Global Update
A newsletter from Global Agriculture Programs, College of Agriculture, Iowa State University

104 Curtiss Hall PHONE: (515) 294-8454 FAX: (515) 294-9477
Email: gap@iastate.edu URL: http://www.ag.iastate.edu/global/

July - August, 2002

 
Global Update Goes Electronic
As part of our efforts to be more environmentally friendly and to cut costs during a tight budget period, this will be the final paper copy of Global Update.  An e-mail notification will be sent announcing the website to view the September-October issue and all subsequent issues.

I-HELP Poster Wins First Prize
During the 18th Annual Conference of the Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education (AIAEE) in Durban, South Africa, Denise Bjelland, Assistant Director of GAP, received the first-place award for a poster presentation entitled, “International Higher Education Loan Program (I-HELP):  A Partnership for International Education in Agriculture.”  I-HELP is an ISU College of Agriculture program using a loan-based financing mechanism designed to help the world’s brightest young professionals gain international experience.  The Fall, 2002 program was conducted at Iowa State University and Purdue University with 16 fellows from 10 countries.  The poster was co-presented by 2 former I-HELP fellows, Bongiwe Masuku and Thembisile Ndimande, from Mangosuthu Technikon in Durban, South Africa, our partner institution in a project led by Lita Rule.

ISU Professor Completes 3-year U.N. Assignment
Willi Meyers will complete his 3-year assignment at the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization as the Director of Agriculture and Development Analysis.  Dr. Meyers will return to the ISU Department of Economics in August.

Funding Opportunity
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is again sponsoring travel fellowships between member countries.  Fellowships are awarded under the “Biological Resource Management for Sustainable Agricultural Systems” program.  Details of the program are available at www.oecd.org/agr/prog/  A list of approved fellowship topics for 2003 can be viewed on the web site.  The 2003 fellowship applications must be postmarked by October 31, 2002.

Ag Study Abroad Update
There are two travel courses that will be offered this August.

Paula Teig and Chuck Steiner in Agriculture Education and Studies will take 15 students to Australia to learn about entrepreneurship in agriculture. The group will visit universities and businesses in Melbourne and Sydney.

Bill Batchelor and Stu Melvin in Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering will take 22 students to Germany for a computer applications and systems modeling course taught by Batchelor at Hohenheim University, ISU's partner in Stuttgart.

International Visitors to the College of Agriculture

Dates of Visit
 Country
 Vistors
 Department/Contact
July 16-25
 Costa Rica
 15 students/2 faculty
 Plant Pathology/Mark Gleason
July 22-24
 Germany
 Professor Eberhard Hartung
 GAP/Shelley Taylor
July 22
 Denmark
 Professor Simon Blackmore
 ABE/Ramesh Kanwar
July 24-27
 Japan
 Professor Makoto Hoki
 ABE/Ramesh Kanwar
August 1-31
 China
 6 Zhejiang University faculty
 GAP/Denise Bjelland
August 2-25
 Peru
 Professor Humberto Trujillo
 Sociology/Jan Flora
August 4-25
 Peru
 Dr. Victor Barena
 Sociology/Jan Flora
August 15-25
 Peru 
 Professor Manuel Canto
 Sociology/Jan Flora
August 22-25
 China
 Dr. Zhou Xueping
 Plant Pathology/Mark Gleason
  
           
Recent Agreements
The ISU College of Agriculture has recently signed agreements with the following institutions:

Country
 University
Brazil
 Universidade Federal do Pará
Brazil
 Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuca
Denmark
 Dalum Agricultural College
France
 Institut Superieur Agricole de Beauvais
Korea
 Yeungnam University, College of Natural Resources, Kyongsan
Philippines
 Pampanga Agricultural College
Romania
 University Romania, Bucharest

 
Where Are Faculty/Staff Traveling???


If you are planning to travel internationally and want it included in the Global Update, please send or fax a copy of your Out of State Travel Authorization to Sue Finestead, 104 Curtiss Hall, FAX:  294-9477.

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