2024PDC

Track: Campus-Field Partnerships, Program & Project Development

Description: Partnerships between Extension Specialists and Educators can bring benefits that enhance the impact and engagement of extension programming. However, constraints on time, differing expectations, incentive and evaluation structures, and varying levels of stakeholder connection can present challenges for developing such partnerships. This panel discussion will begin to explore the benefits and challenges associated with specialist-educator partnerships to foster more of these partnerships within Purdue Extension. The panel will include a specialist, educator and administrative leader who bring valuable experience and diverse viewpoints to this subject. The panel discussion will also serve as a lead-in to two subsequent sessions that exemplify successful campus-county collaboration and highlight practices associated with their success.

Presenters: Doug Richmond, Professor and Extension Specialist, Entomology; John Orick, State Master Gardener Coordinator, Horticulture and Landscape Architecture; Colleen Brady, Professor, Agricultural Sciences Education and Communication; Lisa Graves, Assistant Director, Purdue Extension Program Leader, Health & Human Sciences; John Woodmansee, Agriculture & Natural Resources Educator, Whitley County