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A Newsletter from Global Agriculture Programs, College of Agriculture, Iowa State University |
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ISU Faculty/Staff Travel to Italy
Eleven ISU faculty/staff took part in a professional development trip to Italy May 16-25, 2004. The trip was led by Shelley Taylor and sponsored by the College of Agriculture. The objectives of the visit were to 1) provide an international experience to faculty and staff of the College of Agriculture; 2) provide a model for a program with a travel focus to encourage faculty and staff to lead their own faculty or student trips in the future; 3) introduce ISU faculty and staff to the interests and resources available through the Cassamarca Foundation at Tenuta Ca’Tron in Roncade, Italy and 4) introduce ISU faculty and staff to the University of Padova agricultural campus “Agripolis” and Italian administration and faculty interested in collaborative activities. Participants in the trip were:
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Studies, Extension • Melissa Cheatham, ABE, PhD student • Roxanne Clemens, MATRIC, Managing Director • Kathleen Delate, Horticulture and Agronomy, Associate Professor • Paula Flynn, Plant Pathology, undergraduate instructor & extension associate • Tony Machacha, GPSA student • Rich Pirog, Leopold Center, Marketing and Food Systems Program Leader • Madeline Schultz, Extension, Administrative Specialist • Linda Svendsen, FSHN, Instructor, Teaching Lab Coordinator • Shelley Taylor, GAP, Ag Study Abroad Director • Craig Tordsen, Extension, Program Specialist |
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Funding Opportunity
The Office for Central Europe and Russia of the National
Research Council (NRC), operating arm of the National Academies, is
accepting proposals for 2-year collaborative research projects that
link individual U.S. scientists with their counterparts in Bulgaria,
Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, or Slovakia. All proposals must
include at least one U.S. researcher who has received the Ph.D. after
October 18, 1994, either as the principal investigator or as co-investigator
with another more senior U.S. scientist. The application deadline is
October 18, 2004. Inquiries may be directed to 202-334-2644 (phone),
202-334-2614 (fax) or ocee@nas.edu.
Further Information: www7.nationalacademies.org/dsc/Twinning_Grants_Program.html
Recent Agreements
The ISU College of Agriculture has recently signed agreements with the
following institutions:
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Soil Institute of the National Institute of Agricultural Technology of Argentina |
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Yeungnam University, Republic of Korea |
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Summer 2004
By the time they return to campus in the fall, a total of 128 students
will have spent part of their summer learning about agriculture, natural
resource management, biology, culture and a wide array of other topics
while exploring a different part of the world through College of Agriculture
travel courses. Here is where they are traveling:
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Australia | May 12 - June 9 | Biomes of Australia | 20 | Warren Dolphin |
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Denmark | May 10 - 31 | Agriculture and Food Systems Study Tour (sponsored by a USDOE FIPSE/DG EAC grant in cooperation with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln) | 3 | Colin Johnson | |
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France | May 9 - 20 | Horticulture, Culture and History of Northern France | 18 | Nick Christians Susan Erickson Cindy Haynes James Romer Anne Marie VanderZanden |
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Germany | August 1 - 19 | Computer Applications and Systems Modeling: Problem Solving in an International Setting | 16 | Bill Batchelor | |
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India | May 14 - June 25 | The Anthropology and Sustainable Agriculture of Southern India | 11 | Murli Natrajan Ricardo Salvador |
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Peru | June 5 - July 3 | Multidisciplinary Experiential Study of International Nutrition
in Peru (sponsored by USDA Challenge Grant) |
15 | Grace Marquis | |
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Korea | May 13 - June 4 | Natural Resources, Agriculture and Culture of South Korea | 7 | Joe Colletti Dick Schultz |
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Spain | May 24 - June 22 | Euro-Mediterranean Summer Program | 11 | Eduarda Becerra Russ Mullen |
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Ukraine | May 8 - 31 | Animal and Plant Protection, Processing and Marketing and Veterinary Medicine | 24 | Dick Gladon Doug Kenealy Roman Pogranichniy Sherry Pogranichniy |
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Travel Course Group Leaders
October 1 is the deadline for program approval applications for Summer,
2005 travel courses. Download the application here
under the applications/forms link. For help with the proposal, please
contact Shelley Taylor, 4-5393.
For Fall, 2005 (including winter break) programs, the due date is January
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