Director's Internal Advisory Committee Report

The Director’s Internal Advisory Committee meeting was held on Friday, September 25. There was excellent attendance and good interaction from the committee. Visitor Dr. L.H. Newcomb, interim chair of Human and Community Resource Development, updated the Internal Advisory Committee on where the “new” Department of HCRD is headed. He was very appreciative of the support from Extension and excited about the contributions of Extension faculty in the new department. This will include some exciting curriculum developments in leadership, youth development, technology, community development, and outreach. In other business, we talked about exciting programs/activities in the counties related to fruit orchards in Cleveland, Meals on Wheels, the Football Hall of Fame in Canton, the Forever Dads program, preschool vision screening, obesity, helping low-income folks apply for jobs, the chick embryo project, etc. We also had a very positive discussion about programs going on in the state. We discussed the proposed name change for Extension (as suggested by Ohio State President Gee) and possible taglines that would go with the new Extension name. The meeting included an update on how the EERAs are progressing; again, fruitful discussion and input from the Director’s Internal Advisory Committee. The next meeting is December 11, 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.