Table of Contents

Welcome to the Spring 2009 issue of Expanding Horizons, news and information for actuarial educators.

• Chairperson's Corner
• Ways to create synergy between academics and industry—the doctoral stipend.
• By Margie Rosenberg
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• Centers for Actuarial Excellence (CAE)
• Get caught up on the current state of the Centers of Actuarial Excellence initiative.
• By Emily Kessler
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• David Garrick Halmstad Prize
• The committee, the process and a request for help.
• By Claire Bilodeau
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• Doctoral Stipend Update
• 51 applications for the first award of the SOA doctoral stipend.
• By Emily Kessler
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• CKER Travel Grants for the 44th Actuarial Research Conference
• $500 Travel Grants to Students—Deadline of May 11, 2009
• By Erika Schulty
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• Announcement of the Publication of the Encyclopedia of Quantitative Risk Assessment
• By Edward L. Melnick and Aaron Tenenbein
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• SOA Spring Health Meeting: Predictive Modeling Session
• Announcing the predictive modeling session co-sponsored by the Education & Research Section and Health Section of the SOA.
• By Vincent Kane
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• Letters to the Editor
• We want to hear from you!
• By Mark Maxwell
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• The 44th Actuarial Research Conference
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• SOA Doctoral Stipends