alphatau.gif (2007 bytes)Epsilon Sigma Phi Newsletter
Fall 2005

In This Issue

2005 Calendar of Events and Opportunities

President’s Message

Congratulations to ESP Award Winners!

Cooler Weather – New Prospects

It’s Easy to Renew ESP Membership

Visit Our ESP Booth at Annual Conference!

ESP Opportunities for Fall ’05

Monies Available…FREE!

Courtesy and Memorials Honor Colleagues

ESP 2005-2006 Election Ballot

National ESP Headquarters

2004-2005 Board Members

For More Information

 

2005 Calendar of Events and Opportunities

            Life Members/Retirees Programs: 

President's Message
by Dr. Jo Turner, President

How many times during your career have you pondered selecting the right gift to honor a colleague’s retirement?   It is very difficult to find the right token of respect, appreciation and honor.

That is the dilemma that we face this fall as Dr. Tom Henderson, Interim Director and Vice Provost for Extension prepares for his second retirement (or re-retirement, as some have called it!) from University of Missouri Extension.  All of us owe a debt of gratitude to Tom for his dedication and leadership, particularly during his most recent service as Interim Director. 

In recognition of this, the Alpha Tau chapter of Epsilon Sigma Phi, Extension honorary society, is requesting contributions to the Missouri Extension Loan and Fellowship Fund in Tom’s honor. This University of Missouri endowment fund was established in 1964 to support ongoing educational opportunities for Extension specialists. Over the years, the fund has provided financial assistance to Extension professionals to help make them better educators.   Additional information about the fund and its uses is available on line at http://outreach.missouri.edu/staff/awards/fellowship.html 

Tax deductible contributions should be made payable to University of Missouri Extension Loan and Fellowship Fund, and noted as “Henderson recognition.”  Send your check to:   University of Missouri Extension, c/o Callie Glascock, 806 Clark Hall, Columbia, MO 65211.

We hope you will join us in honoring Tom and in growing the Extension Loan and Fellowship Fund.   What better way to express our thanks to Tom and our commitment to our Extension profession and ideals?


Congratulations to ESP Award Winners!
by Rebecca Travnichek, Awards Chair

The following ESP award winners will be recognized at Annual Conference.  Congratulations to all!

Team Award – “Gateway Grandparents/Kinship Network” Regional Extension Team

Team members:  (Asterisk signifies ESP members)

Friend of Extension Award - Sherri L. Kempf, 14235 Old Concord Drive, Boonville, MO  65233

Early Career Service Award - Dr. Rebecca J. Travnichek, Family Financial Education Specialist, Andrew County/NW Region

 

Cooler Weather – New Prospects

by Jim Ollar, Life Member Chair

Hallelujah the drought has ended.  Is it not amazing how rapidly Mother Nature works to repair the ravages of extreme weather?  Am more than happy to get back on the mower after a couple months off.   While corn farmers in many parts of Missouri, and beyond, have suffered irreparably, the late summer rains are making soybeans viable and saving fall and winter hay and pastures (and lawns).

I can report that fishing spring-fed streams and strolling watered golf courses continues even during very dry weather.   Good water management as practiced by forward looking golf course designers and superintendents provides sites where one can, for a few hours, forget a drought-browned landscape.

Fall brings the annual round of Extension retiree gatherings. Consider attending the gathering of your choice.  Dates and locations are listed at the beginning of the newsletter. The previously announced date of the Central MO. meeting has been changed to avoid conflict with Annual Conference.

Speaking of Annual Conference, registration forms have been mailed. Once again, John Parker has arranged a most informative and entertaining afternoon session for retirees. Hope to see you there.

Have a great fall. Meet some new folks. Keep moving. Help yourself while helping your neighbor.

Jim Ollar, ESP Life Member Chair, 1251 W. Covered Bridge Rd., Columbia, MO  65203-9408; jimooo@charter.net

 

It’s Easy to Renew ESP Membership

by Bob Schultheis, ESP Treasurer

Now is the time to renew Epsilon Sigma Phi membership for the 2005-2006 year.  Why not take a moment right now to check this important task off your to-do list?  To renew, simply go to http://extension.missouri.edu/esp/archive/members/application.html. Dues for the coming year (which runs from September 1, 2005 through August 31, 2006) are $50 for continuing and returning inactive members, $55 for new members, and $200 for Life Members (retirees only). Print the membership renewal form and send your completed form and dues check to:  Bob Schultheis, ESP Treasurer, Webster County Extension Center, 800 S. Marshall St., Marshfield, MO  65706.

To stay current on ESP information, people, and the benefits of belonging to this professional association, click on http://extension.missouri.edu/esp.

Visit our ESP Booth at Annual Conference!
by Roxanne Miller, Membership Chair

When you come to register at Annual Conference, plan to visit our Epsilon Sigma Phi booth near the conference registration area. We’ll be there from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Monday, October 10. You’ll be able to renew your ESP membership for the 2005-2006 year. You also can pick up a sticker for your name tag that identifies you as an ESP member if you've already paid your annual dues. As you know, Epsilon Sigma Phi is the only professional Extension organization that focuses on Extension as a profession. Please encourage your co-workers who have worked for Extension for three or more years to consider the benefits of membership. You can find more details at http://extension.missouri.edu/esp/ including a recruitment flyer. We look forward to seeing you at Annual Conference!
 

ESP Opportunities for Fall ‘05
by Nancy Flood, President-Elect

There are a number of ways to get involved with Epsilon Sigma Phi.  We invite you to join us for:

Monies Available…FREE!
 by Pat Snodgrass, Loan and Fellowship Chair

Any university faculty or professional staff member with two years of consecutive employment with UM or LU is eligible to apply for professional development monies from the Extension Loan and Fellowship Fund.  This fund has been established decades ago by Epsilon Sigma Phi members.  The total amount individuals may receive during their tenure is $1,500.  Funds should offset expenses not covered through other sources.  Applications for the monies are reviewed monthly.  The application form can be found at http://outreach.missouri.edu/staff/awards/fellowship.html or on the Epsilon Sigma Phi website at http://extension.missouri.edu/esp.   Consider the Loan and Fellowship Fund when thinking about national meeting expenses, a specialized training or seminar or advanced degree work.

You can also honor or memorialize a colleague with a donation to the Fund.  Persons honored are added to a plaque.  Plaques are displayed for all of us to remember the friendship and valuable contributions of a fellow colleague.

Courtesy and Memorials Honor Colleagues

by Wilma Jean Lower, Courtesy and Memorials Chair

Epsilon Sigma Phi has a long tradition of providing special recognition to those who served with us.  Since December 2004, the following colleagues have passed away: 

If you would like to contact family or friends of these deceased colleagues, contact me for details.  Also, please send information regarding the death of any former colleague to:

                Wilma Jean Lower. Chairman
                471 Highway 32
                Fair Play, MO. 65649
                Telephone: 417-654-2496
                E-mail: fwjlower@alltel.net

Thank you for helping us continue this tradition of honor and respect.
 

Epsilon Sigma Phi 2005 - 2006 Election Ballot
by Beverly Coberly, Elections Chair

Thank you to the following candidates who have agreed to serve Epsilon Sigma Phi and you as officers in the 2005-06 year.

President-Elect (One-year term) 

Bill Casady
205 Agricultural Engineering
Columbia, MO 65211
573-882-4370

Bill Casady is Associate Professor of Natural Resource Engineering and serves the Commercial Agriculture Program as Crop Production Engineer.  His responsibilities and programs include many aspects of the traditional and diverse Agricultural Engineering core including Soil Tillage Management and Cultural Practices, Application of Crop Protection Materials, Power and Machinery, and Harvest and Post-Harvest Management of Grains and Oilseeds.  Dr. Casady holds three degrees from the University of Illinois including a PhD in Agricultural Engineering.  He believes that extension professionals have an increasingly important part to play in our quickly evolving culture in providing unbiased research-based information among an increasingly commercial society.  He is committed to rewarding excellence in creativity and teambuilding and believes strongly in the excellence that teams of professionals can bring to our communities in Missouri.

Mark Stillwell
3215B Lemone Industrial Drive
Columbia, MO 65211
573-882-2695

Mark Stillwell is the central Missouri Regional Director. The land grant university system has been an important part of  Mark's life.  He grew up in the 4-H program in Penalosa, Kansas with a flock of sheep, a pen or two of pigs and even a 4-H steer. After earning a B.S. in biology/ecology from Ft. Hays Kansas State University,  he hosted extension soybean and no-till farming demonstration plots as  he farmed.   Mark earned a MS and PhD in Range Science from Colorado State University in the early 80's. Following a two years at the University of Minnesota Cedar Creek Natural History Area,  he left research and joined Oregon State University Extension as a county agent in the high desert of Jefferson County in eastern Oregon.  In January 1988 Mark accepted the agronomy specialist position in Steelville. In October 1994, he became Central Missouri Regional Director.  Leadership experiences include NC NELD (North Central National Extension Leadership Development), Thailand Leadership Exchange Program, and University of Missouri Leadership Development Program. Mark is a current member of the MELD IV (Missouri Extension Leadership Development) training team.  He is committed to the Extension mission and to the faculty and staff that serve the Extension mission.

Treasurer (Two-year term)

Bob Schultheis
800 S. Marshall St.
Marshfield, MO  65706
417-859-2044

Bob Schultheis joined Extension in 1980 and is an 18-year member of Epsilon Sigma Phi. He has previously served in leadership positions for UMEA, MACAA and Epsilon Sigma Phi.  If elected as treasurer, his goal is to continue to provide accountability for Epsilon Sigma Phi funds and work with the other officers, committee chairs and members in promoting and supporting professionalism in Extension. He believes that for the organization to be effective, each member has a responsibility to contribute their talents and time when asked.  Based in Marshfield, Bob serves as natural resource engineering specialist in the Southwest Region.

Epsilon Sigma Phi 2005 Election Ballot

           

Vote on Election of Officers

(Place an “X” on the line in front of each person’s name you want to select.  You may type or write in another nominee’s name on the write-in candidate line.)

More information about the proposed slate of officers can be found above.

President- Elect      ______   Bill Casady
                                    ______   Mark Stillwell
                                    ______   ___________________________________(Write-in candidate)

Treasurer                 ______   Bob Schultheis
                                    ______   ___________________________________(Write-in candidate)

The nominees selected above will be joining the following officers already in place for the 2005-06 year.

President:  Nancy Flood
Immediate Past President:  Jo Turner
Secretary:  Cathy Allen
Annalist:  Van Ayers

Please return your completed ballot to Beverly Coberly by October 5, 2005 to:

            Beverly Coberly
            Interim-Director of Off Campus Operations
            108A Whitten Hall
            Columbia, MO  65211

Decisions made through this process will take effect October 12, 2005, and results of the ballot will be announced to the membership and posted to the website at http://extension.missouri.edu/esp during the week of October 10, 2005.

 

National ESP Headquarters

The location of our national office / contact is:

Linda D. Cook, Executive Director
espoffice@espnational.org
PO Box 357340
Gainesville, FL 32635-7340
Phone: 352-378-6665
Fax: 352-375-0722
Epsilon Sigma Phi, Inc.
espnational.org

Epsilon Sigma Phi - Alpha Tau Chapter
2004-2005 Board Members

Officers

 

Jo Turner

President

Nancy Flood

President-Elect

Beverly Coberly

Past President

Cathy Allen

Secretary

Robert Schultheis

Treasurer

Van Ayers

Annalist

Committee Chairs

 

Roxanne Miller

Membership

Rebecca Travnichek

Awards

Barbara Casady

Professional Improvement

Pat Snodgrass

Loan and Fellowship

Wilma Jean Lower

Courtesy / Memorials

Jim Ollar

Retirement

Ina Linville

Nominations

For Newsletter Items or Information Contact:
  Nancy Flood
660-947-2705 or 573-884-7284
floodn@missouri.edu


 

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