Save The Date!
Join us for the 2021 Western Region Joint Spring Meeting at:
The Grove Hotel,
Boise, ID
March 29-April 1, 2021
Save the Date! 2021 Western Region Joint Spring Meeting
May 3, 2020 By
Mini-Summit on Water Security in the Western U.S.
May 3, 2020 By
The Mini-Summit on Water Security in the Western U.S. will be held at The Grove Hotel in downtown Boise, Idaho, August 2-4, 2020.
To register for the Mini-Summit and view the agenda, please visit this registration link.
To reserve a room, please visit this reservation link or call 1-208-489-2222 or 1-888-961- 5000.
Please contact Sarah Lupis with questions or concerns about room reservations at sarah.lupis@gmail.com or 435-770-3116.
In this time of uncertainty, it’s important to monitor updates and news from reputable sources. WAAESD is looking to three major reputable health organizations to provide guidance on events and activities during this period:
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- World Health Organization (WHO)
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is working with state and local governments to implement aggressive measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19. In addition, there are several easy steps that we can all take to help minimize the risk of exposure. These are the same basic steps we should be taking every day to help prevent the spread of illnesses such as the flu and the common cold:
- Wash your hands frequently. Keeping hands clean through improved hand hygiene is one of the most important steps we can take to avoid getting sick and spreading germs to others. In addition, having hand sanitizer readily available is always a good idea.
- Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. If you don’t have a tissue, cough or sneeze into your upper sleeve, not your hands. Put your used tissue in a waste basket immediately and wash your hands after coughing or sneezing.
- Follow the recommendations of your home state/ country with respect to self-isolating after travel or appearance of symptoms, and restrictions on travel.
While we all hope that the COVID-19 crisis will be behind us by August, we recognize the possibility that it could greatly impact WAAESD’s ability to execute the planned Mini-Summit on Water Security in the Western U.S. meeting in Boise. To address this, WAAESD’s leadership is working hand in hand with staff to engage in scenario planning. Our aim is to deliver the annual meeting in some format, ideally in person, with the potential for virtual elements. We encourage you therefore to please go ahead and register. We will continue to monitor the evolving COVID-19 crisis and potential impacts on the meeting and we will of course continue to provide updates as the situation develops and new information becomes available.
2020 Western Region Joint Summer Virtual Meeting
May 3, 2020 By
We’re going virtual for June 2020 meeting!
Planning is underway for a virtual meeting to take place during the June 22-25 dates. Stay tuned for a schedule and log in information.
Postponed! 2020 Western Region Administrative Officers Meeting
January 30, 2020 By
Due to several complications caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the WRAOM planning committee opted to postpone the meeting. Northern Marians College would like to host the meeting next year sometime in the Fall of 2021. The planning committee is exploring the possibility of having a virtual session with NIFA this Fall (2020). Please send an email to brethess@colostate.edu if you have a topic to suggest.
New Deans’, Director’s, and Administrators’ Orientation Planned
September 9, 2019 By
The Board on Agriculture Assembly (BAA) will be hosting a New Deans’, Directors’, and Administrators’ Orientation in Washington, DC on December 10-12, 2019. This event is aimed at administrators, individuals supporting administrators or faculty, and USDA-NIFA personnel having two years or less of experience in their administrative positions as well as any others who would like to learn more about USDA-NIFA, building federal and private partnerships for their land-grant programs, and leadership tools while meeting colleagues from across the nation.
The learning objectives of the orientation workshop are:
- meet, talk, and network with NIFA’s National Science Liaisons;
- interact with a national expert on leading organizational change and gain valuable tips from experienced administrators on how to overcome obstacles, set your house in order, and lead change;
- learn national-level engagement strategies to influence federal legislation and decisions made by USDA-NIFA and other federal agencies;
- connect with Congressional and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) staffers, university government affairs representatives, Cornerstone Government Affairs, and other advocacy and public relations individuals; and
- build skills, gather tools, and develop an understanding of the networks to move your advocacy needs forward.
Registration for this event will be available in the very near future.
