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News and Notes: December 6, 2024

OUR VISION: Ohioans have the knowledge and resources they need to actively engage in creating conditions in which they thrive.

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Leadership Notes

  1. I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving break. It was wonderful to step away from work for a few days and spend quality time with my family. I hope you were able to do the same. Now that December is here, it's conference time!

College Connections

  1. The CFAES Office for Research and Graduate Education and the Grant Development Support Unit (GDSU) are now accepting applications for D.C. Days 2025. This program provides an opportunity for faculty

  2. Save the date for the 2025 Ohio State Organic Grains Conference. Plan on joining grain production experts for this two-day workshop that focuses on agronomic and farm management sessions for commercial organic grain growers in the Eastern Corn Belt.

Campus Connections/Partnerships

  1. Ohio State is seeking nominations of scholars, practitioners, and graduate students for the 2025 University Outreach and Engagement Awards, which honor faculty, staff and students for outstanding achievement in producing engaged scholarship and community impact.

  2. To support and promote high-impact engaged scholarship, the Office of Outreach and Engagement has instituted a process to certify programs of excellence in engaged scholarship.

Programming Perspectives

  1. Interested in learning about and getting involved with eBarns? Join the eBarns team on Jan. 23 (2 p.m.) for a kick-off to the 2025 research season.

  2. The 2025 in-person Farm Accounting with Quicken Workshops are scheduled at five Ohio locations – running late January through late February 2025.

  3. Join Extension’s water quality associates for their fifth annual winter webinar series focusing on the interaction between agriculture and water quality. They will be held on Jan. 29, Feb. 26, and March 26.

  4. An Engaging Clients with Hydroponics workshop will be held on Jan. 31, 2025 (9 a.m.-2 p.m.) at the Kunz-Brundige Franklin County Extension Building.

Operations/Business of Extension

  1. Due to continued demand, live Adobe Express trainings will continue in 2025. Express, a powerful graphic design tool for marketing pieces, is available to all Ohio State employees. Extension Communications has provided templates (for flyers, social media, newsletters, yard signs, and more) in

Celebrating Colleagues

  1. Epsilon Sigma Phi recently recognized three OSU Extension professionals as national-level award recipients. Congratulations to the following individuals for their work in the land-grant mission that unites Extension professionals across the country.

  2. Michelle Gaston, program coordinator for OSU Extension strategic initiatives and urban engagement, recently received an award for excellence in Extension staff development from NAEPSDP.

  3. Congratulations to the following individuals on their upcoming retirement from Ohio State at year-end 2024.

  4. In 2016, CFAES launched a leadership development program for faculty and staff in the college. Because of the positive feedback from participants, the college is continuing its investment in this program.

Professional Development Opportunities

  1. A FINPACK in-service will be held Jan. 14-15 at Waterman in Columbus. This is an opportunity for Extension professionals to enhance their farm management skills.

  2. There will be two opportunities for you to learn Trauma-Informed Approaches skills in 2025 – March 18-19 and Nov. 12-13) in Columbus.

Health and Wellness

  1. Dec. 21 marks the Winter Solstice, and Extension’s Live Healthy Live Well Team shares some information about this meteorological event in a recent blog post.

  2. The Ohio State Alumni Magazine recently shared some tips on how to beat stress during the holiday season – including taking breaks, scaling back, making lists, giving and receiving Vitamin G (gratitude), accepting people you cannot change, and more.