New CSUF International
Agreement
Leads to Student Exchanges, Study in Coastal Management
American and Brazilian students will
visit and attend courses with their counterparts studying coastal
marine management.
June 8, 2005 :: No. 232
Cal State Fullerton is working with
two Brazilian universities and the University of Connecticut
in an international effort to bring a global outlook to their
respective programs in coastal marine management.
As scholars bridging two continents, educators
from CSUF, the University of Connecticut, Universidade Federal
Fluminense and Universidade Federal Da Paraiba have developed
a student exchange program. American and Brazilian students
will visit and attend courses with their counterparts, as
well as conduct research with faculty members. Faculty exchanges
also are being planned.
“Our goal is to create a joint effort
of educating students about the global implications of not
managing the development and use of our coastal seas and water
sheds,” said Steven Murray, a leading authority in marine
ecosystems who spearheaded this latest international agreement
for Cal State Fullerton. The biological science professor
and newly named dean of the College of Natural Sciences and
Mathematics has received more than $1 million in grants from
several federal agencies, including the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration.
“This dovetails with our mission of creating
a global outlook, and this agreement is definitely a bidirectional
one that ensures mutual benefits for all institutions, faculty
and students involved,” said Ray Young, associate vice
president for academic programs.
Next month, Murray and Robert Voeks, professor
of geography, will visit the two Brazilian universities to
give seminars and explore opportunities for establishing faculty
collaborations. Multiple academic departments and CSUF faculty
members in a variety of disciplines are formulating exchange
components.
In the fall, students from Brazil will travel
to California and Connecticut for study. American students
are expected to begin study in Brazil in January.
“Our faculty members can learn more about
the Brazilian culture and language,” said Young. “Working
with these Brazilian institutions has fabulous potential beyond
this effort. Their campus leaders have expressed an interest
in broadening our involvement into such fields as educational
administration, nursing and community health.”
Young noted that Brazilian faculty members
support the exchange “because it gives them the opportunity
to share research, as well as opportunities for their students
to come to the United States and work with American professors.”
Cal State Fullerton currently has partnership
arrangements with 49 universities and colleges around the
world. Such arrangements involve faculty collaborations on
research and projects, faculty and student exchanges or degree
offerings, said Young.
The largest number of agreements – 11
– and the oldest partnerships are with Chinese universities.
This month, a dozen faculty and staff members will take part
in the 12th annual Fullerton/China Seminar, which includes
visits to Fudan University in Shanghai, Suzhou and Beijing.
A professor from Fudan also visits Cal State Fullerton each
year to teach Chinese.
CSUF students participate in a variety of study-abroad
programs at universities from Australia, Canada and Chile
to New Zealand, Spain, Sweden and Zimbabwe.
Media Contacts: |
Steven Murray at 657-278-7291 or
smurray@fullerton.edu
Ray Young at 657-278-3602 or ryoung@fullerton.edu
Pamela McLaren of Public Affairs at (74)
278-4852 or pmclaren@fullerton.edu |
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