Calendar of Events:
October 10-11
October 14-15
November 23-26
December 10
December 12-17
December 18
January 9
March 13-18
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October break
Homecoming
Thanksgiving break
Fall class end
Fall final exams
Fall commencement
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Congratulations and Names in the News:
Once again the Department of Agricultural Economics will be featuring Ag Econ Professors on their own personal trading cards during the university's Homecoming celebration this year on Saturday, October 15. The featured “players” this year are Hall-of-Famer, Larry Bohl, Pro-Bowlers, Janet Ayres and Otto Doering, Pro-Players, Raymond Florax and Brigitte Waldorf, and Rookie, Roman Keeney. They will all be available to personally autograph their cards in the College of Agriculture 's tent during the Ag Alumni's pre-game brunch, from 8 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. located on Purdue's Memorial Hall. If you are interested in purchasing brunch tickets, the cost is $12.00. They can be purchased by emailing or calling Debby Bible in the Ag Alumni Office at debby@purdue.edu or 494-8593.
Thought You Would Like To Know:
Natural Resources Leadership Development Institute (NRLDI) will begin its third class on September 28-30 with 26 participants from various natural resource agencies and organizations. The program was developed by Janet Ayres in collaboration with Bill Hoover in FNR. It focuses on collaboration, communication and conflict management skills and processes to deal with controversial issues. The three, three-day basic program is held during the fall of each year. Six NRCS staff from Illinois are participating in the program this year. Follow-up programs are held in the spring and fall at various sites around the state to focus on specific controversial issues and to bring participants from all previous classes together.
FROM ICEE :
October 12: Annual Awards Luncheon at the Fountains in Carmel - teachers and educators will be honored for their commitment to economic education
October 19/20: Econ Camp at Camp Tecumseh: Co-sponsored by the Department of Agricultural Economics, Indiana Department of Education, the George and Frances Ball Foundation, and the Indiana Council for Economic Education, this annual opportunity for high school teachers of economics to share best teaching practices, review and reinforce an understanding of economic concepts as identified in the state Economics Standards and be encouraged to promote economics as an important part of the curriculum in the high school.
www.ces.purdue.edu/extmedia/EC/EC-734.pdf
Travel, Speeches and Presented Papers:
Wally Tyner taught a course on "International Trade, Trade Negotiations, and Policy" in the joint Purdue/University of Iowa MBA program in China September 26 - October 6.
Sally Thompson, Joan Fulton and Jess Lowenberg-DeBoer attended the conference, “Regional Partnership to Enhance Bean/Cowpea Consumption and Production in Africa and Latin America .” The conference was organized by the Bean/Cowpea Collaborative Research Support Program (CRSP) and the Institut Senegalais de Recherches Agricoles (ISRA), Sept. 12-16, 2005 in Dakar Senegal . Sally Thompson is a member of the Board of Directors of the Bean/Cowpea CRSP. Dr. Thompson participated in a workshop organized by Joan Fulton and Jess Lowenberg-Deboer as part of their CRSP research program.
Janet Ayres presented a selected paper at an international conference in Brisbane Australia , August 14-17. The conference theme was Engaging Communities , putting citizens and communities in the heart of their own governance. The conference was sponsored by the United Nations and Queensland State Government. Approximately 2300 people attended the conference. Janet's paper was titled “Building Trust, Leadership and Power for Action in Rural Communities.”
Gbegbelegbe Sika D. and Casimir Aitchedji. “Impacts socio-economiques ex ante du niebe Bt en Afrique de l'Ouest,” presentation in Laboratoire de Renforcement de Capacité en Sciences Sociales, IITA, Abomey-Calavi , Benin ; September 2005.
Publications:
Cain, Zachary and Stephen Lovejoy. 2005. “Evolution of Conservation Programs in United States Farm Legislation”, Farm Policy Journal , Vol. 2, No. 3, August, pp. 21-29.
Lusk, Jayson L., Jason Brown, Tyler Mark, Idlir Proseku, Rachel Thompson and Jody Welsh, “Consumer Behavior and Country of Origin Labeling” Review of Agricultural Economics. Forthcoming.
Job Announcements: http://www.fao.org/VA/vac_en.htm
University of Tennessee : Rural Economic Development
Oklahoma State University ; Three positions currently open
*Livestock Economist, Assistant Professor, 75% Research/25% Extension
* Crop Economist, Assistant Professor, 75%/Research/ 25% Teaching
* Area Economist, SW district, MS.
California State University , Fresno is currently searching for two faculty positions. One is Department Chair, and the other is an Assistant/Associate Professor. Areas of teaching and research include: farm and financial management; agricultural marketing; and/or agribusiness management.
Colorado State University : Assist Prof – Environmental Economics Purdue Extension Service: see website listed below
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