Will Hehemann | School of Agriculture, Fisheries and Human Sciences
In 2012, Dr. Maki Eguchi moved from Japan to Arkansas, becoming the first Fulbright foreign language teaching assistant to work at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB). At UAPB, she taught marketing and Japanese language courses for one year.
Now an assistant professor of literature at the University of Tsukuba in Japan, she stays involved with educational programming in collaboration with the UAPB Office of International Programs, striving to educate her students and colleagues about African American culture and historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs).
This year, Dr. Eguchi gave a presentation titled “Cultural Diversity in Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the U.S.” at the Local Societies and Multicultural Coexistence symposium, a yearly event organized by the University of Tsukuba’s College of Japanese Language and Culture and the Graduate Program in International and
Course empowers students from Penn State, Ukraine to act on food security
Brandon Bixler, who recently completed his first year at Penn State, volunteered at a food and nutrition center for a course on local and global food security.
Image: Brandon Bixler
Course empowers students from Penn State, Ukraine to act on food security
Amy Duke
June 09, 2021
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. A virtual international agriculture course is helping students at both Penn State and Lviv Polytechnic National University in Lviv, Ukraine, grow a deeper understanding of local and global food security.
“Students may wonder how they can have an impact on such a large global issue as food security,” said course instructor Melanie Miller Foster, associate teaching professor of international agriculture in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences. “Many students are motivated to use their knowledge and skills to make a difference in the world but aren’t sure how to get started.”
University of Maine graduate student Tiffany Tanner of Brunswick, Maine will study Russian in Belarus after earning a Boren Fellowship.
The Institute of International Education (IIE), on behalf of the National Security Education Program (NSEP), grants Boren Fellowships to graduate students pursuing public service careers so they can study a language abroad. Each fellowship provides up to $25,000 for up to 52 weeks of study, according to the Boren Awards website. Tanner is one of 124 fellowship recipients from a pool of 334 applicants, according to the institute.
Tanner, a global policy student enrolled in the 4+1 program from the School of Policy and International Affairs (SPIA), says she plans to participate in the Russian language program at Minsk State Linguistic University for 10 months.
Graduating seniors, current students, and recent alumni of Boston College have earned Fulbrights, Borens, Gilmans, and other prestigious scholarships and awards.
Kenya Disaster Management Capacity Building Program Coordinator
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Job Description
Management and Engineering Technologies International, Inc. (METI), in support of the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) Office of International Programs (IP), is recruiting a Kenya Disaster Management Program Coordinator to oversee and support implementing efforts in close partnership with Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) East and Central Africa (ECA) Team in Nairobi.
Background
Kenya has a long history of emergencies. Various shocks such as natural and man-made disasters (drought, flood, wildfire), civil unrest and conflict, depletion of natural resources, livestock and human disease, and invasive species affects millions of Kenyans every year. Kenya’s vulnerability to, and frequency of, disasters puts a strain on the country to respond. A large international humanitarian community requires significant