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In This Newsletter

• Announcements
• Department Seminars / Workshops
• External Seminars / Workshops
• Conferences and Calls for Papers
• Funding Opportunities
• Job Opportunities

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Current News

Announcements

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.

Department Seminars / Workshops

Econometrics Workshop

Chih-Chen Liu, Iowa State University, "A Comparison of Value Elicitation Question Formats in Multiple Good Contingent Valuation," Thursday, April 10, 3:40 p.m., 368A Heady Hall
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/calendar/papers/chihchen.pdf

External Seminars / Workshops

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
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/COPSeminar.pdf

Conferences and Calls for Papers

23rd Annual Mises University

Auburn, Alabama, July 27-August 2, 2008
http://mises.org/events/103

Committee on Economic Education

Teaching Techniques that Promote Active Learning
Poster proposal deadline: May 15, 2008
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/CEEposter.pdf

NBER Entrepreneurship Research Boot Camp

Cambridge, Massachusetts, July 23-26, 2008
Application deadline: May 1, 2008
http://www.nber.org/callforpapers/CallforParticipants.html

Tenth Annual Conference of the National Business & Economics Society

St. Kitts, British West Indies, March 11-14, 2009
Abstract deadline: July 1, 2008
http://www.nbesonline.com/nbes3.htm

Funding Opportunities

Iowa State University

Grow Iowa Values Fund Grants Competition
Proposal deadline: April 18, 2008
http://www.vpresearch.iastate.edu/docs/applications/GrowIowaApp.pdf

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Active Living Research
Proposal deadline: May 14, 2008
http://www.activelivingresearch.org/files/CFP_ALR8_FINAL.pdf

Job Opportunities

Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA

Senior Economist
Deadline: April 16, 2008
http://jobsearch.usajobs.gov/getjob.asp?JobId=70147629&AVSDM=3%2F31%2F2008+8%3A56%3A06+AM

Arizona State University

Visiting Assistant Professor
Deadline: April 15, 2008
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/ASUVisitingAsstProf.pdf

Eastern Kentucky University

Chair, Department of Economics
Deadline: April 7, 2008
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/EasternKentuckyUChair.pdf

Kansas State University

Agricultural Economist, Farm Management (two positions)
http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=31

Pioneer Hi-Bred International

Marketing Analyst (two positions)
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/department/news/newsletter/files/Pioneer.pdf
http://www.pioneer.com/employment/openings/search.asp

Purdue University

Visiting Assistant Professor
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/newsfiles/PurdueVisitingAsstProf.pdf