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Calendar of Events
October 6-10
November 20
November 26
December 10
December 15
December 16
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October break
Thanksgiving Vacation begins
Thanksgiving Vacation ends
Final exams begin 8 a.m.
Semester ends
Commencement 9:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.
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Congratulations and Names in the News:
Dr. Wallace Tyner announced his resignation as Department
Head from the Department. A search committee has been announced
and a nationwide search for his placement will be launched.
Dr. Tyner will continue his duties as Department Head until
a replacement has been named and will remain at Purdue as
Professor.
Thought You Would Like To Know
For information on the Purdue Agricultural Economics Report
see our web site or contact harrisog@purdue.edu.
The second edition of Life, Love and Economics, the text/novel
by Gavin Sinclair, Robert W. Taylor, Dee E. Cottrell and
Larry DeBoer came off the press just in time for the fall
semester. The first edition made the front page of the Wall
Street Journal and was the basis of articles in Newsweek
and The Chronicle of Higher Education. Improvements include
great new chapters by Larry Dauber and web sites substituting
for data tables.
Ag Econ launches a new Study Abroad web site:
http://www.agecon.purdue.edu/study_abroad/flash.htm
The start of the fall semester was marked by the introduction
of a new destination on the world wide web. The site, designed
by Associate Professor Gerald Shivery and department web
specialist Matt Mooney, aims to promote and facilitate study
abroad among Ag Econ undergraduates. The site includes basic
information on study abroad, video clips from students who
have recently studied abroad, and a 'location finder' designed
to help students locate study abroad programs that match
their interests. The site, which is located at http://www.agecon.purdue.edu/study_abroad
also contains special information for parents of study abroad
students as well as information for individuals and institutions
interested in sponsoring undergraduate study aborad.
The Indiana Council for Economic Education will host its
Annual Awards for Excellence Program in Carmel, Indiana,
on September 21. At that time, ICES will recognize outstanding
teachers, students, and community members who have excelled
in the cause of economic literacy. Please call the ICES
office 765-494-8545 if you would like to attend.
Center for Food and Agricultural Business
Upcoming Programs:
For more information: www.agecon.purdue.edu/cab
Travel, Speeches and Presented Papers
Janet Ayres convened faculty in the North Central region
who work in the area of leadership development. They met
July 18-19 at the Humphrey Institute, Center for Reflective
Leadership to share teaching and extension program materials
and ideas. Following this meeting, she participated in the
annual meeting of the Association of Leadership Educators
in Minneapolis.
Ken Foster (AGE), Bud Harmon (AN.) and Brian Richer (ANC.)
spent most of August in China teaching courses in Business
Management and Production Efficiency for High Performance
Swine Production.
Mike Collura, Instructional Technology Specialist (EMBA)
and Matt Mooney, World Wide Web Specialist presented at
the 17th Annual Conference on Distance Teaching & Learning
in Madison, Wisconsin, August 8-10. They presented a workshop
on "Grow Your Own: Web-based course management the
way you want it." They also presented a session "Teaching
Online Outside the Box: Developing your own course management
system."
Publications
Drescher, Klaus, and Kevin T. McNamara. "Cost Factors,
Market Structure, Agglomeration and Infrastructure, and
Local Growth in Germany." Review of Regional Research,
21(2):153-169, 2001.
Douglas J. Miller and Marvin L. Hayenga, "Price Cycles
and Asymmetric Price Transmission in the U.S. Pork Market",
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 83, No.
3., August 2001.
Drescher, Klaus, Claus Brodersen, and Kevin T. McNamara.
"Energy from Hemp? Determination of the competitiveness
of Hemp using a Geographical Information System," Sustainable
Energy: New Challenges for Agriculture and Implications
for Land Use, Editor: E.V. Lerland, A.O. Lansink and E.
Schmieman, Wageningen. 2001
Sanders, John H., and Mohamed Ahmed. "Developing a
Fertilizer Strategy for Sub-Saharan Africa," Ch. 16
in Sustainability of Agricultural Systems in Transition,
ASA Special Publication No. 64, pp. 173-181. Madison, WI:
American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America,
and Soil Science Society of America.
Sanders, John H., and Della E. Macmillan. Agricultural
Technology for the Semiarid African Horn. Vol. 1: Regional
Synthesis. Vol. 1: Country Studies: Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia,
Kenya, Sudan, and Uganda. INTSORMIL/USAID-REDSO. Linclon,
NE: INTSORMIL, University of Nebraska.
Job Announcements
University of California-Cooperative Extension: |
Community and Natural Resource Development Advisor |
University of Illinois: |
Professor, L.J. Norton Endowed Chair in Agricultural
Marketing |
University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service: |
Specialist in Farm Management |
Washington State University: |
Assist Prof in Natural Resource/Environmental Economics |
The University of Georgia: |
Assistant Professor, Agricultural Finance |
Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.: |
Demand Planning Coordinator http://www.pioneer.com/ |
University of Minnesota-Crookston: |
Program Manager, Agricultural Business |
North Caroline State University: |
Lecturer - Agribusiness Management |
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation: |
Research Specialist alundeen@fbfs.com |
ERS/RED: |
Economic Information
Specialist (http://www.ers.usda.gov/AboutERS/Employment/) |
Career and Job Sites on the Internet
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