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Volume 51, Number 27 Department of Agricultural Economics Texas A&M University August 26, 2016

Rosson’s Roundup

Rosson’s Roundup Ice Cream Social Tailgate New Publication Active Shooter Presentation Student Media Grant Upcoming Birthdays Position Announcements

August

29th-First Day of Classes

31st-Ice Cream Social

September

2nd-Active Shooter Presentation

3rd-Tailgate, Aggies vs UCLA

Welcome Back! I hope all who have been in other locations this past three months had a productive summer. The semester is set

to go into hyper-drive next week when all of our students return to Aggieland.

First, congratulations are in order to Jeff Pate, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Program Specialist in Lubbock. Jeff and

the other members of the Texas Alliance for Water Conservation (TAWC) were selected by the Irrigation Awards and Honors

Committee to receive the 2016 National Water and Energy Conservation Award. This award recognizes the TAWC’s achieve-

ments in the conservation of water and energy through irrigation procedures, practices, equipment, methods and techniques. The

awards ceremony will be held on December 7, 2016 during the Irrigation Show and Education Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Congratulations again Jeff and team for the great work and this honor!

Congratulations to Bruce McCarl who was notified that he and collaborators from Texas A&M, the University of Maryland, and

the University of Illinois have been awarded two year funding by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to examine the coupled

relationships of food, bioenergy and water as they are exposed to environmental changes and human intervention. This funding

award is made by the Division of Earth Sciences of the NSF. Congratulations again on this success!

As we head into the new semester, I wanted to update you on our expected enrollment. I’ll focus on undergraduates this week and

do graduate programs next week. We should have about 875 students in our undergraduate program this fall, which is up from 770

last semester. About 527 students are enrolled in the Agricultural Economics degree, with 348 in Agribusiness. Thanks to the

Undergraduate Office staff who spent the summer conducting numerous students conferences and getting ready for a new year.

Donna Adcock, Carissa Beamon, Amy Connolly and Donna Chester did a great job and your efforts are appreciated! Please thank

this team of staff members who have managed a difficult task extremely well.

In you have noticed activity in and around 210U Grad Lab, be aware that some the furniture is being replaced and rearranged to

accommodate more use. We are also going to upgrade the printer and printer services. This should be completed within the next

few weeks.

REMINDERS

The first departmental tailgate will be held Saturday, September 3. The day will begin at 10 a.m. with an Extension Outlook

session, followed at 10:30 with presentations from a number of our students who went on Study Abroad programs this summer.

Food will be served at 11:30. The morning’s events will be in the AgriLife Center, while lunch will be under the tents on the north

lawn. If you plan to attend, but haven’t registered, please do so at the link below. As in past years, this is a great opportunity to

visit with former students and friends of the Department and for our students to network with prospective employers and internship

providers. I hope many of you can attend.

http://aglifesciencesconnect.tamu.edu/s/1436/gid13agric/index.aspx?sid=1436&gid=13&pgid=4750&content_id=7733

Finally, have a great weekend and get ready for next week!!

Click here for more position announcements

Faculty, staff, and graduate students are encouraged to submit articles and photos on current events

Deadline for all submissions is noon, Thursday.

Please send your information to valnoyes@tamu,edu

Debbie Childs 8/31

John Penson 9/1

Gene Nelson 9/9

Rebekka Dudensing 9/14

David Leatham 9/15

Upcoming Birthdays

Position Announcements

Assistant/Associate Professor, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Ag Economics or Ag Business. For position description and to apply, go to: https://javjobs.tamuk.edu/hr , Username: GU62946, Password: asstassocprof2016.

Economists and Agricultural Economists, Market and Trade Economics Division and Resources and Rural Economics Division of USDA’s Economic Research Service. Primary responsibilities include working with data needed for analysis of the farm sector and farm households, as well as international trade and foreign markets. For more information, please contact: Marca Weinberg, Director, Resource and Rural Economics Division, Economic Research Service, USDA, Office: (202) 694-5478, Weinberg@ers.usda.gov Apply on-line at: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/448090500 Positions close Thursday, September 1, 2016.

Senior Economist (Macroeconomic Policy, Food Security and Household Welfare), Agricultural Development Economics Division, ESA, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. The senior economist will be responsible for leading the programme of work in quantitative macro and microeconomic impact assessments of agriculture and food policies. For further details and how to apply see: : http://www.fao.org/employment/vacancies/professional/en/

Analyst - Food & Agribusiness Research and Advisory (FAR), Rabo AgriFinance. For information and to apply, go to: https://www.rabobankamerica.com/working-at-raboagrifinance/open-positions/open-position-details?jobNumber=US00274

New Publication

Perceived risks of mountain landslides in Italy: Stated choices for subjective risk reductions. Mara Thiene, W. Douglass Shaw, and Riccardo Scarpa. Published on-line, Landslides August 12, 2016 DOI: 10.1007/s10346-016-0741-3

ConDev's Student Media Grant is currently open for applications! This $5000 photojournalism grant is open to current students worldwide interested in capturing issues facing fragile and conflict-affected areas of the world through stunning photography. For more information, go to: http://condevcenter.org/student-media-grant/ Application deadline is September 30, 2016.

Conflict and Development Student Media Grant

AGEC Tailgate UCLA vs Aggies

September 3, 2016

BEGINNING @ 11:30 a.m.

GAME TIME 2:30 p.m. FOOD & DRINKS PROVIDED

AGLS Building Grounds

“Active Shooter Presentation”

by the University Police Department

When: September 2, 2016

Where: AGLS room 125

Time: 10:00 am