Extension Communications
3614 Administrative Services Building
Ames, Iowa 50011-3614
(515) 294-9915
4/18/02
Contacts:
Del Marks, Continuing Education and Communication Services, (515) 294-9807,
delmarks@iastate.edu
ISU Extension Staff Honored at Awards Convocation
_________(name)_________, _________(title)___________, of the _______(county)______ extension staff, was one of 70 employees of Iowa State University Extension honored at the annual extension awards convocation in Ames on April 10.
_______(name)_________ received the ___________(name of award)_________ award for ___(see descriptions of individual awards below)___.
or
_______(name)_________ was a member of the _______(team name)______ team that received an award for ___(see descriptions of individual awards below)___.
The awards were presented by Fred Sick, president of the Iowa Association of County Extension Councils, and Stanley R. Johnson, vice provost for extension. The recipients were honored at a reception and a luncheon.
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Individual Awards
4-H Youth Director's Award - This award recognizes a professional staff member for outstanding programming in 4-H.
County Extension Education Director Excellence Award - This award is given for sustained distinguished performance and educational contributions to ISU and clientele by a county extension education director.
Diversity Achievement Award - This award is given for outstanding achievement in teaching that increases client awareness of the value of diversity; involving people of diverse backgrounds in extension decision-making bodies and programs; or providing effective educational efforts to diverse audiences.
Excellence in Agricultural Extension Programs Award - This award is given in two categories, one for a crops specialist and one for a livestock specialist.
ISU Extension New Professional Award - This award is given to recognize extension staff with less than five years of service who have made significant contributions to achieve the goals of ISU Extension.
Lloyd E. Anderson Superior Service to Industry Award - This award is named in honor of the retired director of the Center for Industrial Research and Service and is presented to a CIRAS staff member who has established a level of excellence in service to Iowa industry.
Meritorious Service Award - This award is given for meritorious achievements and educational contributions to clientele through dedication to duty and significant contributions to the mission of ISU Extension over time.
Outstanding Achievement by an Individual Award - This award recognizes a single outstanding effort by an individual, carried out with much originality or creativity.
Pride of Extension Award - This award is given to recognize an innovative project or effort to meet extension client needs and consistently strong office or program management skills.
Project Family Partnership Award - This award is given to recognize exemplary work on the part of field staff that contributes significantly to Project Family at the Institute for Social and Behavioral Research.Team Awards.
Budget Planning and Program Committee - This committee reviewed current and future extension budgets, and conducted special budget discussions around the state to offer staff a detailed look at the system's financial situation.
Money 2000 Team - This three-year effort achieved measurable improvement in savings and debt levels among project enrollees, and increased public awareness of extension's money management education efforts. Of the 1,150 Iowans who enrolled, 31 percent submitted progress reports, documenting $2.9 million in reduced debt and/or increased savings.
Northeast Iowa Extension Consumer Horticulture Program - Team members worked with six county extension districts and ISU Extension administration to create a governmental services sharing agreement to provide regional horticultural programming. This agreement established the Northeast Iowa Extension Consumer Horticulture Program, governed by a council representing extension councils, ISU, and the public. The council employs a horticulture program assistant to deliver educational programs and provide resources to county offices.
Northwest Area Extension Technology Team - This team was formed in the fall of 2000 to address the staff need for more technology training. During the winter of 2000-2001 the committee arranged for training by local staff on six topics.
Sioux County Manure Management Project - Sioux County is a top livestock producing county in Iowa, making manure nutrient management education a priority. Management education began as early as 1994. In 1999, a grant was received from the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture to provide a two-year program directed at helping Sioux County producers manage manure as a resource.
Who's Got Your Number? Protecting Consumer Privacy Team - Identity theft is a growing consumer privacy concern affecting more than 700,000 Americans last year. ISU Extension Family Resource Management staff developed "Who's Got Your Number? Protecting Consumer Privacy" in 1998. Nearly 3,500 Iowans directly benefited from the programs. Nine out of 10 program participants learned skills and took actions to protect their personal and financial privacy.
Youth Entrepreneur Camps Program - Junior high youth in several Northwest Iowa counties have had the opportunity to participate in entrepreneur camps. Each camp had a different format, but the focus was the same -- helping young people realize that entrepreneurial careers are an option available to them.
Individual Award Recipients (listed by county where office of recipient is located)
Black Hawk - Paul W. Brown, Northeast Iowa area extension education director, Meritorious Service Award
Boone - Joyce Patterson, 4-H youth coordinator, Pride of Extension Award
Buena Vista - Rhonda Christensen, extension education director; Jan Lietz, youth coordinator; Deb Kruse, office assistant; Francisco Altamirano, food and nutrition program assistant, Diversity Achievement Award for work on the Buena Vista County Diversity Team, and Kris Kohl, Northwest Iowa agricultural engineering field specialist, Outstanding Achievement by an Individual for the program Protecting Iowa's Water Through Manure Management
Calhoun - Jerry Chizek, extension education director, New Professional Award
Cherokee - Sue Schwaller, office assistant, Pride of Extension Award
Dubuque - Bev Wagner, Expanded Food and Nutrition Education program assistant, Pride of Extension Award, and Larry Tranel, Northeast Iowa dairy, beef, and forages field specialist, New Professional Award
Franklin - Bev Peters, extension education director, County Extension Education Director Excellence Award
Howard - Vanette Grover, 4-H youth development field specialist. 4-H Youth Director's Award
Kossuth - Jean A. Kent, program assistant, Pride of Extension Award
Louisa - Mary Crooks, Southeast Iowa family life field specialist, Project Family Partnership Award
Lyon - Beth Doran, beef field specialist in northwest Iowa, Excellence in Agricultural Extension Programs Award for a livestock specialist, and Rochelle Hoogendoorn, office assistant, Pride of Extension Award
Mitchell - Darla Olson, office assistant, Pride of Extension Award
Story (ISU campus extension staff) - J. Adin Mann III, associate professor of aerospace engineering and engineering mechanics, Lloyd E. Anderson Superior Service to Industry Award, and Paula H. Flynn, extension plant pathology program specialist, Meritorious Service Award, and Soybean Cyst Nematode Coalition, Gregory L. Tylka, professor of plant pathology, Outstanding Achievement by an Individual, and Wendy Miller, communication specialist, Iowa Beef Center, New Professional Award
Wapello - Ottumwa Community Voices Program, Tom Quinn, Southeast Iowa community development field specialist, Diversity Achievement Award
Winneshiek - Brian Lang, crops field specialist in Northeast Iowa, Excellence in Agricultural Extension Programs Award for a crops specialist
Team Award Recipients (listed by county where office of team member is located)
Adair - Deb Hall, extension education director, Budget Planning Committee
Appanoose - Clete Swackhamer, extension education director, Budget Planning Committee
Black Hawk - Paul W. Brown, Northeast Iowa area extension education
director, Northeast Iowa Consumer Horticulture Program
Buchanan - Bruce Bearinger, extension education director, Budget Planning
Committee
Buena Vista - Kris Kohl, Northwest Iowa agricultural engineering field specialist, Sioux County Manure Management Project, and Rhonda Christensen, extension education director, and Tom Olsen, Northwest Iowa farm management field specialist, Northwest Area Extension Technology Team
Carroll - Dennis Molitor, extension education director, and Ann Pottebaum, youth program assistant, Youth Entrepreneur Camps Team
Cherokee - Mary Snow, Northwest Iowa family resource management field specialist, Money 2000 Team
Chickasaw - Mary Schrandt-Prouty, extension education director, Northeast Iowa Consumer Horticulture Program
Clayton - Jim Hosch, former extension education director, Northeast Iowa Consumer Horticulture Program
Dallas - Linda Nelson, extension education director, Budget Planning Committee
Decatur - Donna Donald, Southwest Iowa family resource management field specialist, Money 2000 Team
Delaware - Darrell Hanson, County extension education director, Northeast Iowa Consumer Horticulture Program, and Ellen Spurlock, Northeast Iowa family resource management field specialist, Money 2000 Team
Des Moines - Gail Kerns, Southeast Iowa family resource management field specialist, Money 2000 Team
Dickinson - Cory Peterson, extension education director, Youth Entrepreneur Camps Team
Fayette - Dan Burkhart, extension education director, Northeast Iowa Consumer Horticulture Program
Greene - Craig Hertel, extension education director, co-chair, Budget Planning Committee, and Ruth Freeman, Central Iowa family resource management field specialist, Money 2000 Team
Grundy - Patricia Gorman, Northeast Iowa family resource management field specialist, Money 2000 Team, and Who's Got Your Number? Protecting Consumer Privacy Team
Hamilton - Barb Wollan, Central Iowa family resource management field specialist, Money 2000 Team
Hardin - Kelvin Leibold, Central Iowa farm management field specialist, Budget Planning Committee
Jefferson - Byron Leu, Southeast Iowa livestock field specialist, Budget Planning Committee
Johnson - Janet Garkey, Southeast Iowa family resource management field specialist, Money 2000 Team, and Who's Got Your Number? Protecting Consumer Privacy Team
Jones - Phyllis Zalenski, Southeast Iowa family resource management field specialist, Money 2000 Team
Keokuk - Shanna Cellman, former Southeast Iowa family resource management field specialist, Money 2000 Team
Lyon - Raejean Benson, extension education director, Youth Entrepreneur Camps Team
Madison - Sharon Johnson, Central Iowa family resource management field specialist, Money 2000 Team
Mahaska - Diane Van Wyngarden, former extension education director, co-chair, Budget Planning Committee
Mills - Steven Adams, Southwest Iowa community development field specialist, Budget Planning Committee
Mitchell - Susan McDonnell, Northeast Iowa family resource management field specialist, Money 2000 Team, and Who's Got Your Number? Protecting Consumer Privacy Team
O'Brien - Terry Janssen, extension education director, Budget Planning Committee, and Youth Entrepreneur Camps Team
Osceola - Al Grigg, extension education director, Youth Entrepreneur Camps Team, and Ron Hook, Northwest Iowa farm management field specialist, Northwest Area Extension Technology Team
Plymouth - Joel DeJong, Northwest Iowa crops field specialist, Sioux County Manure Management Project, and Jolynn Tonsfeldt, Northwest Iowa youth field specialist, Budget Planning Committee, Youth Entrepreneur Camps Team
Pocahontas - Jerry Weiss, Northwest Iowa swine field specialist, Northwest Area Extension Technology Team
Polk - John Baker, staff attorney, Who's Got Your Number? Protecting Consumer Privacy Team, and Margaret VanGinkel, Central Iowa family resource management field specialist, Money 2000 Team, and Susan Klein, Central Iowa family nutrition and health field specialist, Budget Planning Committee
Shelby - Mary Beth Kaufman, Southwest Iowa family resource management field specialist, Money 2000 Team, and Who's Got Your Number? Protecting Consumer Privacy Team
Sioux - Cheryl Heronemus, extension education director, Youth Entrepreneur Camps Team and Sioux County Manure Management Project
Story (ISU campus extension staff) - Cindy Fletcher, state family resource management specialist; Patricia Swanson, state family resource management specialist; Jane Lenahan, communication specialist; Del Marks, communication specialist; Donna Halloum, communication specialist; Jeanette Drewry, support staff, Money 2000 Team, and Ron Cox, director of the Center for Industrial Research and Service (CIRAS), Budget Planning Committee, and Carol Ouverson; communication specialist, Who's Got Your Number? Protecting Consumer Privacy Team
Woodbury - Ester Mae Cox, extension education director, Northwest Area Extension Technology Team, and Peggy Haafke, Northwest Iowa area extension education director, Budget Planning Committee
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