Name
UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA DISTINGUISHED DISSERTATION AWARD
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Citizenship
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Eligibility
The Faculty of Graduate Studies will offer six awards to doctoral students, one in each of the following areas: applied sciences, health sciences, humanities, interdisciplinary sciences, natural sciences, and social sciences. A citation certificate and a cash prize will be awarded recognizing the successful nominee at an award reception, hosted by the Faculty of Graduate Studies.
Eligible dissertations must have been completed (final copies of thesis submitted) between January 1 and December 31 of the previous calendar year. In case there are no qualified candidates in a given Faculty/School, the Faculty/School selection committee may choose not to submit a nominee. The Faculty of Graduate Studies will verify the eligibility of nominees submitted.
Value
Citation Certificate plus a cash prize
Currency
Canadian
Tenable at
University of Manitoba for the 2012-2013 competition year.
Deadlines
February 28
Application Details
Each Faculty/School may submit one doctoral nomination to the Faculty of Graduate Studies. Nominations must be received no later than the stated deadline. Contact your Faculty/School for their nomination deadline
Each nomination must include:
* a letter of support from the Dean of the Faculty/Director of School that also indicates the process used by the selection committee to select the nominee
* a letter from the Graduate Chair of the student's department describing the reasons for the nomination, and why the dissertation is viewed as a groundbreaking piece of original work
* the name and departmental affiliation of the nominees' research supervisor
* the area the dissertation is being nominated under: applied sciences, health sciences, humanities, interdisciplinary sciences, natural sciences, and social sciences
* a copy of each examiner's pre-defence report
* a copy of the abstract of the dissertation, not to exceed 350 words in length written in non-technical language
* a current curriculum vitae for the nominee
Contact: Pam Yarushinsky at pam.yarushinsky(a)ad.umanitoba.ca<mailto:pam.yarushinsky@ad.umanitoba.ca> or 204-474-6827
Martha Blouw, Academic Advisor
Department of Plant Science
226 Agriculture Building, 66 Dafoe Road
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canada R3T 2N2
Telephone: 204 474 8223
Fax: 204 474 7528
-----Original Message-----
From: Mary E. Price [mailto:Mary_Price@umanitoba.ca]
Sent: January-08-13 2:33 PM
To: Bev Godard
Subject: IMPORTANT: Grad Student Symposium at NDSU
Hi all,
Hopefully everyone has had a chance to look over the PSGSS website
(http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/plantsciences/graduate/gsa/symposium-2013) by now. I understand that this has been sent to us quite last minute but the registration deadline for the symposium (whether or not you're presenting) is January 20. This means you have twelve days to decide if you'd like to attend and to notify me. The cost to attend is free as PSGSA will be covering it as well as providing the transportation.
For that reason, we ask that you consider this carefully and ensure that the dates (March 22 and 23, 2013) will work for you and you're serious about attending.
This will be a short drive to a fun and more casual symposium with other grad students, last year was a great success due to the large turnout of students from other schools so we want to make sure we have a good turnout this year to support NDSU! Attached is a form that can be submitted to Marley (CRC) or me (150 agriculture) by January 18 if you wish to register. If you have any questions please feel free to send me an email (Mary_Price(a)umanitoba.ca)!
Mary
From: Don Flaten
Sent: January-04-13 4:26 PM
To: Lynda Closson; Martha Blouw; Kim Ominski; Danny Mann; Currie, Robert
Cc: Martin Entz; Gwen Donohoe (gwendolyn_11(a)hotmail.com); Amanda Taylor (amanda_m_taylor(a)umanitoba.ca); Henry Janzen (Henry.Janzen(a)agr.gc.ca)
Subject: New graduate course on ag sustainability with Dr. Henry Janzen
Hi everyone ... fyi, this term we are offering a graduate reading course with Dr. Henry Janzen on evaluating and improving the sustainability of agricultural systems. The outline for the course is attached for your reference. Please share this announcement with other staff and students in your department.
Although the course will be offered under the course number, SOIL 7250 Topics in Soil Science, it will be broad and multi-disciplinary in nature; therefore, we would welcome graduate students from outside as well as well as inside the Dept. of Soil Science. We intend to meet on a weekly basis on Wednesday afternoons, connecting with Henry in person in some cases by videoconference or telephone in others. Our first class session in the last week of January, so if you or anyone else you know is interested, please let me know as soon as possible.
For those of you that don't know Henry, he is a prominent Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada research scientist who works on "big picture" issues such as the effects of agricultural management on carbon in agricultural soils, quantifying and reducing net greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural ecosystems, interactions between agroecosystems and the global carbon cycle, nitrogen exchanges between agroecosystems and the atmosphere and long-term trends in the productivity and other ecosystem services of farmlands. Although Henry is a soil scientist by training, he has a very broad range of research interests and expertise; therefore, his adjunct professor's appointment at the University of Manitoba is with the Dept. of Animal Science.
Thanks!
Dr. Don Flaten, Professor
Dept. of Soil Science
362 Ellis Building
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB Canada R3T 2N2
Phone (204) 474-6257
Email: Don.Flaten(a)ad.umanitoba.ca<mailto:Don.Flaten@ad.umanitoba.ca>
From: Fouad Daayf
Sent: January-04-13 1:40 PM
To: Bev Godard
Subject: FW: Western Grains Research Foundation Job Posting
Importance: High
Fouad Daayf, Ph.D., D.d'Etat
Professor & Associate Head
Department of Plant Science
222, Agriculture Building
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB
R3T 2N2, Canada
Phone: 204-474-6096
Fax: 204-474-7528
Email: Daayff(a)ad.umanitoba.ca<mailto:Daayff@ad.umanitoba.ca>
Web: http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~daayff
From: Laura Lazo
Sent: January-04-13 11:39 AM
To: Fouad Daayf
Subject: FW: Western Grains Research Foundation Job Posting
Importance: High
Fouad,
As promised here is the posting. It is a full-time permanent position. I believe it is associated to the university.
The dead line is next Mon Jan 7th with interviews the following wk.
Thanks,
Laura
-----Original Message-----
From: Mary E. Price [mailto:Mary_Price@umanitoba.ca]
Sent: January-03-13 10:24 AM
To: Bev Godard
Subject: 29th Annual PSGSS
Hi all!
Hopefully everyone had a relaxing winter break! As most of you probably remember, last year we hosted the 28th annual plant science grad students symposium for students from U of M, from the University of Saskatchewan and from North Dakota State University. It was a great success and everyone had a blast!
NDSU will be hosting the symposium this year in Fargo, ND from March 22-23. We will be organizing the trip for all who are interested in going. This is a great chance to practice oral presentations but in a more laid back environment as well as an opportunity to meet fellow plant science grad students!
The deadline for registration is January 20. I will be sending out another email next week to begin figuring out who is interested in presenting. In the mean time, take some time to check out the symposium website at:
http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/plantsciences/graduate/gsa/symposium-2013
Mary
