In
recognition of Presidents’ Day, ECOP Monday Minute will return on
2.24.14.
Centennial Celebration Details – Extension
Centennial Celebration Task Force co-chairs, Doug Steele, Texas A&M
AgriLife Extension Service, and Frankie Gould, LSU AgCenter, would like to
share details about the upcoming Centennial celebrations. There are many
exciting opportunities for your University to engage in the celebration of our
100 years of work to improve the lives of people across the United States. They
would especially like to point out the 100 Days of Tweets that are currently
occurring as well as draw your attention to the Poster Competition and Giving
Opportunities in support of the Convocation on May 7-8, 2014. Please
find their letter with details at http://www.lsuagcenter.com/MCMS/RelatedFiles/%7B60CF33C5-6EBF-4798-BD00-4C2E20E2FE71%7D/Centennial-Status-Update--2014-02-07-FINAL.pdf.
See the Smith-Lever Act – With thanks to
the APLU Council on Government Affairs, the original Smith-Lever Act, the
founding legislation of the nationwide Cooperative Extension System, will be on
display at the National Archives www.archives.gov/
from April
17 to May 8, 2014, seven days a week, between the hours of 10 a.m. and 5:30 pm.
Happy 100th, Cooperative Extension!
“I Believe” – Extension Centennial Celebration Task
Force Co-chair, Doug Steele, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension shares this video
on Texas Extension professionals reciting the Extension Professionals
Creed. Check it out at http://agvideo.tamu.edu/Creed-ITW/Creed100-YouTube.mov and
see www.extension100years.net for
a toolkit of communications tools to tell the story of Cooperative Extension’s
past, present, and, most importantly, future.
USDA
Announces Climate Change Hubs – See http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentidonly=true&contentid=2014/02/0016.xml for locations
of regional climate change hubs. University partners, including Cooperative
Extension, will help to provide technical support, assessments and forecasts,
and outreach and education. For additional information, see http://www.usda.gov/oce/climate_change/regional_hubs.htm.
USDA StrikeForce – See www.usda.gov/strikeforce regarding to the
USDA StrikeForce for Rural Growth and Opportunity. USDA’s vision is to increase
efforts in high-poverty rural areas. Cooperative Extension is encouraged to get
involved.
Host Volunteerism Conference – The National
Extension Conference on Volunteerism on alternate years. The focus is to
advance the knowledge and practice of working with Extension volunteer
programs. The 8th National Extension Conference on Volunteerism will
be in April or May, 2015. Land-grant universities interested in hosting the
conference can submit a proposal by 3.2.14. Request instructions from Doug
Swanson, USDA-NIFA National Program Leader, 202.690.1227, dswanson@nifa.usda.gov.
