Pursuing Excellence by Connecting ISU with Iowans

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Pursuing Excellence by Connecting ISU with
Iowans
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ISU Extensions Mission

• ISU Extension builds partnerships and provides
  research-based learning opportunities to
  improve quality of life in Iowa.

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ISU Extension Strategies

• Public sector competitiveness
• Private sector competitiveness
• Place competitiveness

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ISU Extension Staff (FY01)
Off-campus 616.6 63.0
Campus 362.2 37.0
Total 978.8 FTE
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ISU Extension Expenditures by Funding Source
(FY01)
State 27.3 million 38.3
Federal9.7 million 13.6
County12.5 million 17.5
User Fees10.0 million 13.9
Grants12.0 million 16.7
Total 71.5 million
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Expenditures by Program Area (FY01)
Continuing Education and Communication
Services 7.8
Businessand Industry 10.0
Agriculture 40.6
Communities 8.1
4-H YouthDevelopment 14.2
Families 19.3
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ISU Extension Strategies for Learning

• Enhance development of children, birth to 5
• Provide experiential learning for K-12
• Increase service-learning
• Expand life-long learning
• Prepare students for diverse environments 

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ISU Extension Strategies for Discovery

• Identify research priorities
• Partner with field-based research
• Support innovation incommunities
• Market new technologies
• Facilitate commercialventures

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ISU Extension Strategies for Engagement

• Emphasize customers
• Strengthen County Extension Councils
• Develop grassroots programs
• Increase participationand outreach
• Enhance partnerships
• Cooperate within ISU

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Agriculture and Natural Resources

• Agricultural alliances add value, explore
  marketsRon Swanson,Galt, IowaFarmer/member,In
  novative Growers

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Agriculture and Natural Resources

• 86,192 ag producers received one-on-one
  education, information
• ISU Extension also educated- 84 of commercial
  pesticide applicators - 73 of private pesticide
  applicators- 93 of commercial manure applicators

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Business and Industry

• Businesses grow, prosper with lean
  manufacturingMargaret Wilson,Nevada,
  IowaPresident,Paragon International

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Business and Industry

• 16 of Iowas 6,200 small to mid-sized
  manufacturers received assistance
• Businesses report increased sales and investment
• Partnerships increase- Information Solution
  Center - Advanced Manufacturing Research and
  Collaboration Cluster

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Communities

• ISU Extension teams provide expertise to Iowas
  communitiesBeth Danowsky,Des Moines, Iowa
  Executive director,Rural DevelopmentCouncil

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Communities

• 84 of Iowas county governments received
  assistance
• 66 of participants in leadership institutes
  take on key community roles
• Partners include - Iowa State Association of
  Counties- Iowa League of Cities

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Families

• ISU Extension strengthens families to become the
  bestRachel Bowman,Forest City, IowaDirector,
  Hanson Family Life Child Care Center

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Families

• ISU Extension reaches - 25 of families with
  young children - 20 of families on food stamps
  in 30 target counties - 33 of childcare
  providers

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4-H Youth Development

• E-SET connects youth with new interests, new
  activitiesLaura Marcott,Jewell,
  IowaKindergarten teacher,South
  HamiltonElementary School

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4-H Youth Development

• Nearly 135,000 K-12 youth are enrolled
• 2,000 community club volunteers reach 28,000
  youth
• Youth are changing their behavior - 40 set
  goals - 50 volunteer - 60 avoid risky
  behaviors

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Continuing Education and Communication Services

• Extension engages Iowans in learning In Tune
  with Agriculture InstituteLinda Hibben,
  Waterloo, IowaTraining and developmentmanager,
  John Deere Waterloo Works

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ISU Academy of Outreach Institutes

• Family Development Certification
• Advanced Grain Marketing
• Non-Profit Management
• Global Change
• Policy and Politics of Coastal Areas

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Continuing Education and Communication Services

• Provided noncredit programs to 442,121 Iowans
• Served 5,050 credit learner enrollments
• Facilitated 514 distance education for-credit
  courses
• Distributed more than 3.6 million educational
  materials in Iowa, U.S.

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Innovative Programs

• The Dairy Center
• Todays Ag television

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Innovative Programs

• Extension reaches diverse audiences

Siouxland Multicultural Leadership Development
Program
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Administrative Efficiencies

• Cost-share encouraging counties to share
  director
• Area office consolidation
• Electronic bookkeeping
• Grants, contracts, and user fee management

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ISU Extension Stay Tuned

• Iowa Public Television
• PROSPER
• Extension and 4-H building
• Online Farmers' Market
• Community Vitality Center
• Industries of the Future