PULLMAN, Wash. – Find answers for a positive future at the Washington State University Extension Summer Teen Conference. This three-day program features action-filled activities, workshops, college/career information and recreation. Youth will learn about educational options, career possibilities, and how to develop life skills for successful opportunities. The conference is open to all youth.
SPOKANE, Wash. — The relationship between parenting styles and child obesity will be a key topic at the upcoming Washington State University Extension Food $ense and 4-H Summit Feb. 23 – 25 at the Doubletree Hotel in Spokane. The role of adults in child obesity will be discussed by Tom Power, chair of the Department […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — The WSU 4-H Eco-Stewardship Program has won a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Connecting Youth with Nature through Natural Resources Conservation Education Award. The award recognizes outstanding 4-H program development, implementation, and evaluation in wildlife conservation and environmental education. “The youth in our program know they are making a significant difference in their […]
PUYALLUP, Wash. – The third annual Washington State Military Kids and Families Summit will focus on providing needed resources to military children and the people who support them. The event, open to military families, educators, community leaders and the public, is November 13 in Tacoma. Workshops include how children cope with deployment, transitions, and reunions. […]
PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University’s ability to support parents and youth through WSU Extension’s Strengthening Families Program for Parents and Youth 10-14 Years has recently expanded to the state’s most populated area, thanks to a grant from the Raikes Foundation. The Strengthening Families Program is a research-based, best-practices model that reaches families with 10- […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Mary Deen, family and youth development specialist, has accepted a 40 percent appointment to direct the National 4-H Youth Development Practitioner Apprenticeship Program for one year. The program trains professional youth workers through apprenticeship, which include instruction and on-the-job training. Youth workers develop the skills they need to effectively serve youth in […]
ULLMAN, Wash. — The lights will be on later in five school districts in Lincoln County thanks to a three-year $1.8 million Department of Education 21st Century Learning Center grant received by a Washington State University Cooperative Extension 4-H faculty member in Davenport. Doreen Hauser-Lindstrom, 4-H faculty, and Susan Palmer, youth program manager in the […]