May 2002

Calendar of Events

AGEC Graduate Student Organization Calendar of Events

Congratulations and Names in the News:

Allan Gray was awarded the United States Distance Learning Associations' 2002 Award for Excellence in Distance Learning Teaching - Higher Education for the Executive MBA in Agribusiness at Purdue University. Eleven national awards were presented by USDLA in Washington, D.C. on April 10th.

Two AGEC faculty were honored with University Awards: Jay Akridge won the Award for Excellence in Distance Learning, Best Credit-Granting Program, for the Executive MBA program; and Allan Gray won the Class of 1922 Helping Students Learn Award.

Promotions: Congratulations to T. Channing Arndt promoted to Associate Professor and William A. Masters, promoted to Professor.

Thought You Would Like To Know

For information on the Purdue Agricultural Economics Report see our web site or contact harrisog@purdue.edu.

Otto Doering has been appointed the National Science Foundation Evaluator for the Cooling Technologies Research Center. This is one of NSF's Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers. Otto is also serving as an NSF evaluator for the Power Systems Engineering Research Center, another NSF/IUCRC that involves 35 firms and 12 universities.

On April 22, the Indiana Council for Economics Education sponsored the 3rd annual Economic Challenge. Teams of high school students competed on their knowledge of economics at three different sites: Indianapolis, Mishawaka, and Muncie. There were two divisions - advanced and regular economics, with the winning teams in each division advancing to Chicago for the regional competition. Winners at the regional will advance to New York for the national finals. The competition is supported financially in Indiana by Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield and Goldman Sachs.

Center for Food and Agricultural Business

Upcoming Programs:

May 6-7, 2002
Strategic Customer Relationship Management Seminar (ARM)

Programs sponsored by the Center are taught primarily by Purdue faculty in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Center staff. Other Purdue faculty and guests from other universities also serve as instructors in the programs.

Programs sponsored by the Center are taught primarily by Purdue faculty in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Center staff. Other Purdue faculty and guests from other universities also serve as instructors in the programs.

For more information: www.agecon.purdue.edu/cab

Travel, Speeches and Presented Papers

Channing Arndt completed a three week policy modeling course at the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies in March.

Kevin McNamara traveled to Kabul, Afghanistan with two Purdue Colleagues to meet with the Minister of Higher Education and Kabul University administrators and faculty to discuss re-establishing higher education in Afghanistan. Purdue is working with the Ministry of Higher Education and university faculty to develop plans for rebuilding the schools of agriculture, engineering, technology, and other programs.

Gerald Shively traveled to the University of Agriculture and Forestry, Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) Vietnam, March 26-April 10th and to the Philippines to attend the annual planning meeting for SANREM CRSP.

Job Announcements

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Introducing a Special Issue of Agricultural Economics on the World Food Crisis of 2007-08

Now accepting applications for Natural Resources Leadership Development Institute

Considering becoming an Agricultural Economics student? Please visit our Future Student pages.

USDA National Needs Fellowships In The Economics Of Alternative Energy are available. For more information, download the pdf.