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FCS Update
July 2, 2009
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Source: Jill Eversole Nolan, OSU Extension, Family & Consumer Sciences
nolan.2@osu.edu
614-688-5378
Hi Everyone,
The 4th of July already . . . the summer is progressing too fast! My husband, Mike, and I just returned from visiting our daughter who lives in Indonesia. We traveled through Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore and experimented with some activities that were out-of-our-comfort zone and first time experiences. We rode elephants through the jungle; enrolled in an all-day Thai cooking class (preparing, cooking and eating ON THE FLOOR); had our first pedicure/foot massage; ate things that we were too afraid to ask whether it was plant or animal; and walked endlessly through the neighborhoods and community markets. The experiences re-confirmed the meaning of global diversity. We so often think that the American-Way is the best . . . but the international perspective proves quite the opposite and emotionally powerful. Whether traveling in the states or abroad, it is valuable to learn and live the different cultures. It helps us embrace diversity.
Hope your summer is going well and you will spend some time away from work to relax and play . . . it is a healthy way to rejuvenate!
Best wishes and thank you for all you do for OSU Extension . . . you are truly valued! Have a great 4th . . . Happy Birthday America!
Jill
In This Issue . . .
- FCS 100 Years Celebration at State Fair
- President Gee to Visit Ohio Counties
- Signature Programs and Grant Funds
- FCS Colleagues Transition to Other Program Areas
- Hold the Dates! Developing OSU Extension Curricula In-service
- Incontinence Teaching Kit - up for adoption
- FCS Internal Advisory Committee
- Universal Design
- The FCS Blog
- Recker Appointment
- Kudos
- Happy Retirement
- Chowline
- Leadership Moments
- Dates to Remember
- Upcoming National Conferences
- Helpful Links
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This year the Family and Consumer Sciences' (FCS) profession is celebrating its 100th Birthday. During this year's Ohio State Fair there will be a Family and Consumer Sciences Day on August 8th from 9 a.m. - 8 p.m. Throughout the day, a FCS Celebration message will be given on the Ohio State Fair Address System.
Come and be part of this grand celebration! FCS OSU Extension co-workers are welcomed to be involved. Let Susan Shockey, know if you would like to participate. Her contact information is shockey.3@osu.edu or phone 614-866-6900 (ext. 206). She needs to submit names of FCS State Fair volunteers by July 20th.
FCS Day at the Ohio State Fair is made possible by the Ohio Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (OAFCS). Earlier this year Ohio Governor Strickland signed a proclamation recognizing Family and Consumer Sciences in Ohio. This document can be found in the March 2009 OAFCS Newsletter posted at http://www.oafcs.org/.
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President Gee is tentatively scheduled to visit several Ohio counties this summer. Plans are for him to visit various Extension programs, people, businesses and partnerships on his tour around the state. Stay tuned, as an announcement of his scheduled stops will be forthcoming!
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EFNEP Program Assistants, FNP Program Assistants, and EFNEP Supervising Educators/Program Specialists are grant funded. The funding is for very specific programming with very specific audiences. The program and fiscal integrity of the projects will be compromised and the future funding jeopardized if they are actively involved in delivery of signature programs -- programs that are not within the scope of work funded by the respective grant. The EFNEP Program Assistants, FNP Program Assistants, and EFNEP Supervising Educators/Program Specialists may be able to provide insight into signature program delivery or may be able to help promote upcoming signature programs through their agency/clientele contacts. They cannot participate in direct program delivery of a signature program. (Source: Joyce McDowell)
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As the new EERA programming structure continues to be implemented, we say congratulations and farewell to the following FCS Educators who have assumed other program area responsibilities: Cindy Bond-Zielinski is CD Educator in Crossroads; Treva Williams and Rose Fisher Merkowitz are CD Educators in Ohio Valley; Cindy Torppa is one of the CD Educator in Erie Basin; and Pam Montgomery is a 4-H Educator in Buckeye Hills.
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What: A curriculum development “how-to” in-service for OSU Extension Educators from all program areas delivered via blended e-learning
Why: To improve knowledge and skills in creating effective OSU Extension curricula (as outlined in our strategic plan)
As we move toward greater content-area specialization, increased understanding of instructional design and curriculum development methodologies will result in higher-quality leaning engagements with our clientele and greater overall program impact.
When: This fall - September 21 to October 9, 2009 (hold October 9 for an in-service)
A self-paced pre-training will be available via Moodle (the “e” part), from September 21 to October 5, followed by an in person session on October 9 at the NOFB 4-H Center, from 9:30 am - 4 pm. More details and registration information will be forthcoming. Class size will be limited to 35; book time on your calendars now.
FMI: Contact Kirk Bloir @ 614.247.6524 | bloir.1@osu.edu or Donna Brown @ 614.292.0529 | brown.36@osu.edu
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Joyce Smith, former Clothing and Textiles State Specialist, has a “Managing Incontinence” teaching kit that she would like to offer to anyone willing to pick it up from campus. If you conduct programming with the elderly and could use the materials, email Kirk (bloir.1@osu.edu). The kit will go to the first emailer. The kit includes a power point presentation on color transparencies, teaching outline/notebook, reference materials and sample of incontinence products and garments; it is several years old.
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The FCS Internal Advisory Committee met last month to discuss FCS programs, topics, and priorities. Presently serving on the committee is: Kathy Dodrill, Buckeye Hills EERA; LuAnn Duncan, Heart of Ohio EERA; Susan Zies, Maumee Valley EERA; Pat Brinkman, Miami Valley EERA; Donna Green, Erie Basin EERA; and Chris Kendle, Crossroads EERA. Members serve two-year terms: Kathy, LuAnn and Susan end their terms in 2010, and Pat, Donna, and Chris in 2011. Membership will rotate among EERAs as the transitions on the committee occur. The next meeting will be December 1. You are encouraged to share your thoughts/ideas with them so they can share with the committee. Of course, you are always free to share your thoughts directly with me, too.
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The FCS Extension blog called “Eat, Save, and Be Healthy” is officially blogging! The blog is an opportunity to refer consumers, especially those who would not access Extension through traditional means. Julie Shertzer and Kara Newby are giving leadership to this project and they would certainly welcome your comments and feedback. Posts will be made weekly. Contributing authors will be: Cora French-Robinson, Linnette Goard, Melinda Hill, Kara Newby, Sharon Seiling, and Julie Shertzer. Website: http://osufcs.wordpress.com/.
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Nancy Recker, Top of Ohio Area Leader and FCS Educator, is serving in a 0.5 FTE FCS state-wide program appointment at this time assisting individuals who are giving leadership to three statewide projects:
· Statewide parenting effort (in collaboration with Tasha Snyder and Kara Newby)
· RMRW/New Start (in collaboration with Nancy Hudson)
· HUD grant project, Department of Housing and Urban Development (in collaboration with Caezilia Loibl)
We are all very excited to have Nancy’s expertise and experience!
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Several of our FCS professionals have much to celebrate. Congratulations to . . .
Pat Brinkman, Miami Valley EERA, for receiving a $2500 grant from the Adena Foundation to do "Get a Head Start in Nutrition" using 4-Hers to do a monthly nutrition and physical activity program with Head Start students.
Lisa Barlage, Ohio Valley EERA, and Michelle Treber, Heart of Ohio EERA, have been awarded $9860 from the Adena Health Foundation to begin "Cancer Prevention Cooking Schools" in Pickaway and Ross Counties. They will be working with teams from both counties that include: the American Cancer Society, YMCA's, Health Departments, hospitals, the Ross County Farmer's Market, and a new partner - their public libraries.
Shari Gallup, Heart of Ohio EERA, is the recipient of one of the spring OAEP Professional Improvement Scholarships. Shari attended the "Healthy Kitchens, Healthy Lives" in California.
Cindy Shuster and Joyce Shriner, Buckeye Hills EERA, had their latest research project, Family Tackle Box newsletter, approved in the IRB process.
Nancy Hudson, ExtensionSpecialist, and the Healthy Finances Team’s poster presentation, Financial Education Programs, was accepted at County Commissioner's Days on August 20). Programs featured at the exhibit will include New Start for Financial Success; Real Money, Real World, Master Money Mentor; NEFE High School Financial Planning Program; and, resources to address job loss and home foreclosure issues.
Lauren Melnick, Cuyahoga County Program Specialist, received a 2009 Summer MyCOM Out-of-School grant award in the amount of $14,452.00.
Donna Green, Erie Basin EERA, had her program proposal accepted for presentation at the 2009 Smart Money Conference at Bowling Green State University, November 12.
Julie Shertzer, Human Nutrition, was interviewed by Rod Bain of USDA Radio on the revised folic acid recommendation for women of all childbearing age and PSA was broadcasted in June.
Pat Brinkman, Miami Valley, received a $2500 grant from the Adena Foundation to do "Get a Head Start in Nutrition" using 4-Hers to do a monthly nutrition and physical activity program with Head Start students.
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Congratulations to Sharon Mader, Erie Basin, on her retirement effective June 30. Sharon worked for Extension for 28 years, and taught seven years prior to coming to OSU. Please join me in sending her best wishes on her new adventure. She will be truly missed!
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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, Folic acid vital for womenby Julie Shertzer, Program Specialist in Human Nutrition, go to: http://extension.osu.edu/~news/story.php?id=5227.
Martha also writes a monthly Family Fundamentals that focuses on Human Development/Family Sciences and Consumer Sciences (alternating each month). Carol Chandler, Union County FCS Educator, contributes Be sure child is ready to stay home alone. It can be found at: http://extension.osu.edu/~news/story.php?id=5217.
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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1. “Enhance the team’s knowledge of itself
2. Allow teams to gel
3. Measure the team against collective goals
4. Create team commitments
5. Establish a clear decision-making process
6. Identify mutual expectations and interdependencies
7. Use coaching to drive team performance
8. Manage team conflict “(Weiss & Molinaro, 2005, p. 171)
Reference: Weiss, D.S.; & Molinaro, V. (2005). The leadership gap: building leadership capacity for competitive advantage. Mississauga, Ontario: John Wiley & Sons Canada Ltd.
The Leadership Gap 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 ( is reprinted with permission from the OSU Leadership Center.)
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August 19-20, 2009 County Commissioners Days, Medina County
September 22-24, 2009 Farm Science Review
September 29, 2009 Tween Topics: Learn to Communicate About Key Issue with Youth Moving from Childhood to Adolescence In-service, Ohio
4-H Center
October 9, 2009 Creating OSU Extension Curriculum In-service, On-site Training
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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