Please welcome Joy Hollingsworth to UC ANR. Joy starts today, April 1st, as CE Nutrient Management and Soil Quality Advisor, based in Fresno, with programmatic responsibilities in Fresno, Kings, Madera and Tulare Counties. Today marks the third consecutive Monday when a CE Advisor has begun their career with UC ANR!
The table below tells the story about our academic footprint over the last 18 months or so. We are down a bit in CE Advisor numbers compared to the end of October. The good news is that CE Specialist numbers are up and non-CE ANR academic numbers continue to increase. The most significant decline is in the number of AES researchers. Honestly, I can't account for the full reduction in CE Advisor numbers; I will need to look into this a bit. The date of data collection makes a difference in the numbers. It will be another quarter before we have updated data that reflect the three recent CE Advisor additions. I estimate that those data will appear in a June post, shortly before the traditional retirement date.
|
Headcounts |
Oct-17 |
Jan-18 |
Apr-18 |
Jul-18 |
Oct 18 |
Jan-19 |
|
CE Advisors |
169 |
170 |
173 |
169 |
175 |
171 |
|
Academic Administrators |
7 |
7 |
7 |
6 |
7 |
7 |
|
Academic Coordinators |
34 |
31 |
31 |
31 |
31 |
30 |
|
CE Specialists |
112 |
112 |
112 |
111 |
115 |
118 |
|
Non-CE ANR Academics (Researchers, Project Scientists, non-CE Specialists) |
8 |
6 |
6 |
9 |
11 |
13 |
|
AES |
579 |
576 |
577 |
568 |
565 |
560 |
|
Total CE (Advisors + AA + AC + Specialists) |
322 |
320 |
323 |
317 |
328 |
326 |
|
Total (AES + CE + Non-CE ANR Academics) |
909 |
902 |
906 |
894 |
904 |
899 |
What doesn't appear above are the numbers of Community Education Specialists across the state. These are some of our most important members of UC ANR and often those conducting some of the most visible programmings. A number of these individuals work in the EFNEP program, which happens to be celebrating its 50th anniversary. Meet EFNEP Youth Educator Adan Osoria of Alameda County to learn more about the program. The EFNEP team has been busy working with the News and Outreach in Spanish team to produce a series of videos. In the “Estamos Contigo – We Are With You” series, EFNEP educators share about the impact of their work on their communities as well as their personal lives. This series was produced in English and Spanish to show our communities that we are with them in their journey towards raising healthy families and living healthy lives. Be sure to take a look.
I'm in San Diego this week for the regional experiment station directors meeting, followed by the MultiState Research Committee meeting, and finally the regional extension directors meeting. In between, I will be reading some of my remaining 47 merit and promotion packages. It is Academic Coordinator week!