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{{Short description|Agricultural extension service operated by the University of Alaska Fairbanks}} | |||
{{Program | {{Program | ||
|ProgramName= | |ProgramName=University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service | ||
|ProgramType=Program | |ProgramType=Program | ||
|OrgSponsor= | |OrgSponsor=Institute of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Extension | ||
|TopOrganization= | |TopOrganization=Department of Agriculture | ||
|CreationLegislation= | |CreationLegislation=Smith-Lever Act of 1914 | ||
|Purpose= | |Purpose=UAF CES delivers research-based education to Alaskans for practical use. It supports agriculture, health, youth, and community development statewide. | ||
|Website=https://www. | |Website=https://www.uaf.edu/ces/ | ||
|ProgramStart= | |ProgramStart=1930 | ||
|InitialFunding= | |InitialFunding=Not publicly specified | ||
|Duration=Ongoing | |Duration=Ongoing | ||
|Historic= | |Historic=false | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service''' is an outreach-based educational delivery system supported by a partnership between the [[United States Department of Agriculture]] (USDA) and the [[University of Alaska Fairbanks]] (UAF). The UAF Cooperative Extension Service annually serves approximately 80,000 Alaskans, “providing a link between Alaska's diverse people and communities by interpreting and extending relevant university, research-based knowledge in an understandable and usable form to the public.”<ref>UAF Cooperative Extension, [http://www.uaf.edu/ces/about/ "About"], Retrieved June, 2012</ref> Since 1930<ref>''Capital City Weekly'', [http://www.capitalcityweekly.com/stories/091405/community_20050914014.shtml "Cooperative Extension Celebrates 75 Years of Service to Alaskans"], September 14, 2005</ref> the UAF Extension Service has partnered with many organizations across the state of [[Alaska]] in pursuit of fulfilling its [[land-grant university]] mission to disseminate agricultural research and other scientific information. | '''University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service''' is an outreach-based educational delivery system supported by a partnership between the [[United States Department of Agriculture]] (USDA) and the [[University of Alaska Fairbanks]] (UAF). The UAF Cooperative Extension Service annually serves approximately 80,000 Alaskans, “providing a link between Alaska's diverse people and communities by interpreting and extending relevant university, research-based knowledge in an understandable and usable form to the public.”<ref>UAF Cooperative Extension, [http://www.uaf.edu/ces/about/ "About"], Retrieved June, 2012</ref> Since 1930<ref>''Capital City Weekly'', [http://www.capitalcityweekly.com/stories/091405/community_20050914014.shtml "Cooperative Extension Celebrates 75 Years of Service to Alaskans"], September 14, 2005</ref> the UAF Extension Service has partnered with many organizations across the state of [[Alaska]] in pursuit of fulfilling its [[land-grant university]] mission to disseminate agricultural research and other scientific information. | ||