Office of Communications
OC Highlights — September 2008
A Monthly Tip Sheet on
Effective Communication
- Disaster Response Plan
- Fall Garden Packet
- Georgia 4-H Week
- Greendogs Campaign
- Nutrition and Wellness Column
Disaster Response Plan
Team takes action during hurricane season
When Tropical Storm Fay set her sites on South Georgia, UGA Cooperative Extension enacted the newly developed Disaster Response Plan. A core team including Extension administrators Beverly Sparks, Steve Brown and Tony Tyson; Homeland Security coordinator Don Hamilton, Don Gardner, Glynn County agent, Lannie Lanier, SE District director, Tony Roberts, SW District director, Faith Peppers, crisis communication coordinator and Amanda Sweenes, publications editor met daily to discuss developments. Preliminary plans were set into place to bring in back-up agents to help in the disaster, to secure county offices and data, to protect employees and to have educational materials available to agents to help clients before, during and after the storm. Final damage and response assessments are still being gathered.
- Updated printer friendly materials are available on the
Natural Disasters in Georgia Web site.
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Fall Garden Packet
Need home gardening tips?
Discover information on topics ranging from saving water and killing fire ants to planting fall vegetables and cover crops in the 2008 edition of the annual UGA Fall Garden Packet.
- Browse the Fall Garden Packet 2008.
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Georgia 4-H Week
October 5-11, 2008
4-H week materials personalized for Georgia are now posted on the Web. The theme of these materials is "Still Keepin' it Green." The Web site includes a column from Bo Ryles, State 4-H leader; a fill-in article for county agent use; public service announcements; print ads; and more to help county agents promote 4-H Week!
Contact Cheryl Varnadoe if you have questions or would like to share your 4-H week promotional efforts.
- Download materials from the Georgia 4-H Week media kit.
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Greendogs Campaign
Going green with environmental majors
CAES launched an environmental majors recruitment campaign this summer in conjunction with UGA new student/transfer orientation. Components include a new brochure, exhibit, posters and Web site. Areas of emphasis are Environmental Economics and Management, Environmental Chemistry, Biological Engineering, Agricultural Engineering, Water and Soil Resources, Entomology, Agriscience and Environmental Systems, Horticulture, Organic Agriculture (certificate program), Environmental Law (minor), and Resource Economics (minor).
For the Fall 2009 semester, CAES academic affairs reports a student enrollment increase of 15.1% in our environmental majors.
- Look for the 'e' posters on UGA buses around campus this fall.
- Check out the Web site at www.greendogs.uga.edu.
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Nutrition and Wellness Column
Featured on Georgia FACES
A new feature on Georgia FACES is a monthly nutrition and wellness column using Family and Consumer Science experts. The columns cover food safety, diabetes, relationships, asthma, hypertension, healthy eating habits and more.
- Read the first installment of the Nutrition and Wellness column.