Transcript University’s Statewide Mission: Research and Extension Centers

University Statewide Mission
University of Minnesota
Extension
CRAD Meeting
February 2010
Beverly R. Durgan, Dean
Extension’s Statewide Presence
University of Minnesota Extension Faculty
 Tenure-track faculty (R/E) in 5 Colleges
 Several faculty located at ROCs
 Extension Educators in 16 Regional Centers, 5
Research and Outreach Centers, and 4
coordinate campuses
 Local Educators in 87 counties
Total: 870 Extension Employees
65% not on TC campus
Multi-State Program
Multi-State Engagement
Leverage resources, reduce costs, improve quality
 4 joint tenure-track research and extension
faculty with North Dakota State University
 Agriculture
 Nutrition – emphasis on local foods and schools
Examples of Extension Research Programs
University research addresses Minnesota’s problems
 Bovine TB
 Tourism
Bovine TB
Potential to cause severe economic losses in MN
• Animal respiratory disease caused by
a bacteria
• First detected in northern MN beef
herd in 2005
• Additional detection 2006 & 2007
• MN ranks 10th nationally in beef cattle
• $1.04 billion beef industry in MN
Extension Response to Bovine TB
Research Conducted at ROCs:
Extension partnered with state to lead initiative, find
solutions, educate producers and public
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Statewide Incident Command
Provided research and outreach expertise
Helped to obtain additional state funding
Mobilized state, regional and local team of research and
Extension faculty
 Provided research and information through website,
meetings, publications, interviews
Minnesota Tourism Center
- American “Boomers” and Travel
- consider travel a necessity
- time deprived (shorter trips)
- forever young – want to have fun
- education and learning
- MN summer travelers
- 46.5 years old
- parties of 2 – 3
- ¾ travel with no children
- Minnesota Wine Trail
- Six MN wineries
- St. Croix/Mississippi/Cannon River Valley
One winery indicted that business during the
event weekends was double during the same
period the previous year.
U of M wine grape
varieties include
Frontenac,
Frontenac gris,
LaCrescent,
and Marquette