No. 2934
April 2, 2008

CONTENTS:

Comments From the Dean
     - Beef Specialist to Direct Northeast Research and Extension Center
UNL Campus Corner
Personnel Changes
Entering information into your 2008 report in eARFA
Front Door Forum Schedule for October 7-8, 2008
Extreme Makeover: Extension Style
Ag and Science Day for High School Youth at GSL
Homes, Hoops, Horse Housing & More
ASCI 896/AGRO 896 Independent Study (Forage Quality) 3 credit hours
Food Entrepreneur Assistance Program
General Distribution Publications
CPI Database Worksheet

Comments From the Dean:

Beef Specialist to Direct Northeast Research and Extension Center

Dr. Owens announced on March 21 through a news release that Dr. Twig Marston has accepted the District Director position at the Northeast Research and Extension Center. Below is the text of that announcement.

A beef specialist has been hired as the director of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Northeast Research and Extension Center at Norfolk. Twig Marston currently is a professor of animal science and industry and a beef extension specialist at Kansas State University. "We are delighted to have attracted Dr. Marston to this key academic leadership position for Northeast Nebraska," said John Owens, University of Nebraska vice president and Harlan vice chancellor of the university's Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources. "Twig already is quite familiar with Nebraska agriculture, especially our huge livestock industry, and we know by working closely with the highly productive faculty and staff already working in Northeast Nebraska, and in cooperation with the large number of extension volunteers supporting 4-H and other IANR programs, he will have positive impacts on our research and extension activities for the benefit of Nebraska communities, families, and businesses." Marston has been at KSU since 1995 after an earlier stint there from 1988-91. He's also been senior beef nutritionist at Hubbard Milling Co. in Mankato, Minn.; ranch manager for Hoyt and Sons in Blair, Neb.; and a partner in Farm Partnership, Wal Mar Farms, in Canton, Kan. In his current position, Marston oversees programs for beef cattle improvement and production and conducts applied research concerned with postpartum interval, animal health, bull development, cow nutrition, genetic improvement and marketing strategies. Marston received his bachelor's degree in animal nutrition from Oklahoma State University in 1977 and both his master's in animal breeding and genetics and doctorate in animal sciences and industry from KSU, in 1991 and 1993, respectively. Marston is expected to start his new position in May. Marston replaces John Witkowski, who retired. Dennis Bauer has served as interim director of the center. The Northeast Research and Extension Center provides extension and research for 28 counties in northeast Nebraska. It is part of the university's Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources.

Congratulations to Dr. Marston. Also, we extend a huge thank you to Dennis Bauer for serving as interim director following the retirement of John Witkowski.

Elbert Dickey

UNL Campus Corner

Reminder: The Enrollment Deposit for all first-time freshmen is due May 1. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln requires a $250 Enrollment Deposit to be paid by May 1 as part of the admission process for all first-time freshmen undergraduate students applying for summer and fall terms. Once an admitted student has paid the Enrollment Deposit, he or she will receive specific information about Housing, New Student Enrollment, and other important first-year information.

For more information about the Enrollment Deposit, or to pay the Enrollment Deposit online, see http://admissions.unl.edu/deposit/

Lila Tooker

Personnel Changes

Listed below are Extension personnel changes that have occurred recently. If we have missed someone who is new or who has left out system, please contact Keith Niemann.

New to Extension:

Lisa Connot, Extension Assistant (NEP), Hall County
Lisa graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in December of 2007 with a Bachelor of Science in family and consumer science education. Prior to taking this position she was a substitute teacher in Lincoln Public Schools. Lisa has also worked for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and at Lakeview Elementary in Lincoln doing the America Reads, America Counts Program. Lisa’s current responsibilities will primarily be working with WIC clients to help them learn how they can improve their family's nutrition and use of resources with the goal of graduating them through the six lesson EFNEP program. She will also be working with the Almost Home program, which is teaching children about the importance of good health and nutrition. In Lisa’s spare time, she enjoys spending time with her three sisters and one brother-in-law, playing volleyball, riding bicycles, and shopping.

Katie Furasek, Extension Assistant, (NEP), Douglas/Sarpy County
Katie graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in December 2007 with a Bachelor of Science in nutritional science and dietetics. During school, she worked at Inches-A-Weigh where she was a Nutrition Counselor and Fitness Coordinator. She also worked at the UNL Testing Center for 4 years. As an EFNEP/FSNEP Extension Assistant, she will travel out to the communities of Sarpy and Douglas counties and provide nutrition education to limited resource families, individuals, and youth. Katie is excited to hold this position not only because she will get to educate others on nutrition but because she will get to help those who really need it, which will be a very rewarding experience.

Beth Kaiser, Extension Assistant, NE Operation: Military Kids Coordinator
Beth graduated in 1993 from Lincoln School of Commerce with an Associate Degree in Applied Science in Paralegal Studies. Occasionally she takes home improvement noncredit courses through Southeast Community College. Before becoming the Nebraska Operation: Military Kids Coordinator, Beth worked for OMK (Operation Military Kids) in a part-time capacity as an Extension Aide. She also worked part-time for Worlds Foremost Bank/Cabelas Visa Customer Service. Before those two positions, Beth was a full-time stay-at-home mother for two years. Operation: Military Kids staff meet with public officials, schools, business and organizations across the State of Nebraska to provide awareness of how military youth are impacted by a family member’s deployment. Operation: Military Kids (OMK) goal is to inform and educate the public on how they, as individuals or as a community can support military youth. For more information about Operation: Military Kids please visit the Web site at: http://www.nebraskaomk.org    Beth, husband Thomas, 3 ½ year old son Ethan and dog Icklby live in Northeast Lincoln. She enjoys home improvement projects (their home was built in 1910), working in the yard, cross-stitching and reading.

Transfers:

Anne Streich, Horticulture Educator
From Nebraska Master Gardener Coordinator to Recruitment Coordinator Agronomy and Horticulture - please refer all Nebraska Master Gardener program questions to Dr. Roch Gaussoin

Steve Tonn, Extension Educator
Transferred from Douglas / Sarpy Counties to Washington County Extension

Keith Niemann

Entering information into your 2008 report in eARFA

Your annual report information in eARFA can be updated anytime during the year. You can enter 2008 data in any section except "Goals for Next Year" and "Goal Accomplishments." These 2 goal sections are still "tied" to 2007 reporting. Please wait for the announcement that the system has been changed to the 2008 reporting year before making any entries in these 2 sections.

When entering data for 2008, you will need to change the "End Date" inside Customize Settings to 12/31/08 so that you can see all new records in the List screens.

If, after using online Help resources, you have questions, please click on the "Questions?" link in the footer at the bottom of every Web page. This link will send your question to Pam Peters and Taeko Yamaki.

eARFA Steering Committee:
Susan Fritz, Assoc Vice Chancellor
Ronald Yoder, Department Head, BSE
Susan Williams, Director, Southeast REC
Susan Cuppett, IANR Liaison Committee
Pam Peters, CIT
Taeko Yamaki, CIT

Pam Peters

Front Door Forum Schedule for Oct. 7-8

Office staff, it's already April and the Front Door Forum Committee has lined up what we think is another great Front Door Forum for Tuesday, Oct. 7, and Wednesday, Oct. 8. This year, the Front Door Forum Conference will be in Grand Island. The conference is to be held at the Midtown Holiday Inn. Some of the sessions scheduled are: Publisher, Photo Shop, MS Word 2007 and also Real Colors. Those are just a few of the great sessions we have planned. The registration and more information will be on the Web in May. Don't forget to mark these dates on your calendars. We hope we have informational sessions for everybody. Join us at the Forum.

Connie Hansen

Extreme Makeover: Extension Style

Join us for a great day of professional development, fun, and new ideas! This day is for anyone in the 4-H Action Team (that works with families) and Healthy Families and Communities Action Team and NCEA members. Sign up today at: http://extension.unl.edu/ExtremeMakeoverRegistration4-08.pdf

April 21, 2007 - East Campus Union

Goal: Give the “Best Kept Secret” a 21st Century Look
9:00 Refreshments
9:30 Welcome
9:40 Marketing Matters: Things to Think About. This session will give you tips on overall marketing and specifics for working with the media and preparing publications such as brochures, flyers, newsletters using tools available for extension.

Judy Nelson – Communications Specialist – Publishing/Marketing Coordinator
Lisa Jasa – Communications Specialist – Publications Manager
Dan Moser – Communications Specialist – News Coordinator

12:00 Lunch – Fashion Show of Extension Clothing

12:45 Marketing Matters: Promotional Items. Need some items for promotion and marketing of your programs? UNL has a variety of resources to help you:

Ken Reining – Mail Distribution and Bindery Services
Charlotte Boe – Printing and Copy Services
Viann Schroeder – N-Store
Tracey Pracheil – 4-H Promotional Items

1:30 Marketing Matters: Techniques for Marketing Yourself as a Cutting-Edge Professional. You only get one chance to make a first impression. This session will focus on promoting a positive professional image.

Marlene Wehrbein, UniServ Director, Nebraska State Education Association
Gary Olson, UniServ Director, Nebraska State Education Association

3:30 Adjourn

BONUS: Deb Weitzenkamp and Leslie Crandall will be giving us a variety of “tech tips” to enhance our programming with technology throughout the day.

NEAFCS and the marketing group for Healthy Families and Communities are sponsoring the Professional Day.

Gail Brand

Ag and Science Day for High School Youth at GSL

Do you have youth interested in ag or science classes? If so, the Youth Field Day on April 23 may be for them! At the Youth Field Day held at the Gudmundsen Ranch near Whitman, agricultural topics and majors are discussed to high school students. The Youth Field Day is set for Wednesday, April 23, starting at 9 a.m. MT (10 a.m. CT). Rotations go in-depth into topics relating to agriculture. Extension specialists and other speakers have insight to what students can do in their area of expertise. Specialists speak on location about wet meadow management, allow students to collect samples from a fistulated cow, view microbes under microscopes from a rumen sample, A.I. reproductive tracts of beef cattle, and much more. CASNR and NCTA will talk about the variety of majors available for any high school student interested in ag and science. The importance of ag to the state of Nebraska and careers in agriculture are also discussed.

Any schools interested in participating should contact the Central Sandhills Area Extension office at 1 (800) 657-2113 or 645-2267 by April 16 for a meal count. Call in today for your registration. Parents, FFA alumni, or extension staff are also encouraged to bring youth to the Field Day. Local sponsors provide breakfast and lunch at the event. Don’t miss this educational experience!

Bethany Johnston

Homes, Hoops, Horse Housing & More

Visitors to the UNL Extension Web site are being introduced to expanded information on additional topics ranging from remodeling a home and rural living to lower-cost animal housing and manure management. MWPS has produced several regional publications in recent years. These current products are included in UNL Extension’s on-line publication catalog <http://www.ianrpubs.unl.edu/epublic/pages/index.jsp>. The 18 MWPS publications that are now catalogued on this site can be displayed by searching for “mwps”.

To check out the full line of MWPS educational materials, visit the MWPS Web site <http://www.mwps.org>. MWPS materials were developed as regional publications by faculty at Land-Grant Universities, with Nebraska specialists involved in need identification, development, and/or review. By utilizing and promoting regional Extension materials, like MWPS publications, you help expand public access to quality research-based information and take advantage of UNL Extension’s multi-state efforts.

To obtain additional information about MWPS publications or relay an idea for developing new regional materials through MWPS, contact Rick Stowell, UNL Extension Specialist – Animal Environment.

Richard Stowell

ASCI 896/AGRO 896 Independent Study (Forage Quality) 3 credit hours

Forages are the major component of grazing livestock diets. An understanding of the factors that influence the value of forages and how the factors are evaluated is essential for individuals pursuing advanced studies in grazing livestock systems management, ruminant nutrition, and forage and range science. The course provides an in depth study of the chemical characteristics of forage components and the interactions with ruminant physiology and digestion that influence forage feeding value and the laboratory procedures used to evaluate forages for grazing livestock. Students should understand the basic principles of chemistry, ruminant nutrition, and plant physiology so that they can develop an understanding of the chemical characteristics of forages and how they affect the value of forages to grazing livestock.

This online course will be offered through UNL in the second 5-week summer session in 2008. Please contact Dr. Dennis Brink (402-472-6446; dbrink2@unl.edu) in the Animal Science Department or Dr. Walter Schacht (402-472-0205; wschacht1@unl.edu) in the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture for registration information. We expect course enrollment to include students from regional universities and colleges, personnel of state and federal agencies, and a variety of other people interested in principles of forage quality and evaluation for grazing livestock.

Walter Schacht

Food Entrepreneur Assistance Program

The Food Processing Center is offering a one-day seminar for all individuals interested in exploring the idea of starting a food manufacturing business. The “From Recipe to Reality” seminar will be offered on June 2. Pre-registration is required and space is limited. Registration deadline is May 16. Contact Jill Gifford at (402) 472-2819 or jgifford1@unl.edu for an information packet.

Jill Gifford

General Distribution Publications

Now Available on the Web

G1426      Using Ultrasonic Flow Meters in Irrigation Applications
                 http://www.ianrpubs.unl.edu/sendIt/g1426.pdf

Lisa Jasa

CPI Database Worksheet

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