Twice a year, Global Programs solicits applications for international travel grants from faculty and graduate students. A robust and varied portfolio of grant programs supports international conference travel, the internationalization of Penn State's curriculum, and the exploration of transformative strategic partnerships around the world. The global engagement made possible through these programs furthers Penn State's vision of becoming a truly global university.
The Spring 2017 competition cycle attracted a record-breaking number of applications in three grant categories: Faculty Travel Grants, Transformational Travel Grants and Graduate Student Travel Grants. Based on the evaluation committee’s reviews and recommendations, over 50 applicants were selected for funding support. Because of this support, recipients will be able to travel, teach and carry out research across the globe, spanning 25 countries and four continents.
Global Programs would like to congratulate the recipients and thank them for their efforts in building a Global Penn State.
Below is a complete list of Global Programs 2017 (spring cycle) travel grants recipients:
Transformational travel grants
Sam Richards (College of the Liberal Arts) – Russia
Ihab Ragai (Penn State Behrend) – Germany
Faculty travel grants
Charles Baird (College of Arts and Architecture) – Brazil
Kimberly Del Bright (College of Earth and Mineral Sciences) – Peru
Yendelela Cuffee and Kristin Sznajder (College of Medicine) – India
Jose Duarte (College of Arts and Architecture) – Brazil
Stephan Goetz (College of Agricultural Sciences) – France
Eileen Hennrikus (College of Medicine) – Ghana
Michael Jacobson and Abderrahim Ouarghidi (College of Agricultural Sciences) – Morocco
Huaguang Lu (College of Agricultural Sciences) – China
Joel Waters (College of Health and Human Development) and John Waters (Eberly College of Science) – Italy
Nicole Webster (College of Agricultural Sciences) – Morocco
Daniel Wolpaw and Michael Flanagan (College of Medicine) – Japan
Additionally, a group of faculty and staff members from the College of Engineering (Patrick Tunno, Mike Erdman, Akhlesh Lakhtakia, and Julio Urbina) received a partial support for travel to Peru.
Graduate student travel grants
Alba Alonso (College of the Liberal Arts) – Ireland
Laura Almeida (College of Arts and Architecture) – Switzerland
Mariyam Amir (College of Engineering) – Japan
Kinsey Bice (College of the Liberal Arts) – Ireland
Federica Bulgarelli (College of the Liberal Arts) – Spain
Ayse Ozgul Calicioglu Sengul (College of Engineering) – Sweden
Rebecca Cheong (College of the Liberal Arts) – United Kingdom
Mitchell Culler (College of Agricultural Sciences) – Spain
Sourav Dey (College of Arts and Architecture) – Brazil
Claire Ebert (College of the Liberal Arts) – Belize
Clarissa Ferreira da Silveira (College of Arts and Architecture) – China
Jennifer Ford (College of Health and Human Development) – Switzerland
Lauren Fritzsche (College of Earth and Mineral Sciences) – United Kingdom
William Grace (College of Information Sciences and Technology) – France
Fei Guo (College of Arts and Architecture) – Brazil
Noel Habashy (College of Agricultural Sciences) – Ireland
Catherine Herzog (Eberly College of Science) – South Africa
Carolynne Hultquist (College of Earth and Mineral Sciences) – Japan
Jina Jang (College of Arts and Architecture) – Italy
Hyoun-A Joo (College of the Liberal Arts) – Spain
Elizabeth Krajan (College of Medicine) – Egypt
Eric Layland (College of Health and Human Development) – Netherlands
Chang Liao (College of Agricultural Sciences) – Sweden
Jamison Malcolm (College of Agricultural Sciences) – Ireland
Barbara McGrath (College of Medicine) – India
Syeda Naz (College of Health and Human Development) – South Africa
Erica Odera (College of Agricultural Sciences) – Ireland
Yuxia Ouyang (College of Health and Human Development) – Croatia
Janet Purdy (College of Arts and Architecture) – Ghana
Yanan Qizhi (College of the Liberal Arts) – Canada
Daniel Ramirez (College of the Liberal Arts) – South Africa
Yasaman Roostaeian (College of Arts and Architecture) – Brazil
Lara Schwarz (College of the Liberal Arts) – Germany
Elizabeth Shewark (College of the Liberal Arts) – Norway
Leslie Sotomayor (College of Arts and Architecture) – Cuba
Na Sun (College of Information Sciences and Technology) – Romania
Sadra Tehrani (College of Arts and Architecture) – Brazil
Kaila Thorn (College of Agricultural Sciences) – Ireland
Elena Vazquez (College of Arts and Architecture) – Brazil
Nicole Wagy (College of Arts and Architecture) – Brazil
Yanan Xin (College of Earth and Mineral Sciences) – Italy
For more information on Global Programs travel grants, visit Global Programs or contact Vlad Likholetov, global collaborations manager at vzl12@psu.edu.