Ag Econ-O-Gram
June 22, 2007
AG HALL ENTRANCE DOORS
The week of June 25 (Monday) through June 29, 2007 (Friday), Aaron Glass Company will be replacing the framework, doors and door hardware at the west main entrance to Agriculture Hall. Use an alternate entrance to enter or leave the building while this renovation is in progress. For questions, call 432-5957, M-F from 8 to 4:30.
CONSTRUCTION PROJECT
Starting July 2, 2007, construction work will begin on the exterior of Agriculture Hall. Any questions, call the Project Representative, Ken Gottschalk at (517) 353-7234, or email at kjgottsc@pplant.msu.edu.
WELCOME BACK
Brian Hoort has been selected for the Information Technologist I position in our Department and Brian's first day with us will be Thursday, July 5. Chris Wolf has agreed to assist in the transition phase. I again extend many thanks to Chris for his long and dedicated service to our Department. Please join me in thanking Chris and welcoming Brian back to our Department.---Steve Hanson
PUBLICATIONS
Crawford, Eric W., T. S. Jayne, and V. A. Kelly (2006). Alternative Approaches for Promoting Fertilizer Use in Africa. Agriculture and Rural Development Discussion Paper 22. Washington, D.C.: World Bank.
AG ECON ALUM'S WORK IN NEWS MEDIA
Eleni Gabre-Madhin, (MS from MSU Ag Econ, 1992) was featured in the June 9th issue of the international newspaper, The Economist. Gabre-Madhin, currently employed by the International Food Policy Research Institute, is working to establish a grain marketing and futures board of trade in Ethiopia. The effort will serve to make markets there more efficient and thereby reduce hunger in the region. John Staatz served as Gabre-Madhin's major professor during her studies at MSU.
GRANDPARENTS UNIVERSITY
June 27-29 (SOLD OUT). In less than 10 days, 546 spots sold out for the program which will bring grandparents and their grandchildren (ages 8 to 12) from 22 states to campus to experience college together for three days. For more information or to get onto the waiting list for next year, click here.
NSF - NEW FACULTY GRANT
Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program SBE - Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Last Date: July 19th, 2007 for this year.
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2005/nsf05027/nsf05027.jsp
RETIREMENT
Beth Moore retires from MSU following 28 years of dedicated service; Monday, July 9, 2007, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. in the Atrium in Agriculture Hall.
Contributions honoring Beth Moore may be made to the MSU Extension Professional Development Endowment Fund--make check out to Michigan State University and send to: MSU Extension, c/o Judy von Bernuth, 11 Ag. Hall, E. Lansing.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Ag Expo at Michigan State University
Tuesday – Thursday, July 17-19, 2007
Corner of Farm Lane and Mount Hope Road, East Lansing, Michigan
Wind Energy Symposium
Monday and Tuesday, September 10-11, 2007
Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center, East Lansing, Michigan
FELLOWSHIPS
Two fellowship opportunities: (1) the Residential Fellows Program at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford. Please see their website: http://www.casbs.org/programs/fellowships/?PHPSESSID=6142455c6093db58d5aa66a98b109548 for information. The deadline for 2008-2009 applications is at the end of this month (June), but they want to spread the word for their 2009-2010 applications.
Also available are Post Doc Fellowships offered by the EPA’s Office of Research and Development. Currently, they are advertising for positions in the National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory and the National Center for Environmental Assessment. See details at http://www.epa.gov/ord/htm/jobs_ord.htm
Many other post doc opportunities at http://www.agep.us/postdoc.asp and http://www.igert.org/postdoc.asp
PUBLICATION
Please note that the MSU library has added to its e-journals the useful “Development Policy Review.” Tom Reardon
AGECON SEARCH WEBSITE
AgEcon Search: Research in Agricultural and Applied Economics is a World Wide Web site (http://agecon.lib.umn.edu) The African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE) has posted the 2004 Inaugural Symposium Proceedings and shall be posting the AfJARE Journal and the 2007 Ghana conference proceedings in the near future.
NATIONAL CONFERENCES
National Conference on Facilitating Sustainable Agriculture Education, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, July 11-14, 2007. http://www.hort.cornell.edu/sustaged/
National Conference on Environmental Science and Technology, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC, September 12-14,2007. http://www.ncat.edu/~wmi/conference/conf.html.
JOB OPPORTUNITIES (Details available from Pat Neumann for 30 days)
CIFOR (Center for International Forestry Research) is looking for a Research Fellow to work on the Poverty and Environment Network (PEN). PEN is a tropics-wide collection of socio-economic and environmental data at household and village levels. Deadline: July 15, 2007. Letter of application and curriculum vitae in English (including names and full contact details of two or more professional referees should be sent by email to the Human Resources Officer, ciforhr@cgiar.org, not later than July 15, 2007. Please indicate the position in the email subject. For more info, consult the Web page at http://www.cifor.cgiar.org.
FAO (Food And Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) is seeking for an Agribusiness Economist (#1615-AGS) in Rome; duration 3 years. Deadline: August 6, 2007. Guidelines to applicants available on FAO Internet Page http://www.fao.org/VA/guidel-e.htm
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY-EXTENSION:
POS ID 1565 - Extension Associate Program Leader; 4-H Health & Well-Being Programs; full-time, temporary position funded through Sept. 30, 2008 at MSU, E. Lansing. Available: Immediately. Deadline July 13, 2007. Complete the Web Employment Application at: http://web1.msue.msu.edu/jobs
ll announcements should be sent to Pat Neumann, Editor, in room 219 Ag. Hall or e-mail: neumannp@msu.edu NO LATER than 12 noon on Thursday; after 12, they will be in the next BI-WEEKLY edition. The next Econ-O-Gram will be June 22.
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