ESP Announces 2010 Recognition Winners

The ESP Chapters have voted and the 2010 ESP recognition recipients have been determined. 
There 145 applications submitted for the various awards.  There were many outstanding nominations
representing every facet of the Extension focus and mission.  Epsilon Sigma Phi congratulates all of
the applicants / nominees and especially the recipients on their Extension efforts and the recognition
given by their chapters.

2010 Epsilon Sigma Phi
Distinguished Ruby Winner Announced

Dr. Dorothy McCargo Freeman
State 4-H Leader and Associate Director
for the University of Minnesota Extension Center
for Youth Development

Dr. Freeman has provided leadership for Extension and the 4-H Program her entire career and she has emerged as a national leader. She has provided state and nationwide leadership to Extension professionals in reaching out to underserved, diverse youth audiences to get them engaged in the 4-H Program and to develop their own leadership skills. Dorothy’s enthusiasm and passion is for educating our young people and promoting positive rather than negative youth development. This is the corner stone of her professional career in Extension and 4-H and the leadership that she has given to further the program in Virginia, Minnesota, the North Central Region and across the nation.