Announcements for Friday, September 8, 2006
Announcements
- University Convocation
The University Convocation will be held on Monday, September 11, at 3:15 pm in the Sun Room of the Memorial Union.
- EGSA Announces Picnic
The Economics Graduate Student Association (EGSA) invites you to attend the annual department Fall picnic on Friday, September 15, at 5:00 p.m., at Inis Grove Park in the Walnut Shelter. There is no charge to attend, but cash donations will be accepted. Please sign up on the department intranet. Family and guests are welcome._x000d_
https://intranet.econ.iastate.edu/old_intranet/department/schedule/events/
External Seminars and Workshops
- College of Ag Public Forum
Leon Higley, Entomology Professor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, will be speaking about Distance Education, Tuesday, September 19, 2:00-4:00 pm, 1951 Food Science
Conferences and Calls for Papers
- The Third Cumbre of the Great Plains
Omaha, Nebraska, April 26-29, 2007_x000d_
http://www.unomaha.edu/ollas/Call%20for%20Papers-Cumbre%202007.pdf
Funding Opportunities
- ISU Publication Subvention Grants Program
Deadline: October 16, 2006_x000d_
(Note that guidelines were revised last year so please destroy any previous guidelines you may have saved.)_x000d_
http://www.vpresearch.iastate.edu/guidelines/pub_subvention.html - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Fall 2007 EPA Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Fellowships for Graduate Environmental Study_x000d_
Deadline: November 28, 2006_x000d_
http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2007/2007_star_fellow.html_x000d_
National Student Design Competition for Sustainability Focusing on People, Prosperity, and the Planet_x000d_
Deadline: December 21, 2006_x000d_
http://es.epa.gov/ncer/p3/ - The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships_x000d_
http://www.woodrow.org/newcombe/_x000d_
Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Fellowships in Women's Studies_x000d_
http://www.woodrow.org/womens-studies
Job Opportunities
- Columbia University
Assistant Professor_x000d_
http://www.inomics.com/cgi/job?action=detail;nr=4780 - University of Kentucky
Assistant Professor, Dairy Extension - Systems Management_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/DairySystemsUofKentucky.pdf - University of Alberta
Associate Professor/Chair in the Economics of Gaming_x000d_
http://www.careers.ualberta.ca/Opportunities/index.aspx?Page=47&CompNo=1047 - University of Wisconsin, Madison
Assistant/Associate/Full Professor, Agricultural Policy_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/UofWiscMadisonAgPolicy.pdf - Cornell University
Assistant Director for Research and Extension_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/CornellUniversityAsstDirector.pdf - Colorado State University
Regional Specialist, Agriculture and Business Management_x000d_
http://www.ext.colostate.edu/coop/job0624.html


