Table of Contents: Department Head's Notes; Recent Department Alumnus Passed Away This Fall (Lance Sannes); Department Welcomes Its Newest Faculty Members (Clarissa Yeap, Judy Temple); The Department Hosted Three FEP Visiting Scholars This Fall; Three New International Visiting Scholars Arrived in the Department This Fall; Three Students Received Departmental Scholarships This Year; Opportunities to Network with Graduate Students; Creating a New Expanded College; New Lecture Series Inaugurated; U.S. Farm Policy at the Crossroads; Houck Memorial Scholarship Fund; Recent Publications; Third Annual Development Conference