What does it take to get a small cat extricated from a 3-inch crevice after being stuck there for four days? Five hours, three animal services workers, eight fire fighters, one UCR Extension dean, countless helpers from UCR's Physical Plant department, two cups of grease and several makeshift tools. And the hapless critter still managed to escape – again.

Jennifer Wade, an online student in our Forensic Nursing Certificate Program, is beaming with pride all the way from her home in New York to the red carpet in Los Angeles. Jennifer's daughter, documentary film director Cynthia Wade, scooped up an Oscar for best short documentary for the film Freeheld. "The family was back east watching on TV," Jennifer said. "We're all on cloud nine."

Bronwyn Jenkins-Deas has been named director of International Education Programs at UCR Extension. She begins her full-time appointment on April 14. Bronwyn comes to sunny Southern California from the cooler climes of Canada's Vancouver Island, where she was dean of Faculty of International Education at Malaspina University-College.

During the past seven years at Malaspina, Bronwyn's responsibilities included overseeing four joint degree programs in China, a recruitment office in India and over 50 institutional agreements between Malaspina and institutions from over 20 countries.

It's an ideal adventure to spend with family, friends or loved ones. Hop on a comfortable tour bus and spend three days touring the Spanish missions located along the central coast of California. The package includes an overnight stay at Paso Robles Inn and catered meals, some of which be served at the missions. Learn about the rich secrets, incredible architecture and cultural impacts that the missions have brought to our state. E-mail arts@ucx.ucr.edu.

Extension administration is currently working to ensure that its students can participate in the campus-wide emergency notification system. Stay tuned for registration details. Currently, Extension students can get help from a variety of campus and county services listed here.

Math, science and nature are always the most popular subjects in the classroom, especially among preschoolers. How do you strike youngsters with the passion for the logical and often technical? Early childhood professionals and care providers will learn how to creatively include nature, math and science concepts in the classroom on Saturday, March 15. The one-day conference Celebrating the Discoveries of Childhood: Nature, Science and Math features keynote speakers and educational entertainment, including a professional storyteller and ventriloquist puppeteer. E-mail ecfs@ucx.ucr.edu for information.

It's evident from every true crime show on television: science solves cases. And to help argue those cases successfully in a courtroom, lawyers need to know science. Associate Justice Thomas Hollenhorst and UCR plant biotechnologist Alan McHughen have teamed up with Extension to create the new Science for Lawyers program. The program is designed to teach attorneys about aspects of DNA, genetics, chemistry and neuroscience that will make them more effective in the courtroom. Where to begin? Science 101, of course.

Paperless is the way of the future, and less waste and more trees will make the future brighter. UCR Extension is joining the green revolution by encouraging our students to receive catalog and course information electronically, as opposed to traditional print catalogs, brochures and flyers.

We will plant a tree in either the City of Riverside or the San Bernardino National Forest for each student who requests the catalog online rather than a print catalog delivered through the mail. We will notify you at the start of every quarter when classes begin. PDF files of the current catalog are available on our Web site, where you can search for classes and enroll online.

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