IEPYE NEWS
Illinois Extension Professionals for Youth Education
February 2001
IEPYE
2000-01 IEPYE
Leadership Team
Officers
Cathy Graham, President
Diane Baker, President-Elect
Bill Million, V. President
Lori Quinn, Secretary
Jessie Crews, Treasurer
Judy Taylor, Past President
Regional Directors
Dianne White, Northwest
Judy Winters, Northeast
Stacey Dorethy, West Central
Jessie Crews, East Central
Lori Quinn, Southern
Committee Chairs
Peggy Hampton, Diversity
Lori Quinn, Member Recognition
Bill Million, Membership
Natalie Eichhorst, News & Views
Patty McGlaughlin, Policies &
Resolution
Beth LaPlant, Professional
Improvement
Chris Hill, Programs
LeAnn Million, Public Relations &
Information
Judy Taylor, Advisory
Related Committees
Fran Streitmatter, IL 4-H
Foundation
Cathy Graham, Field Staff Advisory
Diane Baker, IJCEP
Judy Taylor, IJCEP
Cathy Graham, IJCEP
Bill Million & Lori Quinn, State
4-H Advisory
2001 Upcoming Meetings
IJCEP & IEPYE
Spring Meeting
IEPYE Fall Meeting
NAE4-HA
03/14-15
08/30
10/21-25
IEPYE – A Great Time to
Get Involved
by Cathy Graham, IEPYE President
It is an exciting time to be part of
the 4-H Youth Development field in
Illinois. I would like to extend a
special welcome to the new youth
development staff who have joined
us over the past few months. The
appropriation of additional funds by
the Illinois General Assembly for
unit youth development educators is
providing us with greater
opportunities to improve and
expand our programming. I find it
exciting to learn of the backgrounds
and talents of our new staff and
think of the new opportunities that
we will have to more effectively
meet the needs of Illinois youth.
Experienced members of IEPYE,
please extend an invitation to new
staff in your area to join you at
regional and state IEPYE functions.
It is critical that we welcome and
mentor our new members. Bill
Million, IEPYE Vice President, is
currently assigning mentors to
recent IEPYE members. If you
would like to volunteer to serve as a
mentor or are a new member who
would like an IEPYE mentor and
friend, please contact Bill.
Our challenge for the new year
not only lies in welcoming and
mentoring new members, but also
identifying and meeting the needs
of all of our members. IEPYE has
helped Extension professionals in
Illinois become top-notch professionals. The more you’re involved,
the more you benefit. IEPYE needs
the energy of ALL its members.
A special thank you to all those
who worked hard to make our fall
annual meeting and our events in
Denver successful. Thank you to the
many committees that are currently
hard at work and to all of the
committee chairs, regional directors
and IEPYE officers who are giving
us direction.
At Annual Conference Judy
Taylor, Diane Baker and myself met
with the leadership of the other
three associations to continue the
leadership of the Illinois Join
Council of Extension Professionals.
This group will continue to serve as
the voice to help unify our
associations. Last fall the group
sponsored the joint association
awards luncheon at Annual
Conference and currently the group
is planning the second IJCEP
Spring meeting.
Diane and I will be traveling to
the North Central Joint Council of
Extension Professionals (JCEP) in
March. We will be meeting with the
North Central Presidents and president-elects. This conference will
focus on leadership development
within the association. Later this
spring, Diane will attend Public
Issue Leadership Development
(PILD) Conference in Washington.
Also, I would like to extend a
special congratulations to Chris
Anderson for being elected as the
North Central Region Junior
Director. Our IEPYE organization
has greatly benefited from Chris’
leadership and now the North
Central Region will also have that
opportunity. CONGRATS CHRIS!
IEPYE Fall Meeting
August 30, 2001
Mark your calendars
now... details will follow!
February 2001 – IEPYE News
Member Recognition
Award Categories
By Lori Quinn, Member
Recognition Committee Chair
It will soon be time to submit
award applications for various
recognition opportunities in IEPYE.
A brief synopsis of each category is
provided for your information.
While reviewing the categories,
mark the ones that are of interest to
you. Begin collecting supporting
data for the entry and obtain a nonreturnable 2 x 3-inch head and
shoulders photo of the applicant for
each award application
submitted.
All applications must be
submitted to me at the Marion
County Extension Office, 1404 E.
Main, Salem, Illinois 62881 no
later than 4:30 p.m. April 2, 2001.
Eligibility for submitting
applications are those IEPYE
members who have information to
submit or conducted programs
between January and December
2000. If a team application is
submitted, only one member of the
team is required to be an IEPYE
member. Categories include:
25 Years of Service
Achievement in Service –
members who have served more
than three, but less than seven years
in Extension youth programs.
Air Force Recruiting Salute –
members with outstanding
leadership and citizenship roles in
their programming, community,
professional associations, etc.
Distinguished Service Award members who have served seven
years or more in Extension youth
programs.
Diversity Award – members
exhibiting outstanding efforts and
accomplishments in achieving and
sustaining diversity in programs and
audiences.
2
Educational Technology
Awards – members who use
technology with youth and/or adult
audiences.
Excellence in 4-H Club
Support – Extension Professionals
who support, strengthen and expand
their 4-H club program using
creative and innovative ideas.
Excellence in Teamwork –
teams that conduct programs or
projects that demonstrate effective
performance and significant results
(impact) at community, area, state
or multi-state levels.
Natural Resources/
Environmental Stewardship
Award – members who make a
significant contribution in Natural
Resources/ Environmental
Stewardship.
Power of Youth Award –
members making significant
contributions in engaging young
people in decisions that affect our
world.
Search For Excellence in Teen
Programming Award – members
who conduct programs for and with
teen audiences using research,
creative ideas and collaboration
with others.
Educational Package (Team or
Individual) – members who
educate through accurate, researchbased information on one subject
using two different mediums.
Educational Piece (Team or
Individual) – members who
educate through accurate, researchbased information on one subject
(this is not a promotional piece)
Exhibit/Display – members who
provided educational and/or
promotional material that is
accurate, concise and makes the
audience respond in a positive way.
Feature Story/Series – piece
used to capture the mood of the
event or person(s) and create reader
interest (this is not a news story)
Media Presentation –
educational/promotional
information that holds the
audience’s attention (must be
produced by Power Point, Corel
Presentations or similar presentation
software package).
News Story – piece used to
present factual information or
results in a manner clear and
understandable to the reader.
Periodical Publication (Team
or Individual) – newsletter,
magazine, tabloid, etc. designed to
inform, update and make the reader
respond in a positive way.
Personal Column – members
who develop a personal style of
writing for publication in any type
of print media.
Promotional Package (Team
or Individual) – two or more
pieces (video, brochure, poster,
bookmark, tabloid, electronic
media, etc.) used to attract the
audience’s attention and make them
respond in a positive manner.
Promotional Piece (Team or
Individual) – piece used to attract
reader’s attention and make them
respond in a positive way.
Published Photo – tell a story
through a photo.
Radio Program – program that
attracts and holds the listener’s
attention, uses accurate and concise
information and makes the listener
respond in a positive way.
State Association Publication
– informational piece designed to
inform, update and make reader
respond in a positive way.
Video Program – program that
attracts and holds the listener’s
attention, uses accurate and concise
information and makes the listener
respond in a positive way.
Professional
Development Awards
Mary Ann Krug Memorial
Professional Study Tour
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February 2001 – IEPYE News
Award – monetary award presented
to a team to study innovative
programming in youth development
education.
Professional Development
Opportunity Award – monetary
awards intended for workshop or
seminar fees, professional study
tours, individual education
experiences applicable to the youth
development profession.
Stiles Memorial Scholarship –
monetary award presented to 4-H
professional who is enrolled in a
college or university degree
program.
Welcome New Members
By Bill Million, Membership
Committee Chair
IEPYE welcomes the following
new members into our association:
North West Region
Jennifer Holldorf - Rock Island Unit
Cheryl Reidenouer – Rock Island
Unit
Jennifer Zimmerman – Rockford
Center
North East Region
Renee Bell – Chicago North Unit
Kenneth Morgan – South Suburban
Cook Unit
Katie Wagner – McHenry Unit
West Central Region
Carolyn Ashton – Peoria Unit
Virginia Kuo – Tazewell Unit
Judy Schumacher – East Peoria
Unit
East Central Region
Stacy Henn – Edgar Unit
Dana Homann – Coles Unit
Lisa Mauney – U of I Development
Office
Southern Region
Shelly Brown – Hamilton-WayneWhite Unit
Annette Campbell – Southern
Regional Office
Katherine Churnesky – Clinton Unit
Mary Beth Livesay – A/J/M/P/U
Unit
3
Lois Mann – Edwards-Wabash Unit
Deborah Simmons – Carbondale
Center
Membership as of 1/24/01 is 74
IEPYE, 65 NAE4-HA, and 6 Life.
Northeast Region News
By Judith Winters, NE Regional
Director
We welcome Katie Wagner,
Youth Development Educator,
McHenry County Unit to our
region. She most recently worked
in Wisconsin Extension as a youth
educator working with a traditional
4-H program. She will be working
to increase 4-H school enrichment
and partnering with other youth
agencies in McHenry County. She
grew up in Lake County and is a
former 4-H'er. She loves working
with youth and we love having an
additional youth development
educator in the region.
News from the East
Central Region
By Jessie Crews, EC Regional
Director
The East Central Region met
January 31 at the State 4-H Office.
Nineteen members attended and
shared a most-meaningful youth
association memory or specified a
person who influenced their
association involvement. Following
the business meeting, Kim
Goodrich spoke on her recent trip to
Malaysia. The group also talked
about award opportunities. The next
meeting will be held March 29 at
the home of Cathy Graham.
Southern Region News
By Lori Quinn, Southern Regional
Director
The December meeting was
cancelled due to inclement weather
but plans are being made for a
spring outing.
PR&I Committee Meeting
Date: February 16
Time: 10am telenet
Contact: LeAnn R. Million at
217-223-8380
Programs Committee
By Chris Hill, Programs Committee
Chair
The Programs Committee is
looking forward to an exciting year!
We hope to be sharing new
materials, techniques, and methods
to help you in the delivery of youth
development programming. We
will be soliciting suggestions for in
service opportunities so we ask that
you put your thinking caps on and
send them along to any committee
member. We are happy to be adding
two new members to our
committee, Chris Roegge and
Shelly Brown. We welcome them
and look forward to having our first
meeting on telenet during February.
Professional Improvement
Committee
By Beth LaPlante, Professional
Improvement Committee Chair
Professional Improvement
Committee will be meeting soon to
help plan the program for the Fall
meeting. Suggestions for program
or other needs are welcome and can
be directed to committee members.
Web Sites of Note
NAE4HA: http://www.nae4ha.org
Professional Research &
Knowledge Taxonomy:
http://www.cyfernet.org/prof/prk
Journal of Extension:
http://www.joe.org
IEPYE Spring Meeting
See the attached flyer for
more information about the
agenda and registration.
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