Job Opportunity at Fresno State

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Greetings from beautiful, sunny California.  My name is Dennis Ferris and I am a professor at California State University Fresno.  The reason for this e-mail is to inform your department, program, or college about a unique opportunity we currently have at Fresno State.  We are currently searching for an Institute for Food & Agriculture Director.  This position requires a minimum of a Master’s Degree agriculturally related field.  You will find the Vacancy Announcement attached and we would ask that you post this for all qualified and soon to be qualified to see.  I personally would welcome any comments or feedback you would want to send our way.  We are trying to fill this position for Fall 2018, so we will begin reviewing applications in March 23, 2018.  Please encourage anyone qualified for the position.  If you can, please let us know you received this e-mail.

VA #13444 IFA Director (Admin II)

Thank you so very much,

Dennis Ferris, Professor

Department of Food Science & Nutrition

California State University, Fresno

93740-8019

(559) 278-4692

dennisf@csufresno.edu

PSI – Funding Opportunity for Students

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Public Scholarship Initiative Information Session – March 2nd, 12:00 – 2:00, Thea’s Lounge

Dear Students,

UBC’s Public Scholars Initiative will soon start accepting applications for its fourth year. A groundbreaking, award-winning scholarship program, PSI currently has 115 scholars from almost all faculties across UBC. Public Scholars enjoy (1) continuous academic support; (2) up to $20,000 financial support over 2 years and; (3) numerous professional development and networking opportunities. 

If your work involves innovative forms of scholarship; engaging communities and other partners for a tangible positive social impact; or more career-relevant forms of scholarship, you may also become a UBC Public Scholar. We would like to invite students, faculty, and staff to join us for the PSI information session to learn more about the initiative, funding criteria and the application process. The session will be on the 2nd of March, from 12:00 to 2:00 at Thea’s Lounge in the Graduate Student Building. Please RSVP here.

The 2018-19 applications for PSI will run from March 19 to May 25, 2018. We strongly encourage all students who plan on applying to attend the information session. More information about the initiative, scholarship holders, and the 2018 competition can be found on the PSI Website.

If you have further questions, please contact Public Scholarship Coordinator Serbulent Turan, at serbulent.turan@ubc.ca.

 

 

 

 

PSI Scholarship – Information Session March 2nd

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Public Scholarship Initiative Information Session – March 2nd, 12:00 – 2:00, Thea’s Lounge

Dear Students,

UBC’s Public Scholars Initiative will soon start accepting applications for its fourth year. A groundbreaking, award-winning scholarship program, PSI currently has 115 scholars from almost all faculties across UBC. Public Scholars enjoy (1) continuous academic support; (2) up to $20,000 financial support over 2 years and; (3) numerous professional development and networking opportunities. 

If your work involves innovative forms of scholarship; engaging communities and other partners for a tangible positive social impact; or more career-relevant forms of scholarship, you may also become a UBC Public Scholar. We would like to invite students, faculty, and staff to join us for the PSI information session to learn more about the initiative, funding criteria and the application process. The session will be on the 2nd of March, from 12:00 to 2:00 at Thea’s Lounge in the Graduate Student Building. Please RSVP here.

The 2018-19 applications for PSI will run from March 19 to May 25, 2018. We strongly encourage all students who plan on applying to attend the information session. More information about the initiative, scholarship holders, and the 2018 competition can be found on the PSI Website.

If you have further questions, please contact Public Scholarship Coordinator Serbulent Turan, at serbulent.turan@ubc.ca.

GPS webinar: Generalized linear models (Statistics Series)

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Registration is now open for:

Statistics Series Session V: Generalized linear models:  counts and binary outcomes

Wednesday, February 28th 2018 | 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM  (Online, via webinar)

For detailed information or to register, visit www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/16232-statistics-v-generalized-linear-models-counts-binary-outcomes

 Check out community.grad.ubc.ca for other opportunities including:

Careers in Sales and Business Development: Feb 27, 5:30 PM https://community.grad.ubc.ca/event/4481

Author Rights for Academic Publishing Feb 28 12:30 PM https://community.grad.ubc.ca/event/4437

Sustainability Career Night, Feb 28, 5:30 https://community.grad.ubc.ca/forum/4485

 

Thank you,

Jacqui. 

Jacqui Brinkman
Manager, Graduate Pathways to Success Program
Office of the Dean | Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus
170 – 6371 Crescent Road | Vancouver BC | V6T 1Z2 Canada
Phone 604 827 4578 | Fax 604 822 5802
jacqui.brinkman@ubc.ca | @ubcgradschool
https://www.grad.ubc.ca/

 

EGP-NSNH job opening at Loutet Farm – farmer(s)

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We are looking for farmer(s) to join our team and we were hoping that you could share this job post with your community.

Application Deadline: Friday, March 2, 2018 – Interviews are set on a rolling basis. Submit application to: admin@ediblegardenproject.com

Please see job posting for more details – http://ediblegardenproject.com/2018/02/16/new-job-we-are-looking-for-a-farmer/

Cheers,

Thanu–

Thanushi Eagalle, MSc, MMEd candidate 

Program Manager

The Edible Garden Project | North Shore Neighbourhood House

225 East 2nd Street, North Vancouver, BC, V7L 1C4

 

(P): (604) 987-8138 ext. 231

(C): (519) 994-4274

(W): www.ediblegardenproject.com