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GPS: Global Projects Showcase

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Want to travel next summer? Want funding for your global project?
Come enjoy a showcase of students' research, experiences and travel stories from a variety of fields and global destinations.  Learn more about past international summer projects the Center for Global Initiatives has funded from the students themselves.  Lunch will be provided.

Thursday, September 20 

12 - 1 PM Room 2010, FedEx Global Education Center

  • Khanh Nguyen “Evaluation of a youth HIV prevention program in Tanzania”
  • Meagan Meekins “Nutrition Camps and Food Culture in Juventino Rosas, Mexico”
  • Ben King “Community Clinics:  The Crossroads of Culture, Medicine, and Government in Uganda”

Thursday, October 11 

12 - 1 PM *Room 4003*, FedEx Global Education Center

  • Ji You "Living and Making the French Revolution (1789-1799)"
  • Sarah Kowitt "Peers for Progress Summer Practicum with Mahidol University in Thailand"
  • Vincent Joos “The Gingerbread Houses Project: an ethnographic study of Haiti's sustainable forms of architecture”
  • Ashley Rhoderick "Determining the Benefits of At-House Water Supply in Ghana"

Thursday, November 15 

12 - 1 PM *Room 3009*, FedEx Global Education Center

  • Megan Nelson "Health and conservation program evaluation and community mobilization in Madagascar."
  • Matt Nolan "Internship with Asia Briefing Limited in China"
  • Dane Emmerling "An investigation of the effectiveness of Thailand's peer support interventions"
  • Mimi Caddell "Sustainable water-use development and Health Education Projects in Ghana"

Thursday, January 17 

12 - 1 PM *Room 3009*, FedEx Global Education Center

  • Layla Quran “A Masterpiece of Resistance: The Impact and Role of the Arts on the West Bank-Palestine Occupied Territory”
  • Valentin Ion “Faith and religious tolerance in the Republic of Moldova”
  • Hannah Clager “A Cultural Crossroad: Senegal's Dak'Art Biennale 2012”
  • Simone Duval “Public Relations and Multimedia: An Internship with the U.S. Embassy in Ecuador”

Monday, February 11 

12 - 1 PM *Room 3009*, FedEx Global Education Center

  • Wissuta Prasertpol “Providing Research Support on Documenting Human Rights Violations in Kyrgyzstan”
  • Kathleen Tompkins “The Impact of Incentivizing Facility Delivery on Healthcare Service Utilization in Zambia”
  • Shengjun Zhu “Changing Industrial Policy and Firm Strategies in China's Apparel Industry”
  • Andy Weinhold “Developing a Survey to Inform HIV Testing Practices in Tanzania”