Department of Economics

Announcements for Friday, April 4, 2008

Lihong McPhail Receives Scholarship
Congratulations to Lihong McPhail on receiving a scholarship to the Chartered Financial Analyst program by the Chartered Financial Analyst Society of Iowa, a non-profit organization for financial advisors. One of the award highlights is being able to take the Chartered Financial Analyst exam at an extremely reduced rate. Other ISU students receiving this scholarship are Jeffrey May, Phillip Nash, and Justin Kirchoff.

The Changing Face of Energy
Lou Burke, Manager, Biofuels, ConocoPhillips Company, "The Changing Face of Energy," Thursday, April 10, 2008, 11 am, Alliant Energy Lee Liu Auditorium, Howe Hall_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/COPSeminar.pdf

Committee on Economic Education
Teaching Techniques that Promote Active Learning_x000d_
Poster proposal deadline: May 15, 2008_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/CEEposter.pdf
Tenth Annual Conference of the National Business & Economics Society
St. Kitts, British West Indies, March 11-14, 2009_x000d_
Abstract deadline: July 1, 2008_x000d_
http://www.nbesonline.com/nbes3.htm
NBER Entrepreneurship Research Boot Camp
Cambridge, Massachusetts, July 23-26, 2008_x000d_
Application deadline: May 1, 2008_x000d_
http://www.nber.org/callforpapers/CallforParticipants.html
23rd Annual Mises University
Auburn, Alabama, July 27-August 2, 2008_x000d_
http://mises.org/events/103

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Active Living Research_x000d_
Proposal deadline: May 14, 2008_x000d_
http://www.activelivingresearch.org/files/CFP_ALR8_FINAL.pdf
Iowa State University
Grow Iowa Values Fund Grants Competition_x000d_
Proposal deadline: April 18, 2008_x000d_
http://www.vpresearch.iastate.edu/docs/applications/GrowIowaApp.pdf

Eastern Kentucky University
Chair, Department of Economics_x000d_
Deadline: April 7, 2008_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/EasternKentuckyUChair.pdf
Arizona State University
Visiting Assistant Professor_x000d_
Deadline: April 15, 2008_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/ASUVisitingAsstProf.pdf
Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA
Senior Economist_x000d_
Deadline: April 16, 2008_x000d_
http://jobsearch.usajobs.gov/getjob.asp?JobId=70147629&AVSDM=3%2F31%2F20...
Pioneer Hi-Bred International
Marketing Analyst (two positions)_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/department/news/newsletter/files/Pioneer.pdf...
http://www.pioneer.com/employment/openings/search.asp
Kansas State University
Agricultural Economist, Farm Management (two positions)_x000d_
http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=31
Purdue University
Visiting Assistant Professor_x000d_
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/PurdueVisitingAsstProf.pdf