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FCS Update
June 1, 2009
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Source: Jill Eversole Nolan, OSU Extension, Family & Consumer Sciences
nolan.2@osu.edu
614-688-5378
Hi Everyone,
How is everything in your part of Ohio/campus? I think we can be guaranteed of warmer weather; hereafter fear of frost and unusual chilly nights can be “tabled” for several months. Enjoy the sunshine and take several opportunities this summer to retreat and play.
Lots of things are happening in OSUE . . . our May 11th event offered a valuable opportunity to begin “new structure” discussions, and to identify the potential successes and challenges that lie ahead. We will hope for less of the latter! It was important, and I greatly appreciated having ALL of our county educators and state staff participate in discussion and brainstorming on how we move forward.
Earlier in May, the EFNEP professionals gathered in Columbus for an in-service and a 40TH year EFNEP celebration. It was an excellent professional development event. Congratulations to all who received awards and recognition! A special thank you is extended to the EFNEP team who planned and implemented the in-service . . . Mari Carmen, Erica, Pat, Joyce, Alaina, Andrea, Valerie and Julie!
I welcome summer and all that it has to offer. I find working in the yard therapeutic and biking with my husband, Mike, healthy even though we pedal at a casual pace! Please take time to do things you find relaxing because it helps us approach our Extension work with a refreshed mind and body! Thank you for your Extension efforts . . . YOU are the reason Ohio Extension is one of the best in the nation!
Best wishes,
Jill
In This Issue . . .
- 100 Years, Still Going Strong!
- May 11 EERA Reports
- Homebuyer Education Approval
- HDFS Podcasts
- Microsoft Compatibility Pack
- Sun Safety Webpage
- Food Safety Web Site Launched
- NEAFCS Presenters
- Kudos
- Chowline
- Farewell
- Welcome to the FCS Extension Family!
- Leadership Moments
- Dates to Remember
- Upcoming National Conferences
- Helpful Links
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This year marks the 100th birthday for Family and Consumer Sciences Extension at The Ohio State University. Like our 4-H colleagues, we too can give thanks to A.B. Graham for helping launch our programming efforts in the state. In 1909, A.B. organized the first “Winter School for Homemakers.” A year later, the first Extension Schools for adults were held off campus. By the time the Smith-Lever Act was passed in 1914, FCS Extension work had already been being conducted for five years - we’ve always been one step ahead of the game! While we may have changed the name of our discipline a few times, (Domestic Science, Home Economics, Human Ecology, Family and Consumer Sciences) our track record shows that over the past 100 years, OSU Extension Family and Consumer Sciences has been addressing critical needs of Ohio’s citizens to help them improve their lives and circumstances. As we move into our next 100 years, we will continue to change with the times to meet the current and emerging needs of the clientele we serve. And as we embark on that journey, let us not forget Ellen Swallow Richards’ 1899 admonishment to our profession:
"Real progress is often retarded by trying to make the new fit into the old scheme of things." So as we move forward, let’s keep our minds open and creatively approach our new structure.
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All of the EERA FCS reports from May 11th are available for your perusal at:
http://fcs.osu.edu/prof-resourses/protected/fcs-eera.php. If you’re curious to read what other EERAs discussed, click their report link. Let’s keep the discussions going! Reminder the un = fcs and the pw = 1Extension!
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Dr. Caezilia Loibl is currently collecting information to support an application to HUD for approval of OSU Extension as a provider of Homeownership Services. This approval would open some new doors for work that can be done in Ohio's communities, such as homebuyer education, foreclosure prevention, post purchase education, and financial services. Several of our FCS, as well as CD, educators are currently conducting this important programming across the state. The need is especially great in our rural counties. To know more about providing such programming, contact either Caezilia at loibl.3@osu.edu or Nancy Stehulak at stehulak.1@osu.edu.
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HDFS is producing podcasts on relevant FCS topics. This effort will not only help inform you, but is also a valuable programming tool to use with clientele. Then latest podcast features Dr. Tasha Snyder and shares information about demographic trends in the aging population. Kara Newby and Tasha are very interested in helping you put YOUR contributions online, too. They are willing to travel to your county or help you learn this software and house your podcast on the HDFS site. For more information, contact Kara at knewby@ehe.osu.edu.
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Recently Bonnie Scranton taught a Word 2007 course at the Learning Center in Belle Valley. Part of this training included downloading a compatibility pack from the Microsoft web site that will allow users of different versions of MS programs to interchange files. By installing the Compatibility Pack in addition to Microsoft Office 2000, Office XP, or Office 2003, users will be able to open, edit, and save files using the file formats new to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=CF196DF0-70E5-4595-8A98-370278F40C57&displaylang=en
(Source: Bev Kelbaugh and Team)
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With summer upon us, you might find the resources available on the Sun Safety webpage helpful. The link is: http://fcs.osu.edu/prof-resourses/protected/sun-safety.php. These are the resource materials that were distributed in 2007 during the sun safety in-service.
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Responding to President Obama's directive to upgrade the nation's food safety system, the White House Food Safety Working Group, led by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, launched a Web site to provide information about the group's activities and progress. "The Working Group will be an important tool for gathering ideas as to how we can strengthen the food safety system to be more accountable and accessible to the public it protects, flexible enough to quickly resolve new safety challenges that emerge, and able to meet the robust needs of our rapidly changing world," said Vilsack. "Families have enough to worry about. You shouldn't have to wonder if the food you buy at the grocery store is safe," said Sebelius.
The Web site, http://foodsafetyworkinggroup.gov/ will be an important resource for people who want to learn about the current food safety network, as well as stakeholders and organizations that are working to upgrade America's food safety system for the 21st century. Visit the USDA Newsroom to read the full release: Obama Administration Launches Food Safety Working Group Website.
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The following will be presenters at the 2009 NEAFCS Annual Conference September 14-19, 2009:
Seminars -
· Nutrition and Diversity Training Program for Choice Food Pantry Volunteers - Dan Remley
· Healthy Meals at Meetings - Cindy Oliveri, Kirk Bloir, Pat Brinkman, Shari Gallup, Doris Herringshaw, Marie Economos, Marcia Jess & Linnette Goard
· Building on Leadership Skills and Team Functioning - Doris Herringshaw
· Building Support and Forging Relationships with Stakeholders and Elected Officials - Cindy Shuster & Joyce Shriner
Showcase of Excellence -
· Live Health, Live Well: A Partnership between Ohio State University Extension and the Ohio County Commissioners Association - Lisa Barlage, Doris Herringshaw, Linnette Goard, Marcia Jess, Cindy Bond-Zielinski, Shari Gallup, and Elizabeth Smith
· Fruits and Veggie Fact Sheets Promote Consumption of Locally Grown Produce - Monadine Mattey, Maurus Brown, Kathy Jelley, Sheila Maggard, Lucinda Miller, Cindy Oliveri, and Treva Williams
· Walk Across Auglaize County- Lois Clark
· Using the Black Box Approach to Transfer Institutional Knowledge -Joyce Shriner, Sue Sharb, and Cindy Shuster
· Real Money, Real World - Jessica Rockey and Cindy Shuster
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Several of our FCS professionals have much to celebrate. Congratulations to . . .
Polly Loy, Buckeye Hills EERA, Belmont County, and team were recipients of the $10,000 Community Foundation, Inc. grant to bring the Road Trip: Life - Navigating Your Future program to freshman and sophomore girls (700+).
Joyce Shriner, Hocking County, and Cindy Shuster, Perry County, both in the Buckeye Hills EERA, were Ohio's nomination for the Florence Hall NEAFCS award. Additionally, Cindy and Joyce’s latest research project, Family Tackle Box newsletter, has been approved in the IRB process.
The following will have poster presentations on October 20 at the FNCE Conference in Denver. Teams are as follows:
· Fruits and Vegetable Fact Sheets - Kathy Jelley, Sheila Maggard, Monadine Mattey, Cindy Oliveri, Lucinda Miller, and Maurus Brown.
· Healthy Meals at Meetings- Kirk Bloir, Pat Brinkman, Marie Economos, Shari Gallup, Linnette Goard, Doris Herringshaw, Marcia Jess, Cindy Oliveri, Susan Zies, and Nancy Schaefer (Ohio Department of Health).
Donna Green, Erie Basin EERA, Erie County, was accepted as a presenter for the Smart Money Conference in November, teaching a concurrent session for high school teachers who work with the new financial education curriculum requirements.
Nancy Recker, Top of Ohio EERA, was featured in an article in May’s OSU alumni magazine in an article on humor with a cartoon drawing of her! Nice mention for Extension, as well.
The following EFNEP Program Assistants received awards at the EFNEP Mid-Year Conference last month:
Flora Popenoe, Hamilton County; Sharon Teel, Cuyahoga County; Abdul Salwe, Franklin County; Cathy St. Clair, Lucas County; Jolene Adams, Montgomery County; Karen P Colonia-Abel, Healthy Baby Healthy Me Project, and Lynette Brown, Summit County.
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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, Sanitize countertops and cutting boards by Lydia Medeiros, Extension Specialist in Human Nutrition, go to: http://extension.osu.edu/~news/story.php?id=5187.
Martha also writes a monthly Family Fundamentals that focuses on Human Development/Family Sciences and Consumer Sciences (alternating each month). Nancy Stehulak, Henry County FCS Educator, contributes Don't fall for scams when facing foreclosure. It can be found at: http://extension.osu.edu/~news/story.php?id=5184.
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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Farewell to our fellow FCS colleagues - Diane Johnson, Top of Ohio EERA, Darke County, Jennifer Hartzler, Erie Basin EERA, Crawford County, and Sheila Maggard, Ohio Valley EERA, Adams County - as they move into the next chapter of their life’s adventure. Diane, Jennifer and Sheila will be truly missed and we wish them the best life can offer!
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Victoria Cordonnier Shelby County Program Assistant, FNP 05/13/2009
Elizabeth Varanese FCS Administration Program Assistant, FNP 05/24/2009
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“Why do some individuals do well in life despite disappointments and misfortunes, whereas others are crushed by similar events? What makes them resilient? This critical characteristic concerns not merely getting over a single hurdle but maintaining an ongoing outlook that enables the individual to get over a succession of obstacles. Resilient individuals deal with difficult issues proactively, reframing the past and viewing the future from the point of view of its possibilities, taking the time for self-reflection and maintaining a network of supportive relationships.
No one welcomes adversity, and yet it is through adversity that we learn. It is through dealing with setbacks and obstacles that we discover ourselves - our strengths as well as our blemishes. When we know what we consist of and what we want to make of what we have, then we know who we are and we can communicate that to others.
There is something about the forge of experience that not only marks us but also affords reassurance to those we seek to lead. Why? It is through experience that we acquire balance and judgment. Experience can help us to be bold without being rash. It can assist us to recognize people’s feelings without becoming soft. It may facilitate our seeing hierarchical power as a last resort rather than for routine use. It can also enable us to see mistakes and setbacks in perspective. A leader is not ashamed to admit these errors and difficulties; the only shame is not taking practical measures to remedy them. The leader is someone who has seen the meaning of what is sweet in life and what is terrible and who then goes undeterred to meet what is to come (Denning, 2004, p. 141-142).”
Reference: Denning, S. (2004). Squirrel inc.: a fable of leadership through storytelling. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Squirrel Inc. 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/winnebag/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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- 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
- 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
- June 24-27, 2010 AAFCS Annual Conference, Cleveland, OH
- 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/additional-resources/program_materials/index.php
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/
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/grants/Seed%20Grants%20RFP%202008.doc
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
381 Campbell Hall
1787 Neil Avenue
Columbus, Ohio 43210
Off 614.247.2543
Fax 614.292.7478
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