Claudene Wharton

·    2000 – 2008 and 2013 – 2015 – Edited and served as advisor on several regional and national award-winning University of Nevada Cooperative Extension publications
·    2000 – 2007 – Invited to several annual meetings and conferences to do marketing and media training for Cooperative Extension personnel, with some locations including Oregon State University, Colorado State University, University of Arizona and an Extension Regional Conference in Monterey, Calif.
·    November 2004 – Silver Pen Award from the Reno Gazette-Journal for best letter to the editor
·    September 2002 – Accepted with Susan Donaldson, Cooperative Extension, to present at the 13th Australian Weeds Conference in Perth, Western Australia on “Tall Whitetop” campaign, “Statewide weed education: what works, and what doesn’t”
·    November 2001 – Silver Spike Award of Excellence for “Calcium, It’s Not Just Milk” campaign, in the overall campaign budget less than $25,000 category, with Mary Spoon, Debbie Klein, Gwenn Snow, and Jamie Benedict of University of Nevada, Reno, presented by the Sierra Nevada Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America
·    November 2001 – Silver Spike Judges’ Choice Award, the top honor of the year out of all categories and all budgets, presented for the aforementioned “Calcium, It’s Not Just Milk” campaign, presented by the Sierra Nevada Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America
·    November 2001 – Silver Spike Award of Excellence for “Nevada Burning,” in the special purpose video category, with Ed Smith of Cooperative Extension and KOLO-TV 8, presented by the Sierra Nevada Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America
·    November 2000 – Silver Spike Award of Excellence for “Tall Whitetop” campaign, in the overall campaign budget over $25,000 category, with Susan Donaldson of Cooperative Extension, presented by the Sierra Nevada Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America
·   May 1999 – Inducted into Kappa Tau Alpha National Honor Society in Journalism and Mass Communication

Nonprofit Management Certification (56 credits); University of Nevada, Reno 

2020-2021 Academic Year – Served on the University’s Faculty Senate Budget & Planning Committee
May 2015 – Elected by the University's Faculty Senate to serve on the Faculty Senate Executive Board July 2015 – June 2016 
March 2014 – Re-elected by University Extension peers to represent Extension on the university’s Faculty Senate July 2014 – June 2017 
April 2013 – Elected by University Extension peers to represent Extension on the university’s Faculty Senate July 2013 – June 2014 
May 2011 – Elected by President’s Division peers to represent the President’s Division on the university’s Faculty Senate May 2011 – February 2013
Member, Southwest Truckee Meadows Citizen Advisory Board for Washoe County, 2012 - 2013 
Member, Washoe County Community Emergency Response Team, 2007 - Present
Member, then Chair, Washoe County Human Services Advisory Board, 1995 - 1998
Advisory Board Member, The Ridge House,1994 - 1997