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Urban Affairs and New Nontraditional
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October - December
2001 |
Welcome to Metro News...
The Alabama Cooperative Extension System's
(ACES) Urban Affairs and New Nontraditional Programs (UANNP)
is proud to present the premiere issue of Metro News... Making
Extension Connections. The newsletter's goals are to support
the missions, goals and objectives of ACES and UANNP. The primary
goal of the newsletter is to present current events and relevant
research-based information to individual citizens, communities
and organizations. But before I go any further, I think it's
important that I share a little background information about
UANNP.
On August 1, 1995, the United States District
Court, Northern District of Alabama, Southern Division, through
the ruling of Judge Harold Murphy, issued a Remedial Decree ordering
the unification of the Extension programs at Alabama A&M
and Auburn Universities. The result was the establishment of
the Alabama Cooperative Extension System with two companion program
thrusts rural or traditional programs and urban and
new nontraditional programs. While the foundation and program
foci as well as the geographic location for the traditional programs
were well established, the Decree laid the foundation for the
development and expansion of Extension programs into the urban
arena with a focus on nontraditional audiences. Thus, the organization
of Urban Affairs and New Nontraditional Programs with a mission
to provide educational and contemporary or futuristic programs
that help Alabama's urban and nontraditional audiences adapt
to changing environments and needs.
Today, UANNP is a viable and growing unit
with nine urban centers across the state of Alabama. Although
the concept of UANNP is to meet the needs of Alabama's families,
institutions and communities in urban areas, it recognizes the
integration and certainly, the interdependence of the rural-urban
interface as urbanization increases throughout the state.
Like most new development, UANNP has experienced
its share of growing pains as it strives to become a full participant
of the land-grant system alongside AU. The future of ACES will
not be determined by any one factor as the 10-year court decree
draws to a close. But I can tell you that UANNP is alive and
well.
I encourage you to flip through the pages
of Metro News and discover what UANNP has to offer!
Dr. Virginia Caples
1890 Administrator/University Professor
2001 Food and Nutrition Summer Institute
A Silent Killer
Battered Men's Campaign
Building Quality Communities of
Tomorrow Today!!!
Editor's Comments
Electronic Transfer Account
Grassroots Connections
Financial Champions
Purple Tea
Urban Centers
Huntsville City Schools Personnel
Attend Cultural Diversity Workshop
Obesity Epidemic in Youth
Putting Some Ease into Law
Racial Profiling
RAINBOWS
Sharpening Rusty Creative Skills
Spending Wisely for the Holidays
Symposium on Diversity and Multicultural
Affairs
Urban Affairs Leads A Three-Way Education
Effort Regarding Hispanics
Web Site Promotes Workforce Preparation
Youth Spend Summer in Leadership Training
Editorial Staff & Content Areas
If you have any questions, please contact
the appropriate editorial staff member by content area. When
in doubt, contact the editor.
Wendi Williams (Editor/National-International
News)
wawillia@aces.edu
Jannie Carter, Ph.D. (County News)
jcarter@aces.edu
Edna Coleman (Specialist News)
ecoleman@aces.edu
Julio Correa, Ph.D. (Hispanic News/Nontraditional)
jcorrea@aces.edu
Kevin Crenshaw, Esq. (Legal Issues)
kkcren@aol.com
Jean Hall-Dwyer (Print/Electronic Design)
jhall@aces.edu
Erica James (Administrative News/Distribution)
ejames@aces.edu
Jacqueline Johnson, DVM (Nontraditional/Online
Database)
jujohnso@aces.edu
Jeanetta Williams (Proofreader/Distribution)
jwilliam@aces.edu
Phone: 256-851-5710 Fax: 256-851-5840
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