Contents: Department Head's Notes; Applied Economics Department Members Participate in Annual Meeting; Upcoming Events; Richard Sexton Receives Outstanding Alumni Award; Regents Professor G. Edward Schuh Receives Prestigious Award from the Brazilian Government; Two Department Members Receive Awards from the College of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences (Robert Craven, Elizabeth Davis); Report on 2005 Minnesota International Economic Development Conference; Annual International Diner Was a Huge Success; Center for Farm Financial Management, CFFM: Twenty Years and Counting; Recent Publications; Career Services Available to University of Minnesota Alumni