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Archived News 2008
- Spitze Public Policy Legislative Internship
Applications are due to the Dean's Office by Monday, January 12, 2009
- Journey from American Farm School Dimitris Perrotis College in Greece to University Professorship in the U.S.
Other AEAB Alums from Perrotis College who have earned or are in the process of completing their Ph.D.s include Genti Kostandini, Christos Kolymbiris and Eftila Tanellari
- Belize Study Abroad Program Planning Underway
Planning is underway for the third year of the service learning project in Belize sponsored by Bumpers College and other colleges at the U of A..
- Farm bill could change Smith-Lever 'formula funds' to competitive grants
An article in Nov. 4 issue of Delta Farm Press says a provision in the new farm bill could change Smith-Lever formula funding for land-grand university agricultural extension programs to competitive grants.
- Janie Hipp to Present Update on Sustainability Implications of 2008 Farm Bill
The Applied Sustainability Center is starting a brown bag lunch sustainability speaker series; programs will be approximately monthly.
- Two new courses added for undergraduates and graduates in Spring 2009
AGEC 4163 Agricultural and Rural Development and AGEC 4113 Agricultural Price Analysis and Forecasting have been added for Spring 2009
- Grant funds program for dual Arkansas-EU master’s degrees
The Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness has received a U.S. Department of Education grant to lead a trans-Atlantic master of science degree program named the Atlantis Program.
- Fendley Ragland’s Internship in Little Rock
Fendley Ragland interned with Arkansas Farm Bureau ARFB at their headquarters in Little Rock, AR.
- Commencement 2008
A record number of 270 degree candidates in the Class of 2008 were celebrated at the Bumpers College Commencement program
- Pam Guiling, one of eight finalists in Grad Student Extension Competition
is one of eight finalists in the American Agricultural Economics Association: Extension & Graduate Student Sections Graduate Student Extension Competition
- Congratulations to Fran B. Free and Zoe Teague
Essay winners lay out cotton’s future
- 2008 New Graduate Student Social
Graduate Student Social which took place at the Restaurant on the Corner on August 21.
- Halbrook to Head Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness Department
Steve A. Halbrook, vice president of Farm Foundation in Oak Brook, Ill., has been appointed professor and head of the Agribusiness department
- Online Research Paper Wizard Developed by University Libraries
The University Libraries have recently released an online "Research Paper Wizard" designed to help students through the research process.
- Graduate Students Place Second in Case Study Competition
Graduate students Aiko Landerito, Bonifacio Sessa, Julie Conn and alternate Fernando Diaz de Vivar took second place in the graduate case study competition at the AAEA meetings.
- National Agricultural Law Center Creates Historical Farm Bill Database
The National Agricultural Law Center at the University of Arkansas School of Law recently published a comprehensive digitized compilation of U.S. Farm Bills and their legislative history.
- Agricultural Business Club Awards Banquet - April 24, 2008
View photos from Agribusiness Club Awards Banquet
- AEAB Graduate Students Association sponsored a lecture April 24 by bio-renewables expert Chad Hart
The AEAB Graduate Students Association sponsored a lecture April 24 by Chad Hart, an agricultural economist with the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) and head of CARD’s biorenewables policy division.
- Honors Day Banquet Thursday, April 17, 2008
Awards recognizing accomplishments of students and faculty of Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences