CASI receives 2018 Award of Excellence from the Western Extension Directors Association!

UC ANR Vice President Glenda Humiston (left), Fresno County Advisor and CASI member Dan Munk (center), and ANR Associate Vice President, Wendy Powers (right)

The Conservation Agriculture Systems Innovation (CASI) Center received this year's Award of Excellence from the Western Extension Directors Association (WEDA).  CASI's Dan Munk received the recognition on behalf of our Center on July 10 following a presentation he delivered on our goals and accomplishments at the group's annual conference in Guam.

WEDA is made up of the following states and territories:  Alaska, American Samoa, Arizona, California, Colorado, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Micronesia, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Northern Mariana Islands, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.  Their annual Awards of Excellence Program was created in 2005 to recognize Extension outreach education programming that has achieved outstanding accomplishments, results, and impacts in addressing contemporary issues in one or more of the 13 Western states and Pacific Island US Territories.   

The group that submitted our application for consideration for this year's recognition included Brenna Aegerter, Howard Ferris, Amelie Gaudin, Temarat Ghezzehei, Kurt Hembree, William Horwath, Louise Jackson, Betsy Karle, Sarah Light, Mark Lundy, Dan Marcum, Milt McGiffen, Glenn McGourty, Michelle Leinfelder-Miles, Jeff Mitchell, Gene Miyao, Dan Munk, Tapan Pathak, Samuel Sandoval-Solis, Gary Sposito, Scott Stoddard, Tom Turini, Amber Vinchesi, Jeannette Warner, and Daniele Zaccaria. 

Congratulations to all and special thanks to Dan Munk for making the trip to Guam on our behalf!

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