The Extension & Research Support Staff Association |
Tennessee has 95 counties: Click here to see all of them! The state stretches 432 miles from North Carolina to Mississippi borders. In 2021, Tennessee had a population of 6.975 million. Each county has an Extension Office located in it as well three regional locations; those offices are in Knoxville, Nashville, and Jackson. The University of Tennessee is the Land Grant University, and the main campus is in Knoxville, TN. Tennessee Agriculture Facts: · Total farms: 69,500 · Average farm size: 154 acres · 40% of the land in Tennessee is farmland. · Economic impact: $81 BILLION · 342,000 people in Tennessee employed by agriculture and forestry. · Farmers markets: 129 · Top commodities: soybeans, corn, cotton, hay, wheat, tobacco, cattle & calves, broiler chickens, fresh-market tomatoes and dairy products · Production value: $4,400,000,000 o 64% crops & 36% livestock UT Extension: UT Extension provides Real. Life. Solutions. throughout Tennessee. With an office in each of the state’s ninety-five counties, UT Extension helps Tennesseans to improve their quality of life and solve problems through the application of research and evidenced-based knowledge. UT Extension provides a gateway to the University of Tennessee as the outreach unit of the Institute of Agriculture. It is a statewide educational organization, funded by federal, state and local governments, that brings research-based information about agriculture, family and consumer sciences, and resource development to the people of Tennessee where they live and work. UT Extension has four different disciplines:
Our Focus areas include:
UT and TSU Extension work hand in hand daily to ensure the best opportunities for citizens in Tennessee. The Tennessee State University Cooperative Extension Program mission is to help educate and provide information to limited resource urban and rural individuals, families, small farmers, and other groups. May 5th, 2022, Tennessee Extension Association of Administrative Professionals (TEAAP) was approved for non-profit status through the state of Tennessee. The organization started out with 14 administrative professionals across the state of Tennessee. However, it has now grown to over 120 administrative professionals from across the state. This organization has been formed to: · To be recognized by Tennessee Extension as professionals. · To provide a platform to inspire members to exceed performance expectations by maintaining standards of excellence. · To seek opportunities for professional development with the intent of advancing skills and knowledge in order to elevate the profession and individual career goals. · To encourage and promote mentorship, supporting fellow administrative professionals and providing an environment for success. · To provide opportunities for statewide administrative professionals to exchange relevant information in order to maintain a high quality of service. · To increase membership networking opportunities that will allow skill growth, an increase in morale, and resource sharing amongst members, which results in being Better Together. We have created a logo, and it showcases three items, which represent our priority areas: a tree, thumbs up, and people. The TREE signifies our members’ professional growth, training and working together (across the regions and campus branches). The THUMBS UP signifies encouragement as a philosophy, which we will show amongst our members. This will include recognition, events and awards. The PEOPLE signify mentoring, sharing, and camaraderie, with a continuous circle to signify the ongoing nature of these activities. Along with the logo, we also have a motto: Better Together. We chose the sunflower as a symbol of our organization showing that we are able to grow. Tennessee is known for…
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