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International Exchange Program Provides Opportunities for Graduate Studies, Research at European Universities
-- Posted by tfisher on Friday, February 16 2007

Five UA students have completed research and study programs in Europe through the Renewable Resources and Clean Technology International Exchange Program, and a sixth is in Belgium now, said Dr. Andy Proctor, professor of food science in Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences.

The program is open to seniors and graduate students in any college at the university, Proctor said.

The U of A is the lead U.S. institution in the program that links three universities here with three universities in Europe, Proctor said. The other American partners are Iowa State University and the University of Washington. The European institutions are the University of Ghent, Belgium, the Karl-Franzens University of Graz, Austria, and the National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse, France.

Ph.D. student Devon Cameron of Rogers was the first UA student to participate in the program. In fall 2005, she took classes and conducted research at Graz, Austria, in the extraction of starches from potatoes that can be used to synthesize "biopolymers" as a substitute for plastics products.

A U.S. Department of Education grant covers the travel and living expenses of eligible students while they are studying abroad for up to five months. Language training, if needed, will also be provided. Students must pay their own travel from the U.S. to their host countries, but they pay no fees to the host universities.

Interested students can contact Proctor at 479-575-2980 or send him an e-mail at aproctor@uark.edu. Information about the program is also available on the Web at http://www.foodscience.uark.edu/biorenewable%20resources.html

The full story is on the Web at http://www.uark.edu/depts/agripub/Publications/Agnews/agnews07-8.html

Doctoral Fellow Studying New Zealand's Education System
-- Posted by tfisher on Friday, February 16 2007

Joshua Barnett, a University of Arkansas doctoral student, traveled to New Zealand in January to study the country's education system and policies. He'll spend 10 months at Massey University in Palmerston North, New Zealand, on a Rotary Ambassadorial Research Scholarship.

Barnett, who was awarded a distinguished doctoral fellowship from the department of education reform in the College of Education and Health Professions, is also finishing his dissertation on the effects of merit pay in education. He is working on a doctoral degree in public policy and served as a senior graduate research assistant in the education reform department. He was an initial member of a four-person research team in the Office for Education Policy working on projects that included development of a school performance index for Arkansas, an evaluation of a merit pay plan in some Little Rock schools and creation of a database of Arkansas public school finance information in conjunction with work by consultants Picus and Odden hired by the Arkansas General Assembly.

Barnett, who grew up in Cabot, earned a bachelor's degree in communication and psychology from Henderson State University and a master's degree in communication studies from New Mexico State University.

The Fayetteville Downtown Rotary Club nominated Barnett for the scholarship.

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