2024PDC

Professional headshot photographs will be taken by the Ag communications department.

Track: Retirees, Personal Development

Description: Learn updates about Federal and Purdue health insurance from Alexandria Abasi, Account Executive for Federal Blue Cross Blue Shield, and Kate LaMar, Purdue University Human Resources Benefits Specialist. Please submit questions for this session in advance by emailing Lori Bouslog at lbouslog@purdue.edu.

Presenters: Alexandria Abasi, Account Executive for Federal Blue Cross Blue Shield; Kate LaMar, Purdue University Human Resources Benefits Specialist; Lori Bouslog, CED & Health & Human Sciences Educator, Vermillion County.

Track: Retirees, Personal Development

Description: Medicare changes for 2025 and enrollment details will be shared. Information about Medicare Advantage plans and protecting yourself from scams will be included. Speakers include: Alexandria Abasi, Account Executive for Federal Blue Cross Blue Shield, Annetta Jones and Lori Bouslog. Please submit questions for this session in advance by emailing Lori Bouslog at lbouslog@purdue.edu.

Presenters: Alexandria Abasi, Account Executive for Federal Blue Cross Blue Shield; Annetta Jones, CED & HHS Educator, Porter County; Lori Bouslog, CED & HHS Educator, Vermillion County

Track: Retirees, Personal Development

Description: According to Indiana MoneyWise Matters, twenty-one percent of Americans have discussed their final wishes with loved ones, while only one in three adults have completed advance directives documents as part of their estate planning process. (https://www.in.gov/sos/indianamoneywise/blog/about/)

Presenter: Lori Bouslog, CED & HHS Educator, Vermillion County

Track: Personal Development

Description: Extension Professionals, along with many others in the workforce, are searching for ways to find work-life integration. Managing daily stressors and underlying little "t" traumas is difficult without tools and coping skills. Mind-Body Medicine can provide a toolbox of tools and skills for Educators to pull from to help build better work-life integration and overall mental wellness.  

Presenter: Meagan Salomon, CED & HHS Educator, Vanderburgh County

Track: N/A

Description: This session will address a balanced approach to preventing grain bin related entrapments through enhanced attention to maintaining grain quality and appropriate emergency response. Attention will be given to planning and conducting local programming with the greatest potential of preventing or mitigating grain storage related incidents.

Presenters: Bill Field, Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering; Ed Sheldon, Outreach Coordinator

Track: N/A

Description: The Diverse Corn Belt project began with the vision that a future agriculture with more diversity of crops, livestock, and production systems will bring important benefits to farmers, communities, the environment, and society generally. A big part of the project involves learning about opinions and experiences related to diversification from farmers and other ag stakeholders. In this session we will present farmer views on what constitutes diversification, barriers to and opportunities for diversification, and how these vary for different categories of farmers. We will share ideas gathered from discussion groups about the future of agriculture in the corn belt. We will include time to brainstorm about whether and how the information could influence our work.

Presenters: Liz Maynard, Clinical/Engagement Professor, Horticulture and Landscape Architecture; Aaron Thompson, Associate Professor, Horticulture and Landscape Architecture; Emily Usher, Senior Project Manager, Horticulture and Landscape Architecture 

Track: N/A

Description: Trees are important assets in the home landscape. ANR Extension Educators often get questions relating to tree care and tree issues. Over my years in Extension, here are the top 10 or so biggest mistakes I've observed homeowners make regarding basic tree care. I'll also cover best practices that should be used. 4-H Educators may also incorporate elements of the presentation into natural resources youth programming or public service projects.

Presenter: John Woodmansee, ANR Educator, Whitley County