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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)
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