:15 Serving Indigenous Students of Alaska - Pearl Brower, President and CEO, Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation (virtual presentation)

11:45 Lunch - Golden Gate DE                     

1:00 New Ways to Access Your Land Grant Universities Through the Use of Field Stations, Extension Programs and Micro-credentialing and Collaborations - Moderated by Kate Moots

1:05 Examples of Course Sharing in the Northeast – Joe Sullivan, Associate Dean, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Maryland

1:35 Micro Credential or Certificate Programs of Navajo Nations – Bruce Miller, Dept. Head and Professor, Utah Agricultural Experiment Station, Utah State University 

2:05 CSU's Online New Master’s Degree in Agribusiness and Food Innovation Management – Greg Perry, Professor, Department of Ag and Resource Economics, Colorado State University 

2:35  Culinary Med Certificate Program – Ed Martin, Interim Director of Extension, University of Arizona, Maricopa County

3:05  Break

3:35 National Report Outs - Moderated by Glenda Humiston, Vice President, Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of California

Updates on APLU Advocacy and a Look Ahead to the Farm Bill – Bridget Kreiger, Lewis-Burke Associates and Caron Gala, Director, Agriculture and International Development, Governmental Affairs, Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (virtual presentation)

Association of Public Land-Grant Universities (APLU) - Doug Steele, Vice President, Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources, APLU

Updates from NIFA – Suzanne Stluka, Deputy Director, Institute of Food Safety & Nutrition, USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (virtual presentation)

5:00 Adjourn

Dinner on own

Wednesday, June 29

Golden Gate C

7:30 AM Breakfast

8:00 Awards Program

10:00 Break            

10:15 Business Meetings

  • WAAESD with W-AHS/CARET – Golden Gate D
  • WEDA – Golden Gate E
  • W-APS – Tilden-Chabot

11:45 Break and Lunch to go

12:00 Depart for Urban/Rural Connections Tour and Dinner

7:30 PM  Return to hotel

Thursday, June 30

7:30 Continental breakfast --Golden Gate Foyer CDE

Golden Gate C

8 AM  Urban Ag Programs - Moderated by Wendy Powers, Associate Vice President, Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of California

8:05 UC Hub for Urban Living – Darren Haver, Director, S. Coast Research Extension Center, Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of California 

8:35 LGUs and Research Centers in Urban Areas – Brad Gaolach, Metropolitan Center for Applied Research & Extension 

9:05 Breakout by states for discussion and planning

9:30 Break

10-12 Noon  Business Meetings

  • WAAESD – Golden Gate C
  • WCMER Review - Update for Directors of Member States (WEDA) – Golden Gate D
  • W-APS- Golden Gate E

Noon Adjourn