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Upcoming Workshops
Wednesday
September 10 |
David Albouy (University of
Michigan)
"Are Big Cities Really Bad Places to Live? Improving
Quality-of-life
Estimates across Cities"
4:00 p.m., Room 4161 SSC |
Applied Economics/
Econometrics |
News and Announcements
Department Meeting - Reminder
The first Department Meeting for the Academic Year 2008-2009 will
be held on Monday,
September 15, 2008
at 4:00 p.m., in Room 4161. All faculty and staff are invited to
attend.
Economics Annual Fall Party
The Economics Annual Fall Party will be held at the Elsie
Perrin Williams Estate on Thursday, September 18, 2008. Cocktails
will begin at 5:00 p.m. with dinner at 6:00 p.m. Please drop off
your advance payment of $10 per person in the Economics main
office (SSC 4071) by Tuesday, September 16th. Children
under 14, new graduate students, new faculty members and their
families are not required to pay, but we would appreciate your
letting us know if you plan to attend.
All faculty, graduate students, staff and their families are
welcome!
Please see the map attached
for directions to the Elsie Perrin Williams Estate.
Social Science Council Meetings
Meetings of the Social Science Council are held on the second
Tuesday of every other month from October to April in Room 9420
SSC. Regular Full-Time Faculty Members only are invited to
attend. Please put the following dates in your calendars:
- Tuesday, October 14, 2008, 12:00 p.m.
- Tuesday, December 9, 2008, 4:00 p.m.
- Tuesday, February 10, 2009, 12:00 p.m.
- Tuesday, April 14, 2009, 4:00 p.m.
Fall 2008 Nominations for University Committees
The University Secretariat is making its annual request for your
attention to the following positions which are coming available this
fall:
- Board of Governors and Senate Elections
Board of Governors positions available: 1 undergraduate student
member and 1 member of the administrative staff.
Senate positions available: 24 faculty members and 1 member of
the administrative staff.
Nominations
open on Friday, September 12, 2008
and close at 4:00 p.m. September 25, 2008.
There are 2 positions available for a member of the General
Community to serve on Senate:
Call for
Nominations
- Senate Committee Membership
Invitation
for nominations for membership on Senate Committees.
Nominations must be received by Thursday,
September 25, 2008.
List of
upcoming items for the Nominating Committee.
Canadian Economics Employment Exchange (CEEE)
The Canadian
Economics Employment Exchange will take place on December
5-6, 2008 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Toronto. The purpose of
the CEEE is to facilitate the search of Canadian PhD candidates
who are seeking employment and of the Canadian organizations who
may be interested in hiring these candidates.
Allied Social Science Association (ASSA) Annual
Meetings
The
2009 Annual Convention of the ASSA has been scheduled for
January 3-5, 2009 in San Francisco, CA. The headquarters hotel
is the Hilton San Francisco. Program information as well as
information on hotels (i.e. prices and places to stay) is
available here or in the
Main Office.
Research Notices
Academic Development Fund - New Research and Scholarly
Initiatives Award
Small Grants Competition
**All funding applications or proposals by UWO researchers must be
accompanied by a completed Research Data and Approval Form (RDAF).
Forms can be obtained and submitted using
Research
On-Line Approvals
(ROLA).
Funding
Announcements
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