Sarah Merrifield has accepted the position of regional director with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach serving Cerro Gordo, Floyd, Franklin, Mitchell and Worth counties. She begins the position on July 18.
Donovan Olson has accepted the position of regional director with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach serving Story County. He begins serving Story County on June 1.
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Week is April 18-23. Iowa’s 100 county extension offices will host activities throughout the week to thank volunteers who contribute their time to extension education efforts throughout the state.
Mitchell Hoyer has accepted the position of assistant director for Iowa 4-H Youth Development with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. Hoyer begins the position Jan. 18.
Courtney May has accepted the position of regional director with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach serving Appanoose, Monroe, Wayne and Lucas counties in southern Iowa. She begins the position Jan. 12.
Sarah Al-Mazroa Smith and Matthew Koziol have joined Iowa State University Extension and Outreach’s Program Development and Evaluation service unit as postdoc research associates. Smith is providing evaluation support to COVID-19 recovery initiatives and Koziol is working closely with the virtual education implementation work teams.
Kerry Aistrope has been hired as a regional director with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach serving Pottawattamie (East and West offices), Cass and Adair counties in southwest Iowa, effective Sept. 1.
Rick Woten has accepted the position of regional director with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach serving Appanoose, Monroe, Wayne and Lucas counties in southern Iowa. He begins the position July 1.
Michelle Sackville has been hired as a regional director with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach serving Pocahontas, Humboldt, Webster and Hamilton counties in north central Iowa. She begins the position Aug. 2.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently provided $9.95 million in funding to USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to support an innovative approach to community education and partnerships to advance adult immunization. This is the two agencies’ first concentrated vaccine education effort in rural America.
