Stormwater Management: One Backyard at a Time
Date: September 15 , 2009
Time: TBA
Program Description: Come on a tour of the Pacific Northwest and see some of the strategies used in the diverse ecosystems that manage stormwater. The growing interest in green infrastructure and building sustainable communities around the Pacific Northwest has piqued the imaginations of architects, engineers, ecologists, policy-makers, and most importantly home-owners. Five years ago the mention of LID (low impact development) would evoke an academic explanation from advocates; today the concepts are much more widespread. Gardeners shop at nurseries that stock native and drought resistant plants regularly. Stormwater Management: One Backyard at a Time, is much closer to a realization than a far-off dream.
Guests will include:
Curtis Hinman, WSU Extension Pierce County, Water Resource Faculty, Associate Professor with Washington State University Extension and Adjunct Faculty with WSU Department of Natural Resource Sciences. He is the author of the "Low Impact Development Technical Guidance Manual for Puget Sound" and the "Rain Garden Handbook for Western Washington Homeowners"
Liv (Leave) Hasselback, Ph.D - WSU Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering Associate Professor
Author of "The Engineering Guide to LEED - New Construction: Sustainable Construction for Engineers, 2008," a 2009 up-date of the book and numerous articles.
Derek Godwin, OSU Extension Faculty and Marion County Administrator. He provides water and watershed education and specializes in hydrology, urbanizing watersheds, stream processes, and water quality monitoring.
Extension Engaged: The Extension Disaster Education Network
Date: September 24 , 2009
Time: 1:30pm - 3:00pm
Program Description: TBA
Guests will include:
Randy Baldree, SE District Director
Dale Moore, Extension Veterinary Specialist
Karen Killinger, Extension Food Safety Specialist
Jim Freed, Extension Special Forest Products Educator
CAHNRS and Extension Budget Information Session
Date: May 1 , 2009
Time: 3:00pm
Program Description: This session will outline the budget reduction proposals for both CAHNRS and WSU Extension and the reasoning behind them.
Extension Engaged: WSU's Small Business Development Centers and Economic Development
Date: March 18, 2009
Time: 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Program Description: This program will explore the role that WSU's Small Business Development Centers are playing in the development and enhancement of small businesses in Washington State and the connection between the SBDC's and WSU Extension.
Guests will include:
John Gardner, WSU Vice President for Economic Development and Extension
Brett Rogers, Director of WSU's Small Business Development Center
In addition, there will be two SBDC advisors and clients who will appear via videotaped interviews
Extension Engaged: New Publication Categories and Processes
Date: February 27, 2009
Time: 10am - 11am
Program Description: The February 2009 edition of Extension Engaged will feature a rollout of new categories of the Extension Publications and the new online Manuscript Fast Track system. Learn how these changes will make our publications more useful to clientele and make the submission and approval processes faster and effective. We will also outline the new processes for submitting publications and for peer review of these submissions within the Manuscript Fast Track system.
Guests will include:
John Winder, Associate Dean, WSU Extension
Jim Lindstom, Director of Professional Development, WSU Extension
Rob Stout, Assistant Director, Extension Publishing and Printing
Extension Engaged: "The Governor's Climate Action Team: WSU Extension's Involvement "
Date: November 7, 2008
Time: 10am - 11am
Program Description: The Governor's 2008 Climate Action Team (CAT) has been charged with developing actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Washington State. WSU Extension has two members of this team, Jake Fey, Director of the Extension Energy Program and Chad Kruger, Interim Director of the Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources. On this month's program we'll talk with them about the work that they are doing to help shape potential recommendations from the CAT to the Governor and Legislature.
Extension Engaged: "Extension Brand Toolkit Training"
Date: October 17, 2008
Time: 10am - 11am
Program Description: Join us for a first look at the recently completed on-line training modules produced to help you use the WSU Extension Brand Identity Toolkit elements, such as the logo templates, help you take photographs that tell your story, and demonstrate how to talk about your Extension program's outcomes and impacts using the appropriate brand marketing language.
Guests on the program will include:
Kathy Barnard, Director of Marketing and News Services for WSU Extension and CAHNRS
Jim Lindstrom, Director, Professional Development, WSU Extension
Gerald Steffen, Brand Manager for WSU Extension
CAHNRS Update
Date: October 8 , 2008
Time: 4pm - 5pm
Program Description: The focus of this program will be answering questions from you, the audience, about any topics you choose to address.
The program will begin with some remarks from CAHNRS Dean, Dan Bernardo about the CAHNRS benchmarking process and progress in five key areas. Then, he'll provide an update on the budget situation for CAHNRS, in light of the restrictions on both hiring and spending imposed by Washington's governor.
Then Dean Bernardo, and Associate Dean, Kim Kidwell will be available to answer your questions.
Guests will include:
Dan Bernard, Dean, CAHNRS
Kim Kidwell, Associate Dean, CAHNRS Academic Programs
