June 2006, Vol. 2 No. 6

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• "Fresh Ideas for Rural Development," SRDC's 2005 Annual Report
  We are pleased to share with you the latest report of activities undertaken by the SRDC over the course of the fiscal year 2005. Our 2005 report is designed to offer more in-depth attention to five key areas that the SRDC has given special attention to in recent years – topical areas that we believe are “fresh ideas for rural development…” The complete report is available on the SRDC Web site at: http://srdc.msstate.edu/publications/annual05.pdf
  

• Deadline Approaching for 2006 Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Innovation Grants Program Request for Proposals
  The SRDC is pleased to announce its continued support for food and nutrition-related research focusing on the South. As in past years, the program is designed to support innovative social sciences-related research that advances our knowledge and understanding of food assistance and nutrition issues impacting vulnerable populations in the South. The deadline date is June 23, 2006. The RFP is available at http://srdc.msstate.edu/06rpf.pdf
  
  
  
• New Policy Brief Series on Rural Development
  The Rural Sociological Society, in connection with the Southern Rural Development Center and three other Regional Rural Development Centers, recently released a series of briefs based on the RSS book, “Challenges for Rural America in the Twenty-First Century.” The six briefs, each drawn from a different chapter, stress the importance of promoting collective community action and developing the capacity of people and organizations to meet the special needs of rural communities. View the briefs online at: http://srdc.msstate.edu/briefs.htm
  

• 2006 Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Innovation Grants Program
  RFP Available at http://srdc.msstate.edu/06rpf.pdf
  Deadline Date: Postmarked by June 23, 2006
  
  
• SRDC's Grant Connections: Rural Development Funding Opportunities
  Volume 8, Number 5, June 2006
  http://srdc.msstate.edu/funding/june06.htm -- Available June 30!
  
  The SRDC staff compiles Grant Connections primarily for the faculty of land-grant colleges and universities in the South to provide funding information in support of activities in agricultural economics, education, human sciences, rural sociology, youth development, and other related disciplines.

• 2006 CDS Annual International Conference
  "Communities That Click: Individuals, Families, and Organizations Working Together"
  June 25-28, 2006
  St. Louis, Missouri
  http://comm-dev.org/
  
  
• GIS Population Science Training Program
  Center for Spatially Integrated Social Science, University of California, Santa Barbara
  July 10-22, 2006
  Santa Barbara, California
  http://www.csiss.org/GISPopSci/workshops/2006/UCSB/
  
  
• Intensive Economic Development Training Course
  Session I: July 24 - 28, 2006
  Session II: September 11 - 15, 2006
  Auburn, Alabama
  http://www.aces.edu/crd/iedtc.php
  
  
• RSS 69th Annual Meeting
  August 10-13, 2006
  Louisville, KY
  http://www.ruralsociology.org/annual-meeting/2006/
  
  
• NCR-SARE 2006 National Conference – A Midwest Homecoming: Sharing a New Tradition of Sustainability
  August 15-17, 2006
  Oconomowoc, Wisconsin
  http://www.sare2006.org
  
  
• Celebrating Rural Georgia
  August 21-23, 2006
  Augusta, Georgia
  http://www.ruralsociology.org/annual-meeting/2006/
  
  
• 2006 National Extension Tourism Conference – NETworking in Tourism: People, Places and Partnerships
  September 10-13, 2006
  Burlington, Vermont
  http://www.esf.edu/NET2006/



• Closing the Wealth Gap: Building Assets Among Low-Income Households , A Policy Research Forum
  Held in conjunction with the CFED 2006 Assets Learning Conference
  September 19-21, 2006
  Phoenix, Arizona
  
  
• Community Development Institute East
  September 24-29, 2006
  Charleston, WV
  http://www.ext.wvu.edu/cdi-east/
  
  
• Creating Business Success
  October 8-11, 2006
  Tallahassee, Florida
  http://srdc.msstate.edu/calendar/famu/famuconf.html
  


• Managing Agricultural Landscapes for Environmental Quality
  October 11-13, 2006
  Kansas City, Missouri
  http://www.swcs.org/en/swcs_international_conferences/managing_agricultural_landscapes/
  
  
• Southern Region Teen Leadership Conference
  November 9-12, 2006
  Rock Eagle, Georgia
  https://4h.ifas.ufl.edu/Events/southern_region_teen_leadership/general_information.htm
  
  

• Extension Educator in Tourism Economic Development
  University of Maine
  View announcement: http://www.umaine.edu/eo/jobs/coop/06032%20dev%20edu%200143.html
  


• County Extension Educator – Leadership and Civic Engagement
  University of Minnesota
  View announcement: http://www.extension.umn.edu/units/director/hr/CtyExtEducLdsp&CivicEgmtHennepinCty.pdf



• Extension Specialist – Community-based Business Development
  West Virginia University
  View announcement: http://www.wvu.edu/~exten/about/ext_spec_bus_dev_cewd_061506.htm



• Research Associate in Community and Economic Development
  Clemson University
  View announcement:http://www.clemson.edu/humanres/Classandcomp/joblist.htm#CU_Dept_Only



• Extension Program Leader for Agriculture and Natural Resources
  West Virginia State University
  View announcement:http://53.careersite.com/candidate/processcandviewjob?docid=A0196-3C0E&source=search
  

Job announcements and other items of interest may be sent to Rachel Welborn, rachelw@srdc.msstate.edu, for possible inclusion in future issues.

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