UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO Barbara D. Petty CALS Associate Dean/Director of Extension

Teaching Outreach Research UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO

Aim: Suggest and influence change that addresses societal needs and global issues, and advances economic development and culture. GOAL 2: ENGAGE OUTREACH THAT INSPIRES INNOVATION AND CULTURE

 Research useful beyond the academic community  Enables learning to occur outside the classroom  Encourages the creation and dissemination of knowledge  Directly benefits the public. THROUGH OUTREACH THE UNIVERSITY MAKES:

 Coeur d’Alene, Boise, Idaho Falls  UI Extension  Distance Education  Service Learning  Cooperative education – internships and externships  Technology transfer  Professional service UI OUTREACH

 Morrill Act  Hatch Act  Smith-Lever Act – 1914  Idaho’s Extension Agents – 1913 WHY WAS UI EXTENSION CREATED?

University of Idaho Extension improves people’s lives by… …engaging the University and our communities through research based education. Our areas of expertise are Agriculture, Community Development, Family and Consumer Sciences, Natural Resources and Youth Development

STATEWIDE PRESENCE  42 County Extension Offices  3 Indian Reservation Offices  9 Research and Extension Centers

UI EXTENSION  Faculty positions  64 Extension educators  15 Area Extension educators  48 Specialists  7 Administrators  60 Program Coordinators and Extension Associates

UI EXTENSION  338,261 direct teaching contacts  499,574 web sessions  47 peer-reviewed Extension publications  39 articles published in professional and scientific journals

SPEED DATING  Dan Cordon, College of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering,  Delphine Keim, College of Art and Architecture, Department of Art and Design,  Lisette Waits, College of Natural Resources, Department of Fish and Wildlife Sciences,  Mark Warner, College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences, Department of Sociology and Anthropology,

SPEED DATING  Jim Lindstrom, Director of UI Extension 4-H,  Cinda Williams, Area Educator Educator/Community Food Systems,  Ed Bechinski, Professor of Entomology/Extension Specialists,  Shelly Johnson, Extension Educator, Kootenai County/Health and Nutrition,

 Distribute yourselves throughout the room  Change tables when you hear the bell  Visit every table  Reassemble as a group visiting every table for closing comments SPEED DATING