Extension

 

Left to right, Gina Peek, Deana Hildebrand, Lacey Wallace, Leo Perez and Brenda Miller accept a national award for their Orange Power Produce Project. (Photo provided by OSU Family and Consumer Sciences)

 

Oklahoma State University Extension professionals attended the National Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences Conference in Providence, Rhode Island, in September.

 

The organization recognizes excellence and scholarship in Extension programming, serves as a nationwide resource for education and networking, and promotes the mission and goals of the land-grant university Extension system.

 

Susan Routh, family and consumer sciences district program specialist for OSU Extension’s west district, was honored as former president of the association. Donna Jung, the family and consumer sciences/4-H educator for OSU Extension in Cleveland County, was elected vice president for awards and recognition and will represent OSU Extension on the national board for the next two years.

 

The following OSU Extension personnel received Southern Region Awards.

• First place: Communication Educational Publications Award – Jenni Klufa, New Generation Youth Recipe cards
• Second place: Communications Internet Education Technology Award – Team Award: Matt Brosi, Ron Cox and Katey Masri, Co-Parenting for Resilience
• First place: Program Excellence Through Research Award – Team Award: Mathew Brosi, Ron Cox and Katey Masri, Innovations in Divorce Education
• Second place: Program Excellence Through Research Award – Team Award: LaDonna Hines, Joshua Campbell and Julia Laughlin, Addressing Community Health and Food Access
• Second place: School Wellness Award – Team Award: Lacey Wallace, Deana Hildebrand, Brenda Miller and Leo Perez, Orange Power Produce Project
  
  

National Awards

• First place: Program Excellence Through Research Award – Team Award: Mathew Brosi, Ron Cox and Katey Masri, Innovations in Divorce Education
• Third place: School Wellness Award – Team Award:  Lacey Wallace, Deana Hildebrand, Brenda Miller and Leo Perez, Orange Power Produce Project
  
  

Hall of Fame

Barbara Tricinella, retired OSU Extension Family and Consumer Sciences educator and past president of the National Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences, was inducted into the association’s Hall of Fame.

 

Gina Peek, associate dean for Extension, engagement and continuing education and assistant director of OSU Extension Family and Consumer Sciences, said the national association hosted an exceptional conference, creating sessions and activities that met the needs of the diverse family and consumer sciences family.

 

“We learned together and shared in each other’s accomplishments,” Peek said. “All of the OSU Extension professionals honored at this year’s conference are very deserving of the recognition.”