Glossary of
Acronyms
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Extension:
University
of Missouri Extension; the local
link between the resources of the four
University of Missouri campuses and
Lincoln University and people
throughout the state.
AgEBB: Agricultural
Electronic Bulletin Board;
provides web access to
agricultural-related resources from and the MU College of
Agriculture, Food and Natural
Resources.
AMR:
Application Materials Review; review
process conducted to identify
employment applicants to be
interviewed for regional specialist
positions. A personnel team, comprised
of the regional director, regional
specialists, a county council member,
program leader and human resource
representative, conducts the review.
ANR: Agriculture
and Natural Resources; programmatic unit that includes animal
and plant sciences, food science and
engineering, natural resources and
social sciences.
ANREP: Association of
Natural Resources Professionals;
professional organization for
extension faculty working in
environmental education, fisheries,
forestry, wood sciences, range
management, recreation, waste
management, water, wildlife and
related disciplines.
AREERA: Agricultural
Research, Extension and Education
Reform Act of 1998; formerly known
as GPRA (Government Performance and
Results Act of 1993), this federal
legislation requires approved Plans of
Work from Extension and Research to
receive federal funding.
ASAP: After
School Academic Program; urban 4-H
youth development program for at-risk
young people in Kansas City.
ATTRA: Appropriate
Technology Transfer for Rural Areas;
national sustainable farming
information service.
B&I
: Business and
Industry; area of
specialization for regional faculty
members.
CA:
Commercial
Agriculture program; educational program that supports
family farms where a major portion of
family income is derived from a farm
operation and agribusinesses that
support such operations.
CAFNR:
College
of Agriculture, Food and Natural
Resources; located
at the (University of
Missouri-Columbia.
CARET: Council
for Agricultural Research, Extension
and Teaching; grassroots
organization with representatives from
the 50 states, territories and
District of Columbia; offers testimony
in support of land-grant agricultural
programs of research, extension and
teaching to Congressional committees
and Executive Branch agencies.
COAD: Community Organizations Active in Disasters
CDA: Community
Development Academy; named
program that helps individuals explore
ideas and develop practical skills for
involving and empowering local
citizens and leaders.
CECH-UP: Citizen Education Clearing House
http://extension.missouri.edu/namedprograms/CD/kp%20CECH_UP%20Logic%20Model%20update.doc
or
http://www.umsl.edu/divisions/education/cechsite/
CEED:
Community Enterprise and Entrepreneurial Development
CEMP: Community Emergency Management Program
http://extension.missouri.edu/namedprograms/CD/CEMP%202004.doc
or
http://extension.missouri.edu/cemp/
CEU: Continuing
Education Unit; nationally recognized
system to provide a standardized
measure for accumulating, transferring
and recognizing participation in
continuing education programs. One CEU
is defined as 10 contact hours of
participation in an organized
continuing education experience.
CFSSA: Community
Food Systems and Sustainable
Agriculture; a and CAFNR program
that links farmers, consumers and
researchers in alternative food and
farming systems.
CHART: Community
Health Assistance Resource Team;
Missouri Department of Health
initiative to improve community
health; partners with CHART
across the state.
CM : Central
Missouri; one of eight Administrative regions; includes 14
mid-Missouri counties
CIN: Community Information Network; there are several CINs
in Missouri. These started in the mid-90s as non-profit community
initiatives to provide local dial-up internet access and an online
repository of local information. COIN is one such CIN. (see below) CLDC: Council Leadership
Development Committee; Extension and
Missouri Extension County Council
Leadership Council group that supports
the program, and governance and membership roles of
county extension councils.
COIN: Columbia
On-Line Information Network; Extension was a partner in the development of
COIN, one of Missouri's first
community information networks.
CPAC: Community
Policy Analysis Center; works with
communities to develop tools to
support sound local decision making.
Communities can explore
"what-if" questions as they
plan for the future.
CPD: County Program
Director; regional specialist
responsible for coordinating the
educational programming in a county.
CSREES: Cooperative
State Research, Education and
Extension Service; U.S. Department
of Agriculture unit that links USDA
research and education programs with
land-grant institutions; includes
9,600 extension agents working in
3,150 counties across the nation.
DED: Missouri
Department of Economic Development
DESE: Missouri
Department of Elementary and Secondary
Education
DOC: Missouri
Department of Conservation
DNR: Missouri
Department of Natural Resources
EC:
East
Central; one of
eight Extension administrative regions,
covering 10 counties and the city of
St. Louis
E&G:
Endowments and Gifts; private-giving
program that supplements Extension's
federal, state and county resources;
gifts support educational programs,
staff or equipment
ECOP: Extension
Committee on Organization and Policy;
standing
committee of the National Association
of State Universities and Land-Grant
Colleges (NASULGC); provides
nationwide extension program and
organization leadership; makes and
communicates policy decisions;
Cooperative Extension System in
legislative matters before Congress.
EDEN: Extension
Disaster Education Network;
collaborative effort of state
extension services to provide
information and resources on natural
and man-made disasters.
EQIP:
Environmental Quality Incentive
Program; U.S. Department of
Agriculture voluntary conservation
program to promote environmental
quality.
ESCOP : Experiment
Station Committee on Organization and
Policy; standing
committee of the National Association
of State Universities and Land-Grant
Colleges (NASULGC); provides
nationwide experiment station program
and organization leadership
and makes and communicates
policy decisions.
ESP: Epsilon
Sigma Phi-Missouri Alpha Tau Chapter;
national honorary extension fraternity
that promotes professionalism and
professional development.
ETCS: Extension
Technology and Computer Services; Extension unit that provides
technical support and training for
county extension centers.
EXCEL: Experience
in Community Enterprise and Leadership; Extension curriculum, for local
leadership development.
FAPRI: Food
and Agricultural Policy Research
Institute; Congressionally enacted
institute whose mission is to provide
objective analysis of food,
agricultural, nutritional and
environmental issues.
FCRP: Family
and Community Resource Program;
formerly MoCYF (Missouri Children,
Youth and Families Project); Extension Named Program that provides holistic,
high-quality educational experiences
for low-income Missourians.
FNEP: Family
Nutrition Education Program; Extension Named Program that provides health,
food safety and resource management
education to low-income Missourians.
FTE: full-time equivalent;
term used to describe portion of time
allocated to an appointment, based on
full-time employment; e.g.,, one
half-time appointment and one
quarter-time appointment equals 75
percent FTE, written as 0.75 FTE.
FY: fiscal year; term used for accounting
purposes; Extension's fiscal year begins
July 1 and ends June 30; county fiscal
year is Jan. 1-Dec.31; federal
government, Oct. 1-Sept. 30.
HEED: Human
Environmental Extension Development
Fund; Extension endowment that supports
educational programming in human
environmental sciences.
HES: Human
Environmental Sciences; Extension program unit that includes consumer
and family economics, environmental
design, human development and family
studies, nutrition and health, and
textile and apparel management.
IDP:
Individualized
Development Plan; part of the Extension performance evaluation process in
which employees and their supervisors
identify professional development
goals, achievement plans and
assistance needed.
IHD: Institute
for Human Development; UMKC unit
that assists Extension specialists with
program evaluations.
ISTS:
Ike Skelton Training Site; facility at the Missouri
National Guard headquarters in
Jefferson City where the Telecommunication
Community Resource Center is
located.
ITV:
interactive video; distance learning
and communication technology that
allows for two-way audio, video and
data communication. Missouri
TeleCenter Network sites provide
ITV services.
LU: Lincoln
University; 1890
land-grant institution in Jefferson
City; partner with the University of
Missouri in extension
LUCE: Lincoln
University Cooperative Extension; Extension partner in delivering local
education with a specific mission to
reach limited-resource audiences.
MAC:
Missouri
Alternatives Center; information
referral and clearinghouse on
alternative crops, livestock, small
farm options and alternative rural
opportunities.
MACAA: Missouri
Association of County Agriculture
Agents
MAE4HYW: Missouri
Association of Extension 4-H Youth
Workers; professional association
for extension employees working with
youth programs.
MaGIC: Mid-America
Geographical Information Consortium
MaGIC: Management of Genetically Improved Crops
MDA: Missouri
Department of Agriculture.
MDC: Missouri
Department of Conservation.
MDI: Missouri
Department of Insurance
MEAFCS: Missouri
Extension Association of Family and
Consumer Sciences; professional
association for Extension employees working
in human environmental sciences
MELD: Missouri
Extension Leadership Development
Program; Extension program to increase
leadership capacity within the
organization and to increase the
ability of specialists to provide
effective education in a changing
world.
MIS: Management
Information System; See MPPERS
- Missouri Program Performance
Evaluation and Reporting System.
MoDOT: Missouri
Department of Transportation
MoFAST: Missouri
Federal and State Technology Partnership; helps businesses and
entrepreneurs seeking federal grants to research and development of
technological innovations.
MONG:
Missouri
National Guard; partner
in the Telecommunication Community
Resource Center in Jefferson City.
MO PTAC: Missouri
Procurement Technical Assistance Centers: Assists small
businesses in selling to federal, state and local governments
MOREnet: Missouri
Research and Education Network;
provides Internet connectivity,
technical support, videoconferencing
services and training to Missouri's
K-12 schools, colleges and
universities, public libraries, health
care, state government and other
affiliates, including some county
extension centers.
MO SBDC:
Missouri
Small Business Development Centers; Extension center providing counseling for
entrepreneurs in business plan
development, financial management,
market feasibility, international
trade, franchising and licensing,
inventory, marketing, etc.
MO-TAC: Missouri
Textile and Apparel Center; Extension resource center for textile, apparel
and sewn-product companies.
MoWIN: Missouri
Watershed Information Network; Extension resource center; statewide
clearinghouse for information on
watersheds.
MPAC: Missouri
Precision Agriculture Center; Extension resource center that
coordinates and enhances University of
Missouri research, teaching and
outreach in site-specific crop
management.
MPPERS: Missouri
Program Performance, Evaluation and
Reporting System;
web-based process used by Extension faculty
and staff to report the use of their
time in programmatic and operational
efforts.
MU:
University
of Missouri-Columbia; one of the
four campuses; also see UMC.
NACAA: National
Association of County Agricultural
Agents; professional association
for extension specialists working in
agriculture.
NEAFCS:
National
Extension Association of Family and
Consumer Sciences; formerly NAEHE;
organization that promotes the
professional development of extension
specialists who work with families and
individuals.
NAEHE: National
Association of Extension Home
Economists; see NEAFCS
- National Extension Association of
Family and Consumer Sciences.
NA4-HYW: National
Association of 4-H Youth Workers;
organization for professional who work
with 4-H youth development programs.
NASULGC:
National
Association of State Universities and
Land-Grant Colleges; association
of public universities, land-grant
institutions and public university
systems that advocates for higher
education. The University of Missouri
System is a member.
NETC:
National
Extension Technology Conference; annual professional
development conference for extension
educators and technologists who want
to improve their knowledge and skills
in integrating technology into
extension programming and support
educators with appropriate
technologies.
NE: Northeast
Region; one of
eight Extension administrative regions,
covering 16 counties.
NELD: National
Extension Leadership Development
Program; professional development
experience designed to enhance
leadership capacity within extension.
NPA: nutrition program assistant or nutrition program
associate. Family
Nutrition Education Program.
NW: Northwest
Region; one of
eight Extension administrative regions,
covering 15 counties.
NCRCRD: North
Central Regional Center for Rural
Development;
multi-state project to coordinate
research and education to improve
social and economic well-being in
rural areas.
NRCS: Natural
Resources Conservation Service; formerly SCS - Soil
Conservation Service; U.S. Department
of Agriculture agency.
OSEDA :
Office
of Social and Economic Data Analysis; Extension resource center
providing demographic and economic
data to public and private
organizations.
PAM: Precision
Agriculture Masters program; Extension curriculum that trains
Missouri producers in designing,
implementing and analyzing on-farm,
site-specific crop management
experiments.
PAT:
Pesticide
Applicator Training; Extension curriculum that trains individuals to
become certified pesticide
applicators.
PDE: Professional
Development Experience; professional development
opportunities that assist Extension faculty
and staff in acquiring core
competencies.
PIE: Program
Implementation Experience; professional development
opportunity to prepare Extension faculty
and staff for delivering educational
programs.
PLC: Program
Leadership Council; Extension leadership
group that includes regional
directors, program leaders and others
who meet monthly.
RD: regional
director; Extension mid-management professional who
supervises faculty and staff and is
responsible for educational program
and resource development in one of
eight regions
REAL: Remote
Electronic Access for Libraries;
project providing Internet access to
Missouri's public libraries.
RUPRI: Rural
Policy Research Institute;
University center that conducts
research and facilitates public
dialogue to assist policymakers in
understanding the rural impacts of
public policies and programs.
SBTDC:
Small Business
Technology Development CentersSC: South
Central; one of
eight Extension administrative regions,
covering 16 counties.
SCS: Soil
Conservation Service; see NRCS - Natural
Resources Conservation Service.
SE: Southeast
Region; one of
eight Extension administrative regions,
covering 16 counties.
SPRAC: Strategic Planning and Resource
Allocation Committee; an MU campuswide
committee charged by the provost with reviewing and updating MU's
mission and vision statements and strategic plan.
SW: Southwest
Region; one of
eight Extension administrative regions,
covering 16 counties.
TCRC: Telecommunication
Community Resource Center; distance education and
information-sharing facility that is
equipped to receive and transmit live,
interactive video, sound and data to
and from any similarly equipped
facility; TCRCs are partnerships of
the University of Missouri and the
communities in which the facilities
reside.
UECRDA:
University
Extension Community Resource
Development Association;
UM: University
of Missouri; four-campus system,
including campuses in Columbia, Kansas
City, Rolla and St. Louis; Extension is the
link between the campuses and local
people.
UMC:
University
of Missouri-Columbia; one of four
campuses; also see MU.
UMEA: University
of Missouri Extension Association;
professional organization of Extension faculty and staff, promoting
leadership, achievement and
professional ethics.
UMKC: University
of Missouri-Kansas City; one of
four campuses.
UMR: University
of Missouri-Rolla; one of four
campuses.
UMSL: University
of Missouri-St. Louis
USDA: U.S.
Department of Agriculture; federal agency that is a
financial and programmatic partner
with state and local governments in
cooperative extension.
WC: West
Central Region; one
of eight Extension administrative regions,
covering 11 counties.
YEA:
youth education assistant; Extension paraprofessional who provides
education and support for county 4-H
youth development programs.
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