-------- Original message -------- From: Crystal Jorgenson Crystal.Jorgenson@umanitoba.ca Date: 2018-07-03 10:02 PM (GMT+01:00) To: Agriculture-All agriculture-all@lists.umanitoba.ca Subject: Faculty Special Seminar Announcement

Dear All, Professor Ranjith Senaratne, Chair Department of Crop Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, in Sri Lanka will be visiting our faculty from July 6th through 9th 2018. Professor Senartne is the former Vice-Chancellor of University of Ruhuna, former Vice-Chairman of the University Grants Commission in Sri Lanka and former Dean Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka. Professor Senartne's area of research is nutrient cycling in cropping systems. He is visiting our university to strengthen ties between his university and ours and will be happy to meet and discuss opportunities with anyone interested. Please email Dilantha Fernando (Dilantha.fernando@umanitoba.camailto:Dilantha.fernando@umanitoba.ca) to set up a time to meet Professor Senaratne. Professor Senartne will give a Faculty Seminar on July 9th (Mon) at 10.00 am in the Richardson International Auditorium, Room 172 FAFS. Please see attachment for further details. All are welcome to attend. The topic of the presentation is, "Agriculture in Sri Lanka: Harnessing Opportunities and Embracing Change" A brief Bio of Prof. Senaratne can be found at: http://www.ugc.ac.lk/en/speeches/936-profile-of-professor-ranjith-senaratne....

Dilantha

President Canadian Phytopathological Society

Dr. Dilantha Fernando

Dean of Studies,

St. Paul's College, University of Manitoba

211-70 Dysart Road, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2M6

Tel: 204-474-8577

and

Professor,

Dept. of Plant Science, University of Manitoba

66 Dafoe Road, Rm 205 FAFS, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2

Tel: 204-474-6072 Fernando Lab: http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~fernando/ Papers: http://bashanfoundation.org/dilantha/dilanthapub.html

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