The EGSA beginning of the year picnic will be held on Friday, August 19^th from 5pm-7pm in the Linden Shelter at Brookside Park. We encourage all staff, faculty, and students to come and kick-off the school year with some good food! This is also a good time to meet the new students who are staring the economics graduate program this fall. More information will be forthcoming about how to RSVP so that we are better able to plan for food numbers.

Please note a new display on the second floor dedicated to faculty research. We've developed several lay-person summaries of current research designed to connect with media, students, and other target groups interested in the work of the department. We want to keep the content refreshed and updated, so to include your work in the case please contact ksenty@iastate.edu.

Brent Moore has accepted a promotion to a new Systems Analyst II position in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences beginning July 20.  He will serve as lead of a multi-person computer support team serving the departments of Anthropology, Economics, English, Greenlee School of Journalism, History, Music, Political Science, Sociology, Women’s Studies, and the Center for American Intercultural Studies.  A search is underway for his replacement and in the short-term we will receive support as needed from the LAS College.

We are pleased to announce that we have launched the search for our next President. We have engaged Parker Executive Search to assist us in our recruiting efforts. The Search Committee met with the search firm on June 29th to discuss the search process, position requirements, and timeline. A timeline has been established with the intent of conducting on-campus interviews during the fall semester.

We strongly encourage you to take part in the process by submitting nominations and recommendations to Parker Executive Search (contact information below).