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District Communications: Western District Digests and Department Head Updates
Western District Staff ...Impacting Local Communities
- Joan Sprain, Family Living Educator in St Croix County recently invited a Drug Court participant to share with the County Board what he and his family gained from Extension's financial management and WNEP cooking class programs. He is now successfully managing his finances and the family has learned how to plan and shop to create more nutritional meals for the family. For information on these and other family living programs, contact Joan Sprain by e-mail or at the St Croix County UW-Cooperative Extension office at 715-684-3301.
- Katy Forsythe, 4-H Youth Development Agent in Eau Claire County is being honored for her 20 years of service to the 4-H youth and families of Eau Claire County with "Katy Forsythe year". Read about Katy and the organization's celebration of her impact on their lives in the Eau Claire Leader Telegram.
- Read about the impacts Eau Claire County UW-Cooperative Extension programs are having in the community in their latest newsletter. (
 6 pages; 256 KB) For further information, call their office at 715-839-4712.
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Western District Profile
The Western District has approximately 70 faculty and academic
staff who are jointly employed with county governments and UWEX. Within
the Western District there are 14 counties which have very strong
and supportive partnerships with each of the county governments. These
counties also work with the research station located in Marshfield
(Central District). Our Western District Basin Educators
are located on the UW-Eau Claire campus snf the Jackson County Extension Office. The Western District
Office is located in downtown Neillsville (the county seat in
Clark County).
There are four core program areas covered throughout the district:
4-H and Youth Development; Agriculture and Natural Resources;
Community, Natural Resources, and Economic Development; and Family
Living (which includes Nutrition Education Programs). Each
county office, working with the county Agriculture and Extension
Education Committee, conducts program needs assessment to determine
the local educational program directions.
The programming in the counties reflects the citizen, geographic,
and economic bases in the region.
The Western District UWEX Cooperative Extension's fourteen counties
are located in the west central portion of Wisconsin. Major
industries in the Western District include; Manufacturing, Agriculture (Dairying/ Livestock/Crops/Poultry), Forestry and Health Care.
There are four 4 year institutions in the Western District (UW-Eau
Claire, UW-Stout, UW-River Falls, and UW-La Crosse), as well
as the two year UW Barron County campuses. There are also within the area several technical colleges. The
diversity of the region provides the need for partnerships with
other institutions and organizations, as well as the flexibility
of educational program delivery. |
