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Currency devaluations are affecting more than 800 ISU students from Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, and Thailand. President Jischke approved a proposal allowing students impacted by the crisis to pay half their Spring 1998 tuition by June 30 and the balance when classes resume in Fall. GSB has passed a bill, "Lending a Hand to our International Students," to aid through additional scholarships. A help room was set up February 9-13 to assess the economic situations of international students impacted by the crisis. (Office of International Students and Scholars, 4-1120.) ISU mourns the death of Michael Warren, professor of anthropology, who died December 28 of an apparent heart attack during a trip to Nigeria. A memorial fund has been established in Anthropology to honor Warren's commitment to introducing students to West Africa and to indigenous knowledge. Contact Norma Wolff, nhwolffe@iastate.edu. President Jischke signed agreements with Fudan University in Shanghai, China, during the visit of Fudan's president Fujia Yang to campus February 16. Agreements are for student and faculty exchanges, joint projects in materials science and information science, technology transfer cooperation, and joint pursuit of a virtual research and development center. Free Coffee Fridays sponsored by Office of International Students and Scholars and Student Union Board give international students a place to mingle and relax. All students and faculty are invited to attend Fridays, 3:00-5:00 PM, Pine Room, Memorial Union. College of Engineering's new International Exchange and Internship Program is aimed at developing partnerships with overseas universities and businesses to send ISU students abroad to work and study. February 16, Delphi Packard Automotive System gave a presentation to students interested in internships at Delphi sites in Germany, Singapore, and Australia. According to students, faculty, and towns persons, John Purser's recent two-week Scottish Music residency was by all standards an outstanding success. While in Ames, John also attended the Burns Dinner, visited a working family farm, lectured to College of Design students about 20th century Scottish art, and discussed with theoretical physicists the possibility of using the ocean's tide to pump water up to his house on Skye. ISU and Humboldt University - Berlin will help host an international conference celebrating the 100th anniversary of the National Agricultural University of Ukraine. The conference, "Agriculture Education in the 21st Century: Problems and Perspectives of Agricultural Education System Reform", will be in Kiev in September 1998. Contact David Acker, dacker@iastate.edu. Agricultural Communication in Education (ACE) members met February 6 to discuss emerging agriculture information systems in Russia's new Press Video Center and credited ISU for much of the center's initial success. ISU researchers are working to stop a disease that is devastating date palm trees in Morocco. The ISU team is led by Robert Thornburg, Biochemistry and Biophysics, who was joined by two Moroccan scientists, including Mustapha Zemzani (1983), in October.
Cultural events held recently at ISU included Vietnamese Lunar New Year
Celebration, "Fifty Years of Independent India" celebration, the
ever-popular Turkish Night, Brazilian Carnival, and ISU Theatre's
production of "Pentecost."
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Adrian Wing, lecture. "Critical Race Feminism: An International Perspective." March 24, 8:00 PM; South Ballroom, Memorial Union. Russian National Orchestra. March 28, 7:30 PM; Stephens Auditorium. 4-3347. London Brass, performance. April 7, 7:30 PM; Stephens Auditorium. 4-3347.
Provost's Workshop on China. April 10, all day; Scheman Building at
Iowa State University. Information: Glenn Schrader, 4-0519. See
Highlights section.
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James Roth, Institute for International Cooperation in Animal Biologics, attended the opening of the Office International des Epizootics (OIE) Office of the Americas in Buenos Aires in February. ISU was the only American university invited to participate in the meetings. The OIE is the world-wide organization for animal health. Below is a sampling of College of Agriculture faculty and staff traveling recently for research, presentations, and collaboration:
Summer Study Abroad: March 15. Space available for Adventures in Africa, Tones of Florence, and History of British Rock "n" Roll. April 1 for ITESM Intensive Spanish. Study Abroad Center, 4-6792. International Research and Exchanges Board: March 31. Special projects in library and information science with Eurasia. Office of Sponsored Programs, 4-4566. Fall Semester Study Abroad: April 1 for Regents' Semester Programs in Wales and Australia. Also ITESM in Mexico semester or year. Study Abroad Center, 4-6792. International Society of Arboriculture Research Trust: April 1. Hyland R. Johns Grant Program for scientific studies of trees at http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/~isa/ Design Course in China: April 3. Design Studies Course in Beijing and Shanghai, Jun 3-Jul 1. Tim Borich, 4-0220. Rotary International Scholarships for 1999-2000: April 15. For graduate or undergraduate study. Study Abroad Center, 4-6792.
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