-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Great Opportunity Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:35:47 -0600 From: K Podolsky umpodolk@cc.umanitoba.ca To: Bev Godard godardbd@cc.umanitoba.ca
Dear fellow Grad students:
An excellent opportunity has presented itself! Our department has invited Professor Craig Pearson (http://www.sustainable.unimelb.edu.au/content/people/craig_pearson http://www.sustainable.unimelb.edu.au/content/people/craig_pearson) to deliver a special seminar to our Faculty in March. Dr. Pearson resides in Australia and is the Director of the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, his personal areas of expertise include agricultural and environmental policy, strategic planning, grassland agronomy and city greenbelt policy.
A committee has been formed to overlook and plan Dr. Pearson's activities during his stay in our great city and /they are looking for a graduate student representative/. The visit is tentatively planned for March 19-23, 2012 which means that there will be some overlap with our Graduate Symposium (March 23-24, 2012).
/This is a great opportunity to get involved with our departmental committees and network with Dr. Pearson/. Perhaps some of you are interested in studying down under! You would be involved in arranging his schedule, planning activites etc. The committe is currently comprised of Dr. Martin Entz and Dr. Yvonne Lawley, and possibly you!
Please let me know ASAP if you are interested or have any questions.
Thank you! Kristen Podolsky