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Collegiate 4-H Scholarship Information - New DeadlineThe Colorado State University Collegiate 4-H Scholarship is due Jan. 6, 2006 in the State 4-H office. Selection is based on academics, community involvement, service and leadership to the 4-H program, with an emphasis placed on 4-H activities. There will be an interview requirement at the Leadership Development Conference (LDC) for the top three applicants. One scholarship of $1,000 will be awarded. For further information please contact Dale Leidheiser (dale.leidheiser@colostate.edu), collegiate advisor, or Arielle Sawyer, collegiate president, at blazesfrogleggs@hotmail.com. Thank you! — Ellen Butler Travel, International Foods, Friendship and Desserts!You can travel! You might even fly! You’ll meet new people! You could eat Mexican food?! Dessert is often included at no extra expense! How can you take advantage? Simple! We need agents and volunteers to chaperon for Western 4-H Roundup, National 4-H Conference, and Citizenship-Washington Focus. Most expenses are covered once you get to Denver. Nominate yourself! Nominate others! We want YOU! Go to http://4hweb.ext.colostate.edu/scholarship/chaperone.shtml and fill out an application now. — Dale Leidheiser National On-line Youth Life Skills Evaluation SystemThe National On-line Youth Life Skills Evaluation System allows youth development professionals to effectively design and determine the impact of their educational programs. The evaluation system is intended to disseminate quantitative evaluation tools through a high-quality, cost-effective, user-friendly, web-based system that links research, program design, and evaluation. The evaluation tools were developed using synthesis and meta-analysis of existing research to determine the skill set for each life skill studied. By establishing a national system, Extension and other youth-serving organizations will be able to aggregate data at the county, state, and national levels that can show the impact of their youth development programs to various stakeholders. The system was developed jointly by Penn State University and Purdue University with a grant from the American Distance Education Consortium. Learn more by reading Mincemoyer, CC & Perkins, D.F. (October 2005). Measuring the Impact of Youth Development Programs: A National On-line Youth Life Skills Evaluation System. The Forum for Family & Consumer Issues (10)2. Go to: www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/fcs/pub/10_2/pa1.html. — Jan Carroll Chuck Urano Memorial ScholarshipThe 2006 Chuck Urano Memorial Scholarship Award, sponsored by the Colorado Farm Show, will be awarded to six deserving students who strive to leave a lasting impression on their community and agriculture as a whole. Six $1,000 scholarships will be awarded this year. The scholarships are awarded to high school graduating seniors who will declare an agricultural major at the college or university of their choice. Students who apply should be high school graduates in Spring 2006 or Winter 2005. All applications will be required to be physically received by Jan. 6, 2006 (RECEIVED -NOT POSTMARKED, NO EXCEPTIONS). Official high school transcripts are required and any application received without sealed transcripts will be considered incomplete. Recipients of the awards will be notified in mid-January. 4-H Leader LineThe December 2005 issue of 4-H Leader Line is online at http://.4h.colostate.edu/leaderline/. Please contact me at County Volunteer Receives 4-H Afterschool Opens Doors Volunteer AwardNational 4-H Council, with generous support from the JCPenney Afterschool Fund, is awarding 25 volunteers from across the country with the first 4-H Afterschool Opens Doors Volunteer Awards. Lisa Brewer, Kit Carson County, is one of the 25 recipients receiving this award. The Opens Doors Award recognizes 4-H volunteers who are involved in 4-H Afterschool programming in their communities. These volunteers help to train after-school program staff, increase the use of 4-H curricula in after-school programs, organize 4-H clubs in after-school programs, provide 4-H activities to youth in after-school programs, and work with other JCPenney Afterschool Fund partners, including Boys & Girls Clubs of America, YMCA, Junior Achievement, and/or the Afterschool Alliance. The work of the winning volunteers ranges from gardening to technology to agricultural education, reaching between 1,500 and 2,000 youth in rural, urban and suburban areas. Congratulations to Lisa for the great work she does to advance the 4-H movement! — Jan Carroll International UpdateIFYE Reporting Participants in the International Four-H Youth Exchange (IFYE) enhance the 4-H program through educational international, cross-cultural experiences that enable young people to improve their leadership and communication skills, while increasing their international awareness and understanding. 2005 IFYE Representatives Adrienne Bergenfeld (El Paso County to Austria and Greece) and Kenny Kroschel (Larimer County to Northern Ireland and England) will return in December from six months in their host countries. Adrienne and Kenny are available to share their international experiences at schools (language, history, geography classes, general assemblies), service organizations, churches, 4-H clubs, etc., from mid-January through mid-April, 2006. Adrienne is 23 years old and has a BA from the University of Northern Colorado in Communication and Journalism. She is a 10-year 4-H member. Her leisure interests are reading, cooking, and working with nonprofit organizations. Kenny is 26 years old and has a BA from Montana State University in Diesel Technology. He is a 10-year 4-H member. His leisure interests are dogs, drag racing and hunting. Please contact me (phone 970.491.2711 / e-mail: cloflin@coop.ext.colostate.edu) to schedule an IFYE in your county. IFYE Representative applications are due Oct. 1. Qualified applicants may travel to areas of Africa, Asia, Australia, Eastern Europe, Western Europe, and Latin America. Applicants must be 19- to 30-years old, 4-H alumni, and interested in living and working with host families in other countries. Three-month and six-month programs are available, leaving in June and returning in September or December. The IFYE program offers cultural experiences which enable young people to improve their leadership and communication skills while increasing their international awareness and understanding. Participants have the opportunity to share their experiences across Colorado upon their return. The Colorado 4-H Youth Fund offers two full scholarships annually, with the exception of personal spending money. 4-H Mexico Exchange – This exchange takes place in early July through early August; applicants must be in grades nine through 12. The program fee will be approximately $l,800, which includes airfare from Chicago to Mexico City round trip, information on Mexico, supplemental medical insurance, a portion of the working expenses of adult advisors, a portion of the administrative costs, and host family arrangements. Applications are due in the State 4-H office by Dec. 24, 2005. 4-H Colorado-Japan Outbound Exchange – Individuals can apply for a four-week homestay in Japan from July 12 – Aug. 10 or a seven-week Nihongo Culture Program/homestay from June 15 – Aug. 10. The program fee for the four-week homestay is $3,450; program fee for the seven-week program is $4,270. Fees include pre-departure orientation in Denver and Seattle (four-week), round trip airfare Denver to Tokyo, supplemental insurance, travel in Japan, homestay arrangements, adult supervision, and supplemental medical insurance. Applications are due in the State 4-H office on Feb. 25. Please contact Courtney Loflin, 4-H International Programs Coordinator, at 970.491.2711 or e-mail: courtney.loflin@colostate.edu for further information on the 4-H International Program. Thank you! — Courtney Lofli
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