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| Campus Chatter - Feb. 9, 2011 |
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IEEA honors Purdue Extension educators with team awards
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Extension educators who received Indiana Extension Educators Assoc. team awards were recognized at a luncheon during Purdue Extension’s annual conference on Nov. 10, 2010.
The IEEA each year presents team awards to groups of educators who have had a positive impact on their communities.
•Randall Dickson of Marshall County, Joan Grott of Porter County, Corinne Powell of Lake County and Hugh Tonagel of LaPorte County received the Cooperative Extension Service Team Award for presenting wild turkey field-to-table workshops. The program helped participants increase appreciation of outdoors, improve turkey-hunting techniques, safely introduce young people to hunting and better use harvested wild turkey.
•The 4-H Youth Development Award was presented to Jeff Jones of Marion County and Tony Carrell of Boone County for their work in developing the Fun with Science program that reinforces classroom science education standards and teaches students that science is a part of their everyday lives. The program has been presented to nearly 10,000 elementary school students in Boone and Marion counties.
•The Agriculture and Natural Resources Award went to Dave Redman of Lawrence County and Bill Field, Extension safety specialist in agricultural and biological engineering. They created the Farm Rescue Training for First Responders program, which offered critical training that equipped emergency personnel to respond to farm-related incidents, including machinery rescue, animal incidents, anhydrous ammonia exposure and pesticide exposure and spills.
•Alice Alderson of Parke County, Lori Bouslog of Sullivan County and Deanna Franklin of Vigo County were presented the Consumer and Family Sciences team award for their work in basic food preservation. In collaboration with Clabber Girl, the team presented food preservation classes that helped participants learn food safety and safe guidelines for food preservation techniques, and offered practice in preservation methods.
Epsilon Sigma Phi awards Purdue Extension professionals
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Five Purdue Extension specialists have been recognized by the professional organization Epsilon Sigma Phi with special awards for their work.
The awards were presented on Nov. 10 at a luncheon during the annual Purdue Extension conference.
•A Distinguished Service Award went to Cindy Barnett, who has served five counties in youth and consumer and family sciences programs for the past 30 years. She has held leadership positions in community groups such as the Council on Aging, Chamber of Commerce and adult leadership programs.
A member of Epsilon Sigma Phi for 20 years, Barnett has served on several committees and twice as committee chair. She is currently the county Extension director and the consumer and family sciences, 4-H youth development and family nutrition program supervisor in Whitley County.
•A Distinguished Service Award also was presented to Carl Broady, who worked as an Extension specialist providing support to the Indiana 4-H youth development program for 22 years. Broady coordinates state and national trips and awards, including 4-H Roundup and the National 4-H Congress and Conference. He also coordinates non-animal judging at the Indiana State Fair and has taken up residence in the 4-H Exhibit Hall each August since 1988 to help more than 100 4-H members who serve as Exhibit Hall workers.
•The Lynn Busse Administrative Leadership Recognition Award recipient was Rick Chase, who has been the Central District director since 2000. He has helped with North Central National Extension Leadership Development classes. He is a member of the Purdue Leadership Team and worked to develop “Leadership U,” designed to create increased leadership capacity within Indiana. Chase works with Central District staff to provide programming at the county level.
•The Meritorious Support Award was given to business assistant Barbara Wireman. She helps Extension specialists in the Purdue Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture with Purdue’s financial system. She assists with tasks such as formatting the budget for grant proposals, facilitating financial management for Extension programs and accepting donations from supporters.
•The Retiree Service Recognition Award went to Alan Ader, who retired from Parke County Extension in 2003. Since then, he has served on the ESP Retirees Committee, including as chairman, providing leadership in planning events such as the annual Spring Fling and Fall Fling. He also has assisted with the State Fair Extension Family Picnic each year. Ader has served as part-time executive director of the Parke County Chamber of Commerce for three years. |
| 2/9/2011 |
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