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Important Dates
NEAFCS 2024 Awards Deadline
March 15, 2024
NEAFCS Leadership Book Club Session 2
March 26, 2024 @ 3:00 PM Eastern
Journal of NEAFCS 2024 Manuscript Portal Open
Deadline is April 1
NEAFCS is looking for Peer Reviewers for the Journal of NEAFCS
April 3, 2024
2024 JCEP Public Issues Leadership Development Conference
April 15-16, 2024
Arlington, VA
NEAFCS Endowment Grant
Deadline May 15
2024 Annual Session
September 16-19, 2024 - Tucson, Arizona
2025 Annual Session
October 20-23, 2025 - Grand Rapids, Michigan
Invitation to Participate: Strengthening Collaboration Between the National Aging Network and Cooperative Extension
Hello. I am the Research Director of the National Resource Center on Nutrition and Aging, also known as the Nutrition and Aging Resource Center. The Nutrition and Aging Resource Center provides resources and services to Senior Nutrition Program providers, such as educational programming, marketing, technical assistance, and research. One of our goals is to strengthen the relationship between State Units on Aging and Cooperative Extension. We are conducting a study to better understand the current collaborative initiatives between Cooperative Extension and the National Aging Network and to identify future mutually beneficial partnership opportunities. As an Extension professional, we want to hear from you. If you are 18 years old and older and fluent in English please complete this 15-minute survey, https://go.iastate.edu/QJGMD0 by Friday, March 8th.
Have Member News to share? Fill out the online form:
https://www.neafcs.org/member-news-form
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President's Message: Year-Round Professional Development
Rick Griffiths (NM), NEAFCS President
As I write this message, we are halfway through the NEAFCS year, and a lot is happening. I greatly enjoyed spending time with the 45+ NEAFCS members who were able to attend the JCEP Extension Leadership Conference in Tampa, FL, last month. I want to thank our Regional Directors, Jesse Ketterman, and Dianne Christensen, for the great work they did planning the NEAFCS Association meeting, where members could engage in productive conversations in program areas and regions.
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What YOU Need to Know NOW in NEAFCS!
National Office Staff
This feature of the newsletter highlights current reminders of member benefits, programs, and approaching deadlines to keep you in the know.
Email Rick at [email protected].
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Let’s celebrate…it’s Living Well Month!
Rosie Stewart (AZ), Public Affairs Advocacy Committee Chair
It’s March which means it’s Living Well Month. Check out the resources available to you on the Living Well Month webpage on the NEAFCS website under the Public Affairs tab. The Public Affairs Advocacy Committee has tried to make sharing the work of Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) easy.
Post the colorful Living Well Month calendar on your social media to help your community live well. Use the weekly calendar to post ideas about living well each week. Read More:
We NEED You!
National Award Judges
Are you interested in learning about AMAZING programs across the nation? Would you like to serve NEAFCS but not sure how? Volunteer to judge NEAFCS Awards and you can do both!!!
If you’re like me, you have hosted programs that other people thought would be great to write an award for but doubted yourself, so you didn’t. For me one of the best ways to learn is by seeing examples and reviewing other people’s work. You’re in luck I have a great opportunity to for both. Volunteer to be a judge. https://forms.gle/ieADFHtr9UEcnwb87.
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Come to Tucson Early for Three Pre-conference Workshops!
Dan McDonald & Katherine Speirs (AZ), Educational Offerings
Subcommittee Co-Chairs, 2024 NEAFCS Annual Session Planning Committee
Consider coming to the annual session a little early to participate in one of three pre-conference workshops.
- Artificial Intelligence: An Introduction for Extension Professionals
- Expand Your Financial Education Toolkit with Take Charge Today!
- Data Without Surveys: Alternative Ways to Gather Input and Information
Click here for more about each workshop:
Hey Y'all! A Southern Region Update
Samantha Kennedy (FL), Southern Region Director
It’s almost spring in the South! Award applications are in bloom, and we are just as busy providing great FCS programming to our clients as we are cleaning pollen off our vehicles!
The Southern Region is booming. It’s tax season again, and those of us who work with the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program are filling our days dealing with forms of a hundred different letter and number combinations. “I need you to complete the 13614-C.” | ”Do you have your 1099-NEC?” | ”Have you signed your 8879?”
Beyond taxes, the southern agents are busy with other excellent programming, teaching the importance of work-life balance while often struggling with their own and generally being a wealth of resources for the people they serve. Read More:
What you Missed at the JCEP Leadership Conference
Jesse Ketterman (MD), Eastern Region Director
If you were not there, you missed it! Traveling to Tampa, FL, was great this time of year. The weather was great, and so was the conference. The highlight was the NEAFCS meeting on Day 1.
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We Need YOU! - Tenure/Promotion and Permanent Status Reviewers!
Michelle Wright (TX) - Appointed VP of Member Resources
The NEAFCS Tenure/Promotion and Non-NEAFCS Journal Publications subcommittee need MEMBERS who are willing to assist with the review process associated with promotion/tenure or permanent status. This process is critical in many ways and is sometimes associated with that individual's ability to retain employment with their university/state. Read More:
Professional Development Webinars are Waiting for You!
Marcia Parcell (IN), VP of Professional Development
NEAFCS has many member benefits. One of those benefits is providing professional development via webinars. Did your schedule not allow you to complete the proposal process for the 2024 Annual Session? The Professional Development Webinar Committee would appreciate your submitting a webinar proposal for later this year. They are looking for a few more good webinars to complete their schedule of webinars before the 2024 Annual Session Under One Sky in Tucson, Arizona in September. Read More:
Busy Making a Difference in February
Chris Zellers (NJ), VP of Public Affairs
February has been a busy month for all of the committees in Public Affairs. The Education committee received 254 impact statements from affiliates across the nation. Volunteers from the education committee spent the month of February compiling the impact statements into the NEAFCS report. Many thanks to members of the education committee who worked diligently to frame the collective programming and outreach of our members to create a resource to share with stakeholders. Read More:
So, You've Applied for an Award...Now What?
Donna Jung (OK), VP for Awards and Recognition
Today is the deadline to apply/submit for NEAFCS awards. It may be tempting to heave a deep sigh of relief that awards season is finally over. But wait…not so fast! Awards submissions may be over but there is still so much more to do.
WHAT NEXT:
The next step is for each affiliate to complete the state winner form with the list of winners they want to submit for regional and/or national award consideration. Once these applications are submitted, they will be sent to the judges for scoring in each category at both the regional and national levels. Notifications to winners and non-winners alike will be sent out in early May.
Then, of course, the regional and national award winners will be recognized in high style at the NEAFCS conference in Tuscan, Arizona. Expect lots of smiles, sparkles, and thundering applause! Read More:
90th Anniversary - Challenge Your State!
Christine Kniep (WI), NEAFCS Historian
Celebrating our 90th year at the national, affiliate and individual levels is one of the goals of the 90th Anniversary Committee. Two individual/affiliate level challenges will be shared with affiliate leaders at the JCEP Leadership Conference in February:
- 90 Ways to Celebrate our 90th Anniversary – 90 suggestions for celebrating our 90th Anniversary including both individual and affiliate activities. See how many activities you can complete by September 2024!
- 90th Anniversary Video Contest – creating a video, 90 seconds or less that features the NEAFCS Creed. Submissions are due July 1, 2024. The top five videos will be premiered at Annual Session 2024 and posted to the NEAFCS Website.
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Outreach Strategies in Extension Educational Programs to Foster Inclusion
Lorrie Coop (TX), Diversity Committee Member
In educational programs within Cooperative Extension, fostering inclusion requires intentional outreach strategies. Here are several approaches to promote diversity and ensure that Extension programs are accessible and welcoming to all: Read More:
Celebrate 90 Years in 2024
Dianne Gertson Drennan (TX), Past President & Endowment Committee Member
As we reflect on the first 90 years of NEAFCS, one of the major accomplishments was the establishment of our very own endowment. The initial goal was $300,000. This amount was reached in 2016. Since then, the endowment has provided scholarships and grants to our members as well as funding special projects. Read More:
Voices From the Past - Present - Future
Christine Kniep (WI), Past President & Historian
On June 29th, 1933, in Milwaukee, WI, during the annual meeting of the American Home Economics Association, The National Home Demonstration Agents’ Association became a reality. Present were twenty-one home demonstration agents from 13 states: Alabama, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Vermont, Virginia and Wyoming.
The 90th Anniversary Committee has asked each of these 13 states to collect stories of their work and membership in NEAFCS from a retired or life member, the affiliate president, and a “new” member – the start of an ongoing narrative history of NEAFCS. Between now and our 100th Anniversary, stories will be collected from all of the affiliates. These stories will be included in our newsletter, posted on our website, and included in our historical records. Read More:
Additional News & Opportunities for NEAFCS Members
My name is Julie Harris Keywood, the daughter of Genevieve Harris. She was a long time member of NEAFCS, and I wanted to let this association know of her passing on February 12, 2024 at the age of 97.
I was privileged to accompany her on her last annual meeting to Hershey, Pennsylvania in 2019, where she was one of four initial inductees into the newly formed NEAFCS Hall of Fame. In 1976, my senior year of high school, she served as the first NEAFCS National President from the state of Mississippi. Extension and NEAFCS were a part of my life, also.
She worked hard as Copiah County Home Economist for 33 Years, enjoying the people, places, and the many teaching demonstrations. She also served in numerous leadership roles on a variety of committees. I learned so much from her, and majored in Home Economics Education.
Thank you for letting me share just a few words about my amazing Mother, Genevieve Harris.
Carol Jane Palombi-Schultz, born May 17, 1946 in Rockford, IL to Frank and Vira Palombi. She lived in Rockford for a short time until they moved to a farm west of Orfordville, WI. She attended Orfordville Public School then went onto College at UW-Wisconsin-Stout and received her masters degree in Family Consumer Education. In 1968 she married Royce Schultz and started her career as a 4-H extension agent in Pepin CO, Durand, WI. She passed on January 22, 2024.
Carol was always known as the queen in Colorado and wore bling everyday to remind everyone she met that we all needed to sparkle.
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