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FCS Update
April 14, 2009
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Source: Jill Eversole Nolan, OSU Extension, Family & Consumer Sciences
jnolan@ehe.osu.edu
614.688.5378
Hi Everyone,
A beautiful day . . . and more to come!
It has been a busy week with a very successful Dining with Diabetes (DWD) in-service behind us. Congrats to the planning committee that offered a valuable professional development opportunity earlier this week. There was great participation from both Extension and Health professionals. Valuable partnerships were cultivated and/or strengthened.
Today, the Legislative Luncheon hosted many legislators who were impressed with our displays and engaged with local volunteers telling their personal stories about how Extension has impacted their communities.
Tomorrow, the County Extension Directors gather on campus to begin the discussion how the EERAs will be staffed and operated. It is an exciting time to explore new ways of offering our services. We will begin to focus in our program efforts and experiment with innovative ways to deliver our services. On May 11th, our FCS Educators and campus-based professionals will spend the day exploring how our FCS program can best work in our new Extension structure.
To end the week, many of us will be traveling to Cleveland to participate in the Ohio Family Consumer Sciences (OAFCS) annual meeting. OSU Extension has several professionals who are in OAFCS leadership roles and/or presenting at the conference. This conference is a valuable opportunity to network with our many FCS partners across Ohio.
Yes, a busy week for all of us . . . it is an affirmation how important our FCS efforts are to the system and to the citizens of Ohio. We are truly making a difference in people’s lives!
Best wishes . . . and enjoy all the pleasures spring generously shares!
Jill
In This Issue . . .
- FCS Program Meeting
- Leadership for Tomorrow Conference
- Community Health Status Indicators
- Grand Opening of Labs in Life
- Ohio Foreclosure Info Session
- AAFCS 2010 Annual Meeting
- Kudos
- EFNEP Celebrates its 40th Anniversary
- Chowline
- Welcome to the FCS Extension Family!
- Leadership Moments
- Dates to Remember
- Upcoming National Conferences
- Helpful Links
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On May 11 from 9:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., FCS Educators will gather in the Ag Admin Auditorium to begin defining new ways of delivering programming in the EERA model. Campus specialists and program professionals, including the Community Nutrition team, will also participate. Together we will discuss ways of working effectively in our new structure, brainstorm about programming efforts, meet in EERAs to identify needs and educator expertise, and explore ways to cover FNP and EFNEP requirements/obligations. All FCS Educators are strongly encouraged to participate. This is an important planning day you will not want to miss. Registration information will be sent via email in the near future; there will be need to register but no fee will be required (cost recovery dollars will cover program material and food expenses).
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Registration is open for the Leadership for Tomorrow Conference at the Ramada Plaza Hotel in Columbus. Visit http://www.leadershipfortomorrow.osu.edu/ for more information and to register.
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The Community Health Status Indicators (CHSI) provides an overview of key health indicators for local communities to encourage dialogue about actions that can be taken to improve a community’s health. Learn more at http://www.communityhealth.hhs.gov/homepage.aspx?j=1. (Source: Shirley Gerrior, PhD, RD, LD., National Program Leader, Human Nutrition Research and Extension, CSREES/USDA)
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Gail Kaye, Human Nutrition State Specialist, has been working with other EHE colleagues and COSI Columbus to develop a new exhibit, Labs in Life @ COSI. The exhibit features faculty, staff, and students conducting research about how physical activity and nutrition improve health, body composition, and well-being using state of the art equipment. COSI visitors can watch, interact, or even volunteer to be an active participant. Grand opening events are being handled by OSU Media Relations and include plans for a live TV media event on Friday, May 15th featuring Dr. Gee and David Chesebrough, COSI CEO. The official grand opening is Saturday, May 16th. Watch for more details in OSU Today.
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On May 8 from 9:30 to Noon in room 230 Campbell Hall, representatives from Attorney General Richard Cordray's office will present information on their "Save Our Homes" initiative. Anyone interested in learning about Ohio foreclosure issues can participate. The goal of the meeting is to provide knowledge and skills to Extension Educators, who in turn can help local clientele in foreclosure improve the likelihood of keeping their homes. Please RSVP by April 24 to Nancy Hudson at hudson.2@osu.edu.
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Ohio will be hosting the AAFCS 101ST Annual Conference and Expo in Cleveland June 24-27, 2010. New Century for FCS: New Challenges, New Solutions will be at the Renaissance Cleveland Hotel and the Marriott Cleveland Downtown at Key Center. Local participation in planning and implementing is highly encouraged. Look for more information in the near future and plan to attend.
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Several of our FCS professionals have much to celebrate. Congratulations to . . .
Hugo Melgar Quinonez, Human Nutrition, and colleagues had an article published in the March issue of the Journal of the American Dietetics Association, “Correlates of Fruit and Vegetable Intakes in US Children”. Hugo was cited in a USA TODAY article highlighting findings from the study.
Kathy Jelley, FCS Educator, and Becky Cropper, 4-H Youth Development Educator in the Ohio Valley EERA, in partnership with the Southern State Community College, were awarded $79,000 to offer the Gear Up program.
Polly Loy, FCS Educator in the Buckeye Hills EERA, along with Steve Schumacher and Jane Keyser, received a $1,300 George W. Broughton Endowment grant to support their Educational Community Garden Program.
Susan Shockey, FCS Educator in the Heart of Ohio EERA, has been in the media recently. She was on Columbus’ Channel 6 sharing ways to save while shopping for food, on WSFJ-TV 51 as a guest for "Joy in Our Town," and quoted in The Lantern article, OSU Extension helps struggling homeowners, http://media.www.thelantern.com/media/storage/paper333/news/2009/03/12/Metro/Osu-Extension.Helps.Struggling.Homeowners-3669002.shtml.
Tasha Snyder and Kara Newby, HDFS, announce the publication of their new HDFS Newsletter, Youth and Family Focus; Spring 2009. This quarterly newsletter will highlight research, news and information in youth and families work.
Pat Brinkman, FCS Educator in the Miami Valley EERA, received a $1500 OSU AHEC Women's Health Week grant to conduct Daughters and Mothers Empowered in Body, Mind, and Spirit.
Marisa Warrix, FCS Educator in the Western Reserve EERA, received the 2009 Ohio Dietetic Association Outstanding Contribution Award.
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EFNEP began in Ohio and other 1862 Land-Grant Institutions in 1969, which means it celebrates 40 years of success in 2009. EFNEP uses peer educators from the communities they support to provide limited-resource families and youth with interactive research-based programming. Over the last 40 years, Ohio EFNEP peer educators have reached at least 800,000 families and youth with nutrition, resource management, food safety, and physical activity information.
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Martha Filipic’s Chow Lineis a weekly question-and-answer column that focuses on nutrition, food safety, food processing and other food related matters. To read the latest edition, Exercise can help control blood sugar Just by Julie Shertzer, Program Specialist in Human Nutrition, go to: http://extension.osu.edu/~news/story.php?id=5072
Martha also writes a monthly Family Fundamentals that focuses on Human Development/Family Sciences and Consumer Sciences (alternating each month). Kara Newby, Program Coordinator in HDFS, contributes Parents of 'tweens' still have lots of influence. It can be found at: http://extension.osu.edu/~news/story.php?id=5065
News media have free use of the material as long as proper credit is given to The Ohio State University. Readers can send questions to Martha at Filipic.3@osu.edu. To subscribe to news releases, including Chow Line and Family Fundamentals go to: http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~news/subscribe.php
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Cindy Styer
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Washington County
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Program Assistant, FNP
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03/02/2009
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Sharon Shaw
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Hocking County
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Program Assistant, FNP
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03/10/2009
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Pamela Dixon
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Hamilton County
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Program Assistant, EFNEP
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03/30/2009
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“Loving yourself unconditionally requires self-compassion. Once armed with a high level of self-awareness and self-acceptance, it is much easier to regulate yourself and your feelings. Your anger and emotional outbursts usually result when someone penetrates to the core of what you do not like about yourself or still cannot accept. By accepting yourself just as you are, you are no longer vulnerable to these hurts and are prepared to interact authentically with others who come into your life " your family, friends, coworkers, even complete strangers. Free of having to pretend to be someone you are not, you can focus on your passions and fulfilling your dreams (George & Sims, 2007, p. 82-83).”
Reference: George, B., & Sims, P. (2007). True north: discover your authentic leadership. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
True North is available on loan from the Ohio State University Leadership Center. To borrow this resource or any other resource, please go to the resource search page http://164.107.48.88/winnebago/index.asp?lib=???
Learn how the Ohio State University Leadership Center is strengthening tomorrow's leaders today at http://leadershipcenter.osu.edu
(Leadership Moments is reprinted with permission from the OSU Leadership Center.)
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April 28-30, 2009 Leadership for Tomorrow - Ramada, Columbus
May 6-7, 2009 EFNEP Mid-Year Conference - Ramada, Columbus OH
May 8, 2009 Ohio Foreclosure Info Session, 230 Campbell Hall
May 11, 2009 FCS Program Meeting - Ag. Auditorium
November 4-5, 2009 EFNEP/FNP Annual Conference - Quest Center, Columbus OH
December 16-17, 2009 OSU Extension Annual Conference
Upcoming National Conferences
April 6-9, 2009 National Jeanne Priester Health Conference -Indianapolis, IN
May 4-7, 2009 North Central Region Urban Extension Conference, Milwaukee WI http://urbanconference2009.uwex.edu
May 18-21, 2009 CYFAR Conference - Baltimore, MD
June 25-28, 2009 AAFCS Annual Conference - Knoxville, TN http://www.aafcs.org/meetings/09/index.html
July 11-15, 2009 SNE Annual Conference - New Orleans, LA
September 14-19, 2009 NEAFCS Annual Conference - Birmingham, AL
November 4-6, 2009 Housing Education & Research Association (HERA) - Conference, Santa Fe NM - http://www.housingeducators.org/
November 11-14, 2009 NCFR Annual Conference - San Francisco
September 20-24, 2010 NEAFCS Annual Conference - Portland, ME
September 26-30, 2011 NEAFCS Annual Conference - Albuquerque, New México
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Extension Intranet Calendar - http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~intranet/
Extension Family and Consumer Sciences - http://fcs.osu.edu/
Extension Human Development & Family Science - http://families.osu.edu/
Extension Human Nutrition - http://fcs.osu.edu/hn/
Extension Consumer Sciences - http://fcs.osu.edu/cs/
Family Nutrition Program - http://fnp.osu.edu/
National Extension Association of Family & Consumer Sciences - http://www.neafcs.org
Amerrican Association of Family & Consumer Sciences - http://www.aafcs.org/
National Council on Family Relations - http://www.ncfr.org
National Council on Aging - http://www.ncoa.org/index.cfm?bType=ie4
Family Science and Human Development News - FSHD-News@lyris.csrees.usda.gov
Ohio State University Extension - http://extension.osu.edu/
OSU Extension Communiqué - http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~intranet/news_matrix.php?newsletter=1
Journal of Extension - http://www.joe.org/
USDA's/CREES CYFERnet (Children, Youth, Family Educational Resource Network) - http://www.cyfernet.org/
OSU CARES - http://osucares.osu.edu/
IRB - http://orrp.osu.edu/irb/about/
Section of Communication & Technology - http://ct.excelcomm.com/
Photo Library - http://photolib.ag.ohio-state.edu/
Templates - http://ct.excelcomm.com/site/indexer/237/content.htm
The Forum for Family and Consumer Issues - http://ncsu.edu/ffci/
Fit 2B Fathers - http://fcs.osu.edu/f2bf/index.php
MyMoney.gov - http://www.mymoney.gov/.
Jill Eversole Nolan, PhD
The Ohio State University
Assistant Director, Family and Consumer Sciences
Ohio State University Extension
College of Education and Human Ecology
185 Arps Hall
|1945 North High Street
Columbus, Ohio 43210
Off 614.247.2543
Fax 614.688.4612
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