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Announcements for Friday, January 13, 2012

Announcements

  • English 99S (pronunciation) class for LAS faculty, scholars & staff (and international students)

    If you are a non-native speaker of English, you may be interested in taking English 99S, an English pronunciation class funded by the LAS college and therefore free to you (except the textbook). (ISU graduate and undergraduate students are also welcome, but will have to pay a $468 course fee, since like other 99 classes, English 99S is not covered by normal tuition.) 99S is an advanced English pronunciation and speaking course designed to dramatically improve students’ ability to:

    • Correctly and automatically predict the word stress of English words, particularly “Academic Word List” vocabulary (see “Academic Word List” attachment) • Appropriately use the 2 common question intonations and 2 common uncertainty intonations of English • Fluently produce the common functional language used in English for accepting compliments, apologizing, expressing you're too busy to do something, expressing you dislike something/giving an opinion, making weather small talk, etc. (see sample recordings attachments) • Lengthen words to highlight them, ask a question about them, or express contrast

    As students’ English pronunciation proficiency increases throughout the semester, they are likely also to find themselves more confident in speaking (because their listeners are understanding them more easily) and better at listening (because they recognize the pronunciation clues provided by English speakers).

    99S will meet MWF 12:10-1:00 p.m. in Ross Hall, classroom 0020. To register for 99S, send an email to: monicagr@iastate.edu, jlevis@iastate.edu. (The 99S class is limited to 15 students so the teacher has greater opportunity to help students with their individual pronunciation needs.)

    Teacher Bio: In addition to having previously taught English 99S, Monica Richards has taught pronunciation at Xiamen City University in Xiamen, China, and another pronunciation course at Iowa State University (English 180A for international teaching assistants). Her English language teaching education has included courses in Articulatory Phonetics (at SIL-UND) and Methods in Teaching Listening and Speaking Skills to Nonnative Speakers of English (at ISU).

  • Spring semester work schedule for Tan Nguyen

    A reminder that Student IT Technician Tan Nguyen is now located in room 62 Heady Hall. 4-2719; tdnguyen@iastate.edu

    Here are the hours he's available for tech support this semester:M-F, 2-4 PM

    M, 8-9 AM

    W, 8-10 AM

  • New conflict of interest requirements

    Significant amendments to the U.S. Public Health Service Financial Conflict of Interest Regulation will go into effect Aug. 24. The new PHS rules include lower thresholds for significant financial interests, new requirements to report travel reimbursements and new training requirements. Researchers who currently receive funding from, plan to apply for funding from, or have salary funded by a grant from any PHS agency must comply with the new FCOI Regulation. Researchers must complete a new Annual Conflict of Interest and Commitment Disclosure in a timely manner after Jan. 9. Training that meets the new requirements will be announced by the Office for Responsible Research this spring. Current and future information about the rules and new PHS public accessibility can be found at http://www.compliance.iastate.edu/coi.html. Contact: coi@iastate.edu.

  • Graduate student offices change to East Hall

    The following graduate students are moving to 412 East Hall, phone # 4-8012.

    • Pinar Arpaci
    • Kodjo Drofenou
    • Jeffrey Hodal
    • Kristopher Kooiker
    • Timothy Lenell
    • Nicholas Pates
    • Amanda Schienebeck
    • Long Su

News

  • Ohorilko (Ag Bus alum) named chief of Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission

    Read the latest Des Moines Register article on Ag Business alumnus Brian Ohorilko, newly named as chief of the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission. http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/index.php/2012/01/12/ketterer-ret...

  • Monday's Econometrics/Econ 693 presentation

    "Handling Imperfect Economic Data: Cross-sectional and Temporal Aggregation," with Hang Qian, Iowa State University. Monday, January 16, 4:10 PM to 5:30 PM, 368A Heady Hall.

  • Weekly media connections for the Department of Economics

    Chad Hart

    • Hart spoke with Alan Bjerga of Bloomberg, on food inflation and the challenges of designing good crop insurance policies for organics. He also spoke with Heather Bosch of CBS Radio, on the amount of land affected by flooding and extremely wet cropland conditions in 2011.
    • He spoke with Bethany Pint, Farm Bureau Spokesman, Chet Hollingshead, Agribusiness Report, and Laura Bunch, Atlantic Telegraph, on today's USDA report on the drop in corn price and the impact on agricultural markets.
    • He spoke with Fran Howard, Agweb.com, on the expiration of the ethanol tax credit and how ethanol policy affects corn demand.
    • Finally, Hart spoke with Kathleen Masterson of Iowa Public Radio, on the closing of the USDA offices and grain storage capacity.

Graduate Student Announcements

  • National Needs Fellowship Opportunities
  • International Agricultural Internship

    The USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) is accepting applications for the International Agricultural Internship Program (IAIP) for the 2012 summer session. Since 2000, IAIP interns have gained valuable experience in international agricultural trade by working in one of the 90 FAS overseas offices. This will be a paid internship.

    Eligibility Requirements

    • A full or part time graduate student. Graduates whose internships would start within one year of graduation are eligible to apply. Students who have been accepted to graduate programs but who have not yet started are also eligible to apply.
    • Students majoring in a business related agricultural field—for example, agricultural economics, international economics, international finance, business or marketing. Law school students, graduate students majoring in international studies or in an agricultural science related field are also eligible to apply.
    • Minimum GPA of 3.3.
    • A U.S. Citizen.
    • Able to meet the requirements of a U.S. background and credit check (costs are covered by FAS).

    NOTE: Students who are also U.S. government employees, regardless of their status, are not eligible for this program. If they apply and are accepted, they would have to resign the government position.

    Please send the application requirements by email to internships@fas.usda.gov. On the subject line please put “2012 Summer Application.” On the subject line you should also indicate your region of preference: Western Hemisphere, North Asia, South Asia, Europe, or Africa & the Middle East. If you have no preference, please indicate “no preference.”

    Applications will be accepted until January 20.

    Further information at: http://www.fas.usda.gov/admin/student/iaip/index.asp. If you have questions, please contact internships@fas.usda.gov.

  • Japan-IMF Scholarship Program for Advnaced Studies

    More information available at: www.imf.org

    Apply online at: www.iie.org/jisp

Conferences and Calls for Papers

  • Lincoln Institute Scholars Program

    Assistant professors or researchers with recent PhD's specializing in public finance and urban economics will have the opportunity to participate in a seminar and work with senior economists at Lincoln House in Cambridge Massachusetts, May 3-5.

    Applications require a letter of application, resume, one-page description of research interests, and a letter of recommendation from department chair or dissertation advisor. The Lincoln Institute will pay travel expenses plus a $500 stipend. Applications due March 19.

    For more information contact Daphne Kenyon, dkenyon@lincolninst.edu

Funding Opportunities

Job Opportunities

Papers and Presentations

  • Recent publications from Wallace Huffman

    Huang, Ying, W.E. Huffman and A. Tegene. "Impacts of Economics and Psychological Factors on Women's Obesity and Food Assistance Program Participation: Evidence from the NLSY." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 94(2012):331-337.

    Huffman, W.E. “Kahneman’s Psychology of Value: The Sixth T.W. Schultz Lecture.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 94(2012):285-290.