No. 2936
April 30, 2008

CONTENTS:

Comments From the Dean
     - Congratulations
     - AgrAbility and Farm Safety
UNL Campus Corner
eXtension Update
Extension Educator Ag Business/Ag Profitability - Red Willow County
Extension Educator Animal Science and 4H Youth Development – Adams County
Extension Educator Child, Youth and Family – Central Sandhills Area
Extension Educator Crop Production and Natural Resource Systems – Haskell Agricultural Laboratory
CPI Database Worksheet

Comments From the Dean:

Congratulations

Deana Namuth was selected as a recipient of the 2007 IANR Dinsdale Family Faculty Award. This award is presented to those who provide outstanding teaching, research and outreach in IANR. Other Dinsdale Family Faculty Award recipients were Kathy Hanford (Statistics) and Amalia Yiannaka (Ag Economics). A special IANR Awards Luncheon was held on April 21. Congratulations to all the award recipients.

AgrAbility and Farm Safety

UNL Extension has been a partner with Easter Seals Nebraska on an AgrAbility project for more than a decade. On the most recent AgrAbility grant that we received in 2006, Drs. Ron Yoder and Alan Baquet have served as co-principal investigators and provisions were made in the grant to hire a part-time extension educator to help lead the educational program. Even with a lengthy search process, a suitable candidate was not found.

Concurrently, with the AgrAbility search process, Dave Morgan, who has been leading the farm safety program on a part time basis, returned to the Nebraska Tractor Test Lab on a full-time basis. After several discussions, I am pleased to announce that Sharry Nielsen and Bill Booker are both going to focus about 35 percent of their time on AgrAbility and farm safety education. Approximately 2/3 of their 35 percent focus will be on AgrAbility and the remaining 1/3 will be on farm safety. I am pleased that Sharry and Bill have accepted these opportunities. Dr. Yoder will remain the principal investigator on the AgrAbility grant and will assist on coordination of the farm safety education program.

I also want to express thanks to Dave Morgan for his work in farm safety, especially considering he went to the Tractor Test Lab on a full-time basis last July. Dave will continue to do the 4-H/FFA Tractor Operator Contest.

Elbert Dickey

UNL Campus Corner

Student Loans in the News — You may have heard one of the recent news reports about growing concern in Congress over whether or not student education lenders will be able to provide enough student loans to meet the anticipated national demand this fall. There is no reason for concern if you plan to enroll at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln because we participate in the Federal Direct Lending program. The impact of a potential student loan shortage is limited exclusively to students enrolling at colleges or universities that do not participate in the Federal Direct Lending program. For more information about UNL’s Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid, see http://www.unl.edu/scholfa/

Lila Tooker

eXtension Update

eXtension currently has 26 Communities of Practice. Recently, the four extension regions and the 1890s institutions each proposed a new CoP for which they will take the lead. Those new CoPs address Drinking Water; Families, Food and Fitness; Meat Goat Industry; Extension Wildfire Information Network; and Sustainable Ag Energy. If faculty would like to contribute to any of these CoPs, this is an excellent time to share that interest. Let me know of your interest and I will help you make the connection with the appropriate CoP leaders.

Three live eXtension sites that you may want to review are listed below. Consider adding a link to either their title or the short summary shared below in a county or content specific web site that you support. These links will enrich the resources to which your clientele will have access.

eXtension - Financial Security for All
Financial Security for All (http://www.extension.org/personal+finance) works to provide consumers a source of reliable and up-to-date financial and consumer information through a knowledge base of commonly asked questions that have science-based, peer reviewed answers.

eXtension – HorseQuest
HorseQuest (http://www.extension.org/horses) began collaborative work to harness the Cooperative Extension System’s best information to provide traditional and expanding clientele a source of reliable and up-to-date horse information on equine science and management.

eXtension - Youth SET for Life
Youth SET for Life (http://www.extension.org/science) strategically supports learning through an online environment in science, engineering, and technology in a variety of areas.

Rick Koelsch and Sheryl Burbach

Extension Educator Ag Business/Ag Profitability - Red Willow County

Full-time, non-tenure leading, faculty position located in McCook and serving Red Willow County. The position will provide strong regional leadership and provide educational programs of excellence to enhance profitability and sustainability of Agricultural Production Systems. Position will have responsibilities in 4-H Youth Development.

Required Qualifications: Master’s degree with one degree in Agriculture Business, Agricultural Profitability or closely related field. Outstanding teaching skills, excellent oral and written communication skills and experience with computer and information technologies. Criminal history background check will be conducted. Must meet driver standards according to UNL policy and have a valid driver's license.

Review of applications will begin on 5/26/08. Position will remain open until a suitable candidate is found or search is closed. For a detailed job description, additional preferred qualifications and how to apply, go to http://employment.unl.edu and search for requisition #080289.

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Extension Educator Animal Science and 4H Youth Development – Adams County

Full-time, non-tenure leading, faculty position located in Hastings and serving Adams County. This position will provide regional leadership and educational programs of excellence with an emphasis on youth development through animal science, science/technology and careers/entrepreneurship. The position also includes volunteer development, leadership development and community involvement of youth.

Required Qualifications: Master’s degree with one degree in Animal Science or closely related field. Outstanding teaching skills, excellent oral and written communication skills and experience with computer and information technologies. Criminal history background check will be conducted. Must meet driver standards according to UNL policy and have a valid driver's license.

Review of applications will begin on 5/26/08. Position will remain open until a suitable candidate is found or search is closed. For a detailed job description, additional preferred qualifications and how to apply, go to http://employment.unl.edu and search for requisition #080301.

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Extension Educator Child, Youth and Family – Central Sandhills Area

Full-time, non-tenure leading, faculty position located in Thedford. Position will implement effective educational programming in youth development and families in the Central Sandhills region and the Panhandle Extension District.

Required Qualifications: Master’s degree with one degree in Family and Consumer Sciences or closely related field. Outstanding teaching skills, excellent oral and written communication skills and experience with computer and information technologies. Criminal history background check will be conducted. Must meet driver standards according to UNL policy and have a valid driver's license.

Review of applications will begin on 5/19/08. Position will remain open until a suitable candidate is found or search is closed. For a detailed job description, additional preferred qualifications and how to apply, go to http://employment.unl.edu and search for requisition #080286.

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Extension Educator Crop Production and Natural Resource Systems – Haskell Agricultural Laboratory

Full-time, non-tenure leading, faculty position located in Concord. This position will provide strong regional leadership and educational programs of excellence in Crop Production and Natural Resources Systems and will include responsibilities in Youth Development.

Required Qualifications: Master’s degree with one degree in Crop Production, Natural Resources or closely related field. Outstanding teaching skills, excellent oral and written communication skills and experience with computer and information technologies. Criminal history background check will be conducted. Must meet driver standards according to UNL policy and have a valid driver's license.

Review of applications will begin on 5/26/08. Position will remain open until a suitable candidate is found or search is closed. For a detailed job description, additional preferred qualifications and how to apply, go to http://employment.unl.edu and search for requisition #080287.

UNL is committed to a pluralistic campus community through AA/EOE. We assure reasonable accommodation under the ADA; contact Trish (402) 472-5730 for assistance.

Trish Dezort

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