Celebrate Centennial 100 Days on Twitter – Tweets for
every day leading up to the Extension Centennial Convocation May 8, 2014 are
underway. See the information at http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/administration/about_us/chancellors_office/extension/resources/100-Days-of-Tweeting-the-ext100years.htm
and
use the hashtag #Ext100Years to begin to connect nationally. This effort will
have a unique Twitter # to be used starting on May 8th with a desire to make it
trend. For more information, contact Bill Woodrum (extensioncentennial@gmail.com)
or Frankie Gould (fgould@agcenter.lsu.edu).
Agricultural Outlook Forum Features Extension Centennial – ECOP
Chair Jimmy Henning, University of Kentucky, and Centennial Task Force
Co-Chairs Doug Steele, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, and Frankie Gould,
Louisiana State Ag Center, will speak at the February 20-21, 2014 USDA Ag
Outlook Forum in Crystal City, VA. The topic is Launching Cooperative Extension’s
Next Century. USDA-NIFA Director Sonny Ramaswamy will moderate the session.
The forum, which draws more than 1,000 agriculture leaders in business,
government, and other organizations kicks off with remarks by USDA Secretary
Vilsack and videos including one featuring the Extension Centennial.
Cooperative Extension also will be featured in the exhibitor area. For more
information about the forum, see http://www.usda.gov/oce/forum/.
ECOP-ESCOP Strategic Alliance –
Following the lead set by 2013 ECOP and ESCOP chairs, Jimmy Henning, University
of Kentucky, and Steve Slack, Ohio State University, ECOP and ESCOP 2014
chairs, respectively, will meet with USDA-NIFA top leaders on February 19,
2014. The goal is to show how the research to practice innovation circle is
implemented at state and local levels. Critical national leadership by the
chairs includes meetings with the USDA-NIFA Science Leadership Council and a
seminar for all agency employees with a special focus on increasing knowledge
about Land-grant University agricultural research and Extension amongst agency
national program leaders.
PILD Registration Opens – The 2014 Public
Issues Leadership Development (PILD) conference, an annual effort of the Joint
Council on Extension Professionals (JCEP), is April 6-10, 2014 in Alexandria,
VA. This conference brings together Extension Directors and
Administrators, Extension educators, and volunteers, including youth, to
discuss cutting edge issues prior to visits on Capitol Hill and with federal
agencies. Plan now to identify your delegation – both volunteers and staff;
determine the talking points for your state in order to have effective visits,
and confirm registration. A special feature will be the celebration of the
Extension Centennial. For details and to register, see http://jcep.org/pild-conference/2014-pild-registration.
