Extension Communications
3614 Administrative Services Building
Ames, Iowa 50011-3614
(515) 294-9915
11/13/02
Contacts:
____(Name)____, ____(office)____, ____(phone)____, ____(e-mail)____
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 about 100 employees of Iowa State University Extension who received awards at the extension annual conference in Ames on Oct. 30.
_____(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 Stanley R. Johnson, vice provost for extension, during a special convocation at the annual conference. The recipients were honored at a luncheon following the convocation.
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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. One staff member received this award which includes a cash stipend.
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. One staff member received this award which includes a cash stipend.
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. One staff member received this award.
Excellence in Agricultural Extension Programs Award - This award is given in two categories, one for a crops specialist and one for a livestock specialist. One staff member received an award in each category, which includes a cash stipend.
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 toward achieving the goals of ISU Extension. Five staff members received this award.
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. One staff member received this award, which includes a cash stipend.
Margaret K. Yoder Extension to Families New Professional Award - This award is named for a former assistant state leader of Extension to Families and is presented to an extension to families professional staff member with less than five years of service to recognize outstanding programming. One staff member received this award, which includes a cash stipend.
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. Six staff members received this award.
Outstanding Achievement by an Individual Award - This award recognizes a single outstanding effort by an individual, carried out with much originality or creativity. Four staff members received this award.
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. Eight staff members received this award.
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. One staff member received this award, which includes a cash stipend.
Team Awards
Team Awards for Educational Achievement - These awards are given to recognize a team effort in educational programming carried out with much originality or creativity. Six educational team awards were presented.
2002 Farm Bill Education Team, recognized for a massive educational effort on the 2002 Farm Security and Rural Investment Act.
Educational Partners - Agriculture and Kids Team, recognized for educational field trips for elementary school students in Emmet, Palo Alto and Kossuth Counties.
Iowa Industries of the Future Agriculture Core Team, recognized for its work on the Iowa bioeconomy, and a biobased products and bioenergy symposium.
Kossuth County Speak Up! Team, recognized for implementing a public speaking course for fifth grade students.
Team Awards for Organizational Achievement - These awards are given to recognize a team effort to improve the operation of the extension organization. Two organizational team awards were presented.
County Accounting Project Team, recognized for creating a new accounting system for county extension offices.
Revenue Generation Expansion for ISU Extension Team, recognized for its work to develop a new cost recovery component for extension funding.
Special Citations from ISU Extension - These awards are given to recognize support from external partners in the presentation of ISU Extension educational programs. Two teams that included ISU Extension staff and external partners were recognized.
2002 Farm Bill Education Team, recognized for cooperative effort to disseminate information on the 2002 Farm Bill.
In Tune With Agriculture Team, recognized for joint program to provide agricultural-based training to 5,000 John Deere employees.
Individual Award Recipients (listed by county where office
of recipient is located)
Allamakee - Teresa Wiemerslage, county extension education director,
New Professional Award
Fran Passmore, Northeast Iowa family nutrition and health field specialist,
Diversity Achievement Award
Appanoose - Pat Jones, family nutrition program assistant, Pride of Extension Award
Boone - Annette Brown, Central Iowa 4-H youth development field specialist, Meritorious Service Award
Buena Vista - Rhonda Christensen, extension education director, County Extension Education Director Excellence Award
Calhoun - Cindy Souder, office assistant, Pride of Extension Award
Cass - Julie Hering, youth program coordinator, Pride of Extension Award
Chickasaw - Mary Schrandt-Prouty, county extension education director, Excellence in 4-H Youth Programs Award
Emmet - Pat Johnson, office assistant, Pride of Extension Award
Holle Smith, extension education director, Meritorious Service Award
Jasper - Allison Morgan, office manager, Pride of Extension Award
Johnson - Jan Temple, Southeast Iowa family nutrition and health field specialist, Individual Achievement Award
Jones - Larry K. McMullen, Southeast Iowa swine field specialist, Excellence in Livestock Programs Award
Kossuth - Robert Behnkendorf, county extension education director, New Professional Award
Linn - Don Brown, Southeast Iowa industrial specialist Center
for Industrial Research and Service, Meritorious Service Award
Kristi Cooper, Southeast Iowa family life field specialist, Individual
Achievement Award
Marshall - Tammy Buck, office assistant, Pride of Extension Award
Mitchell - Neil M. Wubben, county extension education director, Meritorious Service Award
Plymouth - Joel DeJong, Northwest Iowa crops field specialist, Excellence in Crops Programs Award
Polk - Steve Johnson, Central Iowa agricultural economics field specialist, Individual Achievement Award
Scott - Jennifer Best, extension educator for families, youth and community, New Professional Award and Margaret K. Yoder Extension to Families New Professional Award Burdell Arp, county youth coordinator, Pride of Extension Award
Sioux - Christine Mondak, Northwest Iowa dairy field specialist, New Professional Award
Story (ISU campus extension staff) - Paul M. Berge, industrial
specialist for the Iowa Companies Assistance Program, Center for Industrial
Research and Service
Mark Oleson, assistant professor of family resource management, extension
specialist, and director of the financial counseling clinic, New Professional
Award
Chuck Schwab, exension agricultural engineer and associate professor of
agricultural and biosystems engineering, Meritorious Service Award
Kathleen Delate, assistant professor of horticulture and extension organic
specialist, Individual Achievement Award
Elizabeth Fleming, Central Iowa family life field specialist, Project
Family Partnership Award
Wapello - Tom Quinn, Southeast Iowa community development field specialist, Meritorious Service Award
Webster - Linda Cline, county youth coordinator, Pride of Extension Award
Team Award Recipients (listed by county where office of team
member is located)
Audubon - Dennis Thomas, Southwest Iowa agricultural economics field specialist, 2002 Farm Bill Education Team
Black Hawk - Craig Chase, Northeast Iowa agricultural economics
field specialist, 2002 Farm Bill Education Team
Paul W. Brown, Northeast Iowa area extension education director, chair
of the Revenue Generation Expansion Team, and In Tune With Agriculture
Special Citation
Andrew Hansen and Linda Hibben, John Deere Waterloo Works, In Tune With
Agriculture Special Citation
Buena Vista - Tom Olsen, Northwest Iowa agricultural economics field specialist, 2002 Farm Bill Education Team
Calhoun - Earl McAlexander, Northwest Iowa youth development field specialist, Educational Partners - Agriculture and Kids Team
Cass - Jill Euken, Southwest Iowa family life field specialist,
Iowa Industries of the Future Agriculture Core Team
Darrell Busby, Southwest Iowa livestock field specialist, Revenue Generation
Expansion Team
Davis - Roger Musselman, county extension education director, Revenue Generation Expansion Team
Decatur - Donna Donald, Southwest Iowa family life field specialist, Revenue Generation Expansion Team
Emmet - Lisa Berkland, Northwest Iowa youth field specialist, Marcy Sander, county youth coordinator, and Holle Smith, county extension education director, Educational Partners - Agriculture and Kids Team
Chickasaw - Robert Tigner, Northeast Iowa agricultural economics field specialist, 2002 Farm Bill Education Team
Hardin - Kelvin Leibold, Central Iowa agricultural economics field
specialist, 2002 Farm Bill Education Team;
LuAnn Johansen, Central Iowa youth development field specialist, Educational
Partners - Agriculture and Kids Team
Henry - Jim Jensen, Southeast Iowa agricultural economics field specialist, 2002 Farm Bill Education Team
Kossuth - Robert Behnkendorf, county extension education director, and Jean A. Kent, program assistant, Kossuth County Speak Up! Team and Educational Partners - Agriculture and Kids Team
Linn - Gene Lucht of Iowa Farmer Today, 2002 Farm Bill Education Special Citation
Marion - Leslie Miller of Iowa State Savings Bank, Knoxville
Muscatine - Jan Pohl, office assistant, County Accounting Project Team
Osceola - Ron Hook, Northwest Iowa agricultural economics field specialist, 2002 Farm Bill Education Team
Page - Tim Eggers, Southwest Iowa agricultural economics field specialist, 2002 Farm Bill Education Team
Palo Alto - George Hammond, county extension education director, and Julie Naig, county youth coordinator, Educational Partners - Agriculture and Kids team
Polk - Steve Johnson, Central Iowa agricultural economics field
specialist, 2002 Farm Bill Education Team
Tim Sullivan, industrial specialist, Center for Industrial Research and
Service, Iowa Industries of the Future Agriculture Core Team
Marti Elston, Central Iowa administrative specialist; Martha McCormick,
Central Iowa youth development field specialist; and Tom Noteboom, associate
director of the Iowa Manufacturing Extension Partnership; Revenue Generation
Expansion Team
Ed Kordick and Dave Miller of the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation; Steve Phillips
representing county and regional offices of the Iowa Farm Service Agency;
Dale Johnson of the Iowa Farm Bureau Spokesman, Dan Looker of Successful
Farming, Frank Holdmeyer and John Otte of Wallaces Farmer: and Mark Pearson
and Gary Wergin of WHO Radio, 2002 Farm Bill Education Special Citation.
Scott - Becky Bray, county extension education director, Revenue Generation Expansion Team
Story (ISU campus extension staff) - Michael Duffy, professor
of economics and extension farm management specialist; William Edwards,
professor of economics and extension economist; and Neil Harl, distinguished
professor of economics and extension economist, 2002 Farm Bill Education
Team. Edwards also represented ISU Extension staff in accepting the 2002
Farm Bill Education Special Citation.
Robert Brown, professor of mechanical engineering and director of the
Center for Sustainable Environmental Technologies; George Kraus, professor
of chemistry and director of the Biorenewable Resources Consortium; Todd
Zdorkowski, technical commercialization specialist, Center for Advanced
Technology Development; and Jacqui Becker, journalism student, Iowa Industries
of the Future Agriculture Core Team
Bill Bogue, assistant to the vice provost for finance, and Cal Johannes,
project coordinator, County Accounting Project Team
Janet Anderson, state youth program specialist; Joan Ballard, finance
account specialist; William Bogue, assistant to the vice provost for finance;
Sorrel Brown, Continuing Education and Communication Services program
coordinator; Reg Clause, field specialist, Center for Industrial Research
and Service; Jerald DeWitt, interim director of Extension to Agriculture;
John Flickinger, extension accountant; Mark Imerman, extension economics
program specialist; John Mabry, director of Pork Industry Center; James
Meek, extension to families program specialist; Daniel Otto, professor
of economics; Kaela Postma, clerk for extension human resources; James
Trown, coordinator of Extension Distribution Center; and Linda A. Wilson,
coordinator, extension grants and contracts; Revenue Generation Expansion
Team
Elaine Edwards, manager, Educational Materials and Marketing Services,
In Tune With Agriculture Special Citation
Story (off-campus staff) - Carolyn Manning, retired county extension education director, Revenue Generation Expansion Team
Winnebago - Carol Peterson, county extension education director, Revenue Generation Expansion Team.
Extension programs are available to all without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, or disability.