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FCS Update
May 1, 2009
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Source: Jill Eversole Nolan, OSU Extension, Family & Consumer Sciences
nolan.2@osu.edu
614-688-5378
Hi Everyone,
At last “May” . . . which means we most likely have snow/cold temperatures behind us and only sunshine/HEAT ahead of us! It is a great time of year with lots of family picnics, yard maintenance and work events to keep us all more-than-busy.
The EFNEP professionals will be in Columbus next week networking and gleaning new information. It is always a wonderful time to catch up on EFNEP activities and people’s lives. Several of our EFNEP staff will be receiving special awards and recognition.
If you are a mother, Happy Mother’s Day . . . moms are special people who greatly impact the lives of their children. Hopefully your family is close by to surround you with love! Both of our children are far away (United Kingdom and Indonesia) but I will certainly feel their love as I know they will feel mine. Enjoy your special day!
Thank you all for the heartfelt support the past few months. I, the organization and your peers greatly appreciate it. We have much to be thankful . . . and will begin to embrace some new beginnings!
Best wishes,
Jill
May is Older Americans Month . . . “Living Today for a Better Tomorrow”
In This Issue . . .
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FCS Meeting - May 11
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FCS Administration Has Moved
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Value of Volunteer Time
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OARDC and Extension on YouTube
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Patterson Lecture
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Youth and Family Focus
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USDA Complete Guide to Home Canning
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OSURF Grants
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Requests for Proposals for County Commissioners Days
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NEAFCS News
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Kudos
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Snackwise
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Chowline
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Welcome to the FCS Extension Family!
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Leadership Moments
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Dates to Remember
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Upcoming National Conferences
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Helpful Links
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On May 11 from 8:45 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., FCS Educators and Specialists, EERA Leaders, Regional Directors and state-based staff will gather in the Ag Admin Auditorium to begin defining new ways of delivering programming in the EERA model. There will be opportunity for individual EERAs to identify needs and educator expertise, explore ways to cover FNP and EFNEP requirements/obligations, discuss ways of working effectively in our new structure, and brainstorm about programming efforts. This is an important planning day you will not want to miss! Registration was sent last week via email; there is no registration fee but we do need a count.
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We (Kirk, Sandy and Jill) have moved back to 381 Campbell Hall. If you’re on campus, stop by and see us. Our phone numbers remain the same, but we will be getting a new fax number. Our mailing address is now: FCS Extension Administration, 381 Campbell Hall, 1787 Neil Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210.
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The new value of volunteer time for FY09 is $20.25 per hour; the FY08 figure was $19.51.
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If you were not able to attend the 6th Annual James F. Patterson Land-Grant University Lecture last Friday, you can watch it on WOSU Public Media during May: On WOSU Plus (34.1), Fridays, May 1, 8, 15, 22, & 29, 9-10pm. On WOSU TV/HD (34.3), Sunday, May 3, 11-12pm.
(Source: Office of University Outreach and Engagement, http://outreach.osu.edu/ )
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Human Development and Family Science Extension has begun a new quarterly newsletter, Youth and Family Focus, which will highlight work in youth and families. The first edition, Spring 2009, focuses on the work of Deanna Wilkinson and the perspectives of those involved in violence, an article about tweens (8- to 12-year-olds), an Applied Research Review column on bullying, and a look at the American Community Survey from the U.S. Census. Kara Newby and Tasha Snyder are writing and editing the new effort.
(Source: EHE News, Gemma McLuckie)
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If you haven't visited the National Center for Home Food Preservation website lately, you might not know that the 2006 USDA Complete Guide to Home Canning has finally been posted in PDF format. There are lots of clients who will want this updated version, Kate Shumaker, Holmes County, is planning to do a mass printing of the 2006 edition. Format will stay the same - cover page in full color, all other pages black ink, each chapter on different colored paper, 3-hole punched, and cellophane wrapped. Cost obviously decreases as the volume printed increases. If you would be interested in purchasing some (or many) Canning Guides, please send Kate an estimate of how many you would like at shumaker.68@osu.edu.
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Today, there is growing competition for available funds and growing demand to account for the responsible use of public dollars. As stewards of Extension’s dollars, it is increasingly important to be able to document the work being done by faculty with Extension appointments to be able to share that information with our key stakeholders. By using Extension orgs when Extension faculty work on Extension types of externally funded projects, we can capture much of that work. When an Extension professional develops and works on an externally funded Extension project, an appropriate portion of the intellectual effort and ownership (that’s the Proposal/Award Allocation column on the PA005 form) for that project should go to his or her department’s Extension org. When someone is released to work on an externally funded project there is an expectation that the project is Extension work. There is also an expectation that the professional’s on-going Extension responsibilities will continue with support from the release dollars. Release time from an Extension appointment is returned only to an Extension org - hopefully to support Extension programming. (Source: Jackie LaMuth)
Department of Extension policy is that Extension orgs receive 60% of release time earned for projects after 7/1/08. (Source: Brian McClain)
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Ohio County Commissioner Days will be August 19-20 in Medina County. The deadline for proposals for concurrent sessions, posters and exhibits is Friday, May 8. Please submit your proposal via email as an MS Word document attachment indicating that it is a submission for a poster, exhibit or concurrent session. All submissions will be peer-reviewed, and applicants will be notified whether or not their submission was accepted by May 15. All submissions should be relevant to county commissioners from across Ohio. For more information or to submit your proposal, email David Civittolo at civittolo.1@osu.edu.
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The following NEAFCS members have submitted projects to be considered for awards at the regional and national level. Ohio will be well represented . . . congrats all! Thank you for your valuable FCS efforts!
Kathy Oliver and Melinda Hill, Continued Excellence; Lisa Barlage and Nancy Stehulak, Distinguished Service.
Cindy Oliveri, Jennifer Hartzler, and Rose Fisher Merkowitz- "Sun Safety Education for Sea Campers at Kelly's Island"- Environmental Education Award
Cora French Robinson, Linnette Goard, and Melinda Hill- "Healthy Living Blog" - Healthy Lifestyles Grant
Pat Brinkman and Rose Merkowitz- "Building Blocks of Sun Safety" - Healthy Lifestyles Grant
Lois Clark and Nancy Recker- "Stepfamilies Growing Together" - Educational Publications
Cindy Shuster, Joyce Shriner, and Shelley England- "The Family Tacklebox - Parenting Newsletter" -Newsletter
Cindy Oliveri, Kathy Jelley, Monadine Mattey, Lucinda Miller, Sheila Maggard, and Treva Williams- "Fruit and Vegetable Fact Sheet for Elementary School Children and their Parents" - Newsletter
Beth Gaydos- "Cutting Expenses: Tips for Spending Less on Food and Energy Costs" - Radio
Dan Remley- "Rainbow of Colors Choice Pantry Nutrition Education Video" - Television
Chris Olinsky - "Changing Your Life is As Easy as ABC" - Written Press Release
Cindy Oliveri, Kathy Dodrill, Marie Economos, Shari Gallup, Beth Gaydos, Jennifer Hartzler, Marcia Jess, Chris Kendle, Sheila Maggard, Monadine Mattey, Kathy Jelley, Lucinda Miller, Dan Remley, Kate Shumaker, and Susan Zies - "Diabetes Education- An Ohio Initiative" - Community Partnership Award
Jamie Seger and Tricia Callahan- "Move it Miami County" - Marketing Package
Cindy Shuster and Joyce Shriner - "Ohio Promotes Living Well Initiative" - Living Well Award
(Source: Dan Remley, NEAFCS affiliate President)
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Several of our FCS professionals have much to celebrate. Congratulations to . . .
Marcia Jess, Ottawa County, Erie Basin EERA; Shari Gallup, Licking County, Heart of Ohio EERA; Linnette Goard, Lorain County, Western Reserve EERA; and Liz Smith, Wyandot County, Erie Basin EERA will be presenting Live Healthy, Live Well at the Community Development Society (CDS) Conference, July 26-29 in Memphis, Tennessee.
Linnette Goard, Lorain County, Western Reserve EERA and the Healthy Meals Team proposal, Planning Healthy Meals for Meetings, was accepted for Priester National Health Conference, April 6-8 in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Susan Holladay and Tracie Montague, Clinton County, Miami Valley EERA received $3500 grant money from their local P-16 Council to conduct Real Money Real World programming in the county.
Gail Kaye, Human Nutrition, Investigating the impact of vended food items on health and well-being of patrons, $34,400 grant awarded annually for 3 years and Central Benefits, United Way proposal, ‘Happy Healthy Preschoolers awarded $600,000.
We have several OSU Cares Grants to celebrate!
· Barbara Hennard, Mercer County, Top of Ohio EERA; Karla Kessler, O.U.R. Home Family Resource Center; Young Ah Lee, Assistant Professor of Education, OSU-Lima; Cindy Torppa, Assistant Professor and Specialist, Human Communication and Family Science for their Co-Parenting: Strengthening and Enhancing Communities, Neighbors and Families OSU Cares seed grant.
· Cindy Oliveri, Extension Specialist, Family and Consumer Sciences; Jennifer Landau, Ohio State Health Network; Erin Bontrager, Department of Communications and Marketing, OSU Medical Center; Julie Meddles, Associate Director, Food and Nutrition Services, University Hospital East for their Dining with Diabetes - Outreach into OSU Medical Center Communities: A Strengthening Families and Communities Effort OSU Caresseed grant.
· Gail Kaye, Human Nutrition, and Maryanna Klatt, Assistant Professor, School of Allied Medical Professions, College of Medicine for their The State of Ohio Gets Fuel For Learning Excellence in Engagement grant.
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Dr. Gail Kaye is leading a team from OSU, Nationwide Children’s Hospital and AVI to investigate the impact of using Snackwise® (a validated computer software program that categorizes food products into 3 categories: green-“best choice”, yellow-“choose occasionally”, or red-“choose rarely) on nutrient consumption of patrons and sales of vended items on the OSU main campus. The use of Snackwise® was included as a bid specification for the vending contract at the Ohio State University that went into effect September, 2008. Results of the research will be used to help shape environment and policy changes aimed at improving the dietary behaviors of the campus community.
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Martha Filipic’s Chow Line is a weekly question-and-answer column that focuses on nutrition, food safety, food processing and other food related matters. To read the latest edition, Eating 'on automatic' hard to overcome by Julie Shertzer, Program Specialist in Human Nutrition, go to: http://extension.osu.edu/~news/story.php?id=5145.
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 Talk with teens about impact of pregnancy. It can be found at: http://extension.osu.edu/~news/story.php?id=5134
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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Sara Oates Ross County Program Assistant, EFNEP 04/13/2009
Jane Behari Butler County Program Assistant, Dev. of Living Skills 04/20/2009
Debbie Reinhart Brown Auglaize County Program Assistant, FNP 04/20/2009
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Change isn’t something that happens here and there. No matter where you go, there it is - and no wonder. Life is a complex interaction of millions of factors, all connected to each other. If any one thing changes, so do all the interactions, sometimes in imperceptible ways.
You live in a world where everything is changing. It’s not that change stalks you. Instead, since change is everywhere, it is already where you are heading (Yaverbaum & Sherman, 2008, p. 194-195).
Reference: Yaverbaum, E. & Sherman, E. (2008). The everything leadership book: 2nd edition. Avon, MA: Adamsmedia The Everything Leadership Book 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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· 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 Educators Meeting, Ag. Admin Auditorium
· August 19-20, 2009 County Commissioners Days, Medina County
· November 4-5, 2009 EFNEP/FNP Annual Conference, Quest Center, Columbus OH
· December 16-17, 2009 OSU Extension Annual Conference
Upcoming National Conferences
- May 4-7, 2009 North Central Region Urban Extension Conference, Milwaukee WI http://urbanconference2009.uwex.edu/
- May 18-21, 2009 CYFARConference, 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/
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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/
American 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/
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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/grants/Seed%20Grants%20RFP%202008.doc
IRB - http://orrp.osu.edu/irb/about/
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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
381 Campbell Hall
1787 Neil Avenue
Columbus, Ohio 43210
Off 614.247.2543
Fax 614.292.7478
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