Department of Economics

Announcements for Friday, September 1, 2006

University Offices Closed
University offices will be closed and classes will not be held on Monday, September 4, in observance of the national Labor Day holiday.
College of Agriculture Fall Convocation
The College of Agriculture Fall Convocation will be held Tuesday, September 5, at 3:30 pm in the courtyard of the Food Sciences Building. The convocation will include a presentation from the Dean and the introduction of new faculty members.
University Convocation
The University Convocation will be held on Monday, September 11, at 3:15 pm in the Sun Room of the Memorial Union.
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Fall Convocation
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Fall Convocation will be held on Wednesday, September 6, at 4:10 pm in the Sun Room of the Memorial Union.
2006 ISU United Way Campaign
United Way pledge information will be distributed campus-wide on Thursday, September 7. New this year: Pledge cards are to be returned through campus mail where they will be delivered to a campus lockbox and picked up by the United Way. Use the enclosed envelope (the envelope addressed to 184 General Services). A campus mail basket is available in 260 Heady. Also, every Iowa State donor will receive the opportunity to order four complimentary tickets to the ISU-Minnesota women's basketball game on Saturday, Dec. 9. See the web site for details._x000d_
http://www.uw.iastate.edu/kickoff.shtml

8th Annual Heartland Environmental and Resource Economics (HERE) Workshop
Reiman Gardens, Ames, Iowa, September 17-18_x000d_
Registration deadline: September 8_x000d_
http://www.card.iastate.edu/here/

American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences 14th Annual Meeting
Las Vegas, Nevada, February 22-25, 2007_x000d_
http://www.asbbs.org/call__us.html

National Science Foundation
Active Nanostructures and Nanosystems, FY 2007_x000d_
Preproposals due Monday, September 11_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/department/news/newsletter/files/NSFproposal...

Sandra Burke
"Immigration in the Heartland," conference presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Legislative Conference, Chicago, Illinois, August 20-23