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

May-June, 2009

Fulbright Grant Opportunities, 2010-11
The Fulbright Scholar Program for Faculty and Professionals is offering lecturing awards in agriculture to Hungary # 0272 and Estonia #0243 for academic year 2010-11. These awards offer unique opportunities for specialists in a variety of fields of agriculture to offer new courses, conduct collaborative research, and engage in experimental field work. Opportunities exist in a broad range of specializations including agronomy, agricultural economics, agricultural production, ecology, grassland science, and animal nutrition. There are also many awards in Sub-Saharan Africa. Please contact Michael Worley, Program Associate, Europe East and North, Council for International Exchange of Scholars, 202-686-7864, mworley@iie.org for more information.

From March to August 1, 2009, U.S. faculty and professionals are invited to apply for Fulbright scholar grants at www.cies.org For monthly updates, contact outreach@cies.iie.org for a complimentary subscription to The Fulbright Scholar News.

Brian Steward Selected as Fulbright Scholar
Dr. Brian Steward, Associate Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering at Iowa State University, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to do research at the Federal University of Viçosa in Brazil during the 2009-2010 academic year. Dr. Steward will develop unified modeling technologies for biorenewable production systems in Brazil and the United States. He is one of approximately 1,100 U.S. faculty and professionals who will travel abroad through the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program. More . . .

CALS Summer 2009 Travel Courses

	Country	Course Title	Department	Group Leader(s)
	Australia	Experience Australia: An authentic learning experience	Ag Ed & Studies	Michael Retallick Melissa Nasers
	Bulgaria	Veterinary Medicine and Agriculture in Bulgaria	ABE Animal Science Vet Med	Steve Mickelson Doug Kenealy Kevan Flaming
	China	China Amazing: From the Three Gorges Dam to the Mega Cities of China	Agronomy Global Ag NREM	Tom Schultz Denise Bjelland Difei Shen Dick Schultz
	Italy	Dean's Global Agriculture and Food Leadership Program: Rome		Joe Colletti Steve Lonergan
	Panama	Developing International Perspectives of Sustainable Development through Arts and Science	Agronomy	Russ Mullen
	Uganda	Creating a School Garden: Service Learning in Uganda	Horticulture	Gail Nonnecke

 

International Visitors to the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Dates of Visit	Country	Visitor(s)	Department/Contact
April 20-22, 2009	Uruguay (National Agricultural Research Institute INIA)	5 representatives	Global Agriculture Programs David Acker
April 21 - May 20, 2009	Ukraine	Andriy Tovstopyat	Cooperative Extension Service Kelvin Leibold
May 9 - September 10, 2009	Bulgaria (Trakia University)	Todor Mitev	ABE Robert Burns
May, 2009 - May, 2011	Egypt (Suez Canal University)	Mahmoud Ahmed	Animal Science James Reecy
May 25 - August 30, 2009	India (Indian Council of Ag Research ICAR)	4 scientists	Animal Science James Reecy
May 27 - 28, 2009	Guatemala	2 community leaders	Global Agriculture Programs Eduarda Becerra

Where Are CALS Faculty/Staff Traveling???

• Raymond Arritt, Agronomy, Sweden, France, invited presentations at international conferences
• Tom Baas, Animal Science, Philippines, invited presentation/lectures
• Bruce Babcock, Economics, Italy, invited presentation at international conference
• Denise Bjelland, Global Ag Programs, China, co-lead student travel course
• Alicia Carriquiry, Statistics, France, participate in international conference
• Ching-Shihn Chen, ABE, Taiwan, invited presentation/lectures
• William Clarke, EEOB, Canada, research
• Joe Colletti, Ag Admin, Italy, lead student travel course
• Joe Cortes, Seed Science Center, Costa Rica, South Africa, Peru, project collaboration
• Jack Dekkers, Animal Science, The Netherlands, participate in international conference
• James Dickson, Animal Science, Canada, invited presentation at international conference
• David Hannapel, Horticulture, China, invited presentation at international conference
• Adela Ida Harries, Seed Science Center, Costa Rica, Peru, project collaboration
• Joseph Herriges, Economics, England, research
• Larry Johnson, CCUR, Austria, invited presentation/lectures
• Ramesh Kanwar, ABE, India, project follow-up
• Sijun Liu, Entomology, Italy, participate in international conference
• Antonio Mallarino, Agronomy, Uruguay, invited presentation at international conference
• William Meeker, Statistics, France, Russia, invited presentations at international conferences
• Aubrey Mendonca, FSHN, Romania, visit partnership university
• Greg Miller, Ag Ed and Studies, Botswana, project collaboration
• Russ Mullen, Agronomy, Panama, lead student travel course
• Michael Retallick, Ag Ed and Studies, Australia, lead student travel course
• Max Rothschild, Animal Science, England, participate in international conference
• Richard Schultz, NREM, China, co-lead student travel course
• Tom Schultz, Agronomy, China, co-lead student travel course
• Difei Shen, Global Ag Programs, China, co-lead student travel course
• Eugene Takle, Agronomy, Sweden, participate in international conference
• X.B. Yang, Plant Pathology, China, project collaboration

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