We are proud to announce several of our OSU4HA members who have been awarded NAE4-HA Western Regional Awards! Our award winners will be recognized at the Regional breakfast of the NAE4-HA conference in Orlando, FL in October 2012.

Specialty Awards

Education Technology- Oregon 4-H Science Video Series

Pat Willis, Jon Mayer, Jeremy Green, and Lynette Black

Excellence in Teamwork –Ranchers Feeding Kids

Anna-Marie Chamberlain, Scott Jensen, Sarah Martin and Barbara Brody

Denise Miller Innovator Award-YA4-H!

Mary Arnold, Elissa Wells, Dani Annala, Tyler Davenport,  and Courtney Archibeque

Communicator Awards

Video Program Oregon 4-H Dog Project Video Series

Jeremy Green

Check out the new virtual training that NAE4HA has posted!  This will help you get started on your applicaiton

http://nae4ha.com/vpd.htm

Check out these New Awards

We’re excited to announce two new awards this year.

The Excellence in 4-H Volunteerism will recognize Extension professionals who excel in managing 4-H volunteer programs or enhancing volunteer development, and includes both  individual and team awards with $500 to the national winners and $150 to regional winners.

The second new award is Excellence in Geospatial Programs and is designed to recognize exemplary geospatial programs for both an individual and a team.

Visit the NAE4HA awards website for more informaiton

New and Revised Awards Application Page

We just received word that NAE4-HA has revised the awards application for our 2012 Awards.  If you have already submitted your award nominations using the old forms, we will honor those.  However if you have not yet submitted your awards, please use these new forms

2012 Awards Application (pdf fillable form)

2012 Awards Application (word)

Our OSUEA 4HA Award Committee is pleased to announce that we have streamlined and improved the process for submitting award applications in 2012.  Changes for 2012 include:

• Complete the Awards Application using a fillable PDF file
• submit your awards nominations through email
• ASA, DSA and MSA no longer require 3 letters of support
• one-stop site for getting all your information for the various awards including application forms, eligibility, sample award winners and more

The deadline for the 4-H Awards is February 10th.  Don’t hesitate any longer . . . submit your nominations and applications today!

It’s time to start putting together those award nominations!!  Next year our national conference will be in Orlando, FL and it will be great to have a lot of Oregon award winners in sunny Florida.

The good news is that we have streamlined the process for submitting your award nominations.  If you nominate  yourself or a colleague for an ASA, DSA or MSA award the requirements are only a 20 word bio and a 2-page vita (you can take that off your SOARS reports).  The ASA, DSA, and MSA award winners will each receive $400 towards their conference registrations. Check out the list of our eligible winners! (click here).

MORE GOOD NEWS! You can now submit your award nominations electronically as well!  Just fill out the online and fillable NAE4-HA Member Recognition form, attach your supporting documents and email them on to OSUEA4HA Awards Chair – Tracy Martz.  In some cases such as communication awards, it may require that you mail via US postal service your supporting documents. However, if you can scan the documents and send it along with your application and abstract then email them instead.  NOTE: Oregon winners who are selected to go on to regionals may be asked to submit original copies of supporting documents.

The deadline this year is February 10TH.  Check out a few sample winning abstracts here .  Or check our own OSUEA4H award winners from last year!

Don’t wait any longer – get those award nominations in today!

Congratulations to our Oregon 4-H Staff and Faculty who won NAE4-HA Western Region Awards!  These recipients will be recognized at the NAE4-HA conference in Omaha next month.

• Lynette Black:  Excellence in Camping (Individual)
• Robin Galloway:  Published Photo
• Maxine Day, Shana Withee, Cindy Osterlund, Carole Smith, Debra Schreiber, Janice Cowan:  Excellence in Teen Programming (Team)
• Clackamas County 4-H Team- Wendy Hein, Janet Nagele, Jan Williams, Kelly Redwine and Trisha Applebee:  Periodical Publication (Team)

Welcome to our new OSUEA 4-H Awards Blog.  This site has been created to provide information and updates from the OSUEA 4-H Awards Committee.  Here you will find helpful information on how to apply for an award, samples of past award applications, deadlines for submitting your applications, helpful guidelines, and announcements of our award winners.

OSUEA 4-H members are welcome to add their comments and suggestions or post announcements of other awards available to our members.