Strategic Planning Committees
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Hi all,
This e-mail is just a reminder of that the Plant Science Department is still looking for 2 volunteers to represent grad students in 2 committees related to the department’s strategic planning. Details on the committees are as follows:
Social Committee: Tasked with engaging academics, staff and students to interact on an informal level. A minimum of 2 events (online or in-person, if possible) per year. Active starting on Sept 2021
* Academic: Dr. Dilantha Fernando (3 yr term) * Support staff: Eppie Austria (2 yr term) * RA/PDF: TBA (2 yr term) * Student: TBA (1 yr term)
Communications/Promotions Committee: Tasked with outreach exposure. The team will collaborate with Crystal Jorgenson in updating the website and create a newsletter to showcase the department’s activities for an external audience (I.e. growers, industry, government). People with strong website design skills are needed.
* Academic: Dr. Brian Fristensky (3 yr term) * Support staff: Kaitlyn Pidherny (2 yr term) * RA/PDF: TBA (2 yr term) * Student: TBA (1 yr term)
A third committee, the Events Committee, is tasked with the organization of tours at the Morrison Research Farm and Lab Open Houses and organize at least 2 activities per year to engage growers, industry, government and public. Similarly, this group will be composed of 4 members:
* 2 academics (Dr. Claudio Stasolla for lab and Dr. Curt McCartney for field), * 2 support staff (Stephanie Dheily for field, TBA for lab), * but no student representation is required
PSGSA has announced recently that due to the lack of initiative, these 2 student rep positions might instead be added onto the next PSGSA election. But given the new details to these committees (especially the confirmation of only a 1 year commitment from student reps), there might be newfound interest and perhaps earlier involvement.
For further questions (or wish to volunteer!) e-mail decastr4@myumanitoba.camailto:decastr4@myumanitoba.ca or, they can also be addressed later today at virtual coffee with Dr. Stasolla! (meeting link should be on your MS Teams calendar)
Thank you, PSGSA Team
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James De Castro