eXtension has named Dr. Shatomi Luster-Edward as the Program Fellow for the upcoming Diversity and Inclusion Impact Collaborative. She will devote the majority of her time in 2018 to setting up an organizing committee, recruiting participants, and mobilizing support networks for Impact Collaborative participants. Dr. Shatomi Luster-Edward is a Financial Education Specialist with the University […]
Request for Applications. The Food Systems Impact Collaborative is now accepting applications! Please share this opportunity with other Extension faculty and staff interested in Food Systems in your networks. The IC is designed to catalyze next-level Extension programs and professionals. The experience includes Designathon events, networking, professional development, access to key informants, and much more! […]
As long as we are in the realm of ‘I finished my program, now I need to evaluate it’ we are not serving diverse, or really any, audiences as well as we could. When Julie Huetteman saw the call for applications for a joint eXtension/National Association for Extension Program and Staff Development Professionals (NAEPSDP) fellowship, […]
The eXtension Diversity and Inclusion Corps provided the confidence and motivation Mannering needed to go forward with the Unity luncheon, online modules, and related activities, instead of just thinking about it. Christy Mannering’s farmhouse office in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (CANR) at the University of Delaware is “off the beaten path,” says […]
Diversity and Inclusion Experience Spurs Minnesota Professionals to Advocate Up the Chain of Command
Most employers buy into training and developing their employees so that they can be better employees. But two University of Minnesota extension professionals determined that they needed to do more. They decided that their charge was not only to “keep and grow” extension paraprofessionals in the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program, but also to […]
eXtension Foundation is looking for candidates for the Impact Collaborative Diversity & Inclusion Program Fellow. The Impact Collaborative is the next evolution of the Issue Corps Program. The Fellow is responsible for leading the formation and success of the Collaborative cohort. This is estimated to be a one-year commitment for .50 -.70 FTE. The responsibilities […]
As a recent eXtension Diversity & Inclusion Issue Corps member, I am conducting some of my research in developing several South American Cuisine curricula in Chile. I recently went on a study tour with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Food & Culinary Professionals Practice Group to Santiago, Valparaiso, and local sites nearby. The purpose […]