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Apply for Statewide Summer Internships through College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Posted Tue, 13 Mar 2018 10:17:00 -0700
The University of Idaho's College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Extension and 4-H programs offer multiple summer internships for students around the state. For more information, deadlines and the application, click on the links below. Read more
Job Opportunity: Extension Faculty, Livestock and Small Acreage
Posted Wed, 27 Sep 2017 12:35:00 -0700
The Extension Educator will provide leadership in livestock (cattle focus), pasture and forage production, and small acreage management for county, multi-county, and district programs (90 percent). The educator will provide assistance in university outreach where appropriate. They will plan, develop, implement, evaluate, and report livestock, pasture and forage production and management programs for commercial livestock producers and small acreage landowners. In addition, the Educator will provide multi-county program support for 4-H Youth Development in livestock project areas (10 percent). For more information and to apply, click here.
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Kudos to Liliana Vega, UI Extension Southwest
Posted Tue, 19 Sep 2017 13:02:00 -0700
Kudos to Liliana Vega, 4-H Extension educator and associate professor at the University of Idaho Extension – Southern District (Ada/Canyon counties). She received the Idaho Hispanic Chamber of Commerce's "Sembrador del Futuro" award for 2017 (Planting Seeds for a Better Future) in recognition for the work she does with youth in the Treasure Valley, the difference she's making in the community by helping shape tomorrow's leaders and for her activism within the Latino community.
The chamber also specifically recognizes her program at Farmway Village (Caldwell Housing Authority) and the students at that site.
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Extension Faculty, Irrigated Cropping Systems, Minidoka County
Posted Fri, 08 Sep 2017 16:09:00 -0700
The Extension Educator will provide leadership for the identification, assessment, coordination and delivery of crop production programs related to crop and pest management, and soil science in irrigated cropping systems (85%). In addition, the Educator will provide technical assistance to the Minidoka County 4-H Youth Development program (10%), and could potentially serve as chair of the Minidoka County Extension Office. Scholarship & Creative Activities - 5%. Recruit external funding and develop partnerships that support and enhance county and district educational programs and research projects, and publish results in appropriate scholarly outlets. For more information and to apply, click here.
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UI Extension Farm to Summer Program a Success
Posted Wed, 06 Sep 2017 16:35:00 -0700
This summer, University of Idaho Extension helped launch a pilot Farm to Summer Program led by the Idaho Department of Agriculture's Idaho Preferred Program, in collaboration with Food Producers of Idaho, with many sponsors and supporters. Extension officers helped several Treasure Valley summer feeding programs procure local produce for a special "all Idaho lunch" and paired the meal with an educational presentation and activity delivered by UI undergraduate students Carly Weaver, UI Extension intern, and Clayton King, food producers intern. Students also received a gift bag with coupons, promotional materials and fresh produce to take home. The program reached students in Boise, Nampa, Caldwell, Marsing, Homedale and Payette.
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