Extension Engaged: "Responsibilities and Liabilities When Using Human Subjects, Animals and Hazardous Materials"
Date: May 16, 2008
Time: 9:30 - 10:30 am
Program Description: If you use animals, human subjects and hazardous materials in your extension, research or educational programming, you MUST comply with federal, state and university laws and regulations. Failure to do so exposes you to risk or criminal prosecution, lawsuits and other ramifications.
The WSU office of Research Assurances supports WSU faculty and staff to help them understand and comply with rules about the use of human subjects, animals and hazardous materials such as pesticides. Faculty and staff need to know these rules for their own protection.
So join us for this program and learn about your responsibilities and how you can protect yourself from liability, prosecution or other punitive actions.
Guests include:
- Dale Moore, Director, Veterinary Extension
- John Winder, Associate Dean and Associate Director, WSU Extension
- Catherine Daniels, Manager, Pesticide Information Center and Extension Specialist
- Dr. Steve Russell, WSU Veterinarian
Extension Engaged: "Sustainable Communities"
NEW Date: April 4 , 2008
Time: 10:00 - 11:00 am
Program Description: This program will take a practical approach to addressing the many issues surrounding community sustainability and explore methods communities can use to plan for sustainability. The program has three objectives: 1) educating cities, counties, and other interested parties about sustainability and the issues surrounding community sustainability; 2) establishing the importance of planning for sustainability at the local scale; and 3) promoting Sustainability Assessment as a tool that cities and counties can utilize to achieve greater sustainability and accountability.
Guests: In-studio guests will include:
- William Budd, PhD: Environmental Planning Specialist and Professor, Division of Governmental Studies and Services and WSU Extension and Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice.
- Bob Scarfo, PhD: Associate Professor Landscape Architecture and MS Landscape Architecture Graduate
- Heidi Sowell, M.S.: WSU Doctoral Student, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences.
- Kara Whitman, M.S.: WSU Doctoral Student, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
The program will also include videotaped interviews with officials from the cities of Moscow, Idaho and Pullman, Washington, as well as other WSU faculty.
"The Strategic Case for Online Learning: Access, Engagement and Success "
(A national broadcast for the American Distance Education Consortium)
Date: February 27, 2008
Time: 10:00 -11:30 am (PST)
Program Description: Beginning in 2007 the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation made possible a national initiative focused on the strategic importance of online learning and distance education in higher education. This live national videoconference coming from Washington State University is an opportunity for individuals (at their computers) and in groups participating locally together to:
- interact with university presidents and other national leaders involved in the NASULGC/SLOAN National Online Learning Commission;
- experience real case examples from universities where online learning, distance education and rapid internet interaction made a difference (time to graduation, business and financial strength, disaster recovery, mentoring etc.);
- see how some universities are incorporating this strategic asset in their master plans;
- discuss and raise questions about what works, what doesn't and what leadership in this area requires for the future.
The American Distance Education Consortium (ADEC) is collaborating with Washington State University and Oregon State University in producing the event. The NASULGC Commission, Sloan-C, The University of Nebraska-Lincoln, The Pennsylvania State University, Purdue University, Colorado State University, the Southern Educational Regional Education Board (SREB)and others are participating in marketing, case study development and program planning.
Studio guests include:
Dr. Frank Mayadas, Program Director, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Dr. Samuel Smith, President Emeritus, Washington State University
Dr. Peter McPherson, President, National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (NASULGC)
Muriel Oaks, Dean, Distance and Professional Education, Washington State University
Melvin Johnson, President, Tennessee State University
Bruce Chaloux, Director, SREB Electronic Campus
