On
Friday, December 1, 2017, 3:00 p.m. ET, the first in a series of web-based meetings will take place for the Cooperative Extension Section called
Next Generation Extension – Learning for Leaders. In
communities across the Nation, opioid addiction is increasing rapidly with
dreadful results – hospitalization and death, weakened parenting and
increasing out-of-home child placements, and family and workplace
economic collapse. Incidence of opioid abuse has risen dramatically
across geographic, demographic, and socioeconomic groups.
Can Extension
make a difference? Chris Boerboom, North Dakota State University, and the ECOP Program Committee, Anne R. Lindsay, University of Nevada-Reno, and Mark Skidmore,
North Central Regional Center for Rural Development, will provide an
overview of the national situation related to abuse of opioids and will
highlight examples of current Extension strategies. They will also
collect relevant resources and curricula from interested participants,
which will be shared with the System. Directors and Administrators have received the invitation with connection details and are encouraged to participate and/or share the invite
with interested faculty and staff. The session will be recorded and electronically archived. Resources are available at
http://articles.extension.org/pages/74079/opioid-resources-for-extension-professionals.
REMINDER: Passing of the Gavel - The Cooperative Extension Section (CES) gathers this evening, November 13, 2017 at 6:00 p.m. ET, at the APLU Annual Meeting at the Wardman Park Marriott, Washington, DC. ECOP Chair Fred Schlutt, University of Alaska will preside and hand over leadership to Chuck Hibberd, University of Nebraska. Michelle Rodgers, University of Delaware will receive recognition for her service, 2013-2017. The meeting will be highlighted by presentation of the
2017 CES Annual Report and the brand new
CES Strategic Agenda. Follow CES activities on Twitter at @Ext100Years #leadext #CoopExtAward during the #APLU2017 meeting @APLU_News.
Promoting SNAP-Ed at LGUs - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education
(SNAP-Ed) is a vital contributor to the Land-grant University (LGU)
mission; it provides evidence based and evaluated nutrition education
and obesity prevention service to high need audiences. It is critical
that LGUs and Extension play an active role in the support and promotion
of the strong impacts realized as a result of SNAP-Ed to ensure its
continued funding. As the Federal Fiscal Year 2018 begins, please take a
moment to plan how to promote, educate, and advocate on behalf of
SNAP-Ed. Consider the following options to formulate a plan:
- Convene a meeting between Extension and SNAP-Ed leadership to
discuss the importance of SNAP-Ed at your LGU, promotion and educational
priorities, and strategies for sharing the impacts of SNAP-Ed with
internal and external stakeholders.
- Connect SNAP-Ed staff with your institution’s legislative liaisons
to ensure SNAP-Ed impacts and value are part of educational and advocacy
priorities for the coming year.
- Engage critical SNAP-Ed partners as advocates for SNAP-Ed within and beyond your state.
For more information, please review
national reports, and
state reports, about SNAP-Ed within the LGU system, or contact Christine Hradek (
hradek@iastate.edu) of the Legislative Education Committee of the
LGU SNAP-Ed Program Development Team.
eXtension Offers Course on Civil Rights Training and Ensuring Inclusiveness - Civil rights are front and center in our nation’s news, which makes Extension professionals' responsibility for understanding the importance of civil rights training and ensuring inclusiveness in programming more important than ever. A new online course developed by more than 40 University of Minnesota Extension faculty and staff and led by Renee Pardello, Key Informant for the eXtension Impact Collaborative, is now available nationwide through eXtension. The course, which works best as a small-group activity, can be accessed at:
https://campus.extension.org/course/view.php?id=1481
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Beverly Samuel, NIFA and
NEAFCS President Theresa Mayhew |
Beverly Samuel Receives NEAFCS Award - National Program Leader
Beverly Samuel of USDA NIFA in Division of Family & Consumer
Sciences was honored at the National Extension Association for Family
and Consumer Sciences (NEAFCS) 2017 Annual Session. She received the “Friend of
NEAFCS Award” at the conference held September 16-20, in Omaha,
Nebraska. Initiated in 2005, the annual “Friend of NEAFCS Award” is the
highest honor bestowed by the Association in recognition of an
individual or organization, who has made significant contributions to
Cooperative Extension Family and Consumer Science education programs
across the nation.
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