The EXCITE Newsletter: October 14th, 2021
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Should you need any accommodations to participate in EXCITE programming, please contact us at excite@extension.org. We recognize accommodation needs may change and we will do our best to accommodate such changes as they occur. |
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RFA: Vaccine Hesitancy of the Cooperative Extension System: PROPOSAL DEADLINE EXTENDED to November 12th
We invite all Land Grant Institutions to apply for up to $300,000 funding for Dec. 1, 2021- April 30, 2023, to: 1) assess vaccine hesitancy of Extension field educators, specialists, and administrators, and 2) create and implement a strategy to reduce vaccine hesitancy for COVID-19 and other adult immunizations to increase confidence and willingness to become immunization educators in their community. The goal of this project is to reduce hesitancy around vaccination and increase willingness to serve in educational roles around adult vaccination among Cooperative Extension personnel at all three types of Land grant institutions (1862, 1890, 1994). View the Vaccine Hesitancy of the Cooperative Extension RFA, and view the application guide. The deadline for the RFA is now November 12, 2021. |
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Reporting Reminders
EXCITE program team member Laura Downey shared some tips for technical progress reporting in the October Spotlight and the Newsletter from the last week of September. Please be sure to review those as you continue with your reporting.
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Upcoming Strategy Session for A2 Pilot Projects
Our first of four Strategy Sessions for A2 pilot projects teams is coming up on October 29th, 11:30-3:30 ET. All team members from A2 teams (from all collaborating institutions) are invited to attend. The session will consist of some presentations to help inform and improve our work and importantly, reflection time to incorporate what we’re learning into your ideas, and time with coaches and teams with similar audiences. Find the session agenda here and register here. |
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New Excite Catalyst Coach
We welcome to the EXCITE team Dr. Linda Kirk Fox. Linda is joining EXCITE as a Catalyst Coach that will assist teams in A1 and A2 around innovation and implementation. She will be working alongside the team of PI’s and EXCITE coaches that are in place now for all A2 teams and will also be available for A1 teams. Having a catalyst that can be devoted to working alongside our teams is a wonderful addition. Just like many other Extension Foundation Catalysts, Linda joins our team as a recent retiree from the University of Georgia. Linda retired in August as the Dean and Associate Director of Extension and Experiment Station, Family & Consumer Sciences. She has worked in Cooperative Extension in various roles for 40 years and got her start in her Extension career as an agent and specialist and became a major contributor to the Cooperative Extension System’s National Framework for Health in 2013. Linda is working on a part-time basis to assist in thinking through innovation, implementation barriers, and connecting appropriate resources with teams. Please join me in welcoming Linda to the EXCITE team! |
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Thanks for your continued work on your projects, please let us know if you have any questions or how we can best serve you.
Best,
Michelle Rodgers Associate Dean and Director University of Delaware EXCITE Project Director
Kathryn “Katie” Stofer, PhD Assistant Project Director for Immunization Education, EXCITE Research Associate Professor and Extension Specialist University of Florida katiestofer@extension.org |