GlobalUpdate A Newsletter from Global Agriculture Programs, College of Agriculture, Iowa State University

January - February, 2006

Cargill Grant Awarded for Study Abroad Program
Robert Jolly, Economics, and Shelley Taylor, Global Agriculture Programs, have been awarded a Cargill Higher Education Initiative grant for a 2007 student ag study abroad program in China. Using China as the authentic learning site, the "Made in China" program will employ experiential learning theory to combine the active learning model of study abroad with the economic themes. By the end of the program, students are expected not only to know the "what" of globalization in terms of economic development, but also to learn to appreciate, evaluate and develop their own ideas about the complex issues associated with the global economy and the roles played by the US and China. The 9-month course will take place in 3 phases: a semester-long course on the ISU campus; a travel course to China during the summer of 2007 where ISU students will team with Chinese economics students to work "in the field;" and post-travel presentations for ISU undergraduate courses.

Upcoming Spanish Short Courses
Spanish short courses being offered for Spring, 2006 are as follows:

Spanish for beginners, 4:30 to 6:00 p.m., every Monday and Wednesday, from January 18 to March 8, 2006

Spanish (continuation), 4:30 to 6:00 p.m., every Tuesday and Thursday, from January 17 to March 9, 2006

Both classes will meet in 208 Curtiss.

For more information, please contact Eduarda Becerra at ebecerra@iastate.edu or 294-3972

Spring/Summer 2006 Ag Travel Courses

Country	Focus	Group Leader(s)	Term	Department	Dates
Argentina	Agricultural business, production, marketing, commercialization, history, culture, geography and economy of Argentina.	Ebby Luvaga Sergio Lence	Spring 2006	ECON	March 9-19, 2006
Brazil	Agro-ecology of Brazil, A Trans-Amazonian Perspective	Jim Pease Susan Silveira	Summer 2006	NREM	May 9-28, 2006
Caribbean	Marine Biology in the Caribbean	Don Sakaguchi Ed Powell	Spring 2006	BIOL	March 11-18, 2006
Costa Rica	Natural History of Costa Rica	Jim Pease Jim Dinsmore	Spring 2006	NREM	March 10-20, 2006
Costa Rica	Soils and Crops of Costa Rica	Randy Killorn Lee Burras	Spring 2006	AGRON	March 9-17, 2006
East Asia	Natural Resources, Agriculture, Culture and Development of East Asia (China and South Korea)	Dick Schultz Joe Colletti Denise Bjelland	Summer 2006	NREM	May 7-June 10, 2006
Europe	Culture, history, and agriculture of Norway and Sweden	Nick Christians Barb Osborn	Summer 2006	HORT	May 7-19, 2006
Ghana	Exploring Ecosystems Exploitation, Degradation and its Restitution in Southern and Northern Ghana	Andrew Manu Elvin Hasselman	Summer 2006	AGRON	May 8-28, 2006
Italy	Food Production and Marketing in Italy	Linda Svendsen Beatriz Spalding	Summer 2006	FSHN	June 3-17, 2006
Peru	Multidisciplinary Experiential Study of International Nutrition in Peru	Grace Marquis Cheryll Reitmeier Mary Jane Oakland	Summer 2006	FSHN	June 3-July 1, 2006
Spain	Euro-Mediterranean Summer Program: The Agriculture of Spain	Eduarda Becerra	Summer 2006	GEN A	May 15-June 14, 2006
Uruguay	Sustainable Agriculture Issues in Uruguay	Charles Brummer Valentin Picasso Gretchen Zdorkowski	Spring 2006	AGRON/SUSAG	March 10-20, 2006

 

International Visitors to the College of Agriculture

Dates of Visit	Country	Visitor(s)	Department/Contact
January 7 - September 30	Costa Rica (Orotina Ministry of Agriculture)	Carlos Rodriguez Brljevich	Plant Pathology Allison Robertson
January 7 - September 30	Colombia (Instituto Geografico Agustin Codazzi (IGAC)	Julie Cesar Gutierrez	Plant Pathology Forrest Nutter
January 29 – February 2	Ukraine (Ternopil State Economic University)	Roman Hevko Mariya Shymchyshyn	GAP David Acker
February 1 - September 30	Serbia/Montenegro	Nenad Tatalovic	Plant Pathology Mark Gleason

Where Are Faculty/Staff Traveling???

• David Acker, Ag Admin, South Korea, continued collaboration with Yeungnam University
• Robert Anex, ABE, Belgium, teach short course
• Denise Bjelland, Global Ag Programs, China, continued collaboration with Zhejiang University
• Joe Cortes, Seed Science Center, Zambia, coordinate workshop
• Mark Gleason, Plant Pathology, Costa Rica, agriculture tour
• Arne Hallam, Economics, India, research
• Brian Hornbuckle, Agronomy, Spain, participate in international conference
• Charles Hurburgh, ABE, Taiwan, invited presentation at international conference
• Larry Johnson, CCUR, Austria, Belgium, participate in international conference
• Soumendra Lahiri, Statistics, India, research
• Elisabeth Lonergan, Animal Science, Germany, invited presentation at international conference
• Ranjan Maitra, Statistics, Malaysia, invited presentation at international conference
• Forrest Nutter, Plant Pathology, Brazil, project collaboration
• Ann Russell, NREM, Costa Rica, research
• Dick Schultz, NREM, China, site visit for student travel course
• John VanDyk, Entomology, Canada, project collaboration

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College of Agriculture
Iowa State University
104 Curtiss Hall, Ames, IA 50011-1050 USA
Phone: 515-294-8454; FAX: 515-294-9477
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