The fires consumed more than 35,000 acres of federal, state, and private land. A native of New Jersey, Demski completed his undergraduate work and received his master s degree in general management from the University of Massachusetts in 1982. He served as Interim Vice Provost, Office of University Outreach, University of Massachusetts, since July 1997. A native of North Carolina, Thompson completed his undergraduate work and received his Ph.D. in rural sociology from the Ohio State University in 1981. Innovative youth development, family living, community development, natural resources, and agriculture programs will be featured.
Registration is now open for the downlink program.
The proposal deadline is September 15, 2000. The workshop is designed to inform researchers and educators, particularly new ones and those who have not been successful in gaining awards, about the various NRI and Higher Education competitive grants programs, as well as new competitive grants programs that may be available in 2001. Emphasis will be on how to construct successful research and higher education proposals submitted to scientific peer review panels. The deadline is October 2, 2000. The next issue is planned for September 22.