After registering for the PDO, you will receive information on registering for two semester hours of graduate credit. Registration should be done by November 1. This site provides listings of all Extension professional development opportunities and links to other workshops and conferences being offered by the university and other organizations. Take a few minutes to browse through the opportunities that are available to help you reach your own professional goals. The PDP is seeking projects that focus on professional development programs in sustainable agriculture systems and concepts targeted toward Cooperative Extension Service, Natural Resource Conservation Service and other appropriate agency and private sector agricultural educators within the region.
Projects can be one or two years in duration.
All successful project proposals will include explicit anticipated outcomes and outcome-based evaluation plans. Such purchases may be made only under certain exceptions and with advance approval of the President of the University. Contracts with University officers or employees who have sole or principal ownership in a business are prohibited. The only exception to this is if the purchase or contract is considered essential to University operations. Acceptable contracts are approved by the President of the University or delegate and the conflict of interest exception approval filed with the Purchase Order or contract.