Campus screening set for Oklahoma Cooperative Extension documentary

Friday, May 2, 2014

Campus screening set Tuesday for 100th anniversary documentary

            

The Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service (OCES) is marking its 100th anniversary with a special hour-long documentary that will be premiered in the Oklahoma State University Student Union Theater on Tuesday, May 6, at 2 p.m. 

The public is invited to the special screening and reception, which will give the OSU campus a first look before the documentary. As part of the campus premier. 2014 DASNR Champions Awardees will also be honored, streamed live by Ostate.tv.

The itinerary for the on-campus screening:

2:00        Reception -- Student Union Little Theater Lounge

2:30        Seating begins in theater

2:45        Celebration of DASNR Champions Awardees – Bob Funk, David Howard, Rodd Moesel

Greetings from President Hargis

                View “One Hundred Years of Oklahoma Extension”  Documentary

The television premier of the documentary is set for Thursday, May 8, at 7 p.m. on OETA-TV.  

“One Hundred Years of Oklahoma Extension” will chronicle OCES’s remarkable century of service to the state and explore the organization’s present and future directions.

 “The documentary will certainly offer insight into Extension’s proud roots, as well as showcase all the ways modern Extension continues to fulfill its original mission of helping all Oklahomans live the best lives possible, even if they never step one foot inside a county office,” said James Trapp, associate director of OCES.

The film blends the voices of OCES clients with those of county, state and district agents and specialists as well as dignitaries such as Congressman Frank Lucas (R-Okla.), Oklahoma State University President Burns Hargis, and National Institute of Food and Agriculture Director Sonny Ramaswamy to reflect on Extension’s history and ongoing impact on the lives of the people of Oklahoma.

The documentary will re-air on OETA-TV at 6 a.m., May 10 and on OETA-OKLA at 7 a.m. and 4 p.m., May 14.

The Smith-Lever Act formally established the national Cooperative Extension Service May 8, 1914. The legislation created a unique partnership between county, state and federal governments, and provides funding  through land-grant schools to expand vocational, agricultural, and home and family programs beyond the university.

The documentary is part of a series of local and statewide events celebrating OCES’s centennial anniversary.