Back in full swing
Statewide travel this week includes the Washington & Oregon Potato Conference in Kennewick, a visit to Ritzville, and time with the Wenatchee Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center team.
Statewide travel this week includes the Washington & Oregon Potato Conference in Kennewick, a visit to Ritzville, and time with the Wenatchee Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center team.
Relief from the frigid temperatures is on the way. In the meantime, I hope everyone is staying warm and enjoying a little bit of sun.
Departments and program units are gearing up for discussions about the position needs required to achieve our programmatic vision. With the big jump in new enrollees this fall, attention to recruitment across CAHNRS, and Extension and research needs, we need to develop a hiring plan that considers the previously approved faculty positions that have been on hold for a year.
Welcome back! I hope everyone had a nice break. Soon, students will return, bringing energy to campuses and high hopes for a strong semester.
Our current strategic plan’s goal is to provide a transformative student experience. I wonder if we’ve been bold enough in approaching that goal, or if we have been constrained by our current structure.
Congratulations to the 66 undergraduates, 12 master’s students, and 18 doctoral students from CAHNRS who were recognized at Saturday’s commencement ceremony! We will miss all our graduates and wish each of you much success in your next steps!
During my University of Nairobi visit, common themes related to climate change and food security, data-informed decision tools, and genetic advances in animal and plant agriculture surfaced. There is a lot to think about.
I hope everyone had a great long weekend and took pleasure in turkey trots, turkey dinners, and time with loved ones! There is so much for which to be grateful.
I was in Seattle the first part of this week attending the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities annual meeting. WSU was well represented by our government relations, foundation, and leadership teams.
Washington, D.C., was much colder than I expected. I think I missed the best day of the APLU Advocacy Meeting: an invite-only session where the afternoon was spent “backcasting” a scenario in which federal agriculture research support and federal Extension support increased substantially.