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Graduate Student Reception
Sunday, July 24, 3:30-5:30 p.m.
Co-sponsored by the Graduate Student Section and the AAEA Foundation
This year's theme is ?Treasure Island ?
This event is only $5 for GSS members and Professionals. This event features a CASINO com plete with prizes for the three students with the most chips at the end of the reception. The graduate student with the most chips will win $20,second most $15, and third most $10. Food and drinks provided. Cash Bar available.
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Graduate Student Case Study Competition
Co-sponsored by the Graduate Student Section and the Agribusiness Economics and Management Section
Preliminary Rounds: Sunday, July 24, 9:00 AM-3:00 PM, Convention Center, 550A, 550B, 553A, 553B Finals:
Monday, July 25, 5 -6:15m PM, Convention Center, 551A
2005 Case Study Competition Winners
Find information and registration forms for the Case Study Competition on this website or contact Aslihan Spaulding at adspaul@ilstu.edu.
Case Study Competition Details & Registration Form
Co-sponsored by the Graduate Student Section and the Agribusiness Economics and Management Section
The winning teams will be honored at the Industry Banquet on
Monday July, 7- 9 PM.
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GSS Track Sessions
For the past several years the GSS has offered a series of Track Sessions to help prepare graduate students for interviews and equip them with the knowledge to be successful journal article writers. This year the GSS has launched a track session that focuses on how to respond to job posting.
Previous GSS Track Session Presentations
Guidelines for Writing a Curriculum Vitae
Monday, July 25, 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Moderator: Jennifer Keeling, GSS-Secretary, University of California, Davis
Introduction: In order to be successful and competitive in the academic job market, graduate students should work on a strong application package, consisting of cover letter, Curriculum Vita (CV) and references.
Purpose: The purpose of this organized symposium is to provide individuals with guidelines and advice on how to write a curriculum vita (CV). The organized symposium will include four speakers who represent academia, government as well as private industry. The organized symposium will also allow a considerable amount of time for audience participants to ask the speakers questions.
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Guidelines for Interviewing and Becoming a Successful Academic Professional
Monday, July 25, 1:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
Moderator: Leighann Love, GSS-Member at Large, University of Florida
Introduction: Individuals considering an academic career in agricultural economics are faced with a unique job application situation. On one hand, Ph.D. candidates have never been in the professional job market (ie. she has gone straight from undergraduate school to graduate school) on the other hand they have never applied for an academic position (a candidate who worked in the industry and decided to go back to graduate school). Currently, there is significant competition for Assistant Professor positions. In order to be successful and competitive in the academic job market, graduate students must plan their programs of study accordingly in order to achieve a balance of coursework, teaching, extension and research experience. Another prerequisite to succeed in the academic job market is being able to maneuver through the interview process.
Purpose of Symposium: The purpose of this organized symposium is to provide individuals considering an academic position with information and guidelines on how to get and keep an academic position. This organized symposium provides graduate students with ideas on what they can learn to prepare themselves for the job market and academic careers. It will also be a refresher session for individuals who may be considering changing academic positions. Additionally, this session proved to be a great success at the annual meeting last year in Montreal. The organized symposium will include three speakers who represent academia and government. The speakers will offer advice on topics ranging from the search committee process, what the search committee looks for in an application package, phone interviewing, campus interviewing and the candidate seminar, as well as becoming successful and gaining tenure once you begin an academic career. Each presenter will be given a short time to provide the audience with information and their personal experiences. The organized symposium will also allow a considerable amount of time for audience participants to ask the speakers questions.
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Guidelines on Writing and Submitting Journal Articles
Tuesday, July 26, 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Moderator: Christiane Schroeter, GSS-Chair-Elect, Purdue University
Introduction: In order to be successful and competitive in the academic job market, graduate students considering academic positions should have publications in academic and non academic journals.
Purpose of Symposium: The Graduate Student Section of the AAEA organizes this symposium with the purpose of providing graduate students with the opportunity to listen to a wide range of successful academic professionals and learn what they can do to prepare journal articles more successfully. The purpose of this organized symposium is to provide individuals considering an academic position with guidelines on how to write and submit journal articles and strategies to increase the probability of article acceptance by a journal. The organized symposium will include three speakers who have published many journal articles and who have been a part of the reviewing process. Each presenter will provide the audience with information and strategic guidelines from his/her perspective. The organized symposium will also allow a considerable amount of time for audience participants to ask the three speakers questions.
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