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Calendar
| July 22-August 30, 2008 | The North Central Regional Center for Rural Development is offering Coaching for Community Change, a series comprised of three online sessions and a face-to-face coaching clinic. This training is part of Foundations of Practice, Component 3—Areas of Specialization and Emphasis. For more information and to download a registration form, visit http://www.ncrcrd.iastate.edu/projects/corecomp/coaching.htm. |
| July 28-31, 2008 | The 2008 Rural Sociological Society Annual Meeting, "Rural Sociology as Public Sociology: Past, Present, Future,"will be held in Manchester, New Hampshire. For more information, visit http://www.ruralsociology.org. |
| September 10-12, 2008 | The Nebraska Community Foundation is hosting the 2008 Rural Philanthropy Conference in Nebraska City, Nebraska. This is a national conference focused on how rural community leaders can use philanthropy as a community and economic tool. For more information, visit http://www.nebcommfound.org/RPC/2008RPC.htm. |
| September 15-18, 2008 | 5th National Small Farm Conference will be held in Springfield, Illinois. Additional information will be available soon at http://web.extension.uiuc.edu/smallfarm or contact Deborah Cavanaugh-Grant at cvnghgrn@uiuc.edu. |
| September 15-19, 2008 | The Joint Council of Extension Professionals (JCEP) is holding the Galaxy III Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana. The theme is "Celebrating the Extension System: Strengths, Diversity and Unique Qualities." For more information, visit https://sharepoint.agriculture.purdue.edu/ces/galaxy/default.aspx |
| September 22-26, 2008 | Two courses will be offered at the Community Development Academy at The Elms in Excelsior Springs, Missouri: Course 1: Building Community From the Grassroots and Course 3: Creating Capacity For Dynamic Communities. For more information, visit http://muconf.missouri.edu or contact Erica Lovercamp at (573) 882-9552 or muconf8@missouri.edu. |
September 30-November 11, 2008 |
The North Central Regional Center for Rural Development will host the Fall 2008 Training of Component One of the Foundations of Practice Series: Understanding Communities and their Dynamics. This is a distance education program consisting of a series of seven one and one-half hour sessions. For more information and to download a registration form, visit http://www.ncrcrd.iastate.edu/projects/corecomp/component1-fall2008.htm. |
| October 26-29, 2008 | The Wageningen University and Research Center is hosting an Agriculture in Transition conference, titled Transitions Towards Sustainable Agriculture, Food Chains and Peri-urban Areas, to be held in Wageningen, Netherlands. For more information, visit the conference Web site at http://www.agricultureintransition.eu or download the Conference brochure at http://www.ncrcrd.iastate.edu/temp/TransitieConference071030.pdf |
| November 13-14, 2008 | The North Central Regional Center will host the Fifth Annual Community Capitals Framework Institute, Appreciating the Past, Defining the Future: The Evaluation of the Community Capitals as a Framework for a Systems Approach to Analyzing Change, in Ames, Iowa. For more information, visit http://www.ncrcrd.iastate.edu/projects/commcap/2008/index.htm. |
| February 18-20, 2009 | The 2009 JCEP Regional Leadership Meeting for the Western and North Central Regions will be held at the San Diego Marriott Del Mar in San Diego, California. For more information, visit http://www.jcep.org |
| March 23-27, 2009 | Two courses will be offered at the Community Development Academy at The Elms in Excelsior Springs, Missouri: Course 1: Building Community From the Grassroots and Course 2: Empowering Communities for the Future. For more information, visit http://muconf.missouri.edu or contact Erica Lovercamp at (573) 882-9552 or muconf8@missouri.edu. |
| April 27-29, 2009 | The Joint Council of Extension Professionals will host the 2009 Public Issues Leadership Development Conference at the Key Bridge Marriott in Arlington, Virginia. For more information, visit http://www.jcep.org |
North
Central Regional Center for Rural Development
Iowa State University
107 Curtiss Hall
Ames, IA 50011-1050
(515) 294-8321, (515) 294-3180 fax
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Last updated July 2, 2008