Department of Economics

Announcements for Friday, April 7, 2006

Gamma Sigma Delta Awards
Gamma Sigma Delta, the Honor Society of Agriculture, presented awards to the following people:_x000d_
Ron Deiter, GSD 2006 Mission Award for Teaching. _x000d_
Helen Jensen, GSD 2006 Mission Award for Research._x000d_
Marvin Walter (BS 1962, MS 1964), Distinguished Service to Agriculture Award of Merit.
Best Paper Award
Tun-Hsiang "Edward" Yu received the Agricultural and Rural Transportation Best Paper Award for his paper titled "The Influence of Transportation Rates on Grain Prices: A Dynamic Analysis." The award was presented at the 47th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Forum in New York.
EGSA Spring Picnic
The Economics Graduate Student Association will be hosting a picnic on Friday, April 21, at Inis Grove Park (Walnut Shelter) starting at 5 p.m. All Economics faculty, staff, students and visitors (and family/guests) are invited. Please sign-up on the department intranet._x000d_
https://intranet.econ.iastate.edu/old_intranet/department/schedule/events/

Office/Appointment Change
Kerry Ann Agnitsch, Assistant Scientist, 171 Heady, 294-4095, kagnitsc@iastate.edu

Eighth Annual Conference of the National Business and Economics Society
Puerto Rico, March 4-7, 2007_x000d_
http://www.nbesonline.com

Grant Writing Workshop - USDA
The fifth agency workshop will focus on working with the USDA Tuesday, April 4, from 3-5 pm in 207 Marston._x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/Grant_writing_workshop-USDA1.pdf
USDA - CSREES Special Research Grants
Guidelines for Application Preparation and Submission of Special Research Grants Program:_x000d_
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/business/pdfs/app_XIV_specialresearch.pdf_x000d_
A Guide for Preparations and Submission of Paper-based Applications:_x000d_
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/grant_forms/paper_app_guide.pdf_x000d_
SF424 package and CSREES-specific forms:_x000d_
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/transition/forms_tr.html
Waseda Center for Global Political Economy (GLOPE)
International Exchange Program for Junior Researchers_x000d_
Deadline: April 28, 2006_x000d_
http://www.waseda.jp/prj-GLOPE/

Columbia University
Assistant Professor, Development Economics/Macroeconomics_x000d_
http://www.inomics.com/cgi/job?action=detail;nr=4482
Missouri State University
Lecturer_x000d_
http://www.missouristate.edu/academicopenings/positiondetails.asp?ID=319
University of Rhode Island
Vice Provost for Research, Graduate Studies, and Outreach_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/VPResesearchRhodeIsland.pdf
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Associate Dean of Academic Student Affairs_x000d_
http://www.ohr.wisc.edu/pvl/pv_052833.html
Luther College
Assistant Professor_x000d_
http://dean.luther.edu/openings/econ07.html
The Center for the Applied Study of Economics & Environment
Internship_x000d_
http://www.case-and-e.org/internship.html
Delaware State University
Dean, College of Agriculture and Related Sciences_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/DSUDean.pdf
Illinois Commerce Commission
Economic Analyst, Energy Division_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/department/news/newsletter/files/ICC-EnergyD...