Cooperative Extension is a relational system that leverages public investment with a wide range of partnerships. Likewise, on behalf of the entire
Cooperative Extension Section (CES), ECOP maintains a number of mutually beneficial relationships with partner organizations including its
collective dealings with the APLU. Recent relational assignments include:
- Brian Kowalkowski, College of the Menominee Nation, 1994 Tribal Colleges
- Allen Wysocki, University of Florida, Academic Programs Committee on Organization and Policy (ACOP)
- Karla Trautman, South Dakota State University, CES/ECOP representative to the Communications and Marketing Committee
- Rich Bonanno, North Carolina State University, CES/ECOP representative to the BAA Committee on Legislation and Policy
- Beverly Durgan, University of Minnesota, ECOP Liaison to the Joint Committee of Extension Professionals (JCEP) and Chair of the International Extension Committee
- Ami Smith, West Virginia State University, ECOP Liaison to the Journal of Extension, Extension Journal Inc. Board of Directors
- Mike O’Neill, University of Connecticut, ECOP co-liaison to the LEAD 21 Board of Directors
- Mike Gaffney, Washington State University, ECOP Budget & Legislative Committee
Please join ECOP Chair Ed Jones in thanking these people and their respective administrations for stepping up to their voluntary national duties. ECOP in relationship with the
five Regional Associations, devotes a total of 3.25 FTE from
EDA Team to staff the complexities of these national relationships.
Well Connected Communities Wave 2 Pre-award Request for Applications: Informational Call - As reported earlier
here and
here, Wave 2 funding of Well Connected Communities, is coming soon! Today ECOP and National 4-H Council (Council), through a competitive grant opportunity from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), announces a special informational call on
September 5, 2019 from 2:00 – 3:00 PM ET to learn more about the Well Connected Communities initiative pre-award Request for Applications (RFA) submission process. All Land-Grant Universities (LGUs) and the Cooperative Extension System within the 50 United States, the District of Columbia and U.S. Territories are invited to
Click Here to register and become part of the groundbreaking health initiatives of Cooperative Extension and anticipated funding from RWJF; helping to drive transformational change to create the conditions that will foster a Culture of Health in communities across America.
Note:
The RFA will be posted before the call on September 5. Stay tuned to the
ECOP Monday Minute for information on where to access the RFA. Questions can be directed to Shay McNeil at Council;
smcneil@fourhcouncil.edu, 301-961-2858.
National eXtension Impact Collaborative Summit -
The Cooperative Extension Section is reminded that a national Impact Collaborative Summit, with the benefit of five free registrations for each eXtension membership, is coming on October 15 - 17, 2019 to Atlanta, GA.
The registration deadline is September 20, 2019. Additional project or program teams or team members are welcome to join with payment of a registration fee. Summits are designed to catalyze teams in their various stages of either planning or implementation. This includes individualized support to help propel teams through their journey towards launching their project or program.
Click here to learn more, and
visit here to learn more about team results and success stories.
New Strategy to Reach Stakeholders - Positive, effective outreach to new and existing stakeholders is at the core of any community-based, educational program such as Extension. Projects in Iowa and Nebraska celebrate current owners of unclaimed, mid-1800s land granted by the federal government to states to establish a university. Both have resulted in extensive, positive visibility for Iowa State University (ISU) and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and their respective Extension function.
Ray Hansen, Program Manager, ISU Extension and Outreach, coordinated the
Iowa Land-Grant Legacy Project which launched in September 2016 at the Clay County Fair. Nebraska followed Iowa’s lead in 2019 under the leadership of
Chuck Hibberd, Nebraska Extension Dean and Director.
Nebraska Land-Grant Connects maps 135,000 land-grant acres, the sale or lease of which contributed to opening university doors in Lincoln 150 years ago. Current efforts in Nebraska focus on county and state fair recognitions of landowners, some of which have retained the land in one family for more than 150 years. A special emphasis is placed on past and current connections to the university as a student, 4-H member or other means.
