February 2017 - Ese-faculty-list

Re: ESE-faculty-list DUE NOW: 2017 ESE Faculty-led Nominations for ESE PhD Fellowships/Assistantships
by Lee, Linda S 17 Feb '17

17 Feb '17

I have received a few emails from some of you that you will be nominating and who, which I have taken note of, but though I better send this out as a reminder to everyone - some of these students are being highly recruited elsewhere so we don't want anyone to say to us 'you snooze - you lose"! ....so please send me a brief statement of interest, etc. so we can start getting awards done and offer letters drafted..... Note - Christal will be getting out acceptances into ESE to several students today (we are behind too! From: Lee, Linda S Sent: Wednesday, February 1, 2017 3:16 PM To: 'Ese-faculty-list(a)ecn.purdue.edu' <Ese-faculty-list(a)ecn.purdue.edu> Subject: DUE NOW: 2017 ESE Faculty-led Nominations for ESE PhD Fellowships/Assistantships DUE NOW: 2017 ESE Faculty-led Nominations for ESE PhD Fellowships/Assistantships First round of evaluations for selection of recruitment fellowships is on February 10 so getting in your nomination BEFORE Feb. 10 is advantageous. Fellowship Nominations for funding ESE accepted applicants (or those currently under review with complete or nearly complete applications) who have applied at the PhD level or state in their SOP that they intend to go on to a PhD should include: * A brief letter of nomination from the potential advisor (<1 page) that includes a general statement indicating how you plan to support the student for three (3+1) or two (2+2)* additional years if for a fellowship, which can include other fellowships, research assistantships, teaching assistantships, or a combination thereof. Please send your application material electronically to Christal Musser (musser(a)purdue.edu<mailto:musser@purdue.edu>) Note to access applications, CO TO: https://webapps.krannert.purdue.edu/kap/kAdmissions/Default.aspx Click on the tab KAdmissions-ESE (on the right), then click on Applications, then click on Search to look for a particular name, or other criteria. Feel free to contact Linda Lee (lslee(a)purdue.edu<mailto:lslee@purdue.edu>) or Christal Musser (musser(a)purdue.edu<mailto:musser@purdue.edu>) if you need suggestions of who aligns well with your program. In many cases, you have already been contacted about applicants. ESE will likely be allocated the following similar to 2016: * Five Lynn Fellowships (1+3) - Lynn Fellowship funds only to attract graduate students who can make the greatest contributions to our doctoral programs and cannot be made to students who have already been admitted to and enrolled in a Purdue graduate program * One Andrew Fellowship (2+2) - Andrews Fellowships are for the recruitment of outstanding Ph.D.-track students to graduate programs at Purdue University. * One Purdue Doctoral Fellowship (2+2) - Purdue Doctoral Fellowships support the recruitment of outstanding Ph.D.-track students who will enhance the diversity of the graduate student body in graduate programs at Purdue through their diverse backgrounds, views and experiences. Each fellowship includes the following funds from the Graduate School: * Stipend as set by your college/school - Minimum $17,299/year (estimated) * Graduate medical insurance supplement - $1,491 (estimated, actual rates are not decided until summer) * Fringe benefits, if administered as an assistantship - Calculation: stipend x 0.0041 A few notes: * All the above have tuition waivers. * Most of you are familiar with how recruitment fellowships work at Purdue - the offer to the student is as a 4-year package; however, only the first (for the 1+3, which includes the Lynn Fellowship) or the first two years (2+2, which includes the Andrews and the Purdue Doctoral Fellowships) are actually contributed to by the Grad School as part of the fellowship. The rest of the fellowship 'term' (4 total years) and supplements for the first 1 or 2 years (the minimum stipend provided by the GS is not competitive for most of our programs) must be provided by other sources. Essentially for each year that is actually paid for by the Grad School (so the first year for the 1+3 and the first 2 years of the 2+2) in addition to the standard fee waivers. * If your nomination is selected for award, you can use the fellowship in year one OR choose to use grant or TA funds for the first year and the fellowship for year 2, etc., which can work well if you have grant or start-up money that will expire over the next year or so if not used. * Fellowships or assistantships can be supplemented. No stipend can fall below the grad school minimum of $17,299/y If you supplement there may be a difference between administering as a fellowship versus an assistantship in some colleges (e.g., when administered as an assistantship and given a supplement from a grant to meet your college's minimum stipend, your college may choose to charge you a similarly weighted portion of the tuition costs). This may not be the case anymore, but in the past there seem to be some confusion in this area. I will try to get this figured out, but did not want to hold up the request for nominations since it does not matter that much overall. * We must follow the guidelines in the GS Fellowship Manual and align our efforts with Purdue University's commitment to creating and sustaining an inclusive community. https://www.purdue.edu/gradschool/documents/funding/publications/Fellows_Ma… Linda S. Lee B480 Lilly Hall, West Lafayette, IN 47907; Office: (765) 494-8612; Cell (765) 414-3086; lslee(a)purdue.edu<mailto:lslee@purdue.edu> Purdue University Dept. of Agronomy, Professor of Environmental Chemistry & Associate Head Interdisciplinary Ecological Science & Engineering (ESE) Graduate Program, Program Head, www.purdue.edu/ese<http://www.purdue.edu/ese> Division of Environmental Ecological Engineering, Faculty Affiliate

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FW: Upcoming dates at the BSF includes travel grants for PhD students highlighted in yellow
by Lee, Linda S 08 Feb '17

08 Feb '17

BSF Programs: 1. BSF program in Transformative Science. Deadline for pre-proposals to the BSF is April 27, 2017. Call for Proposals can be found here<http://www.bsf.org.il/data/FormsToDownload/BSF-Transformative-Call.pdf>. 2. BSF program Prof. Rahamimoff Travel Grants for Young Scientists. Deadline for applications by U.S. or Israeli PhD students is April 25, 2017. Call for Proposals can be found here<http://www.bsf.org.il/data/FormsToDownload/BSF-TravelGrant-call.pdf>. NSF-BSF Programs: 3. NSF-BSF program in Integrative and Organismal Systems (pre-proposal). Deadline for pre-proposals by the U.S. partner to the NSF is January 19, and by the Israeli to the BSF is January 24, 2017. Call for Proposals can be found here<http://www.bsf.org.il/data/FormsToDownload/BSF-NSF_IOS_Call.pdf>. 4. NSF-BSF program in Environmental Biology (pre-proposal). Deadline for pre-proposals by the U.S. partner to the NSF is January 23, and by the Israeli to the BSF is January 29, 2017. Call for Proposals can be found here<http://www.bsf.org.il/data/FormsToDownload/BSF-NSF_Environmental_Biology_Ca…>. 5. NSF-BSF program in Geobiology and Low-Temperature Geochemistry. Deadline for applications by the U.S. partner to the NSF is February 1, 2017 and by the Israeli partner to the BSF is February 7, 2017. Call for Proposals can be found here<http://www.bsf.org.il/data/FormsToDownload/BSF-NSF_in_GEO_Program_Call_for_…>. 6. NSF-BSF program in Geomorphology and Land Use Dynamics. Deadline for applications by the U.S. partner to the NSF is February 1, 2017 and by the Israeli partner to the BSF is February 7, 2017. Call for Proposals can be found here<http://www.bsf.org.il/data/FormsToDownload/BSF-NSF_in_GEO_Program_Call_for_…>. 7. NSF-BSF program in Hydrologic Sciences. Deadline for applications by the U.S. partner to the NSF is February 1, 2017 and by the Israeli partner to the BSF is February 7, 2017. Call for Proposals can be found here<http://www.bsf.org.il/data/FormsToDownload/BSF-NSF_in_GEO_Program_Call_for_…>. 8. NSF-BSF program in Sedimentary Geology. Deadline for applications by the U.S. partner to the NSF is February 1, 2017 and by the Israeli partner to the BSF is February 7, 2017. Call for Proposals can be found here<http://www.bsf.org.il/data/FormsToDownload/BSF-NSF_in_GEO_Program_Call_for_…>. 9. NSF-BSF programs in Ceramics and Condensed Matter and Materials Theory (CMMT) in the Materials program, are open for submission all year around. Call for proposals can be found here<http://www.bsf.org.il/data/FormsToDownload/BSF-NSF_in_Materials_Program_Cal…>. We would be happy to see you or your students among the applicants to any of these programs. Sincerely, Rachel (Heni) Haring Dr. Heni Haring . Assistant Director United States - Israel Binational Science Foundation 8 Hamarpeh Street P.O.Box 45086 Har Hotzvim Jerusalem 91450 Israel Tel: 972-2-5828239, Ext 110 Fax: 972-2-5828306 www.bsf.org.il<http://www.bsf.org.il> [cid:image001.png@01D26B45.7C0F2B10]<https://www.facebook.com/BSF.org.il> If you want to be taken of our mailing list, please reply with a request to this mail.

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Unsaturated Zone Interest Group Workshop in Gainesville, FL
by Lee, Linda S 08 Feb '17

08 Feb '17

FYI to those who have interest in this area. Just a reminder that abstract submission is still open for the 2017 Unsaturated Zone Interest Group (UZIG) Workshop and Information Exchange titled "Land-Use Change, Climate Change, and Hydrologic Extremes: Unsaturated Zone Responses and Feedbacks" which will take place April 4 - 6, 2017 at the University of Florida in Gainesville. The workshop is being co-hosted by the University of Florida in Gainesville and the USGS. It will feature a keynote address by Dr. Upmanu Lall, Director of the Columbia Water Center at Columbia University, 2 days of oral and poster sessions, and a full day field trip. The workshop will promote the collaborative sharing of ideas, research results, and technical expertise in a friendly informal setting. Its main objective will be to advance unsaturated-zone science by fostering lively exchange of information on emerging theories, data, and technology across research groups. As with previous UZIG meetings (2009 VZJ Special Section<https://dl.sciencesocieties.org/publications/vzj/tocs/8/2#-SPECIAL%20SECTIO…>) presenters will have the opportunity to publish their original research in a special issue of a peer-reviewed journal. Information about the workshop, registration details, and a form for submitting your abstract (Feb 17th deadline) are available at the meeting website: http://mn.water.usgs.gov/uzig/2017meeting.htm. If you have questions, please contact Dr. Rafael Muñoz-Carpena, carpena(a)ufl.edu<mailto:carpena@ufl.edu>, 352-392-1864 ext. 287 or Dr. Wesley Henson, whenson(a)usgs.gov<mailto:whenson@usgs.gov>, 775-247-5730. The UZIG steering committee

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Fwd: Distribute to faculty - Free webinar and curricular materials for faculty - connecting students to climate change solutions
by Musser, Christal A. 07 Feb '17

07 Feb '17

Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: From: Debra Rowe <roweocc(a)gmail.com<mailto:roweocc@gmail.com>> Date: February 7, 2017 at 10:03:19 PM EST To: "educatingforasustainablefuture@gmail. com" <educatingforasustainablefuture(a)gmail.com<mailto:educatingforasustainablefuture@gmail.com>> Subject: Distribute to faculty - Free webinar and curricular materials for faculty - connecting students to climate change solutions Please join us and share with your faculty and staff! Beyond Doom and Gloom: Include Solutions to Climate Change Wed, Mar 1, 2017 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM EST https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2860146782187308801 Are you or your students worried about climate change impacts? Are you connecting your students to ways to be involved in solutions? This webinar focuses on expert materials to engage students in current and future policy solutions that can be used in any course and in any discipline. Join us to see how you can be part of reducing doom and gloom and share opportunities for progress. Brought to you by over sixty national higher education associations, including DANS (Disciplinary Associations Network for Sustainability) and HEASC (Higher Education Associations' Sustainability Consortium). This initiative is an outgrowth of a call to energy literacy developed by Debra Rowe, recipient at MIT of the C3E Education Award, and Amanda Graham, HEASC Fellow and originally with MIT Energy Lab. [Beyond Doom and Gloom: Include Solutions to Climate Change] -- Debra Rowe, Ph.D. President U.S. Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development<http://www.uspartnership.org/> www.uspartnership.org<http://www.uspartnership.org/> Co-founder and Program Director Higher Education Associations Sustainability Consortium<http://www.aashe.org/heasc> www.aashe.org/heasc<http://www.aashe.org/heasc> Founder and Facilitator Disciplinary Associations Network for Sustainability<http://www.aashe.org/dans> www.aashe.org/dans<http://www.aashe.org/dans> Sustainability Improves Student Learning<http://serc.carleton.edu/sisl> Project http://serc.carleton.edu/sisl

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Assisting with ESE - Brittany Neblett
by Musser, Christal A. 07 Feb '17

07 Feb '17

Good Afternoon ESE Students and ESE Faculty, I would like to introduce Brittany Neblett to all of you in Ecological Sciences and Engineering. Brittany will be assisting me with many ESE projects and communicating with many of you. I'm excited to have Brittany as part of our team. Please welcome her to the ESE family. Have a great day! Christal Musser Interdisciplinary Student Services Manager Office of Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs The Purdue University Graduate School | Purdue University Ernest C. Young Hall, Room B-40 | 155 S. Grant Street | West Lafayette, IN 47907 Email: musser(a)purdue.edu<mailto:musser@purdue.edu> | Web: www.purdue.edu/ese<http://www.purdue.edu/ese> Phone: 765-494-2102 | Fax: 765-496-6271 Like us on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/ESEatPurdue/>

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Graduate Food Security Group Meeting Feb 17 6-8pm @ The Pint
by Lee, Linda S 03 Feb '17

03 Feb '17

Please forward to your graduate students or you’re your grad secretaries to send it out to all the graduates students in your department/school. Thank you - Linda [cid:image001.png@01D27DE2.2B43CBF0] Sarah Huang, MS PhD Student | AGSO President Anthropology and Ecological Sciences & Engineering, Purdue University "For now I ask no more than the justice of eating" - Pablo Neruda

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DUE NOW: 2017 ESE Faculty-led Nominations for ESE PhD Fellowships/Assistantships
by Lee, Linda S 01 Feb '17

01 Feb '17

DUE NOW: 2017 ESE Faculty-led Nominations for ESE PhD Fellowships/Assistantships First round of evaluations for selection of recruitment fellowships is on February 10 so getting in your nomination BEFORE Feb. 10 is advantageous. Fellowship Nominations for funding ESE accepted applicants (or those currently under review with complete or nearly complete applications) who have applied at the PhD level or state in their SOP that they intend to go on to a PhD should include: * A brief letter of nomination from the potential advisor (<1 page) that includes a general statement indicating how you plan to support the student for three (3+1) or two (2+2)* additional years if for a fellowship, which can include other fellowships, research assistantships, teaching assistantships, or a combination thereof. Please send your application material electronically to Christal Musser (musser(a)purdue.edu<mailto:musser@purdue.edu>) Note to access applications, CO TO: https://webapps.krannert.purdue.edu/kap/kAdmissions/Default.aspx Click on the tab KAdmissions-ESE (on the right), then click on Applications, then click on Search to look for a particular name, or other criteria. Feel free to contact Linda Lee (lslee(a)purdue.edu<mailto:lslee@purdue.edu>) or Christal Musser (musser(a)purdue.edu<mailto:musser@purdue.edu>) if you need suggestions of who aligns well with your program. In many cases, you have already been contacted about applicants. ESE will likely be allocated the following similar to 2016: * Five Lynn Fellowships (1+3) - Lynn Fellowship funds only to attract graduate students who can make the greatest contributions to our doctoral programs and cannot be made to students who have already been admitted to and enrolled in a Purdue graduate program * One Andrew Fellowship (2+2) - Andrews Fellowships are for the recruitment of outstanding Ph.D.-track students to graduate programs at Purdue University. * One Purdue Doctoral Fellowship (2+2) - Purdue Doctoral Fellowships support the recruitment of outstanding Ph.D.-track students who will enhance the diversity of the graduate student body in graduate programs at Purdue through their diverse backgrounds, views and experiences. Each fellowship includes the following funds from the Graduate School: * Stipend as set by your college/school - Minimum $17,299/year (estimated) * Graduate medical insurance supplement - $1,491 (estimated, actual rates are not decided until summer) * Fringe benefits, if administered as an assistantship - Calculation: stipend x 0.0041 A few notes: * All the above have tuition waivers. * Most of you are familiar with how recruitment fellowships work at Purdue - the offer to the student is as a 4-year package; however, only the first (for the 1+3, which includes the Lynn Fellowship) or the first two years (2+2, which includes the Andrews and the Purdue Doctoral Fellowships) are actually contributed to by the Grad School as part of the fellowship. The rest of the fellowship 'term' (4 total years) and supplements for the first 1 or 2 years (the minimum stipend provided by the GS is not competitive for most of our programs) must be provided by other sources. Essentially for each year that is actually paid for by the Grad School (so the first year for the 1+3 and the first 2 years of the 2+2) in addition to the standard fee waivers. * If your nomination is selected for award, you can use the fellowship in year one OR choose to use grant or TA funds for the first year and the fellowship for year 2, etc., which can work well if you have grant or start-up money that will expire over the next year or so if not used. * Fellowships or assistantships can be supplemented. No stipend can fall below the grad school minimum of $17,299/y If you supplement there may be a difference between administering as a fellowship versus an assistantship in some colleges (e.g., when administered as an assistantship and given a supplement from a grant to meet your college's minimum stipend, your college may choose to charge you a similarly weighted portion of the tuition costs). This may not be the case anymore, but in the past there seem to be some confusion in this area. I will try to get this figured out, but did not want to hold up the request for nominations since it does not matter that much overall. * We must follow the guidelines in the GS Fellowship Manual and align our efforts with Purdue University's commitment to creating and sustaining an inclusive community. https://www.purdue.edu/gradschool/documents/funding/publications/Fellows_Ma… Linda S. Lee B480 Lilly Hall, West Lafayette, IN 47907; Office: (765) 494-8612; Cell (765) 414-3086; lslee(a)purdue.edu<mailto:lslee@purdue.edu> Purdue University Dept. of Agronomy, Professor of Environmental Chemistry & Associate Head Interdisciplinary Ecological Science & Engineering (ESE) Graduate Program, Program Head, www.purdue.edu/ese<http://www.purdue.edu/ese> Division of Environmental Ecological Engineering, Faculty Affiliate

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