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| Leading the way
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| Renee
McKee and Sam Cordes |
Purdue Extension has two new program leaders with
the appointment of Renee
McKee and Sam Cordes.
McKee, a 26-year veteran of Purdue Extension, has
been named State 4-H and
Youth Development Program Leader. She was an educator in Carroll
and Warren counties before becoming a Purdue Extension 4-H Youth
specialist on campus.
“The challenge for us as leaders is to help
those people who think 4-H is just the county fair and nothing more,”
McKee says. “We need to help them to see that 4-H is so much
more than that. It’s not just a rural program—it is
a total educational experience set in a positive environment for
the kids.”
Cordes is program leader for Leadership
and Community Development and an assistant director of Extension.
He will focus on community visioning and planning, economic and
business development, work force development and local government
needs. “Our goal is to help communities think about and plan
for the future,” says Cordes, formerly of the University of
Nebraska. “Purdue Extension can provide them with the information,
education and local organizational capacity to help make that happen.” |
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