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6/1/2013
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6/30/2013
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Category:
Professional Development
Contact Email: mhiggins@ksu.edu Description: The topic of the two-day annual nutrition conference varies each year. The conference provides participants with the most current, objective
and authoritative information available in important and emerging areas
of human nutrition. The conference, typically held in June, draws health educators and other professionals from around the nation because of its
outstanding reputation among nutrition professionals. Sponsored by the College of Applied Human
Sciences at Colorado State University through an endowment established by the
family of Lillian Fountain Smith. Smith was a 1918 graduate in home economics at
Colorado State University who recognized the importance of nutrition in
her own life and the lives of her family members and chose to assist
the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition in
improving and extending its nutrition outreach activities.
Target Audience: FCS professionals and health educators such as dietitians, nutritionists, exercise physiologists, physicians, nurses, physician assistants and others
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Professional Development
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specific dates to be determined; Colorado State Un
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Mary Meck Higgins
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6/17/2013
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6/19/2013
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Category:
Events
Contact Email: crboyer@ksu.edu Target Audience: Horticulture Agents
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Events
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Cheryl Boyer
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6/18/2013
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6/20/2013
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Category:
Professional Development
Contact Email: gprice@ksu.edu Description:
The 2013 Childhood Obesity Conference scheduled for June 18-20, at the Long Beach Convention Center, California. Now in its 7th year, the biennial Childhood Obesity Conference is the nation's largest, most influential collaboration of professionals dedicated to combating pediatric obesity. Nearly 2,000 attendees from across the country are expected to attend in 2013.
Target Audience:
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Extension professionals
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Academic researchers
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Community and business leaders
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Education community
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Early childhood and after school providers
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Food system professionals
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Health care professionals
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Parent and youth-based organizations
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Parks and recrea
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Professional Development
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Long Beach, CA Convention Center
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Gayle Price
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6/26/2013
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Category:
Professional Development
Contact Email: kennelly@ksu.edu Description:
Plant Pathology, Entomology, HFRR, and the Kansas Forest Service are teaming up to engage agents in professional development about trees and tree health issues. The goal is to help agents address questions and concerns from their local clientele about rural and urban trees. It will be a mix of classroom (informal lecture) and outdoor activities.
Agenda:
8:30 Refreshments
9:00 Agroforestry Overview
9:30 Identifying and Controlling Woody Invasives
9:45 Break
10:00 Diagnosing Common Insect Problems for Trees
11:00 Diagnosing Common Disease Problems for Trees
Noon - Lunch Break -- bring your lunch or go out to a local place
1:00 - 3:30 Outdoor activities - "Hands-on" Insect, Disease and Environmental Stress Diagnosis and Tree Ident
Target Audience:
Target Audience:
The target audience is KSRE extension agents who deal with trees and tree questions.
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Professional Development
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Manhattan - Pottorf Hall
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Megan Kennelly
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6/26/2013
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6/29/2013
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Category:
Professional Development
Contact Email: gprice@ksu.edu Description:
At the 104nd Annual Conference & Expo, you’ll have the opportunity to share knowledge, research, and experience on critical cultural issues affecting individuals, families, and communities. What partnerships and alliances could be formed to help support individuals and families from diverse backgrounds? How can an FCS class support cultural differences and similarities? How can FCS professionals engage their communities in public policy initiatives that address cultural diversity?
Target Audience: Family and Consumer Science Professionals ( extension agents, teachers, college/university faculty, students,)
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Professional Development
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Houston, Texas
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Gayle Price
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6/30/2013
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Category:
Professional Development
Contact Email: rvl@ksu.edu Description:
Archived recordings of previous webinars on farm management topics dealing with hot-topics in the farm management area, conducted for the Farm Management PFT since 2010. The archived webinar recordings are available at: http://www.agmanager.info/farmmgt/links/PFT.asp. There is no login and the recordings can be viewed at any time.
There are no pre-requisites. No credit is given.
Target Audience:
Extension professionals wanting to develop farm management, marketing and production skills and understanding.
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Professional Development
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Manhattan, KS (AgManager.info website)
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Rich Llewelyn
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