Calendar of Events
April
8
April 15
May 3
May 10
May 17
May 18
May 19
June 13
August 9 |
Bruce McCarl: Economic Explorations
on the Potential Role of Agriculture and Forestry in
Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Findings and Research
Directions
Snyder Lecture (see schedule below)
Final Exams begin
Semester ends
Commencement 9:30 am and 2:30 pm
Commencement 9:30 am and 2:30 pm
Maymester
Summer Session
Summer Commencement |
AGEC Graduate Student Organization Events
April 15 Poster competition as part of the History of Agricultural
Economics at Purdue
April 25 4th Friday (location TBA)
We are planning an international student coffee hour for
the end of April.
We are planning a pancake breakfast for the last day of
classes.
Please direct any questions to Alex Huerta, 44324, ahuerta@purdue.edu
Congratulations and Names in the News
Otto Doering has been appointed by the Governor and the
Superintendent of Public Education to serve on the Indiana
Education Roundtable. This group includes business and community
leaders who focus on issues facing Indiana’s public
education system from primary school to college.
Augustine Langyintuo accepted a position with the International
Water Management Institute (IWMI) as Economist/Research
Policy Broker to be based in Accra (Ghana) office.
Steve Slinsky has won the Purdue University Graduate Student
Outstanding Teaching Award.
Thought You Would Like To Know
Mrs. Dortha Parker Osmun, whose husband was on the faculty
in Biochemistry, has a house available for rent. It is located
4 miles west of campus in a wooded area with a large yard
and a pond stocked with fish. The house has 4 bedrooms,
2.5 baths, 2 fireplaces and an attached garage. It is located
in the Klondike/Harrison school district. If you are interested,
call Mrs. Osmun at 497-9950.
The Department was saddened by the death of Mavuangi Khonde,
a Ph.D. student in AGEC. Khonde was from the Congo and leaves
behind a wife and four sons. Khonde will be remembered for
his charming personality. An account has been set up at
PEFCU for donations to the family.
For information on the Purdue Agricultural Economics
Report see our website or contact harrisog@purdue.edu.
Center for Food and Agricultural Business:
Serving Commercial Producers: Meeting Nees, Adding Value,
is the theme for the next National Conference for Agribusiness
sponsored by the Center for Food and Agricultural Business.
November 19, 2003.
Charge! Leading Your Team, Maximizing Sales Opportunities
is the upcoming seminar for agribusiness sales managers
sponsored by the Center to be held June 25-26, 2003.
For more information: http://www.agecon.purdue.edu/cab/programs/nca/index.htm
Travel, Speeches and Presented Papers
Amelia West and Marshall A. Martin presented “Managing
the western corn rootworm variant in the eastern corn belt:
an economic assessment of area-wide pest management”
at the Joint Entomology Society of America – Agronomy
Society of America Symposium on Area-Wide Management of
Corn Rootworm, Madison, WI on March 25, 2003.
Job Announcements
Mississippi State University: Assist/Assoc Extension Professor:
1) Enterprise & Community Resource Development
2) Community Resource Development
University of Vermont: Extension faculty position in Agricultural
Marketing
University of Illinois: Soybean Industry Endowed Chair in
Agricultural Strategy
Purdue University: Dept of Consumer Sciences and Retailing
– Assist Prof – E-Commerce
University of Arizona: Cardon Chair in Agricultural Economics
and Policy
University of Wisconsin: Director of the School of Agriculture
University of Wisconsin-Madison: Three positions: Land Economics,
Environmental, Economics of Entrepreneurship
Career and Job Sites on the Internet
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