Ag Econ-O-Gram

Vol. 10, No. 6
April 11, 2008

AFRE FACULTY MEETINGS
The regular faculty meetings will be held in Room 75 Agriculture Hall, 1:30 pm as follows:

Friday, April 18, 1:30 pm – AFRE faculty meeting: 75 Agriculture Hall

Thursday, April 24, 2:45 pm – Reception followed by seminar presented by Joan Iverson Nassauer, Professor of Landscape Architecture, University of Michigan: 75 Agriculture Hall

Wednesday, May 14, 12:00 noon – AFRE annual faculty meeting: Kellogg Center, Red Cedar Room

UPCOMING SEMINARS
April 16 - SMEP Sustainability Science Seminar Series Welcomes:  Dr. Stuart Gage, Dept of Entomology, MSU, "Heartbeat of the City: Application of Sound to Assess Habitat Quality," Wednesday, April 16 at 3:30 pm in the Green Room Union Building, refreshments provided.

UPCOMING EVENTS
The MLK Jr. Chautauqua Series on Equality and Justice presents Martin Luther King, Jr’s Last Campaign.  Monday, April 14, 2008, 4:30-6:30 pm, Residential College in the Arts and Humanities Theatre (ground level of Snyder-Phillips). Light refreshments will be served.

Heartbeat of the City: Application of Sound to Assess Habitat Quality
Wednesday, April 16, 2008; Student Union, Campus of MSU

Michigan’s Conference on Affordable Housing
Monday, April 28-Wednesday, April 30, 2008,
Lansing Center, Lansing, MI.

A Night Under the Stars -- May 8th   - The Nomads (with our own Tom Jayne) are happy to announce their upcoming double-show benefit concert for MSU's public radio and television station, Thursday, May 8th, 6.30 and 8.30 pm at the MSU Planetarium on the MSU campus. For tickets, call WKAR at 517-432-3120 ext. 354.

READING LIST
According to Google Scholar, the following article is getting some attention in the literature: Norris, Patricia E., and Batie, Sandra S, 1987.  Virginia Farmers' Soil Conservation Decisions: An Application of Tobit Analysis.  Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics, 19(01): 79-90.

CALL FOR PAPERS
International Symposium on Agricultural Research, August 28-31, 2008 in Agrinio, Greece.  http://www.atiner.gr/docs/Agriculture.htm

Management Track within WiCOM,  International Symposium on Information System & Management (ISM 2008) - CALL FOR PAPERS; http://www.wicom-meeting.org/ism/ .  October 14-16, 2008 in Dalian, China. 

GRANT OPPORTUNITIES
Consequences of Global Change for Water Quality
Deadline: May 8, 2008.  Sponsor: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Research and Development (ORD), National Center for Environmental Research (NCER).  The EPA ORD NCER, in cooperation with the EPA Global Change Research Program, announces a competition for projects supporting research into the consequences of climate change for U.S. water quality to support human and aquatic life uses. http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2008/2008_star_gcwq.html#FUNDING

JOB OPPORTUNITIES (Details available from Pat Neumann for 30 days)

http://www.usajobs.gov/ Is the official employment web site for the US Government.  The site currently lists 92 jobs for economists, including several that specifically request agricultural economists and applied economists. 

THE INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE web site lists 13 research position openings, mostly for post-doctoral fellows. http://careers.ifpri.org/cojobsIFPRI.asp?Category=6

ENTERPRISE SECTOR RECOVERY FUND seeks senior consultants in the social sector, business environment reform, and donor coordination in Bosnia and Herzegovina.  http:www.dep.gov.ba/en/

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY-EXTENSION
PO ID #1608 - Regional Land Use Extension Educator located in Lapeer, MI.  This is a fixed-term, grant funded position contingent on continued grant funding.  Available:  June 1, 2008.  Deadline:  April 16, 2008.
PO ID #1604 - Extension Educator, Agriculture & Natural Resources located in Bay City, MI.  Available:   Preferred Start Date: May 15, 2008.  Deadline:  April 25, 2008.
PO ID #1601 - County Extension Director, Barry County; located in Hastings, MI.  Available:  March 1, 2008.  Deadline:  April 15, 2008 (Repost).

PURDUE UNIVERSITY are seeking two positions:
Database Programmer-Analyst - West Lafayette - Office of Engagement (Job #0800441; Posted March 27)  This position is an essential part of the data products and GIS mapping work within the Purdue Center for Regional Development.

Extension Educator, Agriculture & Natural Resources/ Economic Community Development, Daviess County, Washington, IN (Job #0800461; Posted March 26)