1994, 1862 and 1890 institution leaders and staff are invited to attend the workshop,
Culturally-Grounded Programming: Sharing and Learning among 1994 and 1862 Land Grant Institutions, October 25, 2019, in Denver, Colorado. This workshop represents continuing dialog between 1994 and 1862 leaders on how both parties can learn from each other, develop trusting relationships, and increase collaboration on programs of mutual interest and benefit. The workshop is a pre-conference session to the FALCON (First Americans Land Grant Consortium) Annual Conference, October 26-28, 2019. FALCON is the professional association of 1994 land-grant administrators, faculty, extension educators and students. The Tribal colleges will also
celebrate 25 years as 1994 land-grant institutions. See
FALCON 2019 Registration for conference agenda and registration. For more information contact John Phillips
jphillips@aihec.org, or Ashley Stokes
ashley.stokes@colostate.edu.
Strategic Opportunity in Consumer Literacy: Trust in Food - On September 6, 2019, Ed Jones, moderated his last
Next Generation Extension Learning for Leaders as ECOP Chair. Nate Birt, Director, Development & Programming,
Trust in Food, was featured. Directors and administrators who joined the meeting identified some opportunities to explore, initiate or expand programming through Trust in Food. The recording of the conversation is now available at
Learning for Leaders YouTube Channel and the slides may be found
here. To answer questions, contact
Nate Birt.
Coming Together for Racial Understanding Workshop Update - The second Coming Together for Racial Understanding workshop is scheduled for October 7-11. Due to high demand and a technical difficulty resulting in delayed launch of registration website, the late fee for workshop registration has been waived.
All registrations will be charged the early bird rate through September 15, 2019, the cutoff date. Please share this information within your respective networks so that team members who are interested can finalize their registrations.
• Flyer describing the event:
http://srdc.msstate.edu/civildialogue/coming-together-flyer-2019.pdf
• Event web page:
http://srdc.msstate.edu/civildialogue/2019_meeting.html
• Project site:
http://srdc.msstate.edu/civildialogue/index.html
Principal contact is Rachel Welborn,
rachel.welborn@msstate.edu.
FREE Virtual Conference Promotes Connections and Collaborations Working with Military Families - The Military Families Learning Network (MFLN) announces a FREE 3-day virtual conference, “Relationships for Readiness,” starting on Tuesday, September 17 - Thursday, September 19 that will focus on the Family Readiness System. MFLN invites educators working with military families across the country to begin rethinking their work with military families by re-aligning themselves as connected & collaborative professionals. Certificates of completion as well as continuing education credits from multiple disciplines will be available throughout the conference. For more information and to RVSP go to:
https://militaryfamilieslearningnetwork.org/vc2019. Extension Directors and Administrators are encouraged to participate and share this opportunity with interested colleagues!
New APLU Position, Director of Congressional & Government Affairs, Agriculture & International Development - This new position and partnership was recently discussed in July at the Joint COPs meeting. The primary focus for this position is to work within APLU Offices of
Congressional & Governmental Affairs,
Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources, and
International Programs. The Director will be responsible for advancing the association’s priorities to enhance higher education’s role in agricultural development, both domestically and globally, through the annual budget and appropriations process, appropriate authorization legislation, and with key agencies such as USDA and USAID. To learn more
CLICK HERE. Preference will be given to applicants responding by September 13.
