Peabody Board Room
Administration Building
University of Georgia
April 23, 2008

	Diana Iris Santiago San Martin, TIES Phase I graduate student in Food Science and Technology, talks with her major professor, Dr. Yao-Wen Huang, at the International Student Achievement Reception.

The Office of International Public Service and Outreach hosts a significant group of international students under the Edmund S. Muskie & Freedom Support Act Graduate Fellowship program; the Training, Internships, Exchanges and Scholarship (TIES) program with Mexico; and private sector support from the Rob Fowler Fund of the Community Foundation for Newton County. The Muskie Program provides scholarships for students from the 15 republics of the former Soviet Union to study for Master's degrees at U.S. universities. During the 2007-2008 academic year, Muskie students were studying Agricultural Economics, Journalism, and Public Health at UGA. In terms of national origin, Muskie students come from Armenia, Georgia, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Russia.

Another U.S. sponsored program is the TIES program with Mexico. President Bush and President Fox of Mexico initiated the TIES program to build partnerships between U.S. institutions of higher education and colleges and universities in Mexico to strengthen human capital development. IPSO coordinates two TIES programs in partnership with UGA faculty. TIES I is entitled "Universidad Veracruzana-University of Georgia: A Partnership for Rural Economic, Educational, and Human Capital Development" and involves faculty and students studying in Agricultural and Applied Economics, Food Science and Technology, Housing and Consumer Economics, and Middle School Education. TIES I partnership is with the Universidad Veracruzana in Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico.

TIES II is entitled "Teachers Training Teachers: A Mexico-US Higher Education Partnership to Improve Science, English and Mathematics Pedagogy" co-directed with Martha Allexsaht-Snider and David Knauft. IPSO's partnership institutions are Universidad Pedagógica Veracruzana (UPV) & Benemérita Escuela Normal Veracruzana (BENV) "Enrique C. Rébsamen" in Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico. TIES Phase II students are studying Math, Science, and English As a Second Language (ESOL), in the College of Education.

SEE ALSO
	• Ties I Project • Ties II Project

IPSO also hosts exchange students from the Pan American School of Agriculture, also known as Zamorano, in Honduras. UGA has had a partnership with Zamorano for student exchanges and collaborative research for many years. Rob and Jean Fowler also have had a long-standing relationship with Zamorano and they asked IPSO to arrange an internship for two students from Zamorano for the spring semester 2008. Support from the Rob Fowler Fund of the Community Foundation for Newton County brought Javier Mantilla Compte (Ecuador) and Juan Carlos de Leon (Guatemala) to UGA for internships with Dr. Paul Thomas in Horticulture and Kay A. Remar, Small Business Development Center.

Since international students make a significant contribution to the teaching, research and public service mission of the university, IPSO organized an International Student Achievement Reception to recognize students hosted by the office. Faculty mentors, advisors and friends also joined in the achievement recognition.

Muskie students in Public Health, Journalism and Agricultural and Applied Economics celebrate their achievements with their faculty advisors and IPSO staff. Left to Right: Elmira Umarbekovna Amatahunova (Kyrgyzstan); Monica Gaughan, Assistant Professor, Health Policy and Management; Jackie Roberts, Administrative Manager IPSO; Armine Ruslan Hovsepyan (Armenia); Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Shmykova (Russia); Professor Lee Becker, College of Journalism and Mass Communications; Ulugbek Allanazarovich Bekchanov (Uzbekistan); and Glenn Ames, Director of International Public Service and Outreach.		TIES students from Mexico celebrate their achievements with the faculty advisors. Left to right: Glenn Ames, IPSO Director, Sonia Velásquez-Guerrero (Agribusiness); Jack E. Houston Jr., Professor Agricultural and Applied Economics; Bertha Maria Rodriguez Vazquez (Education); Martha Allexsaht-Snider, Associate Professor Elementary and Social Studies Education; Rakesh K. Singh, Head Department of Food Science and Technology; Diana Iris Santiago San-Martin, Foods Science and Technology; and Yao-Wen Huang, Professor Food Science and Technology.
International Public Service and Outreach presented a Certificate of Appreciation to Rob and Jean Fowler for their support of two exchange students from the Pan American School for Agriculture (Zamorano) during the spring semester 2008. Left to right: Glenn Ames, (IPSO Director), Rob Fowler, Jean Fowler, Juan Carlos de Leon Comte (a senior student at Zamorano from Guatemala) and Javier Mantilla Compte, a recent Zamorano graduate from Ecuador.		Dr. Paul Thomas, Professor of Horticulture, provided academic and practical guidance to Juan Carlos de Leon Comte and Javier Mantilla Compte during their internship at the University of Georgia. Juan Carlos and Javier visited the horticulture industry in Georgia with Dr. Thomas and learned about the impact of the drought on the industry in Georgia. Dr. Thomas encouraged Javier Mantilla to apply to the Graduate School during his internship at UGA. Left to right: Juan Carlos de Leon Comte, Dr. Paul Thomas, Javier Mantilla Compte, and Glenn Ames, IPSO Director.
Karen Baynes, Associate Director, Carl Vinson Institute of Government, talks with Trish Kalivoda at the International Student Achievement Reception. Karen later spoke about her experiences as an exchange student in Liberia and how her experience abroad contributed to her professional career.		Trish Kalivoda, Associate Vice President for Public Service and Outreach, talks with Ed Kanemasu, Associate Dean for Global Programs in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, and Professor Rakesh Singh, Department Head Food Science and Technology, about the contributions of international students to the university's global mission.
Muskie Students enjoy a light moment with their faculty adviors at the International Student Achievement Reception. Left to right, Armine Ruslan Hovsepyan; Monica Gaughan, Assistant Professor, Health Policy and Management; Elmira Umarbekovna Amatahunova; Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Shmykova; Professor Lee Becker, College of Journalism and Mass Communications; and Ulugbek Allanazarovich Bekchanov.		Diana Iris Santiago San-Martin and Sonia Velasquez-Guerrero enjoy a laugh with Jackie Roberts, IPSO Administrative Manager, at the Achievement Reception.