AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GLOBAL EDUCATION IN AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES Ketja Lingenfelter Study Abroad Coordinator

THE PAST & THE FUTURE •Agricultural Sciences and Penn State University •Foundation of Land Grant System •Current concerns •Growing world population •Climate change issues •Competing pressures on land use •Global Engagement is NECESSARY •Feed the Future Initiative

WHERE ARE WE NOW? •$8 Million in internationally focused research funds IN FIRST HALF OF FY 2010/2011 Over 214 students studying internationally in AY 2010/2011 CAS International Research Awards $9,000,000 $8,000,000 $7,000,000 $6,000,000 $5,000,000 $4,000,000 $3,000,000 $2,000,000 $1,000,000 $0 CAS Undergraduates Who Studied Abroad 250 200 150 100 50

STUDY ABROAD PROGRAMS Welcome to the Study Abroad Lounge! •Semester •International Educational Embedded Experiences •agricultural trade •service learning •sustainable development

2010 IEEEs SOUTH AFRICA

2011 IEEES BRAZIL CHILE COSTA RICA FRANCE KENYA IRELAND ITALY MEXICO MOZAMBIQUE SCOTLAND

ACADEMIC PROGRAMS •INTAD-International Agriculture and Development •dual title graduate degree program •INTAG-International Agriculture Minor •IAAS •International Association of students interested in Agriculture and related Sciences

ISSUES: SAFETY •Orientations •Faculty code of conduct •GPA and Judicial Affairs checks

ISSUES: FUNDING •Study Abroad Endowed Awards •Tag Along Award

ISSUES: MEASURING IMPACT •Measures of Global Competency •Pre and Post Surveys •Freshmen/Senior Global Competency Survey Pre-Trip Survey Post-Trip Survey

ISSUES: MEASURING IMPACT Pre-Trip Survey Post-Trip Survey •Quotes from post-trip surveys include Comments in response to: The most important outcome for me from participating in this program was: “Broadening my perspective of environmental issues and practices. Seeing how they effect other areas around the globe and not only my home country.”

ISSUES: MEASURING IMPACT •Quotes from post-trip surveys include Comment in response to: I anticipate this experience will affect my future interactions in multicultural academic, social and professional settings in the following ways: “It has given me a greater understanding of the operations involved with international businesses as well as insight into cultural differences, so I am more confident in being able to have successful interactions in global relationships, whether they be personal, academic or professional.” “Speaking Spanish, creating new connections in other countries, understanding that other countries and people of different nationalities are working on solutions for the same problems that we are in the United States, and to have fun and never say no to a new experience especially in a new setting (country).”

and those who do not travel read only one page.” “The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.” ~Saint Augustine