Post Rock District Earns Outstanding Local Unit Award
By Nora Rhoades
The Post Rock Extension District has been recognized as K-State Research and Extension’s Outstanding Local Unit.
The District’s board members, office professionals, program assistants, and agents received the honor from John Floros, Dean of the College Agriculture and Director of K-State Research and Extension, at the Annual Conference Awards Luncheon on October 23, 2014.
“This award is a testament to the commitment demonstrated by our staff and board members,” exclaimed Aliesa Woods, District Director. “We extend a special thank you to the communities in Jewell, Lincoln, Mitchell, Osborne, and Smith Counties. Without strong community partners our work to improve the lives of Kansans would not be efficient nor sustainable.”
The award is given to a local extension unit for excellence in three areas: program, personnel and budget. 2014 is the inaugural year for a series of outstanding service awards recognized at the state-level on an annual basis; the Post Rock District is the first to receive the Outstanding Local Unit Award.
The review committee looks for evidence of: active programming efforts related to the Five Grand Challenges facing Kansas citizens (water, health, global food systems, community development, and developing tomorrow’s leaders); engagement with program development committees to evaluate community strengths and areas of potential growth; sharing outcomes and impacts achieved through extension resources to community members, stakeholders and government officials; wise budget management; trained and specialized staff members; and involvement and support of volunteers.
The theme of the 2014 Annual Conference was “Honoring the Past…Forging the Future.” For 100 years, K-State Research and Extension has worked closely with land-grant universities across the nation to provide practical education you can trust – to help people, businesses, and communities solve problems, develop skills, and build a better future. The Post Rock District celebrates Extension’s past and focuses on the contemporary application of Extension’s transformational educational programming into the future.
The Post Rock District of K-State Research and Extension serves Jewell, Lincoln, Mitchell, Osborne, and Smith Counties. We can be contacted by calling our offices in Mankato 378-3174, Beloit 738-3597, Lincoln 524-4432, Osborne 346-2521, or Smith Center 282-6823. Like “Post Rock Extension” on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. Our website is www.postrock.ksu.edu.
The Post Rock Extension District has been recognized as K-State Research and Extension’s Outstanding Local Unit.
The District’s board members, office professionals, program assistants, and agents received the honor from John Floros, Dean of the College Agriculture and Director of K-State Research and Extension, at the Annual Conference Awards Luncheon on October 23, 2014.
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Present to accept the award: (front l-r) Deb Beam, Su-Mi
Sneath, Jenae Ryan, Aliesa Woods, Tom Porter, Daphne Manning, Sandra Wick,
Abbye Hendrich, Nadine Holmes, and Marci Metz. (back l-r) Jeanne Bristol, Joyce
McKinney, Nadine Sigle, Dina Heise, Julie Nichols, Kathy Lupfer Nielsen, Teresa
Shipley, Glenda Rothchild, Neil Cates, and Nora Rhoades.
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“This award is a testament to the commitment demonstrated by our staff and board members,” exclaimed Aliesa Woods, District Director. “We extend a special thank you to the communities in Jewell, Lincoln, Mitchell, Osborne, and Smith Counties. Without strong community partners our work to improve the lives of Kansans would not be efficient nor sustainable.”
The award is given to a local extension unit for excellence in three areas: program, personnel and budget. 2014 is the inaugural year for a series of outstanding service awards recognized at the state-level on an annual basis; the Post Rock District is the first to receive the Outstanding Local Unit Award.
The review committee looks for evidence of: active programming efforts related to the Five Grand Challenges facing Kansas citizens (water, health, global food systems, community development, and developing tomorrow’s leaders); engagement with program development committees to evaluate community strengths and areas of potential growth; sharing outcomes and impacts achieved through extension resources to community members, stakeholders and government officials; wise budget management; trained and specialized staff members; and involvement and support of volunteers.
The theme of the 2014 Annual Conference was “Honoring the Past…Forging the Future.” For 100 years, K-State Research and Extension has worked closely with land-grant universities across the nation to provide practical education you can trust – to help people, businesses, and communities solve problems, develop skills, and build a better future. The Post Rock District celebrates Extension’s past and focuses on the contemporary application of Extension’s transformational educational programming into the future.
The Post Rock District of K-State Research and Extension serves Jewell, Lincoln, Mitchell, Osborne, and Smith Counties. We can be contacted by calling our offices in Mankato 378-3174, Beloit 738-3597, Lincoln 524-4432, Osborne 346-2521, or Smith Center 282-6823. Like “Post Rock Extension” on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. Our website is www.postrock.ksu.edu.
