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November-December, 2009

Feeding the World Seminar Series
Mark your calendars to attend the international seminar series entitled Feeding the World: Are We Making Progress? The next seminar, scheduled for November 17, from 12-1 p.m. in the Ensminger Room, 1204 Kildee Hall, will feature invited speaker Dr. Jeffrey Lansdale, Chief of Party for the USAID/MIDEH Project. His seminar topic is “Dona Maria: A Glance at Rural Development Challenges from a Honduran Perspective.”

This seminar series is in its third consecutive year and is sponsored by the M.E. Ensminger International Chair in Animal Agriculture, Raymond and Mary Baker Chair in Global Agriculture, and the Center for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods. The dates and topics for the entire fall series can be found at www.global.ag.iastate.edu/Fall2009Seminars.htm

Call for Papers: APLU-ICA Conference
The deadline for abstract submissions for the 2010 APLU-ICA Conference is November 30, 2009. The conference will be held April 7-9, 2010 in Gent (Belgium). For more information: www.fbw.ugent.be/APLU_ICAconference2010/

12 CALS Faculty-led Study Abroad Programs in 2009-10 Academic Year

Term	Country	Focus	Department	Group Leader(s)
Winter Break	Ghana	Ecological Zones and Natural Resource Management	Agronomy	Andrew Manu
Spring Break	Costa Rica	Soils and Crops of Costa Rica	Agronomy Environmental Science	Randy Killorn Lee Burras
	Costa Rica	Natural History of Costa Rica	NREM	Steve Dinsmore Jim Pease
	Spain	Agriculture Production, Business and Trade in Spain	Economics Agronomy	Ebby Luvaga Sergio Lence Tom Loynachan
Summer	Brazil	Agricultural Technology and Automation Adoption in Brazil	ABE	Brian Steward Tom Brumm Mathew Darr
	China/Korea		NREM Global Agriculture Programs	Richard Schultz Denise Bjelland Difei Shen
	Greece	Agricultural Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Greece	Economics/Entrepreneurship	Kevin Kimle Stacey Noe
	India	Service Learning in India: Food, Nutrition, Entrepreneurship and Self Help Groups	FSHN ABE Horticulture	Manju Reddy Steven Freeman Gail Nonnecke
	Italy	Dean's Global Food and Agriculture Leadership Program: Rome	Global Resource Systems Animal Science	Joe Colletti Steven Lonergan Shelley Taylor
	Italy	Horticulture in Italy	Horticulture	Nick Christians Barb Olson
	Peru	International Nutrition in Peru	FSHN	Grace Marquis Cheryll Reitmeier
	Uganda	Service Learning in Uganda: Creating a School Garden	Horticulture NREM ABE	Gail Nonnecke Richard Schultz Tom Brumm

4 CALS Students Participate in Exchange Programs in 2009-10
Madeline Tomka, Agronomy, is studying at BOKU (University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences), Vienna, Austria, through spring 2010.

Christine Weber, Microbiology, is studying at BOKU (University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences), Vienna, Austria, this semester.

Samantha Morine, PSA, and Dana Jensen , Agriculture and Life Science Education and GRS, will study at The Royal Agriculture College, Cirencester, England, for the 2009-10 academic year.

6 Student Travel Consultants Hired by the Ag Study Abroad Office
Funded by the Culture Corps Grant (sponsored by International Students and Scholars Office and the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs), the Ag Study Abroad office hired 6 CALS students to work as student travel consultants for the 2009-10 academic year. They are:

Ashlee Hespen – Public Service and Administration in Agriculture
Tiara Sandoval – Animal Sciences
Angela Danielle Upah – Dietetics
Michael Misra – Global Resource Systems
Angela Schmitz – Graphic Design
Nolan Currie – Industrial Technology

Scholarships for Studying Abroad
The CALS Study Abroad Office distributes support for study abroad participation through 7 scholarships for undergraduates. Scholarships are based on many factors but there is enough variety within those scholarships to award money to every student who applies. For a list of scholarships and eligibility requirements, please see www.agstudyabroad.iastate.edu/funding.htm. In addition, CALS offers a passport reimbursement program for the first 50 first-time travelers who apply for study abroad programs. Students can also receive scholarship support for study abroad through many CALS departments and through the university Study Abroad Center. We don’t want money to be the reason a student does not study abroad!

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Dates of Visit	Country	Visitor(s)	Department/Contact
October 3 - November 17, 2009	Bulgaria (Borlaug Fellow Program)	Kaloyan Kostov	Agronomy Kan Wang
October 3 - 17, 2009	Bulgaria (Borlaug Fellow Program)	Georgi Chobanov	Veterinary Medicine Eldon Uhlenhopp
October 10 - 17, 2009	Uganda (Makerere University)	3 faculty members	CSRL Mark Westgate
October 10 - 17, 2009	Uganda (VEDCO)	Kizito Henry	CSRL Mark Westgate
November 3 - December 17, 2009	Vietnam (Borlaug Fellow Program)	Thuy Nguyen	Seed Science Center Susana Goggi
December 7 - 9, 2009	Brazil Japan Korea	IFAA - 35 trainees	Global Ag Programs Eduarda Becerra

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