Update
104 Curtiss Hall PHONE: (515) 294-8454 FAX:
(515) 294-9477
Email: iap@iastate.edu
URL: http://www.ag.iastate.edu/international/
May-June,
1999
ISU-Zhejiang University
Project
A team of ISU faculty members will travel to China in May
as part of a 3-year university partnership project funded by the U.S.
Information Agency. The project utilizes the resources of Zhejiang
University (Hangzhou, China) and Iowa State University to assist in
the development of democratic institutions and civic education
programs through strengthening of rural client-oriented research and
extension education programs. The initial ISU team will include Mike
Bell (Sociology), Denise Bjelland (IAP/Project Manager) Phil Hufferd
(Extension Field Specialist), Lynn Jones (Ag Education/Studies), and
Lulu Rodriguez (Journalism/Mass Communication).
The4-week experience will include 1-2 weeks at an extension education
training center interacting with extension agents and clients and 2-3
weeks at Zhejiang University reviewing curriculum and other training
resources to support extension education.
Global Agriculture and the American
Midwest
Approximately 300 participants from around the world
attended a conference co-sponsored by ISU and USAID in March. The
conference focused on the link between international development and
markets for the products of Midwestern agriculture. Conference
speakers included some of the leading experts in national and
international development and marketing issues, including Brian
Atwood, USAID; G. Edward Schuh, University of Minnesota; Chris
Goldthwait, USDA/FAS; Per Pinstrup-Anderson, IFPRI; Miley Gonzalez,
USDA; and Dean Kleckner, Farm Bureau. A youth panel of college
students from the U.S., Ecuador, Zambia, and Uganda was downlinked
from Scheman Center through ICN to 25 Iowa high school FFA chapters,
building on a classroom curriculum developed to specifically discuss
the issues addressed during the conference.
Did You Know That . .
.
International Agriculture Programs has a currency
converter link on their website? The address for the IAP website is
www.ag.iastate.edu/international/.
Once there, go to the Travel Info link and you will find the Currency
Converter. Choose either "The Classic" or "Cheat Sheet" to convert
currencies from the Afghanistan Afghani to the Zimbabwe Dollar and
everything in between.
Study Abroad
Update
The College will host a number of foreign agriculture
students who are seeking summer internships. Please contact Eduarda
Becerra (4-3972; email: ebecerra@iastate.edu)
if you can place one or more in your area.
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Number of Students |
Country |
Area of Interest |
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Germany |
Agronomy |
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Greece |
Horticulture/Agronomy/Animal Science |
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Mexico |
Food/Meat Science |
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Slovakia |
Management/Economics |
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Ukraine |
Engineering/Management/Economics |
Summer internships abroad available to Iowa State University agriculture students. Please contact Eduarda Becerra (4-3972; email: ebecerra@iastate.edu) if know of anyone who might be interested.
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Number of Students |
Country |
Area of Interest |
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Mexico |
General agriculture |
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Spain |
General agriculture |
International Visitors to the College of Agriculture
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Dates of Visit |
Country |
Group Leaders |
Purpose/ISU Contact |
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April 28-29 |
Thailand |
Dr. Supot Fuangfupong Vice President, Kasetsart University |
Sign MOA for academicexchanges between faculty and students. |
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April 30 |
Zimbabwe |
Titus Ncube |
Animal feed/Allen Trenkle |
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May 24-June 8 |
Hungary |
Dr. Laszlo Radics |
Organic farming and sustainable agriculture |
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May 15-18 |
Russia |
Nickolai Dolgushkin, Deputy Minister of Agriculture |
Gore-Primakov Committee |
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May 31-June 4 |
India |
Dr. G.B. Singh, Deputy Director-General of Indian Council of Agricultural Research |
Water quality and cropping systems/Ramesh Kanwar |
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June 8-9 |
China |
Professor Lu Feijie |
ISU Extension |
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June 5-19 |
Central Asian Republics |
13 Representatives |
Seed Science Center |
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January 25-May 29 |
China |
Dr. Zhou Wei |
Sustainable Agriculture |
• Eric Abbott, Journalism, Russia, Ag
Communicators in Education delegation
• David Acker, International Ag Programs,
Germany/China, ISU interns/study abroad
• Mike Bell, Sociology, China, participate in
ISU-Zhejiang University Project
• Denise Bjelland, International Ag Programs,
China, participate in ISU-Zhejiang University Project
• Parag Chitnis, Biochemistry, Australia, research
training at Australian Proteome Analysis Facility
• Nick Christian, Horticulture, Italy, lead
student study abroad program
• Lehman Fletcher, Economics, Hungary, exchange
program with Gyongos College of Agriculture
• Cornelia Flora, Sociology/NCRCRD, Ecuador,
conduct research and attend workshop
• Jan Flora, Sociology, Ecuador, conduct research
and attend workshop
• Bronwyn Frame, Agronomy, Japan, research
collaboration
• William Graves, Horticulture, Italy, lead
student study abroad program
• Palmer Holden, Animal Science, Thailand/Japan,
advisor for ISU student internships, present seminars
• Phil Hufferd, Extension, China, participate in
ISU-Zhejiang University Project
• Zhiliang Hu, Animal Science, United Kingdom,
development of Pig Genome Mapping Project
• A. Severin Johnson, UCAP, France/Spain, work
with AMPC
• Lynn Jones, Ag Ed/Studies, China, participate in
ISU-Zhejiang University Project
• Monlin Kuo, Forestry, Taiwan, develop research
proposal and attend conference
• Sergio Lence, Economics, Argentina, lead student
study abroad program
• Ebby Luvaga, Economics, Argentina, lead student
study abroad program
• Gail Nonnecke, Horticulture,
Italy, lead student study abroad program
• Forrest Nutter, Plant Pathology, Spain,
participate in international symposium
• Jim Pease, Animal Ecology, Costa Rica, lead
student study abroad program
• Lulu Rodriguez, Journalism, China, participate
in ISU-Zhejiang University Project
• Eugene Takle, Agronomy, Denmark/France/Italy,
present invited seminars and papers
• Kan Wang, Agronomy, Japan, research
collaboration
• Tong Wang, FSHN/CCUR, China, cooperative
research
If you are planning to travel internationally and want it included in the International Update, please send or fax a copy of your Out of State Travel Authorization to Sue Finestead, 104 Curtiss Hall, FAX: 294-9477.