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FW: FGS Funding Opportunities
by Martha Blouw 04 May '12

04 May '12

From: awards-contacts-bounces(a)lists.umanitoba.ca [mailto:awards-contacts-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca] On Behalf Of Doug Barkman Sent: May-04-12 2:53 PM To: Doug Barkman Subject: FGS Funding Opportunities [University of Manitoba Faculty of Graduate Studies] ________________________________ Upcoming Awards Click here for a full listing of upcoming award deadlines<http://www.facebook.com/umgradstudies?sk=app_190322544333196> May 16 * McCrorie-West Family Fellowship for Alzheimer Research<http://webapps.cc.umanitoba.ca/gradawards/index.asp?WCI=SearchForm&WCE=brow…> $3,000 * For PhD students Research Field(s): Alzheimer Disease June 8 * Irene Knysh Grad School in Ukrainian Issues<http://webapps.cc.umanitoba.ca/gradawards/index.asp?WCI=SearchForm&WCE=brow…> $4,900 approx. * For Master's & PhD students Research Field(s): Ukrainian Studies June 15 * Sixth Prairie Conservation and Endangered Species Conference Fellowship<http://webapps.cc.umanitoba.ca/gradawards/index.asp?WCI=SearchForm&WCE=brow…> $1,075 approx. * For Master's & PhD students Research Field(s): Prairie conservation and/or prairie endangered species management ________________________________ Quick Links FAQ for Awards<http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/graduate_studies/funding/funding_faq.html> * Admissions<http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/graduate_studies/admissions/admissions_faq.ht…> * Registration<http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/graduate_studies/registration/registration_fa…> Important Dates and Deadlines<http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/graduate_studies/deadlines/index.html> * Fee Information<http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/graduate_studies/admissions/fees.html> Thesis Questions<http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/graduate_studies/thesis/250.html> * Grad Studies Forms<http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/graduate_studies/forms/index.html> * Academic Course Calendar<http://umanitoba.ca/calendar/> ________________________________ Faculty of Graduate Studies * 500 University Centre * Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/umgradstudies/> * Twitter<http://www.twitter.com/umgradstudies/> * FGS Website<http://umanitoba.ca/graduate_studies/>

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FW from Dr. Martin Entz: please send to grad students in Plant and Soils departments
by Bev Godard 03 May '12

03 May '12

-----Original Message----- From: Martin Entz [mailto:mentz@cc.umanitoba.ca] Sent: May-03-12 11:41 AM To: Bev Godard Subject: please send to grad students in Plant and Soils departments Dear Students, The Plant Science graduate course "Advanced Crop Production (PLNT 7660)" will be offered in the fall term 2012. This 3 credit course focusses on new developments and new thinking about crop production issues. I welcome all graduate students to this course. The only prerequisite for this course is that you are enrolled in a graduate program. This year's theme will be "Agronomics of food security and food sovereignty". We will review assumptions underpinning food security actions and we will discuss practical "on the ground" approaches for food security and food sovereignty. The course will not officially begin until September 2012 but there will be monthly get togethers in June, July and August and a possible short summer tour. The summer component is important because it allows students and instructors to visit field sites. The fall component of the course will be shortened slightly to account for the "classroom hours" in summer. If you interested in taking this course, please contact Dr. Martin Entz at m_entz(a)umanitoba.ca -- Dr. Martin H. Entz Professor of Agronomy and Cropping Systems Department of Plant Science University of Manitoba Winnipeg Canada visit my website: http://www.umanitoba.ca/outreach/naturalagriculture/

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latex and nitrile gloves
by Bev Godard 02 May '12

02 May '12

REMINDER: When exiting a lab, REMOVE ALL GLOVES that you have been wearing while working in the lab. Do not wear the gloves outside of the lab and touch surfaces that others will be touching. Bev Godard Secretary to the Head Department of Plant Science University of Manitoba 222 Agriculture Building 66 Dafoe Road Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2 Ph: (204) 474-8563 Fax: (204) 474-7528

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Grad student offices
by Bev Godard 02 May '12

02 May '12

Good morning to all, Please be reminded that the hallway and inside doors to the grad student offices are to be closed and locked at all times. This morning at about 9:30am, I noticed that the hallway door from Grad offices 147 was wide open, and no one was inside any of the offices. This provides a perfect opportunity for theft. Bev Godard Secretary to the Head Department of Plant Science University of Manitoba 222 Agriculture Building 66 Dafoe Road Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2 Ph: (204) 474-8563 Fax: (204) 474-7528

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FW: Novell Disk Spring Cleaning
by Bev Godard 01 May '12

01 May '12

Further to John's e-mail below, would you please take a look at your folder contents on the "S" drive and move/delete any content that is no longer needed on that drive. Thanks, Bev -----Original Message----- From: agriculture-all-bounces(a)lists.umanitoba.ca [mailto:agriculture-all-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca] On Behalf Of John Schoffner Sent: April-25-12 3:12 PM To: agriculture-all(a)lists.umanitoba.ca Subject: Novell Disk Spring Cleaning IST has asked me to project the amount of Novell disk space that the Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences will need for the next year. If you are a Novell user, please review files located on your Novell H: drive, shared departmental folders, as well as files located in the S:\public directory, and delete any unnecessary or outdated files. The purpose of this cleanup is to reduce the size of the monthly (complete) backup, and to prepare for the eventual migration of the data to the Microsoft Active Directory file system. There appear to be a large number of files that date back to 2008 or earlier. The Novell file system is not meant to be used as a long-term storage method. Users should be burning these files to DVD or transferring them to an external hard drive. If you have any questions about how to organize your data on the Novell network, please do not hesitate to call me. Thank you. -- John Schoffner - LAN Coordinator Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences www.umanitoba.ca/afs John_Schoffner(a)umanitoba.ca 474-9670 _______________________________________ AGRICULTURE-ALL mailing list AGRICULTURE-ALL(a)lists.umanitoba.ca http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/agriculture-all

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IPNI Award
by Martha Blouw 01 May '12

01 May '12

International Plant Nutrition Institute Awards Please refer to http://www.ipni.net/awards Martha Blouw, Academic Advisor Department of Plant 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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waxing of grad student lounge floor
by Bev Godard 01 May '12

01 May '12

Good morning, The cleaner would like to wax the floor in the grad lounge this Thursday morning (May 3). She will start at 6:00am, you will NOT be able to use the grad lounge until 10:00am. If anyone has any objections to this, please let me know by 3:30pm today (May 1), otherwise the job will go ahead as planned. Thanks, Bev Bev Godard Secretary to the Head Department of Plant Science University of Manitoba 222 Agriculture Building 66 Dafoe Road Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2 Ph: (204) 474-8563 Fax: (204) 474-7528

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FW: Need Players: Interdepartmental Softball League
by Bev Godard 25 Apr '12

25 Apr '12

From: Sakaria Liban [mailto:s.h.liban@gmail.com] Sent: April-25-12 2:45 PM To: Bev Godard Subject: Need Players: Interdepartmental Softball League Hi Bev, I'm trying to recruit players for an interdepartmental softball league over the summer. Can you send the email below to the all the plant science students. Thanks Sakaria Hi All, The graduate students association is hosting a slow-pitch softball league. The game is similar to baseball but a little easier to play with a bigger ball and slower pitch speed. It's easy to learn and no skills are required. Were looking for 12-13 players from plant science to compete against other departments. The minimum needed is 9 players and we can form more than one team if a lot of people are interested. This is a great chance to get some exercise, have fun, and meet other students. Equipment and refreshments will be provided, and there will be prizes and a windup social at the end of season. You can read below for more details and signup by replying to me (umlibans(a)cc.umanitoba.ca<mailto:umlibans@cc.umanitoba.ca>) by noon May 3, and I'll forward our team list to the GSA . Hope to see many of you on the field! -Games will be held from May 14 to the last week of August -One game every two weeks -Games will be held on a weekday from 5pm-6pm -We will be playing at Kings Park, ~15 minute walk from campus Feel free to reply with any questions Sakaria ps: Below is a copy of the original email for more info: Hello graduate students! It is with great pleasure that I introduce the GSA inter-departmental slo-pitch softball league! For those of you who have a rep on the GSA council, you should've heard of this already; but for those who don't, here's how it's going to work! (It is a long email but it should contain all the info that interested parties need, so read carefully!) -Inter-departmental -Softball (bigger ball than baseball) -Season will run from May 14 to the last week of August -One game every 2 weeks (on week days) -Time: 5:00pm or 6:00 pm (depending on field and team availability) -Minimum of 9 persons per team (minimum 4 girls). Suggested number: 12-13 players per team The more the better - especially since we all have other obligations -Small departments can join together to form a team. Large departments may form more than one if necessary -No skills required (easy to learn!) -The goal is to increase graduate student cohesion -- have some fun, meet graduate students from other department, spend some time outside... -Location: King's park (15 minute walk south of campus, King street). If there is enough interest from the Bannatyne-campus students, we will do our best to accommodate you (i.e. play at least half of your games around the downtown area) -Wind-up social in September, trophy and prizes for best/worst record... -Open to graduate students only, but faculty/staff will be allowed to play on your team if you need more players (no more than 2 faculty/staff per team) -All equipment provided by the GSA and will be the responsibility of the team captains(This includes a cooler and some refreshments to bring to the game provided by the GSA) Here is how to proceed with registration: -Deadline for registration is May 3rd 2012 (2 weeks from today) -Talk to the students of your department and form a team. If you have enough people to form a complete team, elect a team captain. Email names and emails of all players to Olivier at senator2(a)umgsa.ca<mailto:senator2@umgsa.ca> -If you only have a partial team (3-11 players) by May 3rd, send the email names and emails of all players... to Olivier atsenator2(a)umgsa.ca<mailto:senator2@umgsa.ca>. Identify the "temporary" contact person for your partial team (until teams are merged and a team captain can be elected). Also, include some departments that you would potentially like to team up with in that email -Free Agency: If there is not sufficient interest in your department to form a team, sign-up as a free agent. Again, register by sending me an email at senator2(a)umgsa.ca<mailto:senator2@umgsa.ca>. You will be assigned a team at the end of registration (or mention potential departments or faculties you would like to join in that email) -Following the deadline of May 3rd, I will send an email to all contact persons of every full or partial teams. This will be to finalize teams. Once this is all done, team memberships will be sent to all captains, and the merged teams can arrange to elect a team captain -The schedule will be put together and emailed to team captains the week of the 7th. Email all specific requirements of your team prior to May 3rd (e.g. "we can't get out of the lab until 5:30 so we will have to play all our games at 6:00" or "most of us are going on a conference the third week of June so we can't play that week" or again "we can't play on Wednesdays"...) Some miscellaneous information: -Rivalries between departments can be accommodated. I'll do my best to accommodate everyone and every team within reason -Aside from their inherent duties, team captains will be responsible for picking up the equipment/cooler/refreshments from the GSA prior to the games, as well as being responsible for verifying that all equipment is returned after the game. Any questions, comments or feedback, please email me at senator2(a)umgsa.ca<mailto:senator2@umgsa.ca> Hope to see you on the field! Olivier and the GSA executive team

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FW: FGS Funding Opportunities
by Martha Blouw 20 Apr '12

20 Apr '12

From: awards-contacts-bounces(a)lists.umanitoba.ca [mailto:awards-contacts-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca] On Behalf Of Doug Barkman Sent: April-20-12 2:11 PM To: Doug Barkman Subject: FGS Funding Opportunities [University of Manitoba Faculty of Graduate Studies] ________________________________ Upcoming Awards Click here for a full listing of upcoming award deadlines<http://www.facebook.com/umgradstudies?sk=app_190322544333196> May 16 * McCrorie-West Family Fellowship for Alzheimer Research<http://webapps.cc.umanitoba.ca/gradawards/index.asp?WCI=SearchForm&WCE=brow…> $3,000 * For PhD students Research Field(s): Alzheimer Disease June 1 * Singal, Pawan K. Graduate Scholarship in Cardiovascular Sciences<http://webapps.cc.umanitoba.ca/gradawards/index.asp?WCI=SearchForm&WCE=brow…> $8,325 approx. * For Master's & PhD students Research Field(s): Cardiovascular Sciences ________________________________ Quick Links FAQ for Awards<http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/graduate_studies/funding/funding_faq.html> * Admissions<http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/graduate_studies/admissions/admissions_faq.ht…> * Registration<http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/graduate_studies/registration/registration_fa…> Important Dates and Deadlines<http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/graduate_studies/deadlines/index.html> * Fee Information<http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/graduate_studies/admissions/fees.html> Thesis Questions<http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/graduate_studies/thesis/250.html> * Grad Studies Forms<http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/graduate_studies/forms/index.html> * Academic Course Calendar<http://umanitoba.ca/calendar/> ________________________________ Faculty of Graduate Studies * 500 University Centre * Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/umgradstudies/> * Twitter<http://www.twitter.com/umgradstudies/> * FGS Website<http://umanitoba.ca/graduate_studies/>

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FW: Grad Student Opportunity
by Bev Godard 18 Apr '12

18 Apr '12

From: K Podolsky [mailto:umpodolk@cc.umanitoba.ca] Sent: April-18-12 12:57 PM To: Bev Godard Subject: Grad Student Opportunity A request has been received to recruit 2 Students for the Departmental Field Day Committee, The annual Departmental Field Day is being held July 25. The primary responsibility of the committee is to develop new ideas for the field day, decide how/what research will be showcased and direct Alvin Iverson on how these activities will be carried out. This will be done by attending a few committee meetings and of course the field day itself in July. Field and lab-based students are welcome!! This is a great chance for new or existing students to become involved. Participation on committees is also a great resume booster! If you are interested, speak to Kristen in person or via email (umpodolk(a)cc.umanitoba.ca<mailto:umpodolk@cc.umanitoba.ca>). Hope to hear from you!!!!

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