TIES Phase I Project at UGA
Universidad Veracruzana-University of Georgia: A Partnership for Rural Economic, Educational, and Human Capital Development

	The Spring Semester 2008 Family and Consumer Sciences Convocation and Recognition Ceremony was held on May 10, 2008 at the Classic Center in Athens, Ga.

On May 10, 2008, Jose Francisco Diaz graduated with a Master's degree in Housing and Consumer Economics under the direction of Professor Jack E. Houston. Other members of his graduate thesis committee included Julia Marlowe, Glenn C.W. Ames and Charlie Huang. Francisco is the fifth scholarship recipient to graduate under the Training Internships Exchanges and Scholarships (TIES) project entitled "Universidad Veracruzana-University of Georgia: A Partnership for Rural Economic, Educational and Human Capital Development." In addition to his coursework and research at the University of Georgia, Francisco was a teaching assistant for Dr. Marlowe and other professors in the Department of Housing and Consumer Economics. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funds over 60 TIES partnerships linking universities and institutions of higher education in the U.S. and Mexico. Higher Education for Development (HED) in Washington DC administers the TIES program for USAID. The U.S. Agency for International Development has provided economic and humanitarian assistance worldwide for more than 40 years. For more information on USAID, visit www.usaid.gov.

HED engages the resources of higher education institutions in the United States and abroad for global social and economic development through human and institutional capacity building. HED assists the nation's six major higher education associations and their members in partnering with USAID, as well as other development agencies and donor organizations. For more information about HED, please visit www.HEDprogram.org.

This report is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Higher Education for Development (HED) office. The contents are the responsibility of Glenn C.W. Ames, TIES Partnership Director at the University of Georgia, and do not necessarily reflect the views of HED, USAID or the United States Government.

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	• Ties I Project

Francisco Diaz celebrates his graduation with Dr. Julia Marlowe, a member of his graduate committee, at the Family and Consumer Sciences Recognition Ceremony at the Classic Center in Athens on May 10, 2008.		Francisco Diaz presents his name and graduate committee as Dr. Anne L. Sweaney, Department Head in Housing and Consumer Economics, reads the roll of new graduates at the Recognition Ceremony.
Francisco Diaz receives congratulations from Cintia Ortiz, TIES Phase II graduate student in Education at UGA from Xalapa, Mexico.		Graduate students in the College of Family and Consumer Economics gather to celebrate their spring semester 2008 graduation prior to the Recognition Ceremony.
Dr. Glenn Ames, TIES project coordinator, congratulates Francisco Diaz after the Recognition Ceremony at the Civic Center. Dr. Ames was also a member of Francisco's graduate thesis committee.		Francisco Diaz's parents traveled from Xalapa, Veracuz, Mexico to Athens, GA to celebrate his graduation at the University of Georgia. This was his parent's first visit to the U.S. which they enjoyed very much.