April 2007 - Plants-grads - University of Manitoba Mailing Lists

[Fwd: Plant Science GSA BBQ]
by Bev Godard 27 Apr '07

27 Apr '07

I am forwarding the following message on behalf of Mark Belmonte. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Plant Science GSA BBQ Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:57:17 -0500 From: Mark Findlay Belmonte <umbelmon(a)cc.umanitoba.ca> To: Bev Godard <godardbd(a)ms.umanitoba.ca> Good Morning Graggies! The Plant Science GSA will hold their annual end of year BBQ on Tuesday May 1 at 12 noon in the Plant Science courtyard. The first BBQ of the season also means that it's time to elect a new Plant Science Graduate Students' Association executive. There are a number of positions to be filled and include: President Treasurer Social Director Social committee Dept Plant Science Council Rep GSA Rep Sports Rep Safety committee Rep Computer Rep Library Rep The creation of the new: 'Advanced Plant Science Seminar Graduate Student Rep' will also need to be filled by a Doctoral student. The details and responsibilities of all positions are posted in the grad lounge. If you would like to nominate a person who you feel would represent the Department well and continue our strong tradition of success and comaraderie, please feel free to send me their names. This is a great time to reward yourself by donating your service to the Department! Beverages and treats will be served - please bring your own BBQ-ables! Hope to see you all there! Mark Belmonte President PSGSA ------------------------------------------------- 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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meeting with Dr. Tahir
by Bev Godard 27 Apr '07

27 Apr '07

Good morning to all, The meeting this morning with Dr. Tahir and the grad students will now start at 11:30 in Room 218 instead of 11:00. Thanks, Bev -- 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: GSA dinner]
by Bev Godard 25 Apr '07

25 Apr '07

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: GSA dinner Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 17:17:28 -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 "Vice President (Student Affairs)" <vpsa(a)umgsa.ca> ----- Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 15:39:51 -0500 From: "Vice President (Student Affairs)" <vpsa(a)umgsa.ca> Reply-To: vpsa(a)umgsa.ca Subject: Free food and live music! To: undisclosed-recipients@ Hey councilors, can you forward this on to everyone in your department? Hey everyone! Its the end of term and we're all getting ready to do our summer things. It's also the change over for our executive. As a celebration the GSA is hosting a party for graduate students at Degrees Diner on the Third Floor of University Centre on Friday April 27th.. The plan is to start things rolling at 6:00pm. Please feel free to bring your partner if you have one! There will be free food (from Degrees) and a live DJ (DJ @Large). There is no cover and drinks are going to be pretty cheap ($2.75 i believe). Please come out! Its going to be an excellent time! -- Jason Kelly, B.Sc. Vice-President (Student Affairs) University of Manitoba Graduate Students' Association Local 96 - Canadian Federation of Students 221 University Centre Tel. (204)474 9181 Fax. (204)474 7560 ----- 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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Canadian Organic Growers - Mary Perlmutter Scholarship
by Martha Blouw 23 Apr '07

23 Apr '07

Canadian Organic Growers The Mary Perlmutter Scholarship The annual scholarship is named after COG past-president and long-time organic grower Mary Perlmutter. The intent of the award is to promote and encourage research of benefit to organic growers. Value: $4,000 Application Deadline: June 30, 2007 Applications and further information are available at http://www.cog.ca/scholarship.htm -- 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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Canola breeder candidates meetings with graduate students
by Bev Godard 19 Apr '07

19 Apr '07

I am forwarding this message on behalf of Chris Willenborg. Bev Dear Graduate Students, As you know, we are currently searching for a term position within the department as a canola/rapeseed breeder. The final two candidates, Drs. Yadeta Kabeta and Muhammad Tahir, will be interviewed next week. On Wednesday, April 25 and Friday, April 27 from 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM in Room 218, Drs. Kabeta and Tahir will be meeting with the graduate students, respectively. Please make an effort to attend this important event. Again, 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 these meetings with the candidates and email your feedback to me so that I can pass it on to Dr. Ballance. It is also a good opportunity to learn a lot about the interview process and types of questions to expect as well. 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/ <http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/%7Eumwillen/> -- 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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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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