on the Web
Session 1 - Welcome to the NDSU Extension Service
Session 2 - Who We Are and What We Do
Session 3 - Policies and Procedures
Session 4 - Information Technology
Session 6 - The Land-Grant University
Session 7 - Program Development and Educational
Design
Session 8 - Evaluation
Session 9 - 4-H Youth Development
Session 10 - Personalizing Your Programs
Session 11 - Professional Development
Session 12 - Working with Differences
Session 13 - Balancing Work and Personal Life
Session 14 - Organizational Management
Session 15 - Volunteer Management
Contacts
If there’s anything that can be done to make your first year with the NDSU
Extension Service better, please contact your supervisor (district director,
assistant director or department chair) or Deb Gebeke, Assistant Director, Staff Development.
debra.gebeke@ndsu.edu
You’re joining one of the boldest and most successful educational partnerships in the world. The NDSU Extension Service has a proud history in North Dakota dating back to 1914 when the Cooperative Extension Service came into being through the federal Smith-Lever Act.
Our original mission was to "aid in the diffusion among the people of North Dakota, of useful and practical information on subjects relating to agriculture, home economics and rural energy and to encourage the application of the same."
Obviously, knowledge and methods have changed in nearly a century, but Extension’s dedication to the people of North Dakota is as dynamic and alive as ever.
NDSU Extension Purpose
The purpose of the NDSU Extension Service is to create learning partnerships that help adults and youth enhance their lives and communities.
This short sentence says much. Extension is a grassroots organization that serves local needs. Notice the purpose doesn’t specifically say agriculture or families or youth. Though our efforts especially emphasize some areas, we carry out interdisciplinary programs to meet local needs.
Our vision is to be a premier lifelong education network that helps North Dakotans improve their quality of life. To achieve that vision, we will strive to be innovative, adaptable and willing to take risks to create new ways of thinking, learning and addressing issues.
Get Involved
Print out the NDSU Extension Service purpose and post it in your office or keep it and other information you’ll be gathering through this Web orientation in a three-ring binder with your Extension Staff Directory.
Next Session
Next session: who we are and what we do.