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Announcements for Friday, May 24, 2013

Announcements

  • Administrative office summer hours

    Please note that administrative office summer hours are in effect up until a week before the fall semester starts, M-F, 7:30 am to 4 pm.

News

  • "Follow your heart" - ag business grad Chamra offers commencement message

    Commencement speaker Andy Chamra, agricultural business, offered this challenge to his 540 fellow graduates on May 10 to “do what your heart says to do, in all that you do in life.”  He shared that returning to his family farm after graduation was what his heart told him. Listen to his complete message at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poa4Rfq6uRQ.

  • Ag Credit School, June 3-7

    The 68th annual Agricultural Credit School, organized by Professor William Edwards and the Iowa Bankers Association, will take place June 3-7, at the Scheman Building, Iowa State University, Ames. The purpose of the school is to strengthen the professional skills of agricultural lenders and other credit managers.

    Attending the school is an important step in the career development of agricultural lenders. Since its establishment in 1945, the Ag Credit School has had more than 3,000 lenders and regulators enrolled. The Department of Economics in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Iowa State University in cooperation with the Iowa Bankers Association, conducts the Agricultural Credit School on the Iowa State University campus each June.

    More information is available at: http://www.iowabankers.com/userdocs/events/Ag_Credit_prelim_single_page.pdf

  • Weekly media contacts for the Department of Economics

    Dave Swenson spoke with Dick Layman, WHO radio, regarding the expected increase in consumer spending forecast by business economists.