Happy New Year GrAggies!

Bright future to you all!

We are blessed to be in a safe place in which we can excel and overcome!

I would like to thank all of you for our many successes as a graduate group. We helped raise $500 for the Spence Street Children Garden, great team work for a great cause!! I really appreciated the diversity in PSGSA. Thanks for BBQin.

We saw many great colleagues successfully defend their work! Congrats!

Thanks to Muthu, Hassna, Ruli, Meahan, RB, Blaine, Marc, Anne, Sarangi, Zhixa, Eppie, Mukhles, Lilu, Simon, Zhen Yao, Arvind, Antonia, Lynn and Tom for signing up for the lounge clean-up crew!! And thanks to those whom helped maintain the lounge that did not make it on the list!!

I have posted a new clean-up sheet. Please sign up.

As for activities!! I would like to have a potluck in the first week of Feb. in the lounge. Will send info soon!! At that time we will talk about the Graduate Sympo. at the U of S. If there is interest we can plan for ice skating at the Forks. Of course if anyone has a suggestion of an activites please let us know and we will try to make it so.

The deadline for abstracts for the Graduate Sympo. is Feb 8, 2008. I have attached the info. If you are interested in attending it is not to late to register! Please remember there is no fee to attend and all travel, food and hotel is provided via PSGSA, departmental and program funds. 2008 is our turn to host the Sympo!! We have already applied for funding but more will needed to be acquired.

We will be having elections for PSGSA in April. If you are interested please let your fellow graudate know.


It has been a pleasure being the PSGSA President. Thanks.

Heres to continued success in life!!

Peace & respect-

Anndrea

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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@umanitoba.ca