Job Opportunity: Extension Faculty, 4-H Youth Development

Posted Thu, 10 Aug 2017 08:58:00 -0700

The Extension Educator will provide overall leadership and organization for the county 4-H Youth Development program (70%) and support for multi-county 4-H Youth Development programs in a specific area of expertise (10%). Read more

Job Opportunity: Extension Faculty, Family & Consumer Sciences/Financial Management

Posted Thu, 10 Aug 2017 07:48:00 -0700

The Extension Educator will provide instruction and support in Financial Management for county, multi-county and state programs. They will plan, develop, implement, evaluate and report FCS Financial Management programs (70%). Read more

Job Opportunity: Extension Faculty - Livestock and Small Acreage, Canyon County

Posted Fri, 04 Aug 2017 11:53:00 -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).

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Job Opportunity: Management Assistant, Extension, Coeur d'Alene

Posted Tue, 01 Aug 2017 12:20:00 -0700

Provide administrative, fiscal and personnel management to the Northern District Extension Director and faculty/staff in 9 county Extension offices. Located at the Harbor Center in Coeur d Alene, ID. Start date September or October, 2017. For more information and to apply, click here. Read more

Summer Field Camp at Virgil Phillips Farm from July 26-28

Posted Mon, 17 Jul 2017 16:01:00 -0700

Come join us on a three-day adventure at Virgil Phillips Farm to learn how to identify the common grasses of Idaho. Participants will be led by graduate students from the University of Idaho, and will learn about the basic vegetative parts of grasses, as well as ecosystem dynamics, biodiversity, and human impacts. Also, participants will learn how to use a soil texture chart, gain site description skills, and have the opportunity to team up with a partner and create a presentation on a grass of their choice to share with the group on the last day of camp. Please sign up online by 4 p.m. Friday, July 21, to reserve a spot.

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UI Develops Pre-College Outreach Project with Jerome Community

Posted Fri, 23 Jun 2017 10:47:00 -0700

As part of the Latino Pre-College Outreach Project, a UI employee will work out of the Jerome middle and high schools to provide students and their families with mentorship and educational development. Forty Latino students will be selected for the first program year, which includes school-year mentoring and tutoring, family support and education on higher education; and summer programs focused on hands-on learning. An evaluation of the project will determine the feasibility of expansion to include additional cohorts. Read more

UI Develops Pre-College Outreach Project with Jerome Community

Posted Fri, 23 Jun 2017 10:47:00 -0700

As part of the Latino Pre-College Outreach Project, a UI employee will work out of the Jerome middle and high schools to provide students and their families with mentorship and educational development. Forty Latino students will be selected for the first program year, which includes school-year mentoring and tutoring, family support and education on higher education; and summer programs focused on hands-on learning. An evaluation of the project will determine the feasibility of expansion to include additional cohorts. Read more

UI Snake River Pest Management Research Tours set June 20, 21 at Kimberly, Aberdeen

Posted Wed, 14 Jun 2017 10:53:00 -0700

The annual Snake River Pest Management Research tours are planned June 20 and 21 at the University of Idaho’s Kimberly and Aberdeen Research and Extension Centers. The tours will begin with registration at 8 a.m. and conclude at noon with a sponsored lunch in both locations. Pesticide applicator recertification credits will be available. Read more

Science Saturday in the UI Arboretum

Posted Mon, 12 Jun 2017 12:00:00 -0700

"Plant Puzzles" is the title for the Science Saturday session on June 17 in the UI Arboretum with Bertie Weddell from the WSU Dept. of Horticulture. Children will be taught to recognize and name several plant species in the Arboretum and will learn botanical vocabulary. In teams of two to four, participants will solve a plant identification puzzle. Appropriate for grades K-5. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. Meet at 10 a.m. at the Red Barn, south end of the UI Arboretum. For more information and registration, e-mail: sciencesaturday@uidaho.edu.
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UI Extension 4-H Shooting Sports Program Popularity Growing

Posted Thu, 25 May 2017 12:00:00 -0700

The University of Idaho Extension 4-H Youth Development program can boast more than a century of helping young people learn leadership and good judgment in hitting targets ­— ranging from earning blue ribbons for sewing projects to mastering animal showmanship at county fairs.
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