September 2024

Imagine a point in the future where you have achieved your greatest professional goal. Invest a moment here. Visualize your career success. You have worked hard and have earned this. Now consider this question: How does this success feel? I think most people will have some level of contentment or satisfaction. Others may feel a bit of pride in the accomplishment. Some may begin to ponder, “What’s next?” Those responses are all normal and valid. Now, imagine it’s six months after that major...

Virginia Cooperative Extension is actively seeking applicants to be our Associate Extension Specialist for Volunteer Engagement. Please read through the job details and apply if interested.

Rachel Brauner is a Program Coordinator for OneOp. OneOp is a single-point-of-entry professional development resource for military family service providers. To learn more about OneOp and register for the annual Military Family Readiness Academy (MFRA), visit www.oneop.org/mfra In the recent MFRA session on Strengthening Health, Wellness, and Financial Security through Total Force Fitness (TFF), we explored the TFF framework and how its approach to health and wellness can be especially...

You still have a few opportunities to join this year’s Professional Development series, Extension Skills . The Extension Foundation is excited to invite you to the final topic series of the year, focused on finding and securing funding. Extension Skill s provides an opportunity for Cooperative Extension professionals to build capacity with tools, processes and tech skills training. This series is available to Extension Foundation Members only. Find out if your institution is an Extension...

September 11 , 1pm EST: YOUTH & Climate , Register here . This hour long webinar will discuss multiple ways to engage youth with climate change: teaching the need to replace fossil fuels in our energy systems, programs to support youth climate digital app development, and working creating culturally inclusive curricula with indigenous communities. TITLE: Where Does Gasoline Go? Why We Must Replace Fire in Our Energy System PRESENTER: Don Haas (Director of Teacher Programming at The...

UMD Extension is hiring a Local Food Systems and Entrepreneurship Extension Educator. Best consideration date for applications is October 2, 2024. The position will be based in EITHER Keedysville, MD or Salisbury, MD.

ELIGIBILITY: Applications must be submitted by Extension professionals employed by land-grant or sea-grant universities that are members of the Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN). At least one individual on any proposed project must be an EDEN delegate or Point of Contact. AWARD AMOUNT: For (2024-2025), up to six $25,000 grants are available. TIMELINE: Application Open: September 3, 2024 Application Deadline: 11:59 pm Pacific on Friday, November 1, 2024 Award Notification: December,...

The Oregon State University Division of Extension and Engagement and College of Forestry are seeking an Extension 4-H and Forestry Natural Resources Program Coordinator to serve youth engaged in 4-H and Forestry Natural Resources programming in Benton County. This position is responsible for the development, management and integration of 4-H and Forestry natural resources non-credit education that meets the needs of youth in Benton County. The incumbent will collaborate with schoolteachers,...

Are you any good at managing your time? Some of you may think, “I'm not bad at it.” But most, like me, are no good at all. So here's the question. What if you worked on managing your energy instead of managing your time? Time is finite. But energy can appear seemingly out of nowhere. In truth, energy has four sources: the body, our emotions, our minds, and our spirit. Tony Schwartz, founder of the Energy Project, says we can learn to harness these dimensions, creating our own energy. Tony...