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News and Notes: May 23, 2025

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Leadership Notes

  1. Professional development is incredibly important in an organization like ours. Over the past couple of weeks, many of you in Family and Consumer Sciences and in support staff roles have dedicated time to participate in multiple professional development opportunities.

  2. Chris Zoller has been selected as the next assistant director, Agriculture and Natural Resources, for Ohio State University Extension. This appointment was effective May 12, 2025.

  3. Save the dates for the 2025 Regional Conversations. These days are held in odd-number years while the Extension Annual Conference is held in even-numbered years. All OSU Extension employees are expected to attend one of the days.

College Connections

  1. There will be an OSU Agri-Insights and OPGMA Summer Tour on June 24 in Wooster. Join fruit and vegetable production experts for an in-person day of learning featuring tours of specialty crop research plots and talks from lead researchers.

Campus Connections/Partnerships

  1. OSU Extension’s Sustainability Team is hosting a Zero Waste Tour of Ohio Stadium on June 3.

Programming Perspectives

  1. The A DAY in the WOODS program is hosting a Bird n’Tick Talk June (9 a.m.-3:30 p.m.) at the Vinton Furnace State Forest.

  2. The Ohio Woodlands Steward Program is hosting a Name That Tree workshop on June 20 (9:30 a.m.-3 p.m.) at The Ohio State University at Mansfield.

Operations/Business of Extension

  1. The following changes to area leaders and Learning and Organizational Development leadership were implemented earlier this month or will occur soon: 

  2. If you’ve worked in Adobe Express recently, you’ve likely noticed some changes.

  3. The next Extension Marketing Meetup will be June 4 (1:30-2:30 p.m.) and will focus on font use. Font may seem like a trivial part of branding, but proper application in marketing pieces is really important to consistent messaging.

  4. The nondiscrimination statement that is included on most of Extension’s marketing pieces has been updated. The templates in Adobe Express reflect the change.

Celebrating Colleagues

  1. The Ohio Chapter of the National Association of County Agricultural Agents recently shared its 2025 Communication Award Winners.

Professional Development Opportunities

  1. Save the date for the 2025 Field Crops Diagnostic In-Service on Aug. 1 (10 a.m.-2:30 p.m.) in South Charleston.

  2. There will be a Tri-State Digital Ag In-Service on Sept. 3 and 4 at the Northwest Agricultural Research Station.

  3. The OSU Leadership Center has several workshops scheduled this summer.

Health and Wellness

  1. May is National High Blood Pressure Education Month, and the Live Healthy Live Well Team recently shared some information about this important measure of health on its blog.

  2. A mental health expert from the Ohio State Wexner Medical Center recently wrote an article that focuses on managing emotional exhaustion.