Kudos from the CDC to the Penn State EXCITE Team Our CDC partner Julie Zajac shared recently her enthusiasm for Penn State Ag Progress Days educational exhibit in August. This is the largest outdoor ag exhibit in the state and hosted at The Pennsylvania State University’s – Russell E. Larson Agricultural Research Center. 4-H and FCS programming are featured in […]
Upcoming Webinar to Debut NEW EXCITE Opportunities Reminder to join us Thursday, September 22nd, 3-5 pm ET for news about our latest EXCITE opportunities, open to all land-grant institutions. We will record the webinar and also have a follow-up “office hours” for further questions. We are excited to share more about this great opportunity, made possible by the Extension’s outstanding efforts in […]
New EXCITE Programming Opportunity We are happy to announce additional EXCITE programming opportunities! This new phase of EXCITE will support adult immunization education beyond Covid-19 and increase vaccine confidence in our LGU Extension communities. This opportunity is open to all institutions, even if you are currently not involved with an EXCITE project. Anyone interested in participating or learning more about this opportunity is […]
A1 Teams Finished Congrats to the teams who finished their A1 projects these past few weeks! These final reports show the resilience, innovation and hard work went into implementing these projects! Job well done to Purdue University, Oklahoma State University, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Rutgers University, Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College, West Virginia […]
A New (to us) Organization to Partner with While attending the annual conference for NACCHO, the National Association of City and County Health Officials, the EXCITE team learned of ASTHO, the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials. For those of you with more statewide or territory focus, these partners may be of interest, or they […]
A1 Final Program Reports Thanks to all the teams who finished in April and have submitted their final program reports. However, there are still a few teams who need to submit those, due July 31 (90 days after the end of the contract). Please remember to submit those ASAP! If you are in need of […]
NIFA Multistate Research Examines Rural Socioeconomics While EXCITE is focused primarily on Extension, we all know our work is based on evidence, and many of us work closely with our institution’s researchers if not having research appointments ourselves. NIFA’s newsletter recently highlighted multistate research that is yielding insights on our rural populations. The article features a short section on health […]
Congratulations to the Teams who Have Finished their Projects! We are thrilled to see more and more reports roll in with amazing accounts of your accomplishments. We congratulate the following teams who have finished up EXCITE A1 work: University of Missouri, Michigan State University, Cornell, and Colorado State! Reporting Reminders – Quarterly A1 reports due in July […]
EXCITE A1 Reports Due Next Week It’s that time again. With vacations and such, plan ahead to have your report in on time on Thursday, June 30th! Remember to submit a monthly report until you receive final confirmation that your contract is closed. The Dashboard will be updated soon to reflect current data so make sure […]
Help us Spread the Word about EXCITE with Program Center Stage If you’re on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, or other social media platforms, please help us raise EXCITE’s visibility and promote our upcoming webinar at Program Center Stage (links follow). At Program Center Stage on Monday, June 27th, 2-3pm, we’ll feature EXCITE A1 efforts and two of our project teams, […]
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