A Resolution Honoring ISU Extension
by Iowa House of Representatives and Senate

Sponsored in the House by Alons, Mertz, Struyk, Huseman, Rayhons, Greimann, Wilderdyke, Jones, Greiner, Whitaker, Hutter, Lukan, Lalk, Roberts, De Boef, Schickel, Boggess, Miller, Gaskill, Heddens, Sands, Eichhorn, D. Hanson, D. Olson, Frevert, and Reasoner

Sponsored in the Senate by Veenstra, Putney, Gaskill, Boettger, Sievers, Kramer, Iverson, Johnson, Schuerer, Rehberg, Hosch, McKinley, Behn, Angelo, Kettering, Wieck, Seymour, Tinsman, Drake, Quirmbach, Beall, Ragan, Seng, Horn, Stewart, Dearden, Courtney, Kibbie, Black, McCoy, Connolly, Dvorsky, Dotzler, Bolkcom, Hatch, Warnstadt, Gronstal, Holveck, Kreiman and Fraise.

A Resolution honoring the Iowa State University of Science and Technology Extension for 100 years of service to Iowa.

WHEREAS, Iowa State University (ISU) Extension began at the request of the people of Iowa, when in 1903, Sioux County farmers from Hull, Iowa, cooperated with the university to bring the land-grant college's programs and service to the people of this state; and

WHEREAS, ISU Extension became the model for cooperative extension work that was adopted nationwide in 1914 with the passing of the federal Smith-Lever Act; and

WHEREAS, ISU Extension partners with Iowans, including 900 locally elected Extension Council members, to provide research-based learning opportunities to improve quality of life in Iowa; and

WHEREAS, ISU Extension embraces the university's strategic goals of learning, discovery, and engagement, and, through an active partnership and presence in every county, provides Iowans with access to the resources of the university and communicates the priorities of the citizens to the university; and

WHEREAS, in 2002, more than 665,000 clients had individual contact with extension programs, the extension distributed more than two million publications in hard copy and three million publications in hard copy and three million copies digitally, and extension information was accessed from extension web sites approximately 20 million times evidence that ISU Extension is well-positioned to support the growth and development of Iowa in the knowledge-based economy and society of the 21st century; and

WHEREAS, for the past 100 years, Iowa State University has been helping Iowans become their best and is ready and anxious to begin its next 100 years of service to the state;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, That the House of Representatives honors Iowa State University Extension for 100 years of cooperative services and programs to Iowa and joins in celebrating April 7, 2003, as the kickoff date for Iowa State University Extension's inaugural celebration of its creation 100 years ago.

Updated May 7, 2003 4:14 PM
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