New Grants Support International
Education Program at AASU
Savannah,
GA—April 22, 2004—Armstrong Atlantic State University
(AASU) has received a Fulbright Hayes Overseas Travel Grant and
will share three new state grants in support of its expanding international
education programs.
AASU and several other colleges and universities will share three
grants from the University System of Georgia (USG) for the development
of study abroad programs. These planning grants are to assist institutions
to develop new study abroad programs in areas of the world that
are underserved by other USG study abroad programs and in underserved
academic subjects.
James Anderson, special assistant to the vice president for international
development, said, "Each of these grants will open up exciting
new foreign study opportunities for our students. They will enhance
a rapidly expanding growth pattern that, last year, saw a 38% increase
in the number of students spending a semester abroad or involved
in a summer study abroad program. This year, we expect to have a
25 to 30% increase in study abroad participation."
An $8,000 grant will enable AASU, Georgia Southern University, Clayton
College and State University, and East Georgia College to plan summer
studies in the Czech Republic in association with the University
of South Bohemia. Specific academic studies to be offered will be
in computer science, education, health, political science, and biology.
AASU and Coastal Georgia Community College will share an $8,550
study abroad grant, in association with the University of Cuyo in
Mendoza, Argentina. The academic areas of study will be education,
communication arts, and geology.
An $8,000 grant shared with Georgia State University will fund the
study of environmental health, law policy, and culture in Rio de
Janiero, Brazil.
AASU has also received a Fulbright Hayes Overseas Travel Grant to
South Africa. Under the grant, 15 professors and K-12 teachers will
travel to South Africa for the month of July. Armstrong Atlantic
received a Fulbright Grant in 2003 for travel in Chile and Argentina.
