4-H parents/volunteers gather at annual state conference
Sonya McDaniel, extension educator, FCS/CED
Pottawatomie County Extension Service
Parents and volunteers with the Oklahoma 4-H Youth Development program gathered recently on the Oklahoma State University campus to share ideas, recognize the achievements of some of their peers, as well as have fun … in person.
With the 2020 Parent-Volunteer Conference taking place only virtually last year, this year’s event was a combination of in-person and virtual. Attending from Pottawatomie County was Julie Merrick of McLoud. The theme for the 2021 conference was Oklahoma 4-H NOW More Than Ever.
Oklahoma 4-H plays a big role in shaping the lives of its members, and the parents who serve as volunteers gain an even greater understanding of the role 4-H plays in providing a safe environment socially, emotionally and physically in all 77 counties across the state, said Karla Knoepfli, OSU Extension state volunteer specialist in the S
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With a growing expectation that Maury County s government will need every square-foot of its downtown office space, the Maury County Commission took its first step in discussing a new location for the county s UT Extension office.
Located on the second floor of 10 Public Square at Columbia s Courthouse, the office currently occupies 3,600-square feet of county-owned office space, leased at no cost. That is a lot of space that we are going to need eventually, said Don Morrow, chairman of the Maury County Commission. Everything is growing. Everybody is adding employees.
An outreach branch of the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, the Maury County Extension Office directly serves as a local resources center for those working in agriculture.
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Prof. Cindy Kao, design and environmental analysis, is extending her lab’s research on technology and design to uplift young Ithaca girls, and Prof. K. Max Zhang, mechanical and aerospace engineering, is redefining the limits of technology and energy. Across STEM fields, both researchers are breaking down barriers and engage local communities.
Kao directs the Hybrid Body Lab, which develops on-skin interfaces delicate and thin wearable computers that the lab calls “smart tattoos.
Kao recently earned the early career National Science Foundation grant of nearly $500,000 to be issued over the next five years, dedicated to the development of toolkits to engage young girls and rural youth in interdisciplinary learning through on-skin interface workshops, according to the NSF. The workshops will occur in collaboration with the Ithaca Science Center and the New York State 4-H Youth Development organization.
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