Welcome to the National Urban Extension Leaders Connect Extension Subgroup! This group is designed for professionals working in or interested in Extension programming in urban areas. This platform will provide access to educational resources, events, and opportunities to connect with other urban Extension professionals.

Connect, Discover, Action NUEL North Central Region Network Conference is Going Virtual! May 18-19, 2020 The NCR Network Conference was held via Zoom on May 18 and 19 and featured many of the same presenters that were scheduled to be in Madison. This decision was made in an effort to keep all participants safe and healthy as COVID-19 continues to spread globally and have dynamic impacts on our families and communities. The virtual sessions will be offered on May 18-19, 2020. The same dates...

National Urban Extension Leaders (NUEL) 2021 Virtual Summit was held May 19-20 For a printable agenda CLICK HERE Wednesday, May 19, 2021 Recognition of regional Urban Extension award winners Keynote speakers Extension Committee on Organization and Policy (ECOP) and Urban Extension Dr. Christopher Watkins, Director, Cornell Extension and ECOP Chair Crisis Births Opportunity: Extension’s DEI Role Dr. Quentin Tyler, Associate Dean and Director for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Interim...

Great to be in this group! I am a specialist of landscape architecture.

If you have not yet, please join NUEL for the first NUEL Subgroup Virtual Chat on Friday, May 13 at 12:00 PM EST . This 1-hour virtual chat will focus on Reimagining Our Future…Together with Urban Extension Leaders . During this time, all Extension professionals are welcome to join the virtual chat as we discuss the strengths and areas for growth in urban Extension, building for success in the future, and working together to advance communications, education, and outreach efforts. A link to...

The National Urban Extension Leaders subgroup held its first virtual chat on Friday, May 13 titled, Reimagining Our Future…Together with Urban Extension Leaders. During the 1-hour virtual chat attendees discussed topics on Lessons Learned from the Pandemic , Working in Non-Conventional Spaces , Measuring Impact , and Ten Years from Now . Key highlights from the Lessons Learned from the Pandemic discussion were that it seems like there is are still adjustments as we transition from virtual...

Thank you for summarizing this chat. I wanted to but was unable to attend last Friday. We found terrific success with hybrid workshops/webinars in our county, seeing our registrant numbers increase dramatically.

@Qing Lana Luo welcome to the group. I'm also a landscape architecture specialist. We should talk!

Webinar series: August 18, 19, 25 and 26, 2022, 9:00 a.m.-Noon each day Participants are expected to attend all sessions as they build on each other. Cost $100. To register: https://events.anr.msu.edu/FRDN922/ Facing Racism in a Diverse Nation is a dialogue based program that helps participants explore the impacts of racial inequities and the opportunities to help create more inclusive change and approaches forward. This program is based on a dialogue to action process, and through...

Get ready to position Extension for the next generation Tired of virtual meetings and conferences? Well, you’re in luck! The 2022 Association of Extension Administrators (AEA) System-Wide Conference will be held this year in sunny Orlando, Florida – the City Beautiful! Orlando is known for its scenic landscapes and tourist attractions, but from July 31-August 4, it will be the destination to network with 1890 colleagues and friends! The nation’s events of the past three years taught 1890...

Southern Region NUEL will again host quarterly Zoom meetings during 2022-23. In addition to communicating the latest NUEL information and updates, these virtual meetings are opportunities for professional development and theme-based program sharing. The dates and themes for 2022-23 are listed below. All times are 1-2:30 p.m. eastern time. August 12, 2022 – Strengthening Communities https://uky.zoom.us/j/84227939510 November 11, 2022 – Protecting the Environment...

2022 National Urban Extension Conference Hosted by Rutgers Offered Opportunity to Inspire and Reconnect JUNE 28, 2022 BY OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS Attendees at 2022 NUEC networking and connecting. Photo: Avi Steinhardt The National Urban Extension Leaders (NUEL) presented the 2022 National Urban Extension Conference in Camden, NJ, on May 23 -26. The conference, hosted by Rutgers Cooperative Extension and held at the Rutgers Camden Campus Center, attracted 300 participants from over 85...

A Connect Extension NUEL subgroup was created. Aaron Weibe, Extension Foundation, completed the review/audit of NUEL's current webpage hosted by the Extension Foundation and shared the results with the NUEL Executive Committee so that they could make decisions about how to move forward with changes to the website. Aaron and the NUEL fellow, Cayla Taylor, worked together to rework the layout of the website and connect it to the NUEL Connect Extension site so that information on the website...

Are you, or would you like to be, working with communities on crime prevention strategies? This is your opportunity to learn strategies to do this. Michigan State University Extension has been working with faculty in the MSU School of Planning, Design and Construction (SPDC) and the MSU National Charrette Institute (NCI) to develop training for Extension professionals and communities on how to do crime prevention through placemaking and environmental design. The program is called Placemaking...

You are invited to attend the Southern Sustainable Stormwater Summit either in-person in historic downtown Wilson, NC or virtually via Zoom on Thursday, August 31st at 9:00AM! Join professors Brian Bledsoe (University of Georgia), Bill Hunt (North Carolina State University), and Jon Hathaway (University of Tennessee at Knoxville) as they lead a team of industry experts in a discussion on sustainable stormwater issues facing the South. The agenda includes discussion themes about changing...

Announcing the inaugural Generating Research Opportunities Workshop for (GROW) Urban Agriculture Conference. This is a virtual three part conference for researchers, extension professional, educators and stakeholders designed to build interdisciplinary teams and support their efforts to secure funding for research, extension and education (REE) that supports and expands urban agriculture. Phase I is November 1-3, 2023. This virtual session will focus on connecting participants with similar...

The Epsilon Sigma Phi Urban and Culturally Diverse Audiences Affinity Group is hosting a panel discussion on Tuesday, October 8, 2024. All Extension Professionals are invited to join. During this virtual event, panelists from various Extension Professional Associations will discuss their association’s professional development efforts related to working with urban and culturally diverse audiences and potential opportunities for collaboration to address emerging needs/gaps. Join the meeting at...