August 2015 - Soils-grads - University of Manitoba Mailing Lists

[Plants-grads] Don't forget to register
by Martha Blouw 19 Aug '15

19 Aug '15

From: Martha Blouw Sent: July-06-15 11:35 AM To: 'adelekmf(a)myumanitoba.ca'; 'adesanyt(a)myumanitoba.ca'; 'umagomoh(a)cc.umanitoba.ca'; 'akinselt(a)cc.umanitoba.ca'; 'umamarai(a)cc.umanitoba.ca'; Geethani Eragoda Arachchilage (eragodag(a)myumanitoba.ca); 'umgoetzc(a)cc.umanitoba.ca'; 'BARDELLG(a)cc.umanitoba.ca'; 'boudrea7(a)myumanitoba.ca'; 'umdonohg(a)myumanitoba.ca'; hajihasa(a)cc.umanitoba.ca; 'jeken(a)cc.umanitoba.ca'; Justice Zhanda; Magdalena Rogalsky; 'ahmedl(a)myumanitoba.ca'; 'miller6(a)myumanitoba.ca'; Oscar Molina Tirado; muniras(a)myumanitoba.ca; 'emmanuel.ojo(a)umanitoba.ca'; 'onabanjo(a)cc.umanitoba.ca'; 'pereiraf(a)myumanitoba.ca'; Pepper Pritty; Jenna Rapai; 'runzikam(a)myumanitoba.ca'; 'rutter(a)cc.umanitoba.ca'; 'sapkotak(a)myumanitoba.ca'; 'shawws(a)myumanitoba.ca'; 'umsingh4(a)cc.umanitoba.ca'; 'umsolowa(a)cc.umanitoba.ca'; 'Amanda_M_Taylor(a)umanitoba.ca'; 'umtheroj(a)cc.umanitoba.ca'; 'westphme(a)cc.umanitoba.ca' Cc: 'Olalekan.Akinremi(a)umanitoba.ca'; Brian Amiro; Paul Bullock; Annemieke Farenhorst; Don Flaten; Tee Boon Goh; David Lobb; Mario Tenuta; Francis Zvomuya Subject: Registration for 2015-2016 Importance: High Hello all, Registration for Fall 2015 and Winter 2016 begins July 20. You may have heard that the procedure for registration has changed. You will now register yourselves. A registration approval form is attached. This form is used to list the courses you will be taking in both Fall 2015 and Winter 2016, and to obtain approval for registering for these courses from your advisor. Please complete the form, and bring it or email it to me so that I can remove the "block" on your registration. Once the block is removed, you will be able to go into the Aurora Registration System and register yourself. Online registration tutorials are available at http://umanitoba.ca/student/records/tutorial/index.html . Please feel free to stop by my office (location below) anytime if you would like me to show you how to register. I encourage you to register early, especially if you are registering for courses with limited enrolment. I look forward to meeting and working with all of you. My door is always open. Regards, Martha Blouw, Academic Advisor Departments of Plant Science & Soil Science 226 Agriculture Building 66 Dafoe Road University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada R3T 2N2 Telephone: 204-474-8223 Fax: 204-474-7528

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[Plants-grads] CanU planning meeting notes
by Paul Bullock 17 Aug '15

17 Aug '15

All, Thanks for sharing your ideas this morning. I have attached the white board photos along with a summary. Let me know if I have overlooked anything. I will schedule a followup meeting for early September. In the meantime, please consult with Rob Ellis and/or Mario Tenuta for specific information on available equipment and space. I look forward to seeing how everything has evolved. Paul -- Dr. Paul Bullock Professor and Head Department of Soil Science University of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2 Phone: (204) 474-8666 Fax: (204) 474-7642 Email: Paul.Bullock(a)umanitoba.ca <Paul_Bullock(a)umanitoba.ca> Webpage: umanitoba.ca/afs/soil_science/

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[Plants-grads] Fwd: Conference Sponsorship Program - October 15, 2015 deadline - "Call for Applications" Letter
by Paul Bullock 13 Aug '15

13 Aug '15

All, This is for your information. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Judith Mate <Judith.Mate(a)umanitoba.ca> Date: Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 2:18 PM Subject: Conference Sponsorship Program - October 15, 2015 deadline - "Call for Applications" Letter To: "hris-faculty-admin-unit-administrator(a)lists.umanitoba.ca" < hris-faculty-admin-unit-administrator(a)lists.umanitoba.ca> *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 (attached) *Call for Applications* letter and the *Important Change Notices* document will be uploaded by/before the end of August to the Research website for the *October 15, 2015 deadline **for the Conference Sponsorship Program and Student Travel Support to Competitions**.* The updated *FACULTY and STUDENT Application Forms *will also be uploaded by/before the end of August and the web-link below will also be updated to reflect the October 15, 2015 competition deadline date/documents. http://umanitoba.ca/research/rh_awards_conference_sponsorships.html We have also added a separate “Change Notices” pdf link to the website to better highlight the upcoming new “3-Competitions/Fiscal Year Cycle”. Please distribute this information as necessary to your respective Faculty Office and Student bulletin boards. We will be advertising in the UM/Student Weekly Bulletins as well come September 2015. 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)umanitoba.ca *www.umanitoba.ca/research <http://www.umanitoba.ca/research>* -- Dr. Paul Bullock Professor and Head Department of Soil Science University of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2 Phone: (204) 474-8666 Fax: (204) 474-7642 Email: Paul.Bullock(a)umanitoba.ca <Paul_Bullock(a)umanitoba.ca> Webpage: umanitoba.ca/afs/soil_science/

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[Plants-grads] Fwd: CanU Academy meeting - Aug 17
by Geethani Eragoda Arachchilage 11 Aug '15

11 Aug '15

The new meeting time is Monday, Aug 17 at 9:30 a.m. in Room 346.

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[Plants-grads] NSERC Visit
by Martha Blouw 11 Aug '15

11 Aug '15

From: awards-contacts-bounces(a)lists.umanitoba.ca<mailto:awards-contacts-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca> [mailto:awards-contacts-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca] On Behalf Of Rowena Krentz Sent: August-11-15 2:03 PM To: Awards Contact (awards-contacts(a)lists.umanitoba.ca<mailto:awards-contacts@lists.umanitoba.ca>); Jane Lastra; Nancy Klos Cc: Rosemary Visevic; Sara Sealey Subject: Re: NSERC Visit Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to inform you that NSERC representatives will be visiting the University of Manitoba and will host a presentation of various NSERC awards available to Undergraduate, Graduate and Postdoctoral students. Below are the details of the visit: When: Tuesday, September 8th, 2015 Where: Room 218 Wallace Bldg. Time: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm (includes presentation and questions from attendees) RSVP: Students must register to attend given the limited space available https://umanitobagrad.askadmissions.net/Portal/EI/ViewDetails?gid=6235771da… Kindly circulate this valuable information to students who may find this information of relevance. Thank you Rowena ________________________________________________ Rowena Krentz | Awards Officer | Faculty of Graduate Studies University of Manitoba | Rm 500 University Centre Winnipeg, MB Canada | R3T 2N2 Phone: (204) 474-9836 | Fax: (204) 474-7553 www.umanitoba.ca/graduate_studies<http://www.umanitoba.ca/graduate_studies> Effective September 1, 2013, the university will only use your UofM email account for all communications, including messages from your professors, department, advisors and administrative offices.

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[Plants-grads] CanU Academy meeting - Aug 17
by Paul Bullock 11 Aug '15

11 Aug '15

All Soil Science graduate students, I am contacting you to participate in a CanU Academy in Agri-Food Science. The attachment provides a brief description. I met with a young lady from Human Nutritional Sciences who is acting as a point person for lining up the various modules and I had a good discussion with her. Apparently, there is already a Grade 6 and/or 7 CanU academy, so they are trying to expand it to include school age kids a year older. They are targeting agri-food and using a pizza as a central theme so they can incorporate all of the various ag faculty departments in figuring out the where all the ingredients originate. I thought it was a neat way to pull it all together. The Departments of Soil Science and Plant Science would share Module 2 which runs on Oct 15 and 22 from 5:00 to 7:30 p.m. on both days. For Soil Science specifically, I discussed 3 potential topic areas we could cover; Soil Physical properties, Soil Ecology, Soil and Surface water. For the latter, I was specifically thinking about Mitch Timmerman's demonstration kit with the different soils, different sources of runoff and different residue covers. I saw it when I was on the MSSS tour. I have sent Mitch an email and I am waiting to hear from him. Mario has since made a suggestion that perhaps we could figure out how many of the various nutrients are contained in a 100 pizzas. Then, we could follow the nutrients through the soil. This would work well with Mitch's demonstration, if he is available. On Oct 15 and 22, they would like to split the participants (40 kids, 4 chaperones) into 2 groups. Half would come to Soil Science on Oct 15 and the other half the following week (that is 20 kids each week). I thought we could set up the first 2 modules in the Ellis Building teaching labs and have Mitch's station set up in the equipment shed. That would mean that on each day, there would be 3 groups of 6 to 7 kids, each spending about 45 minutes at each station. I would like to engage all of the Soil Science graduate students in this exericise. First, I would like some of you to work with Rob Ellis and Mario Tenuta to develop the first 2 modules. Then, I want to involve all the grad students on Oct 8, 5:00 to 7:30 for a "dry run" (i.e. have some of the grad students play the part of the high school kids who will be coming the following 2 weeks). Mitch would probably also want a graduate student to work with him at his station. Lynda has booked Room 346 for Monday, Aug 17 at 1:30 p.m., so we can all meet to start getting organized for this academy. Would you please put this on your calendar and plan to attend. Some of you have previous experience working with school kids and we would appreciate your advice and input. All of you are creative people with great ideas. So, everyone can contribute. Thanks, Paul -- Dr. Paul Bullock Professor and Head Department of Soil Science University of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2 Phone: (204) 474-8666 Fax: (204) 474-7642 Email: Paul.Bullock(a)umanitoba.ca <Paul_Bullock(a)umanitoba.ca> Webpage: umanitoba.ca/afs/soil_science/

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[Plants-grads] Fwd: Soil Ecology Lab - 4R Field Tour
by Paul Bullock 07 Aug '15

07 Aug '15

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Kevin Baron <Kevin.Baron(a)umanitoba.ca> Date: Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 9:06 AM Subject: Soil Ecology Lab - 4R Field Tour To: Paul Bullock <Paul.Bullock(a)umanitoba.ca> Cc: Mario Tenuta <Mario.Tenuta(a)umanitoba.ca> Hi Paul, The Soil Ecology Lab is holding a 4R field day Thursday next week (PDF poster attached). Could you please circulate this on the Department email list? Thank you! Kevin Baron Research Associate Department of Soil Science University of Manitoba 388 Ellis Building Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2 Cell: 204-470-1691 Fax: 204-474-7642 Email: Kevin.Baron(a)umanitoba.ca -- Dr. Paul Bullock Professor and Head Department of Soil Science University of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2 Phone: (204) 474-8666 Fax: (204) 474-7642 Email: Paul.Bullock(a)umanitoba.ca <Paul_Bullock(a)umanitoba.ca> Webpage: umanitoba.ca/afs/soil_science/

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[Plants-grads] Soiled Profile
by Paul Bullock 07 Aug '15

07 Aug '15

-- Dr. Paul Bullock Professor and Head Department of Soil Science University of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2 Phone: (204) 474-8666 Fax: (204) 474-7642 Email: Paul.Bullock(a)umanitoba.ca <Paul_Bullock(a)umanitoba.ca> Webpage: umanitoba.ca/afs/soil_science/

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