5/27 Class

Exciting weekend; I got engaged and stuff :) Today we visited the OSU extension office and talked with Joyce Brown. The details follow...

Name: Joyce Brown
Agency: The Ohio STate University Extension Office- Athens Branch
Funding Source/ Program Type: The Ohio State University Agriculture Program and the USDA
Purpose/Mission: To gove and continue research to those who probably won't go to a university; into the entirety of the country. Saying: "You have problems? We have answers." There are four separate nutrition-related programs which are a part of the OSU Extension: Expanded Food and Nutrition Program- 185% of poverty level; Family Nutrition Program; Masters Food Preservers; Occasional Quantity Cooks. In addition, they oversee 4H
Program Plans, Monitoring, and Evaluation: Evaluation forms for each program and branch are conducted yearly, aimed at those teaching, materials, and low-literacy audiences. Also: Yearly Unified Recording System is submitted every January, which tracks economics, changes, outreach, and presentations. Also recorded: success stories from farmers etc. Planning is done at OSU and the state level. Promote through fliers, radio, TV, letters-to-the-editor, etc.
Role of the Nutrition Professional: Not much for a nutrition/ dietetics student; a Master's degree is required with some background in FCS. Community outreach educators can be employed with no college degree (HS diploma/ GED accepted).