The Coming Together for Racial Understanding project team is launching its second train-the-trainer cohort on October 7-11, 2019, in Bloomington, MN. Teams of three per state are invited to participate, with priority given to states that did not participate in the first event last August.
A preview webinar is scheduled for August 13, at 11:00 a.m. ET. Key topics will include ideal team characteristics, participant commitments, travel assistance for 1890/1994 employees, and highlighted learnings from the first cohort. The webinar link is
https://msstateextension.zoom.us/j/6623255885 or join by phone: dial: +1 408 638 0968 (US Toll) Meeting ID: 662 325 5885. The project site is:
http://srdc.msstate.edu/civildialogue/. For more information, contact Rachel Welborn, Southern Rural Development Center,
rachel.welborn@msstate.edu.
APLU Annual Meeting -
All CES Members are invited/encouraged to attend the APLU Annual Meeting. There are no formal ECOP meetings planned to take place there at this time. There will be a BAA Awards presentations (including Cooperative Extension) early on Sunday morning, November 9 and a BAA Business Meeting on Monday morning, November 10. Cooperative Extension is co-sponsoring sessions consistent with the theme,
In Service, throughout the meeting; details forthcoming! The link to begin registration and reserve a hotel room is found
here, noting that the hotel reservations are encouraged ASAP. Dates/locations 2020-2023 for this meeting can be found
here.
Cooperative Extension, Public Outreach Unite to Increase Funding for Agricultural Research and Education - The Charles Valentine Riley Memorial Foundation (RMF) partnered with Land-Grant institutions, Non-Land Grant Colleges of Agriculture (NLGCA), and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to showcase how turning research into practical applications advances agricultural enterprises, strengthens the nation’s food security and improves the health of residents in rural and urban communities. The new RMF publication,
Cooperative Extension and Public Outreach: Advancing Agriculture and Improving Lives, features 22 success stories that outline the array of programs and services extension and public outreach offer. For more information read the entire report,
Cooperative Extension and Public Outreach: Advancing Agriculture and Improving Lives, the
Overview Brochure, and the
News Release.
Connecting Economic Prosperity and Cooperative Extension – APLU's Commission on Economic and Community Engagement (CECE) invites Extension leaders to become involved in their university’s pursuit of Innovation & Economic Prosperity (IEP) University designation. The program was established by and for
CECE members (
Directors and Administrators may join for free) to help universities more effectively know, measure, and tell their economic engagement impact while providing due recognition for universities that have demonstrated an institution-wide, sustainable, and substantive commitment to holistic economic and community engagement. Since 2013, 21 land-grant universities of more than 65 institutions, including non-landgrants, large and small, rural and urban, have earned this distinction and strengthened their institution’s economic and community engagement enterprise through the IEP process. Another 7-10 land-grants are in either in a start-up cohort or have expressed interest in applying. To apply, presidents/chancellors must submit a letter of intent (template provided) to APLU President Peter McPherson. Learn more by visiting
APLU.org/IEP and contact Shalin Jyotishi
sjyotishi@aplu.org for deeper inquiry.
Deadline to receive letters of intent is 10/31.
