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FCS Update

October 7, 2009

FCS e-Connection – October 2009

Source:

Jill Eversole Nolan, OSU Extension, Family & Consumer Sciences
nolan.2@osu.edu
614-688-5378

Hi Everyone,

Several FCS educators and spouses participated in the NEAFCS (National Extension Association of Family & Consumer Sciences) just a few weeks ago in Birmingham. Ohio was well represented in presentations, posters and committees. Congratulations to Carol Chandler for her successful election to a National office, VP for Awards and Recognition. Ohio is very fortunate to have Carol in this important leadership role.

Many EERAs are meeting this fall. Please let me know if I can help provide any information as you outline roles, responsibilities, timelines, programs, etc.

Take time to enjoy the fall colors . . . my drive to work each day get more stunning than the day before!

Best Wishes . . . and
G O B U C K S !

Jill

In This Issue . . .

· Funds Available for Specialization

· FCS Awards - Reminder

· 2010 4-H Foundation Grants

· Nutrition Grant Opportunity

· MiTTnet Launched

· Childhood Obesity Funding

· Tasha Snyder

· Kudos

· Website of Interest

· Welcome to the FCS Extension Family!

· Chowline

· Sharpen Your Focus

· Dates to Remember

· Upcoming National Conferences

· Helpful Links

FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR SPECIALIZATION

A total of $20,000 will be available for educators to support plans for individual education and training related to specialization. Educators may apply for up to $1,000 in a proposal to support their specialization efforts during calendar year 2010. A minimum of five proposals will be funded in each program area. Assistant directors will review proposals from individual educators in their program area and make final funding decisions.

Use the online application at the following link to apply for funding: http://surveys.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/cfaes/index.php?sid=14486&lang=en.

See the OSU Extension Guidelines for Educator Specialization available on the OSUE Web site: http://extadmin-cms.ag.ohio-state.edu/policy-handbook/v-human-resources-personnel/o-s-u-extension-guidelines-for-educator-specialization/?searchterm=Specialization%20Plan.
In addition to the guidelines, priority will be given to proposals which address specialization needs in the educator’s EERA. Applications are due December 1, and funding decisions will be made by Annual Conference in December. (Source: Communiqué - September 11, 2009)

FCS AWARDS - REMINDER

We’ve updated and simplified the application and nomination process for our two annual FCS Extension awards - the $500 Mary E. King professional development award application and the $1,000 Marilyn R. Spiegel Excellence in Extension FCS award nomination. ALL FCS program professionals are eligible for these awards, regardless of position or length of service. You’ll find the newly updated guidelines on our website: Mary E. King Memorial Professional Development Award. Apply to help support your professional development activities.The Marilyn R. Spiegel Excellence in Extension Family and Consumer Sciences Award. Nominate a FCS colleague to recognize their outstanding contributions.The submission deadline for both is November 1^st.

2010 4-H FOUNDATION GRANT OPPORTUNITIES

4-H Foundation grant opportunities, guidelines, timeline and application can be found at http://www.ohio4h.org/foundation/grants/forms.html. All Extension and University faculty and staff are eligible to apply for funding to expand on or initiate new and innovative programming efforts to positively impact Ohio youth. Grant applications are due to the State 4-H Office by 12:00 p.m. (noon) on Monday, November 16. Please email applications directly to Christy George at George.274@osu.edu. E-mail proposals are preferred, but fax and postal service mail are acceptable. Late applications will not be accepted. Contact Erin Wingfield with questions: 614-247-7606 or holmes-wingfield.1@osu.edu

NUTRITION GRANT OPPORTUNITY

The Michigan-based Allen Foundation awards grants that primarily benefit programs for human nutrition in the areas of health, education, training, and research. The Allen Foundation recently awarded a grant to Salvation Army in Columbus. For more information: https://www.allenfoundation.org/commoninfo/aboutus.asp.

MITTNET LAUNCHED

The Managing in Tough Times resource directory, MiTTNet, officially launched July 30, 2009. The directory can be accessed at: http://mittnet.extension.org/. It is fully searchable and nearly 900 resources can be found in individual and family, farm and ranch, community, and youth topic areas. It is intended to be used by Extension educators, rather than the general public. A national web conference to announce MiTTNet, to demonstrate the site and highlight its contents was held on July 30. For those who could not attend, the web conference can be viewed at: http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p78987985/. (Source: Jane Schuchardt)

CHILDHOOD OBESITY FUNDING

An anonymous Columbus Foundation donor recently gave $20,000 to support child obesity prevention programming. Our FCS Extension proposal was selected for funding! Gail Kaye, Program Director in Human Nutrition, will lead this grant-funded effort to expand childhood obesity prevention programming based on the Food Fit model. . . and will be soliciting for educator assistance and expertise.

TASHA SNYDER

Effective Oct. 1, 2009, Tasha will be changing her FTE appointment from .34 FTE OSU Extension to .10 FTE. She will continue to share expertise in HDFS publications/resources, develop some new pod casts on family demography, participate on teams and work closely with Kara Newby.

KUDOS . . .

Several of our FCS professionals have much to celebrate. Congratulations to . . .

Joyce McDowell, Leader, Community Nutrition, was selected to serve on the 2010 National EFNEP Conference Planning Committee in Washington D.C. March 2010.

Marisa Warrix, Western Reserve EERA and Cuyahoga Co., was awarded $15,000 from the Bruening Foundation to expand RMRW into five more schools in the 2009-2010 school year.

Carol Chandler, Top of Ohio EERA and Union Co., was elected as the National VP for Awards and Recognition at NEAFCS National meeting in Birmingham last month. What a wonderful opportunity for Carol and valuable exposure for OSU Extension.

WEBSITE OF INTEREST

Announcing the new web site from the Ohio Secretary of State, Jennifer Brunner! It’s call Better Lives, Better Ohio and is found at: http://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/Text.aspx?page=7864&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1

It might be easier to go to http://www.sos.state.oh.us/ and click the Better Lives, Better Ohio box. There appears to be a lot of information that might be useful. (Source: Chris Olinsky)

WELCOME TO THE FCS EXTENSION FAMILY!

Shari Hines Defiance County Program Assistant, FCS 09/0102009

CHOWLINE

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, Eat healthfully to fight the flu bug by Julie Shertzer, Program Specialist in Human Nutrition, go to: http://extension.osu.edu/~news/story.php?id=5393.

Martha also writes a monthly Family Fundamentals that focuses on Human Development/Family Sciences and Consumer Sciences (alternating each month). Chris Olinsky FCS Educator - Miami Valley, contributes Know your rights when bill collectors start calling. It can be found at: http://extension.osu.edu/~news/story.php?id=5380.

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.

SHARPEN YOUR FOCUS

· "Fine-tune your intensity. Focus gently and guard against obsession.

· Allow time for ideas to simmer while you do other things.

· Direct your focus appropriately. Find a balance between physical and cerebral pursuits, easy and challenging activities, and solitude and activities with others.

· Let go of things that sap your energy.

· Prioritizing helps you to be sure you're focusing on the right things.

· Really listen to others with focus. So often, we go through the motions and miss opportunities to learn.

· What are the person's eyes telling you? What about her body language?

· Is it consistent with the words you're hearing?

· Live, work, and play with intention (Canterucci, 2005, p. 152)."

Reference: Canterucci, J., (2005). Personal brilliance: mastering the everyday habits that create a lifetime of success. New York: AMACOM.

The Leader's Tool Kit is available on loan from the Ohio State University Leadership Center. To borrow this resource or any other resources please go to the resource search page http://164.107.48.88/winnebago/index.asp?libLearn 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.)

DATES TO REMEMBER

November 4-5, 2009 EFNEP/FNP Annual Conference, Quest Center, Columbus OH
December 16-17, 2009 OSU Extension Annual Conference, Ramada Plaza Hotel
April 21-22, 2010 Leadership for Tomorrow Conference

Upcoming National Conferences

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

HELPFUL LINKS

OSU Extension Communiqué - http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~intranet/news_matrix.php?newsletter=1

Extension Intranet Calendar - http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~intranet/

Extension Family and Consumer Sciences - http://fcs.osu.edu/

FCS Blog - http://osufcs.wordpress.com/

Family Nutrition Program - http://fnp.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/

OSU CARES - http://osucares.osu.edu/grants/Seed%20Grants%20RFP%202008.doc

Communication & Technology - http://commtech.ag.ohio-state.edu/

Templates - http://commtech.ag.ohio-state.edu/resources

IRB - http://orrp.osu.edu/irb/about/

eXtension - http://www.extension.org/

OAEP - http://oeaa.osu.edu/

ESP - http://www.espnational.org/

Journal of Extension - http://www.joe.org/

The Forum for Family and Consumer Issues - http://ncsu.edu/ffci/

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

USDA's/CREES CYFERnet (Children, Youth, Family Educational Resource Network) - http://www.cyfernet.org/

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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