2024PDC

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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