An introduction to the candidacy examination will be held:
Friday, February 14 @ 10:30 am
Room 310 Agriculture Building
This session will be led by Dr. Stasolla and must be attended by PhD students who have not attended it before.
If you have already attended one of these sessions, you are also welcome to come to this.
From: Fouad Daayf
Sent: February-10-14 4:24 PM
To: Bev Godard; Martha Blouw
Subject: FW: Travel and Conference Sponsorship Program - Call for Applications for March 31, 2014 Competition now on website
Dear Bev and Martha,
Please convey this information to our academics and grad students.
Thank you.
Fouad
Fouad Daayf, Ph.D., D.d'Etat
Professor & Acting 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: Fouad.Daayf(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:Fouad.Daayf@umanitoba.ca>
Web: http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~daayff
From: hris-faculty-admin-unit-administrator-bounces(a)lists.umanitoba.ca<mailto:hris-faculty-admin-unit-administrator-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca> [mailto:hris-faculty-admin-unit-administrator-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca] On Behalf Of Judith Mate
Sent: February-10-14 2:57 PM
To: hris-faculty-admin-unit-administrator(a)lists.umanitoba.ca<mailto:hris-faculty-admin-unit-administrator@lists.umanitoba.ca>
Subject: Travel and Conference Sponsorship Program - Call for Applications for March 31, 2014 Competition now on website
This message is intended for Deans, Associate Deans, Directors and Department Heads (and respective Administrative Assistants):
________________________________
On behalf of Dr. Digvir Jayas, Vice-President (Research and International), please be advised that the Call for Applications letter (attached) and the updated Application Forms have been uploaded to the Research website for the March 31, 2014, Travel and Conference Sponsorship Program and may be found at:
http://umanitoba.ca/research/rh_awards_travel_sponsorships.html
Please distribute this information as necessary to your respective Faculty/Student bulletin boards. We will be advertising in the UM/Student Weekly Bulletins as well.
Regards,
Judith
(Program Assistant)
Judith E. Mate
Assistant to Dr. James Blatz,
Associate Vice-President (Partnerships)
University of Manitoba
207 Admin Building
Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2
Phone: 204-474-7952
Fax: 204-474-7568
Judith.Mate(a)ad.umanitoba.ca<mailto:Judith.Mate@ad.umanitoba.ca>
www.umanitoba.ca/research<http://www.umanitoba.ca/research>
Good Morning,
I am looking for the Packing Tape Dispenser. If you have borrowed it, please drop it off at the reception desk.
Thank you,
Christy
Christy Doyle, Reception
Department of Plant Science
University of Manitoba
Room 222 - 66 Dafoe Road
Winnipeg MB R3T 2N2
Phone: 204-474-8221
Name
GOVERNOR GENERAL''S GOLD MEDAL
Research Fields
unrestricted
Categories
Unrestricted
Citizenship
Unrestricted
Eligibility
The Governor General of Canada offers an annual gold medal called The Governor General’s Gold Medal to recognize the outstanding performance of a graduate student. This award is based on overall academic excellence through coursework, research, awards and distinctions, letters of reference, external examiner’s report and a description of the student’s statement on the significance of their research. Eligibility for the medal is open to all students who will be convocating with a Master’s or a Ph.D. at Spring Convocation (this includes those students who have a February grad date) or who graduated the previous Fall at the University of Manitoba.
Value
Gold medal
Currency
Canadian
Tenable at
No details on tenability available
Deadlines
April 1
Application Details
Each Faculty/Unit may nominate one Master’s or Doctoral student for the Governor General’s Gold Medal. Nomination must be submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies on or before the deadline and are to include:
(1) a letter from the Dean/Director of the Faculty/Unit giving a detailed rationale for the nomination,
(2) the nominee’s curriculum vitae,
(3) an official University of Manitoba transcript,
(4) a brief statement (one page) from the nominee on the significance of his/her research and related achievements during the graduate program, whereas for nominees in non-research based programs, rationale for choosing the program, significance of work (breadth of knowledge gained) and expected contribution to his/her career aspirations
(5) a letter of support from the advisor,
(6) the report from the external examiner. For Masters thesis, the report from the examiner external to the home department of the nominee is required (where applicable). Where a department does not have examiners external to the department for thesis Master's students, and/or they don't have written reports from an internal examiner external to their department, this requirement is waived.
The selection committee will include the Dean and Associate Dean(s) of the Faculty of Graduate Studies and three members of the Executive Committee representing areas of Natural Sciences and Engineering, Social Sciences and Humanities and Medical and Health Sciences or designates. The Dean shall act as Chair.
Please check with your faculty/unit if you are interested in being nominated for the award. The deadline for faculties and units to have their nominations to FGS is April 1, however the deadline by which a faculty/unit wants to have nominations submitted to them will most likely be earlier. Please check with your department for their submission deadline.
The Faculty deadline to submit nominations for the Governor General's Gold Medal is March 3rd, 2014.
To be considered for nomination by FAFS, requirements 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 need to be completed.
Also, attached please find a checklist to be submitted along with the documentation requested.
From: Alicia Franco Espinosa
Sent: February-06-14 3:42 PM
To:
Cc:
Subject: Willy Wiebe Graduate Fellowship in Agricultural and Food Sciences
Willy Wiebe Graduate Fellowship in Agricultural and Food Sciences (1 Fellowship valued at $26,550.00)
For information about this award, and to download the Application Form, please go to https://agawards.agric.umanitoba.ca/
Deadline to Apply: March 5th, 2014
Thanks,
Alicia
Alicia Franco-Espinosa
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Manitoba
Internationally Educated Agrologists Post-Baccalaureate Diploma Program (IEAP)
and Student Awards Coordinator
Tel. 204-474-8281 Fax. 204-474-7525
Alicia.FrancoEspinosa(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:Alicia.FrancoEspinosa@umanitoba.ca>
http://www.umanitoba.ca/afs/ieap/http://umanitoba.ca/afs/awards/
From: Corey Lees [mailto:leesc3@myumanitoba.ca]
Sent: February-03-14 2:07 PM
To: Bev Godard
Subject: Graduate Program Review
Hello everyone,
This wednesday, Febuary 5th at 4:30 - 5:30 in room 218 we have a graduate program review. It is strongly encouraged that all graduate studends attend this meeting and voice their opinion to our reviewers.
Hope to see you there
Corey Lees
President
PSGSA
Leesc3(a)myumanitoba.ca<mailto:Leesc3@myumanitoba.ca>