2024PDC

8:30am EST

On Site Check-in & Map Professional Headshots Room 6

10:00am EST

Purdue Extension Welcome

10:30am EST

Guest Speaker - "Growing and Thriving Amidst a Changing Environment"

12:00pm EST

Lunch, Business Meetings, and Informal Networking

1:00pm EST

Department/Program Showcase

1:30pm EST

Pre-Concurrent Session #1 - Updates on Blue Cross Blue Shield and Purdue Insurance for Retirees Room 6

2:45pm EST

A. Concurrent Sessions #1 A1. Summer Community Adventures Room 1 A2. Navigating the Diverse Landscape of Extension Education: Strategies for Successful Learning Materials Room 2 A3. Engineering Design Education 101: Inspiring and Preparing the Next Generation of STEM Professionals Room 3 A4. Campus-County Connections: Fostering Partnerships Between Specialists and Educators Room 4 A5A. This Could Have Been an Email: Appropriate Meeting Scheduling Room 5A A5B. Inherited a Class Fieldtrip "aka Ag Day" Room 5B A6. Medicare 2025 Updates, Enrollment Steps, Medicare Advantage Plans, and Scams Room 6 A7. Business Office Room 7 A8. Engaging Youth through Food System Activities Room 8 A9. Communicating Impact Room 9 AX. Emotional Intelligence & Personal Growth Room 10

3:35pm EST

B. Concurrent Sessions #2 B1. Supporting Farm to School Room 1 B2. Writing successful NCR SARE grants Room 2 B3. 4-H Science Action Clubs Room 3 B4. What Makes the Teamwork Dream Work -- How Campus and Counties Can Partner Through Grants Room 4 B5A. Lawncare and Turfgrass Round Table and State Updates Room 5A B5B. Enhancing Purdue Extension’s Outreach to Military Veterans and Their Families Room 5B B6. Strategies for Estate Planning – Including Your Digital Assets Room 6 B7. Fee Based Activities w/ the Ed Store Room 7 B8. Working With the Amish and Other Plain Communities Room 8 B9. OPEN Room 9 BX. 1% Makes a Difference Room 10

4:30pm EST

C. Concurrent Sessions #3 C1. Where Do I Fit? Digital Literacy Across All Program Areas Room 1 C2. Compilation of Simple Impactful Program Ideas Room 2 C3. Grill Masters Room 3 C4. Disaster and Emergency Preparedness Resources for Families Impacted by Disability Room 4 C5A. Purdue Extension Technical Assistance for Community Planning and Renewable Energy Room 5A C5B. Mental Health & Screen Time Room 5B C6. Mind-Body Medicine for the Extension Professional Room 6 C7. Purdue Extension Youth Protection - Protecting Our Youth and Ourselves! Room 7 C8. Empowering the Future: Purdue Extension Experiences and Undergraduate Mentoring in Vietnam (or How I Learned to Eat Rice Paddy Rat) Room 8 C9. Generative AI Uses for Extension Educators Room 9 CX. Reaching Underserved Audiences Through Community Collaboration Room 10

6:00pm EST

Epsilon Sigma Phi Dinner New Faculty/Staff Dinner

8:30am EST

D. Concurrent Sessions #4 D1. Safe Sleep for All Communities Room 1 D2. Evaluation Question Banks for Purdue Extension Room 2 D3. The Clover Crate: Your Complete 4-H Club Year Room 3 D4. Delete Cyberbullying Room 4 D5A. Developing Positive Volunteer Opportunities and Connections Room 5A D5B. Writing a Personal Column Room 5B D6. Preventing Grain Bin Incidents Through Prevention and Emergency Response Room 6 D7. Working with Special Needs Across Program Areas Room 7 D8. Engaging and Connecting Indiana Communities with Technical Assistance Resources for Federal Funding Room 8 D9. Elevating Instruction: Breaking Free of the PowerPoint Chokehold Room 9 DX. Language Matters: Using Latino, Hispanic, and Latinx Terminology Effectively in Extension Services Room 10

9:25am EST

E. Concurrent Sessions #5 E1. Health First Indiana: Ideas and Early Examples for Partnership Room 1 E2. Unified Evaluation Approach: What is it? How do I access it? How do I include it in my programs? Room 2 E3. Youth Behavior Strategies with a Trauma Informed Approach for Camp Room 3 E4. Farming Futures: Cultivating Mental Strengths in Agri-Youth Room 4 E5A. Checking in on the New 4-H Programs: Next Chapter, Juntos, and Project Achievement Room 5A E5B. Empowering Extension Educators: Navigating Professional Development Opportunities for Growth and Success Room 5B E6. Diversifying the Corn Belt: Challenges and Opportunities to Enhance Farmer and Community Well-Being Room 6 E7. Tips and Tricks to Have a Successful Day of Giving Room 7 E8. Purdue Perks: More Than Just a 401K Room 8 E9. Using Premier Rush to Create Videos Room 9 EX. Navigating Beyond Our Differences Room 10

10:20am EST

F. Concurrent Sessions #6 F1. Parenting A Different Way: Honoring Your Strengths and Learning Some New Stuff (for Individuals Who Are Incarcerated) Room 1 F2. Navigating Civil Rights Compliance: Insights from the 2024 Report & Changes for the 2025 Report Room 2 F3. What You Should Know About 4-H Endowments Room 3 F4. Critical Conversations: Challenges in Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Farm Workers Room 4 F5A. Barn Quilt Creation Workshop Series Room 5A F5B. Cleaner & Greener: Engaging Youth Activities on Environmental Sustainability Room 5B F6. The Top 10 Ways to Kill a Tree (and How to Avoid Them Using Best Practices) Room 6 F7. Inclusion, Accessibility, and Synergy in Extension Programs Room 7 F8. OPEN Room 8 F9. Where Is It?- How Do I Find All These Resources I Hear About in Extension? Room 9 FX. Ways to Manage Yourself in Conflict Situations Room 10

11:05am EST

Informal Networking

11:30am EST

Seating for Awards Luncheon

11:45am EST

Awards Luncheon

2:00pm EST

Update from the College of Agriculture

3:00pm EST