Dean's Message
- March 2004
| Purdue
Extension more relevant then ever By Victor Lechtenberg, Dean of Agriculture My father was born about the time Extension came into existence. He is 86 years old, and he and my mother have been married for 60 years. They still live on the family farm back in Nebraska. Typical of the era, neither of my parents attended college. But they became engaged with the University of Nebraska through county Extension. My father learned new farming techniques, while my mother learned food preservation, among other skills. I will never forget when an Extension educator from the University of Nebraska, and a Purdue University graduate, visited with me at my high school. If it wasn't for my conversation with him, I don't know if I would have furthered my own education. Extension is just as critical today as it was as I was growing up. Communities, maybe even more so, want research answers to the problems they face. Our land-grant institutions provide a valuable resource of unbiased, research-based information. Extension educators facilitate discussions on public issues and match university expertise to local concerns. Purdue Extension partners with many organizations to solve a variety of community problems. We've helped communities plan for future growth and become more economically viable; assisted areas of the state with recycling and waste issues; taught businessmen and others Spanish so they could better communicate with clients; and gave families the tools to enhance how they manage financial resources. Extension is still a vital part of communities and continues to raise the bar in serving and meeting local needs. |
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