--- title: Professional and Continuing Education Projects Fiscal Year 2021 image: https://workspace.oregonstate.edu/hubfs/bg-3.png --- [![site-logo](https://workspace.oregonstate.edu/hubfs/Oregon_State_University_Theme2019/Images/site-logo.png "site-logo")](https://oregonstate.edu) [Professional and Continuing Education](https://workspace.oregonstate.edu) [Course Login](https://apps.ideal-logic.com/osupace) ![](https://workspace.oregonstate.edu/hubfs/Oregon_State_University_Theme2019/Images/Search.png) Select Search Specific Course Certificate ![](https://workspace.oregonstate.edu/hubfs/Oregon_State_University_Theme2019/Images/search-close.png) [![Get Started](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/451937/a880ca55-6c0a-4fec-a32c-9aa27e45d9e9.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/451937/a880ca55-6c0a-4fec-a32c-9aa27e45d9e9) ## Professional and Continuing Education New Projects | July 1, 2020 - June 30, 2021 [View or Return to Fiscal Year 2021 Report](https://workspace.oregonstate.edu/annual-report-20-21). Along with our college partners, PACE maintains more than 135 recurring non-credit courses/programs. In addition, we launch a diverse array of new projects each year. In FY21, highlights included: #### External Partnerships/Projects - **Data Science for the Public Good** **| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, US Department of Agriculture** As part of a three-state consortium led by University of Virginia researchers, PACE led Extension and Engagement's involvement in developing an online training series featuring project partners.  - **Growing Gardens** Through a collaboration with Portland, Oregon-based non-profit Growing Gardens, LLC, and OSU Extension, PACE developed an online School Garden Coordinator Certificate training for K-12 teachers. - **Iowa State University **Leveraging the team's entrepreneurial and marketing experience, PACE supported two major projects led by Iowa State University researchers: the Public Science Collaborative and Recovery Iowa: Deliverables included branding packages, websites and multimedia production designed to advance project goals. - **Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries** In collaboration with Extension and Engagement's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) team, PACE deployed state-wide training for the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries' (BOLI) Apprenticeship division: Based on the DEI team's proprietary "High 5 Teams" approach, the training advances the agency's goals of ensuring apprenticeship-based work environments are welcoming to diverse participants.  - **Oregon Health and Science University** In partnership with OHSU’s OCCYSHN team and OSU College of Public Health, PACE built and deployed a new Community Health Worker continuing education course centered on health care for children and youth with special health needs. - **Oregon Home Care Commission** As part of a multi-year partnership, PACE developed a new, state-of-the-art online platform for~50,000 essential care workers state-wide.  - **Oregon Department of Revenue** Through an ongoing partnership, PACE facilitated instructor-led training series for leadership on employee engagement and remote work best practices; self-paced training for employees of the Corporate Activity Tax training division and updates of existing Tax Auditor training modules. - **Oregon Health Authority** Through a partnership led by OSU Student Health Services, PACE developed an online vaccine education module designed to support the return to campus in fall 2021 public higher education institutions state-wide.  - **SELCO Community Credit Union** In partnership with the College of Liberal Arts, PACE delivered customized technical writing training for a SELCO loan authorization team.  - **US Department of Agriculture and US Environmental Protection Agency** In collaboration with OSU’s Environmental Toxicology, PACE build interactive lectures that instruct non-US governments and agricultural producers in US safety practices related to imported food products. #### College-Driven Online Programs  College of Agricultural Sciences - Advanced Permaculture Design for Climate Resilience - Beer Quality and Analytics Series - Disease Prevention and Diagnosis for Nursery Crops - Food Science and Technology  Online Masterclass  - Landscape Plant Identification Series - New Product Development Series - Soil Fertility Online Series - Sustainable Pasture and Rangeland Management: Blending New Technologies and Adaptive Management - Urban Agriculture - Western Meat School Online College of Education - Articulate Rise and Storyline Training  - Learning, Teaching and Communicating Steam in Informal Environments Certificate  College of Liberal Arts - Technical Writing Certificate College of Public Health - Nourished and Thriving Children: Nutrition Education for Foster Families - Substance Abuse Disorder 101 (Professional Development for Health Care Workers) College of Science - Biochem Blast for Oregon High School Students Extension and Engagement - Critical Orientations: Indigenous Studies and Outdoor Education #### Strategic University and College Initiatives - **College of Public Health online orientation modules for families** Online orientation modules for OSU freshmen students and families (w/College of Public Health) - **Online diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) training for University volunteers** New online diversity training for ~15,000 University volunteers (w/Extension and Engagement Diversity, Equity and Inclusion team) - **Updated/expanded HR critical training for student, faculty and staff employees** Revised online training for all student, staff and faculty employees (w/OSU Human Resources) - **Center for the Outdoor Recreation Economy (CORE) multimedia design and strategy ** Development of updated website with integrated customer relationship management (CRM) platform/practice (w/CORE team) #### Extension and Engagement Initiatives - **COVID Prevention Outreach Social Media Marketing Campaign** Multimedia campaign using state-of-art targeting to support COVID prevention among vulnerable/underserved populations - **Post-Pandemic Online Pivot for In-Person Activities** In the pandemic's wake, PACE leveraged its digital infrastructure to support division's "Virtual Extension" initiative - which included a rapid pivot to online engagement activities (e.g., 4-H Farm to School program for K-12) - **Marketing and Engagement Accelerator - State-of-the-Art Customer Relationship Management (CRM) **PACE leveraged its digital infrastructure and skills to accelerate data-driven marketing and outreach for the Extension and Engagement division: Outcomes included a 7x increase in sales of a new-release faculty publication; increases to opt-in email marketing lists to well over 100,000 subscribers; and significant increases in usage of Extension publications/materials overall.  - **Website and Digital Platform Design for 4-H Teens as Teachers** PACE provided architecture and design guidance for redevelopment of interactive 4-H site supporting a critical state-wide program. 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