Extension Connections and Updates at UMaine - September 2021
Today's agenda at Extension includes COVID updates, AgrAbility Ambassadors program, recent media statistics, and a look at upcoming events in August and September. Meet the Extension team members, learn about UMaine updates, and stay informed about vaccination requirements, remote work policies, and other COVID-related updates. Discover the Maine AgrAbility Ambassadors program, communication and marketing updates, and more happening at UMaine Extension.
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Extension Connections With your host Hannah Carter September 7, 2021
Todays Agenda Today s Agenda Welcome to Extension! Welcome to UMaine COVID Updates AgrAbility Ambassadors Recent Media Statistics August Recap/September Look Ahead
Welcome to Extension! Welcome to Extension! Mary Proulx Assistant Director at UMaine Camp & Learning Center at Bryant Pond Karen Giles 4-H Youth Development Professional in Somerset County Mackensie Schofield 4-H Community Education Assistant CL2 in Waldo County Dr. Sean Birkel Assistant Extension Professor of Climate Services, split appointment with the UMaine Climate Change Institute
Welcome to Welcome to UMaine! UMaine! Dr. Diane Rowland, Dean of Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture (NSFA) Chair of the Dept. of Agronomy at the University of Florida Researcher in Crop Physiology Returning home to Maine!
COVID Updates: COVID Updates: 77% of UMaine full-time employees have been vaccinated. Vaccination requirements Forthcoming. Remote work requests Face coverings Required. County offices Fully opened with no restrictions. Travel No restrictions for domestic travel. Testing Continued through the fall. Programs no group size limits or social distancing required. Wednesday update after the President s call.
Maine Maine AgrAbility AgrAbility Ambassadors Ambassadors A Maine AgrAbility Ambassador is an individual who is trained and informed about AgrAbility and its mission, and someone who promotes Maine AgrAbility to the people in their circle of influence. What is expected of an MAA? Be familiar with AgrAbility resources and help promote Maine AgrAbility within your circle of influence Read AgrAbility e-newsletters & report interactions on a monthly basis Benefits of being an MAA Increase the capacity and access to AgrAbility resources that benefit Maine ag producers. Community service activity; CV or resume builder; and increases your civil rights activities. Assist someone in your community. Orientation: Two one-hour Zoom trainings: 10/29/21 and 11/5/21
Communications & Marketing Updates Communications & Marketing Updates Marketing & Communications Director position has been fully approved The Extension website has received over 3 MILLION page views over the past 12 months! That s up almost 13% from the previous 12- month time period! Publications transition is going well!
Looking Back & Looking Ahead Looking Back & Looking Ahead September Cluster hire proposals submitted. First UMaine football game. Month 456 of dealing with COVID. Communications & Marketing position moving forward. New fall interns begin. Maine Woodland Owners Field Day. More tours/visits/in-person meetings. Refocus on the organization: Roadmap Steering Committee continues. Finalize my administrative changes and begin to implement them. August Wild Blueberry Tours Wyman s, Cherryfield Foods and a legislative tour in conjunction with Maine Wild Blueberry Weekend. Three new deans started at UMaine. Chancellor Malloy toured the DRL. Summer internships ended. UMaine/UMM Regional Task Force submitted their final report. Extension Lunch and Learn with Dr. Angie Zheng. In-person, all-day Deans retreat. No Montana, but three days off to do house projects. Two-day tour of Aroostook County with Dean Rowland.
Couple of other things. Couple of other things . UMaine Cooperative Extension Internship Program Q&A on October 6, 2021 from 2-3pm (zoom link will be forthcoming) Have you been wondering about our Internship Program? Interested in Mentoring an Intern in the upcoming spring or summer? Find out what it s all about and the process needed to apply to be a Mentor. Lunch and Learn on September 17th Mari will be discussing her role as our Instructional Designer. Steering Committee has been meeting monthly, meeting notes are posted on the Roadmap website.
Food from Home Recipe Contest Food from Home Recipe Contest EXTENDED DEADLINE! The NEW deadline for recipe submissions: September 10, 2021 Food from Home is a new recipe contest, open to all UMaine Extension staff, looking for recipes of favorite homemade foods with roots in family heritage or personal connection. This contest is also about food without borders . No matter where home is or was, whether a multigenerational homeplace or a place that simply feels like home, that is the inspiration for food from home. The winning recipe, chosen at random after all submissions are reviewed by members of our food team, will be submitted for inclusion in the second edition of the Maine Community Cookbook. Publication is expected in 2022. According to the publisher: The Maine Bicentennial Community Cookbook celebrates Maine s rich culinary traditions old and new exploring indigenous foodways, hearty Yankee cuisine, community cookbook classics, and favorite dishes of new Mainers. So think about what tastes like home to you and share that recipe in this contest. Who knows? Maybe your recipe is the one that will give you bragging rights to being the next cooking maven of Maine!
In Remembrance. In Remembrance .
