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message from Chris Willenborg
by Bev Godard 16 Apr '07

16 Apr '07

Dear Graduate Students, We are currently searching for a term position within the department as a canola/rapeseed breeder. This Thursday, Dr. Xiuqiang Huang, one of the candidates for the position, will give a special seminar at 3:30 PM in Room 218 entitled "Use of innovative approaches for crop improvement and germplasm development." I would encourage all of you to attend as it is a great opportunity to view the candidate as see what a research seminar involves. Further to this, we have an hour on Friday, April 20 from 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM to meet with Dr. Huang in Room 218. This is an excellent opportunity to ask Dr. Huang questions and the candidates views on several aspects of their potential academic position. Departmental hirings are made at many levels and can significantly affect graduate students. Consequently, your opinions will be important to the hiring process and I would therefore encourage you to attend this meeting with the candidate and email your feedback to me so that I can pass it on to Dr. Ballance. I hope we can put forward a good turn out ! Chris ---- Christian J. Willenborg Ph.D. Candidate Department of Plant Science University of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2 Office (204) 474-6093 Cell (204) 479-9774 Fax (204) 474-7528 http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~umwillen/ -- Bev Godard Secretary Department of Plant Science University of Manitoba 66 Dafoe Road Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2 Phone: (204) 474-8563 Fax: (204) 474-7528 Bev_Godard(a)umanitoba.ca

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[Fwd: Fwd: Fee Restructuring Town Hall and Supporters]
by Bev Godard 10 Apr '07

10 Apr '07

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Fwd: Fee Restructuring Town Hall and Supporters Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 09:57:14 -0500 From: umbagava(a)cc.umanitoba.ca To: godardbd(a)cc.umanitoba.ca Hi Bev, Please forward this to all graduate students in plant science. Thank you! Muthu ----- Forwarded message from Meghan Gallant <pres(a)umgsa.ca> ----- Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2007 12:11:49 -0500 From: Meghan Gallant <pres(a)umgsa.ca> Reply-To: Meghan Gallant <pres(a)umgsa.ca> Subject: Fee Restructuring Town Hall and Supporters To: undisclosed-recipients@ Hi everyone, A couple of updates about graduate fee restructuring: First, the GSA has coordinated an open townhall meeting this Wednesday at 12:30pm in the UMSU Council Chambers (176 Helen Glass). This is an opportunity for any students, faculty, graduate chairs etc to come and ask question or raise concerns about the fee restructuring proposal. We invited a member of the fee restructuring committee to attend, and the central administration has sent Richard Lobdell on their behalf. Tom Booth, from the Faculty Association, and I will also be speaking. Please spread the work and encourage people to attend! Second, I wanted to let you know that on Thursday of last week, the University of Manitoba Faculty Association unanimously approved a motion in opposition to the graduate fee restructuring! The Faculty of Graduate Studies Executive Committee met on the same day. This committee is made up of representatives of each faculty with graduate programs, the associate deans of graduate studies, and three student representatives. The Dean is the chair of the committee and so does not vote. This committee had never had an opportunity to discuss graduate fees, and members added the fee restructuing proposal to the meeting agenda, and then raised concerns about the lack of consultation and potential implications of the proposal. The committee unanimously passed a motion stating that the Board should not consider this proposal until students and faculty are consulted properly. This motion won't stop the Board from considering the proposal, but is an important demonstration of the way this proposal is being pushed through without support from anyone other than the central administration. I'll send out more updates as I have them. Meghan -- Meghan Gallant President University of Manitoba Graduate Students' Association Local 96 - Canadian Federation of Students 221 University Centre Phone: (204) 474-9181 Cell: (204) 291-6239 www.umgsa.ca ----- End forwarded message ----- ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ -- Bev Godard Secretary Department of Plant Science University of Manitoba 66 Dafoe Road Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2 Phone: (204) 474-8563 Fax: (204) 474-7528 Bev_Godard(a)umanitoba.ca

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[Fwd: [UM Grad Studies Notice] James Gordon Fletcher PhD Fellowship in Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals]
by Martha Blouw 04 Apr '07

04 Apr '07

-- Martha Blouw, Administrative Assistant Department of Plant Science 226 Agriculture Building 66 Dafoe Road University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3T 2N2 Phone: (204) 474-8223 Fax: (204) 474-7528 martha_blouw(a)umanitoba.ca http://www.umanitoba.ca/afs/plant_science/

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[Fwd: [UM Grad Studies Notice] Ireland Canada University Foundation]
by Martha Blouw 04 Apr '07

04 Apr '07

-- Martha Blouw, Administrative Assistant Department of Plant Science 226 Agriculture Building 66 Dafoe Road University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3T 2N2 Phone: (204) 474-8223 Fax: (204) 474-7528 martha_blouw(a)umanitoba.ca http://www.umanitoba.ca/afs/plant_science/

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[Fwd: Fwd: GSA Response - Fee Restructuring]
by Bev Godard 28 Mar '07

28 Mar '07

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Fwd: GSA Response - Fee Restructuring Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 15:43:53 -0500 From: umbagava(a)cc.umanitoba.ca To: godardbd(a)cc.umanitoba.ca Dear Bev, Please forward this to all graduate students in plant science. Thank you! Muthu ----- Forwarded message from Meghan Gallant <pres(a)umgsa.ca> ----- Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 15:10:40 -0500 From: Meghan Gallant <pres(a)umgsa.ca> Reply-To: Meghan Gallant <pres(a)umgsa.ca> Subject: GSA Response - Fee Restructuring To: undisclosed-recipients@ Hi everyone, The Graduate Students' Association has finished a response to the proposal to restructure graduate student fees. It's attached for your information, please circulate it to anyone who may be interested. It's fairly long, but much of it is appendices. There's also a summary at the beginning. Also, a reminder that we're meeting in the GSA office today at 5pm to discuss building a campaign from here. You're all welcome and encouraged to attend! Meghan -- Meghan Gallant President University of Manitoba Graduate Students' Association Local 96 - Canadian Federation of Students 221 University Centre Phone: (204) 474-9181 Cell: (204) 291-6239 www.umgsa.ca ----- End forwarded message ----- ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ -- Bev Godard Secretary Department of Plant Science University of Manitoba 66 Dafoe Road Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2 Phone: (204) 474-8563 Fax: (204) 474-7528 Bev_Godard(a)umanitoba.ca

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[Fwd: Fwd: Fee Restructuring handbill]
by Bev Godard 27 Mar '07

27 Mar '07

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Fwd: Fee Restructuring handbill Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 08:18:56 -0500 From: umbagava(a)cc.umanitoba.ca To: godardbd(a)cc.umanitoba.ca Hi Bev, Please forward this to all graduate students in our department. Thank you! Muthu ----- Forwarded message from Meghan Gallant <pres(a)umgsa.ca> ----- Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 22:06:16 -0500 From: Meghan Gallant <pres(a)umgsa.ca> Reply-To: Meghan Gallant <pres(a)umgsa.ca> Subject: Fee Restructuring handbill To: undisclosed-recipients@ Hi Councillors, I've attached a handbill we developed regarding the fee restructuring underway. Please circulate it as widely as possible. We also have printed copies in the GSA office if you would like some. Our formal response to the fee restructuring committee is almost done and I'll email this out as soon as I can. Also, please encourage students in your departments to email the Faculty of Graduate Studies to let them know what they think of this restructuring. If you could cc me on any emails/letters that go out it would be much appreciated. Meghan -- Meghan Gallant President University of Manitoba Graduate Students' Association Local 96 - Canadian Federation of Students 221 University Centre Phone: (204) 474-9181 Cell: (204) 291-6239 www.umgsa.ca ----- End forwarded message ----- ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ -- Bev Godard Secretary Department of Plant Science University of Manitoba 66 Dafoe Road Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2 Phone: (204) 474-8563 Fax: (204) 474-7528 Bev_Godard(a)umanitoba.ca

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[Fwd: Fwd: Graduate Student Survey]
by Bev Godard 23 Mar '07

23 Mar '07

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Fwd: Graduate Student Survey Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 16:07:39 -0500 From: umbagava(a)cc.umanitoba.ca To: godardbd(a)cc.umanitoba.ca Hi Bev, Please forward this to all graduate students in our department. Thank you! Muthu ----- Forwarded message from Meghan Gallant <pres(a)umgsa.ca> ----- Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 16:05:14 -0500 From: Meghan Gallant <pres(a)umgsa.ca> Reply-To: Meghan Gallant <pres(a)umgsa.ca> Subject: Graduate Student Survey To: undisclosed-recipients@ Councillors - can you please forward this email to students in your departments? Thanks! Dear Graduate Students, The Faculty of Graduate Studies is conducting a survey of graduate students that I encourage you to fill out. You should have received an email from Gene Senior on Tuesday March 6 containing a link to the survey website and a personal access code. If you did not receive this email or have questions about the survey, please contact Thomas Hassard, Associate Dean, at hassard(a)cc.umanitoba.ca. The survey contains a number of questions related to your experience as a graduate student at the University of Manitoba and your responses will be kept anonymous. This information will be shared with the Graduate Students' Association and will help us improve the services and representation we provide. In particular, I encourage you to respond to the final, open-ended question. As a further incentive, a $200 prize will be given to each 100th respondant. Thanks in advance for your input! Meghan -- Meghan Gallant President University of Manitoba Graduate Students' Association Local 96 - Canadian Federation of Students 221 University Centre Phone: (204) 474-9181 Cell: (204) 291-6239 www.umgsa.ca ----- End forwarded message ----- ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ -- Bev Godard Secretary Department of Plant Science University of Manitoba 66 Dafoe Road Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2 Phone: (204) 474-8563 Fax: (204) 474-7528 Bev_Godard(a)umanitoba.ca

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[Fwd: Fwd: Graduate Fee Restructuring]
by Bev Godard 23 Mar '07

23 Mar '07

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Fwd: Graduate Fee Restructuring Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 21:00:47 -0500 From: umbagava(a)cc.umanitoba.ca To: godardbd(a)cc.umanitoba.ca Hi Bev, Please forward this to all graduate students in plant science. Thank you! Muthu -- Muthukumar Bagavathiannan, Ph.D. Scholar, Division of Plant Science, The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada R3T 2N2 Ph:001-204-269-1223 "Be the change you want to see in the world" -Mahatma Gandhi ----- Forwarded message from Meghan Gallant <pres(a)umgsa.ca> ----- Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 20:32:23 -0500 From: Meghan Gallant <pres(a)umgsa.ca> Reply-To: Meghan Gallant <pres(a)umgsa.ca> Subject: Graduate Fee Restructuring To: undisclosed-recipients@ Hi Councillors, I wanted to provide an update to those of you who weren't available to hear today's presentation from the graduate fees restructuring committee. And to let you know that the GSA campaigns committee is meeting on Wednesday, March 28 at 5pm in the GSA Office to discuss follow-up to this news. Please circulate to anyone who may be interested. The fee restructuring committee has proposed to eliminate the current fee model that has students pay tuition fees for the first year of a Master's or first two years of a PhD, and then pay reduced 'continuing fees' after that. Instead, they are proposing that students pay a 'term fee': a flat, unchanging fee each term throughout the full duration of a degree. The current recommendation is to set this fee at $1,000, although this is subject to approval from the University President and the Board of Governors. This brings the cost of a graduate program, whether Master's of PhD, to $3,000 per year. The presenters indicated that this would be "approximately revenue neutral". However, we crunched some numbers this afternoon, and this model means fairly substantial increases to the cost of graduate eduction. Specifically (in most programs): 23% increase to the total cost of a 2 year Master's 44% increase to the total cost of a 5 year PhD For international students, the differential fee would now apply to all fees assessed (differential fees do not apply to continuing fees under the current model). This means: 33% increase to the total cost of a 2 year Master's 60% increase to the total cost of a 5 year Phd Fees would continue to be assessed for any subsequent years at the $1000 per term rate. We are obviously very concerned about the impact this will have on access and on students' ability to complete their degrees in reasonable time. We are preparing a full response to the recommendations, although this has been difficult given the lack of information provided thus far. We've requested a copy of the presentation given today, although the presenters were uncertain as to whether we would be allowed to have a copy. We'll provide more updates and analysis as we have them, until then please let students and faculty in your departments know that this is happening. Please contact me if you have any questions. Meghan -- Meghan Gallant President University of Manitoba Graduate Students' Association Local 96 - Canadian Federation of Students 221 University Centre Phone: (204) 474-9181 Cell: (204) 291-6239 www.umgsa.ca ----- End forwarded message ----- ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ -- Bev Godard Secretary Department of Plant Science University of Manitoba 66 Dafoe Road Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2 Phone: (204) 474-8563 Fax: (204) 474-7528 Bev_Godard(a)umanitoba.ca

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Graduate Student Annual Progress Reports
by Martha Blouw 16 Mar '07

16 Mar '07

Graduate student annual progress reports should be completed and returned to the Faculty of Graduate Studies via the Department of Plant Science by June 15, 2007. Students are not permitted to re-register if their APR has not been submitted for the previous academic session. Please note that it is the responsibility of the advisor, not the student, to ensure that student progress is reviewed. I will put further information and forms in advisor's mailboxes. Additional forms are available outside my office. -- Martha Blouw, Administrative Assistant Department of Plant Science 226 Agriculture Building 66 Dafoe Road University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3T 2N2 Phone: (204) 474-8223 Fax: (204) 474-7528 martha_blouw(a)umanitoba.ca http://www.umanitoba.ca/afs/plant_science/

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[Fwd: GSA award for excellence in teaching]
by Bev Godard 14 Mar '07

14 Mar '07

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: GSA award for excellence in teaching Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 13:50:40 -0500 From: umbagava(a)cc.umanitoba.ca To: godardbd(a)cc.umanitoba.ca Hi Bev, Please forward this to all graduate students in our department. Thank you! Muthu ********************* Hi everyone, The time has come for nominations for the GSA's annual award for Excellence in Teaching. Graduate students are invited to submit nominations of their advisors, lab supervisors or other professors in their department who have demonstrated a commitment to the teaching profession, a dedication to knowledge and an understanding and accommodation of student needs. Nominations must include: 1. a nomination form (available at the GSA Office) 2. the nominee's Curriculum Vitae 3. a list of the courses the nominee has taught 4. a list of the graduate student advisory committees the nominee is a member. Nominees must be active in Graduate Studies, have been members of the Faculty of Graduate Studies for at least 2 years and must be teaching graduate level courses at the time of the nomination. Nominations are due by March 30th at the GSA Office. Any questions or concerns, please contact execatlarge(a)umgsa.ca. Thanks, Christina Fawcett Exec-at-Large 2006-07 -- Muthukumar Bagavathiannan, Ph.D. Scholar, Division of Plant Science, The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada R3T 2N2 Ph:001-204-269-1223 "Be the change you want to see in the world" -Mahatma Gandhi ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ -- Bev Godard Secretary Department of Plant Science University of Manitoba 66 Dafoe Road Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2 Phone: (204) 474-8563 Fax: (204) 474-7528 Bev_Godard(a)umanitoba.ca

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