Outline, Objectives and Dates for the
professional development and institutional building program 

• objective one: Preparing for international extension experience, discussions with experienced faculty
• objective two: What to expect during the international experience, discussions with Faculty and students of EARTH via interactive video
• objective three: Returning and reporting – expectations and assignments

Tuesday         January 27th   location - 1031a McCarty Hall         

  Assignments for the International Experience in Costa Rica - group discussion
Logistics and Questions -
Pete  Vergot and Nick Place

Foreign travel - from a health Perspective
 Karen Brennan and Kelly Mitchell
Registered Nurse Specialist - Foreign Travel    kbrenna@nersp.nerdc.ufl.edu

need Direct Billing number

EARTH University - students perspective
EARTH video
Daniel A Herrera Student from Costa Rica and EARTH , Graduate Student    
Soil & Water Science Department University of Florida         dhd@ufl.edu             daherrera@mail.ifas.ufl.edu

Wednesday , January 28th   location - 1031a McCarty Hall     also 1031B on 1/28 - 11:00 - 5:00       1/29 - all day

EARTH - the IFAS Cooperative Agreement

  Dr. Jerry B. Sartain, Professor, Ph.D.      Soil and Water Science
106 Newell Hall, PO Box 110510, Gainesville, FL 32611-0510
jbs@ifas.ufl.edu,               Tel: (352)392-1803 ext 330         Fax: (352)392-3399

Importance of participation,
Stakeholders and Gender Awareness in Working with International Communities
Jim Barham, GEAP Assistant, barhamj@ufl.edu and Steffany Dragon, SLDragon@mail.ifas.ufl.edu

 
EARTH University - Interactive Video
Dr. B.K. Singh,   Professor,  Soil Science   EARTH University
Program Coordinator for the International Experience      bksingh@earth.ac.cr

 
Extension Education in Costa Rica, 
The historical context and current approaches and challenges -
Discussion on International programs and Costa Rica

Dr. Mickie Swisher, Associate Professor, 
Family Youth and Community Sciences       Specialty: Sustainable Agriculture
3041D McCarty Hall, PO Box 110310, Gainesville, FL 32611-0310
MESwisher@mail.ifas.ufl.edu,          (352)392-2201 ext 256        SC: 622-2201            Fax: (352)392-8196

 Returning... Sustaining and Reporting

Assignments for the International Experience in Costa Rica - group discussion

expectations and assignments and selecting a date and location for our Wrap up session

-  Pete  Vergot, Nick Place and Lisette Staal

Thursday       January 29th   location - 1031a McCarty Hall       also 1031B     1/29 - all day

Spanish lesson

Daniel A Herrera

Dr. Jane Luzar
Professor and Associate Dean, Ph.D.
Unit: Office of Dean for Academic Programs and the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Address: 2014 McCarty, PO Box 110270, Gainesville, FL 32611-0270
Email: EJLuzar@mail.ifas.ufl.edu, Tel: (352)392-2251 ext 234 SC: 622-2251 Fax: (352)392-8988
Overview of USDA CSREES International Programs 

Internationalizing Extension

Mr. Michael McGirr
Mmcgirr@CSREES.USDA.GOV
International Programs, CSREES, USDA,
Phone:  202-205-3739, Fax:  202-690-2355 

Purpose:  To provide national program leadership for the international activities of CSREES and U.S. universities and colleges

Major Activities:

Planning and implementing international development projects recruiting and selecting personnel for overseas technical assistance efforts facilitating globalization of U.S. campuses serving as a point of contact and clearinghouse for information about international activities collaborating with other government agencies, universities and national organizations.

Logistics and Questions Pete  Vergot, Nick Place and Lisette Staal

 evaluation for the session - Steffany Dragon

 Final discussions and- Preparing for Session III - March  in Costa Rica  
-Dr. Pete Vergot