June, 2008

Passing of Past National NACAA President - Thurman Kennedy

We are saddened to report the death of retiree Thurman Kennedy. Mr. Kennedy passed away on Tuesday, June 2, 2008. He was the County Extension Agent-Agriculture for Bexar County, District 10 at the time of his retirement on August 31, 1982.

Visitation was held Wednesday June 4th, 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM at Mission Park Funeral Chapels North (3401 Cherry Ridge, San Antonio, phone number 210/349-1414). Funeral Services were at noon, Thursday June 5th at Mission Park Funeral Chapels North with interment followed at Mission Burial Park North. The family requests those preferring memorial contributions in lieu of flowers, please make contributions to the Texas A&M 12th Man Foundation in College Station Texas (979/846-8892 or 888/TAM-12TH).

Mr. Kennedy was preceded in death by his wife Jean, who passed away in January of this year. He is survived by 3 sons, Jim, Jeff and Joe.

Cards and condolences may be sent to the family at the address below:
c/o Jim Kennedy
1918 Margate St
San Antonio, TX 78232-5112

Registration Materials Mailed for NACAA AM/PIC

A brief update on the upcoming NACAA AM/PIC in Greensboro, NC. We currently have over 1400 individuals registered. Registration confirmation letters were mailed this week (you should be receiving shortly if you haven't already), and hotel reservation confirmations have begun being sent by the Sheraton (electronically if we have your email address).

Flying into Greensboro for the NACAA AM/PIC?

Your North Carolina hosts are providing FREE shuttle service on Saturday from 11 am - 9 pm, Sunday from 11 am - 9 pm and Friday from 5 am - 6 pm (as posted in the magazine) - but we need to know your flight information. Anybody arriving or departing during other times, we will try to accommodate you, but if we can't we have gotten a reduced rate of $15.00 per person/round trip on the hotel shuttle. Please provide the following to Wick Wickliffe (Wick_Wickliffe@ncsu.edu) so that we can minimize your airport waiting time and provide sufficient shuttle service to accommodate everyone:

Agent Name: ___________________________
Number in party: _________________________
Arrival: Day: Saturday _____ or Sunday _____ Airline ____________
Flight Number ______________ Arrival Time: ____________
Departure on Friday: Airline ____________ Flight Number ______________
Departure Time: ____________

If you are a VIP, invited guest or speaker or a Board Member arriving on other than Saturday or Sunday and/or leaving before Friday, please email me with the same information noting your status.

If you have any last minute changes, please contact me on my cell phone at 919-619-6858.

See ya'll soon! Wick

Dr. William B. Wickliffe II
Agricultural Extension Agent
NC State University
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
North Carolina Cooperative Extension, Guilford County Center
3309 Burlington Rd., Greensboro, NC 27405

Bid Now for Deere Hunt offered by NC Agents Association

As you well know, the National Ag Agents Meeting will be held this year in Greensboro, NC. To help with fund raising for the meeting, a deer hunt is currently being auctioned online. You can bid for yourself or you can submit a bid for someone else, though you will be responsible for collecting should you get the bid.

Request from Son of Past National President Larry M. Iverson

My name is Shawn Iverson. My father was Larry M. Iverson, NACAA National President, 1971. I was born Feb. 16th, 1969, in Barnes county, North Dakota. I was blessed to have known my father for 12 years before he passed away. Unfortunately, this was not enough time for me, to really understand who he was. I am calling on anyone who knew my father, or remembers my mother Dovie (who is still alive), to please send me an e-mail. I would enjoy any stories/comments/criticisms about my dad...

Thank you very much.

Shawn Thomas Iverson

Galaxy III Registration - EXTENDED

Useful Worksheets on Measuring One’s Scholarship and Accountability

How do you rank with Scholarship?

A Self-Assessment

When reviewing your personal scholarly activities, it is best to remember that all Extension positions are not the same and as your career develops, each person will develop their individual scholarly activities based on experience. Staff should utilize scholarly activities to enhance their performance and create long term goals to be met, not necessarily annual goals.

This is a self-assessment for staff to review types of scholarly activities. Please check the activities you have completed or ones in which you would like to explore and list what assistance you would need to complete this goal.

Created by Tina Veal & Al Kulczewski, 2005-2006 Academy of Extension Excellence Members, University of Illinois Extension. Adapted with permission for use by JCEP(2007).

Scholarly Activity	Completed	Would you like to do?	Assistance Needed?	Date to be Completed
15. I have created exhibits to promote Extension programming.
16. I have participated in a fellowship program.
17. I have written and applied for grant funding.
18. I have received external grants to benefit programming efforts.
19. I have authored guides and guidebooks.
20. I have authored Extension publications and reports.
21. I have served on a regional or state committee or taskforce.
22. I have been a member of a professional association.
23. I have held a leadership role within the professional association.
24. I have provided leadership in organizing, and conducting workshops/seminars for continuing education for colleagues.
25. I have served as a moderator or panelist at a convention.
26. I have presented a research paper at a professional conference.
27. I have presented a poster session at a professional conference.
28. I have presented a workshop at a professional conference.
29. I have reviewed other books, creative activities and other literature.
30. I have taught undergraduate or graduate classes that enhance the University mission.
31. I have authored technical reports.
32. I have participated in multidisciplinary programming.
33. I have served on a grant funding panel.
34. I am a registered/certified professional.
35. I have given testimony to a decision making body.

Evaluating and Documenting Impact For Extension/Engaged Scholarship

Scholarship and creative activity are understood on many campuses to be intellectual work whose significance is communicated to and validated by peers. Such work in its diverse forms is based on a high level of professional expertise; must give evidence of originality; must be documented and validated as through peer review or critique; and must be communicated in appropriate ways so as to have impact on or significance for publics beyond the University, or for the discipline itself.

Evaluating Scholarship

A set of core standards for evaluating all forms of scholarship has been offered by Glassick, Huber, and Maeroff (1997) which include clear realistic goals, adequate preparation, appropriate methodology, results, communication to colleagues and others beyond the campus, and reflective critique. The standards have the following characteristics:

• Set clear, realistic goals and measurable objectives.
• Keep abreast of the issues and determine appropriate and adequate resources for the project.
• Choose appropriate methodology for your project's goals. Read about the work of others in addressing the issue or problem of interest.
• Document results. Scholarship should be judged by its results. The project should be meeting its goals and contributing to the field or opening up other areas for further expansion.
• Communicate the results of your project with your peers and other practitioners.
• Engage in reflective critique. Think about your work and learn from the process. Ask what went wrong and right as a means of improving the scholarship.

Documenting Impact For Extension/Engaged Scholarship

This tool can be used as a checklist when teams are planning Extension engagement activities.

Assessment Questions	Who will document?	How will this be determined or captured?
To what extent were the project goals and objectives met?
Did the products or deliverables meet the planning expectations?
Were intended, unintended, and potential impacts documented and interpreted?
Was there mutual satisfaction from the project? (agent, faculty, others)
Were stakeholders satisfied? Did they value the results and apply the knowledge?
Do impacts have commercial, societal, or academic/professional value? (or lead to scientific advances in the discipline)
How effectively are the products or results reaching the intended audience?
To what extent did the project build capacity for individuals, institutions, or social infrastructure?
To what extent did the project develop mechanisms for sustainability?
How does the project lead to innovations in curriculum and inform other dimensions of the university mission?
How did the project increase cross-disciplinary collaborations within the university or with other institutions?
To what extent did the project leverage additional resources for any partners?
Describe any peer and citation recognition of the work or how results of your project was communicated with peers and other practitioners.
Does the project offer new opportunities for student learning or professional staff development?
How does the project assist the agent’s and/or faculty member’s progress in developing outreach potential and in using that potential to improve the institution’s operations and visibility?

From Michigan State University (1996). Points of distinction: A guidebook for planning & evaluating quality outreach. Adapted with permission.