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October 24, 2016

Posted by entomology.office | October 31, 2016

Announcements

The next faculty meetings will be on Wednesday, November 23, 2016, at 10:30 AM-11:30 AM.  The AMS dial # is: 5704304.

Dr. Zack is doing the ENTOM 101 Insects as Food event on November 4th at 11:00 AM-12:30 PM in the Ensminger Pavilion.  He is in need of help on that day with set up, clean up and serving.  If you can help with this event please let him know as soon as possible.

Entomology Colloquium:  The speaker for Monday, October 31st presentation is Dr.  Chaoyang Zhao. The title of his presentation is “The From Hessian Fly to Phylloxera: Plant Manipulation by Galling Insects.”  To learn more about Dr.  Zhao go to:  http://www.nabitylab.org/dr-chaoyang-zhao.html. Dr. Zhao is a postdoctoral researcher in the Paul Nabity Lab.  All colloquium presentations will be held in FSHN 354, the Entomology Department classroom and begin at 2:10 PM.  The AMS dial # is 5709250.

Adrian Marshall will be doing his PhD Preliminary Exam on Monday, November 7, 2016.  His seminar will be at 2-3 PM in FSHN 354 with the exam to follow in FSHN 164. His seminar is titled “Exclusion efficacy and non-target Effects of Shade Netting in Orchards.” Adrian is advised by Betsy Beers.  The AMS dial # is: 5704099.

Jonathan S. O’Hearn will be doing his Master of Science defense on November 8, 2016, beginning with the seminar at 1:00 PM in FSHN 164 followed by his final exam.  The title of his thesis is: “Evaluating the Toxicity of Candidate Organic and Conventional Insecticides on Western Grape Leafhopper (Erythroneura elegantula) and Virginia Creeper Leafhopper (Erythoneura ziczac) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) Under Vineyard and Laboratory Conditions.”  The exam will be originating from Prosser.  Jonathon is advised by Doug Walsh.  The AMS dial # is: 5704257. A copy of Jonathan’s thesis is available at the Entomology SharePoint page under announcements.

David James mentioned in an October 26, 2016 WSU Daily Evergreen article titled “Monarch migrations: WSU study tracks winter destinations of declining butterfly populations.”  To read the article go to:  https://dailyevergreen.com/7078/news/monarch-migrations/

Allen Felsot gave an invited presentation titled, “Pesticides and Health:  Myths & realities”, at the PestWorld 2016 conference sponsored by the North American Pest Management Association in Seattle, October 18-20, 2016.

He also gave an invited seminar titled, “Genetically Engineered (GE) Crops:  Science Meets Environmental Politics” at Walla Walla University, October 25, 2016.

We are opening the application period for this year’s endowment-funded travel award applications.  If you are planning on attending a professional meeting and making a presentation or preparing a poster, you should consider applying for one of these endowments.  Applications will be open until 5pm on November 10th.

There are four travel awards, each tied to one of our endowments where the donor asked that their money be used to support student travel. The student that wins each award receives the entire yield of that endowment, which typically ranges from $200-600 depending on market conditions and the size of the original donation. The goal is to highlight the generous gifts made by each donor by tying each award to a specific endowment.

Two endowments, Hastings and Telford, fund travel for “Early Career” students. This would include exceptional undergraduates, MS students, or students on a “straight to PhD” track that are early in their training. Two endowments, Getzin and Tamaki, fund travel for “Later Career” students. The faculty review committee will judge whether students qualify as early or later career, based on each year’s applicant pool. So, students don’t have to specify which type of award they are applying for.

In all cases, applications have three components, which should be emailed to Adam at adam.williams@wsu.edu:

2016/2017 Entomology Travel Scholarship Proposal. We are opening the application period for this year’s endowment-funded travel award applications.  If you are planning on attending a professional meeting and making a presentation or preparing a poster, you should consider applying for one of these endowments.  Applications will be open until 5pm on November 10th. There are four travel awards, each tied to one of our endowments where the donor asked that their money be used to support student travel. The student that wins each award receives the entire yield of that endowment, which typically ranges from $200-600 depending on market conditions and the size of the original donation. The goal is to highlight the generous gifts made by each donor by tying each award to a specific endowment.  Two endowments, Hastings and Telford, fund travel for “Early Career” students. This would include exceptional undergraduates, MS students, or students on a “straight to PhD” track that are early in their training. Two endowments, Getzin and Tamaki, fund travel for “Later Career” students. The faculty review committee will judge whether students qualify as early or later career, based on each year’s applicant pool. So, students don’t have to specify which type of award they are applying for.  In all cases, applications have three components, which should be emailed to Adam at adam.williams@wsu.edu:

  1. A 500 word (or less) essay from the student concisely explaining why you deserve the award. You might describe the significance of your presentation (is it an invited talk? is this a major national meeting? have you recently submitted or published particularly significant findings?), specific plans to build ties with possible postdoc advisors or other collaborators, etc. Travel awards can also be used to meet with collaborators outside of a national meeting; the need for this should be justified.
  2. The student’s updated CV.
  3. A 250 word (or less) memo from the major advisor describing why they feel their student is deserving of the award.

Please get in touch with any of the committee members if you have questions. Research and recognition awards have a separate deadline in the spring and will be described in a future email.

The Student Awards Committee, Betsy Beers, Fang (Rose) Zhu, and Rich Zack.

The Entomology Graduate Student Association is making a beneficial insects calendar. If you are interested in donating images for this project, email Abigail Cohen at abigail.cohen@wsu.edu.

Free Evergreen ads for student groups: Do you belong to a registered student organization at WSU? The Daily Evergreen and the WSU Pullman Services and Activities Fees Committee have partnered to let you advertise your RSO event for free. Ad options include business cards, a full page in the print edition, and a banner across the Evergreen website. All ad applications must be approved by the Advertising Fund committee. Preference is given to RSOs but any student group may apply for funding.  Funding is limited, so apply early on CougSync.

On September 23, 2016, an email went out to all faculty, lab managers, staff regarding the WSU Laboratory Signage Program with a deadline to have this done by the October 28th.  Please let Dory know when you have completed this project in your lab.  In case you forgot a copy of the email is attached. 

WSU Facilities Operations has alerted us of a temporary shutdown of the 5kV Life Safety feeder at around 8:00pm. on Saturday, October 29th, and again around 2:00am on Sunday, October 30th, in support of WSU’s generation system testing which will occur between the Life Safety Feeder outages.

Washington State Commission on Pesticide Registration has released the call for 2017 Request Proposals.

Proposals will be presented at the December 13 and 14, 2016 meeting in Ellensburg.  See attachment for more details and application form.

WSU UPCOMING NOMINATIONS

AWARD INFORMATION/APPLICATION DEADLINE
CAHNRS Advising, Extension, Research, Staff, Teaching, and Team Awards http://cahnrs.wsu.edu/academics/college-awards/ Monday, October 31, 2016
WSU President’s Employee Excellence Award https://president.wsu.edu/employee-excellence/ Monday, November 9, 2016, at 5:00pm
Faculty Awards and Recognition https://faculty.wsu.edu/awards/featured-faculty/ Ongoing

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Employment

See attachment for details on these positions.

  1. Research Assist/Assoc. Professor of Field Crop Entomology, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL
  2. Entomologist, Alternative Mosquito Control & Applied Research Branch, Harris Co., Houston, TX
  3. Extension Program Specialist – Field Crop Entomology, Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA
  4. Agricultural and Standards Investigator I, Alameda County, Oakland, CA
  5. Postdoctoral Research Associate, Texas A&M AgriLife, Weslaco,TX
  6. Agricultural Research Tech I, Texas A&M AgriLife, Weslaco,TX
  7. Entomologist VI, State of Hawaii, Wailuku/Kahului, Maui, HI
  8. Research Assistant, North Carolina St. Univ., Fort Collins, CO
  9. Assistant Professor, Oregon State University, Central Point, OR

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Sign up for Mental Health First Aid training:  Interested in learning how to how to help someone who is developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis? Join Health & Wellness Services for Mental Health First Aid training on October 13 or December 13th.  Learn how you can identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illnesses and substance use disorders. Get details on the program and see this semester’s training schedule: https://hws.wsu.edu/mental-health-first-aid/

The 2017 BIOAg request for proposals is now available!  The RFP is available on the BIOAg Grant Program<http://csanr.wsu.edu/csanr-grants/bioag-grant-program/> webpage. Letter of intent are requested by Nov. 18th, and project proposals are due Dec. 14th.  For more info contact Tara Zimmerman (goldsmitht@wsu.edu).

 Please consider nominating deserving graduate students from your unit for these awards. Nominees for each scholarship should be sent directly to Alanna Ellis (acellis@wsu.edu) in the Academic Programs Office. CAHNRS deadline for nominees for all but the Graduate School Recruitment Scholarship for STEM Disciplines is Thursday, December 8, 2016.  Rich Zack, Interim Associate Dean of Academic Programs will make final selections for the college and submit nominations by the Graduate School deadline.

Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting will be November 5-8, 2017 in Denver, CO. Program Symposia and Workshop submissions are now open.  http://www.entsoc.org/events/annual-meeting.[/textblock][/column][/row][/section]