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Calendar of Events:
Apr. 8
Apr. 15
Apr. 22
May 3
May 8
May 15
May 16
May 17-June 11
May 17-Aug 6 |
Seminar: Matt Holt: "El Nino and His Primos Segundos:
Their Impact on World Primary Commodity Prices Viewed
Through a Rolling Window", KRAN 661, 3 pm
Snyder Lecture, Krannert Drawing Room and Auditorium
Seminar: Dr. Mario J. Mirands, The Ohio State University:
Credit, Savings, Insurance, and Market Contracts in Long-Term
Agricultural Risk, KRAN 661, 3 pm
Final exams begin
Semester ends
Commencement 9:30 am and 2:30 pm
Commencement 9:30 am and 2:30 pm
Maymester
Summer Session 2004 |
Congratulations and Names in the News:
Jennifer Dennis accepted the joint offer from HLA and AGEC. The position's tenure home will be in the Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture with 70% appointment to HLA and 30% appointment to AGEC.
Distinguished Agricultural Alumni Activities – Two alumni will be honored: Mr. Tom Davis, publisher for Successful Farming magazine, and Mr. G. William Hoagland, Director of Budget and Appropriations for Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist. The DAA Awards will be held on Friday, April 2.
Vickie Maris (marketing manager for the Center for Food and Agricultural Business) and two student interns Laura Eagin and Amanda Pauwels won a Silver Award in the ADDY competition sponsored by the Association of Advertising and Marketing Professionals. The theatre posters, entered in the poster division of the Collateral Materials Category, were stunning, 6-foot high posters were displayed on the walls of Fowler Hall throughout the Center's National Conference (November 2003). They tied directly to the theme developed for National Conference that was used throughout the marketing material, including the program brochure, postcards, PowerPoint presentations and other pieces.
Something special to note about this award is that it is the only award of the night that honored creative work done by student talent. The majority of entries featured the talent of professional creative directors and designers employed by advertising agencies and in-house design shops throughout the Lafayette area and Chicago. And with the exception of awards given to Purdue Alumni Association pieces and a Residence Hall piece, all the other Purdue-entered award winners were athletics related. It was a special honor for the Center posters to rank in that group of very high-ticket design pieces.
Snyder Lecture :
Thursday, April 15 th is the date for the Snyder Lecture and events held in the Krannert Drawing Room and Auditorium. Graduate student posters will be displayed in the Drawing Room. From 1-2 pm dessert and coffee will be served during this social hour and poster viewing. Awards will be presented with a departmental focus from 2-3 pm.
Agricultural Economics Recognition awards will be presented to the following alumni: Noralyn Marshall (the first female to graduate from our PhD program) hosted by Lee Schrader and Sally Thompson; Tom Fund, hosted by Dave Downey; Steve Bishop, hosed by Frank Dooley and Jay Akridge; and Ted Merrell, hosted by Craig Dobbins. The Department Focus will feature Phil Paarlberg speaking about his work with John Lee and others on the economic impact of livestock diseases on consumers, producers and trade. Phil and John received the 2003 best journal paper award from the Southern Agricultural Economics Association for their paper entitled, “Measuring the Welfare Effects of an FMD Outbreak in the United States”.
Other presentations will be the Teaching Academy Fellow and Book of Great Teachers Awards by Dale Whittaker to Jay Akridge, David Downey, Robert Taylor and Larry Bohl. At 3:30 in the Auditorium, Douglas Hedley, Assistant Deputy Minister of the Farm Financial Programs Branch of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, will present “A Canadian's Perspective on Agriculture and Agri-food Policy (Living with Lions: Serengeti or Circus?)”
Thought You Would Like To Know:
John M. Connor, together with nine other professors of law or economics, submitted an Amicus Curiae Brief to the United States' Supreme Court on March 15, 2004. The full citation is:
Bush, Darren, John M. Connor, John J. Flynn, Shubha Ghosh, Warren Grimes, Joseph E. Harrington, Norman Hawker, Robert Lande, William G. Shepherd, and Steven Semeraro. Brief Amicus Curiae in Support of Respondents, No. 03-742, F. Hoffmann LaRoche, Ltd. et al., Petitioners, v. Empagran S.A. , et al., Respondents.
“An Introduction to Starting a Specialty Food or Food Ingredient Business in Indiana” will be presented by the Indiana Farm Bureau in Indianapolis. This one day workshop for food entrepreneurs is April 9 th .
The New Ventures Team launched their website which contains helpful resources and information on value-added agriculture. www.agecon.purdue.edu/newventures .
Travel, Speeches and Presented Papers:
Sandra Rivera presented at a plenary session for the Third Word Conference (Chicago IL, March 4-6, 2004) titled “Development and International Trade: Assessing the Impact of U.S. Trade Policies on Developing Nations.”
Gunderson, Michael A. and Brent A. Gloy., will present “Customer Lifetime Value in Agricultural Lending” at the 2004 WCC-72 Meeting in Las Vegas on June 8, 2004.
Wally Tyner traveled to Montpellier, France, over spring break to launch a project on the impacts of EU liberalization of trade with Mediterranean countries. He also presented a seminar on the Morocco-US Free Trade Agreement.
On March 11 at Gastof Amish Village, Montgomery, Gerry Harrison was chairman and a presenter for over 100 registrants and faculty on Mineral Leases for landowners, lawyers, accountants and other professionals in southwestern Indiana.
There were nine presenters including: two staff from Oil and Gas Division, Coal Reclamation Division of Indiana DNR, two from Geological Survey Bloomington, two practicing lawyers and two, local landmen from Transcontinent Oil, Denver CO.
Publications:
Cranfield, J. A. L., P. V. Preckel, J. S. Eales, and T. W. Hertel 2004. “Simultaneous Estimation of an Implicit Directly Additive Demand System and the Distribution of Expenditure: An Application of Maximum Entropy,” Economic Modeling 21:361-385 .
Yu, Chih-ching and John M. Connor. “Choosing the Best Competition Models for the Margarine Industry in the United States .” Journal of Agricultural Economics 74 (December 2003): 1-22.
Job Announcements:
California State University, Fresno: Ag Marketing and Agribusiness Management
University of Minnesota: Professor and Head, Dept of Applied Economics
University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Head, Department of Agricultural Economics
Northwest Missouri State University: Assist Prof of Ag Econ and Business
University of Minnesota-Extension Service: Regional Extension Educator, Ag Business Management
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City – Center for the Study of Rural America: Research Associate
Colorado State University: Assistant Professor, Natural Resources Economics and Regional Economics
Michigan State University: Assistant Professor, Livestock Economist
Purdue Extension Service: see website listed below
Career and Job Sites on the Internet:
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