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This was the fifth year of the
student exchange program. As in previous
years, the KU students began their adventure at an
orientation/accelerated English camp at Khao Yai
National Park a couple of weeks prior to coming to
Tennessee. This year, we have included these
photos, as well as photos of the travel to
Tennessee.
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April 16-18, a weekend of
pre-departure intensive English-language study and
team-building exercises at Khao Yai National Park |
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22, Thursday--the longest day departing Bangkok
early in the morning and arriving in Knoxville more
than 24 hours later. All on the same day.
Check into Hess Hall |
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April
23, Friday
Morning: Campus walking tour
Afternoon: Driving tour of Knoxville and Dogwood
Trail. |
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April
24, Saturday
Museum of Appalachia and Norris Dam |
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Welcome party at program Co-Director Dr. Kelly Robbins' home. |
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April 25, Sunday
Great Smoky Mountains National
Park . |
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More of our day in the Smokies. |
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April 26, Monday
Morning: Introduction to the Institute of
Agriculture.
Lunch hosted by the College
of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources.
Afternoon: Ag Vet-Med
Library. Ag Communication and Extension.
Dinner: Hosted by the Vice President of
Agriculture, Dr. Jack Britt. |
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April
27, Tuesday
Morning: Animal Science cloning
research and a farm visit
with Dr. Alan Mathew.
Afternoon: An introduction to GPS and
precision agriculture, and a
tour of the Innovative Technology Center |
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April
28, Wednesday
Morning: College of Veterinary Medicine tour
with Associate Dean Brace.
Afternoon: Tour of downtown Knoxville with the
Department of Consumer Services Management.
Dinner hosted by the Department. |
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April
29, Thursday
Field trip to Big South Fork National Riverine and
Recreation Area with Dr. Mark Fly.
Dinner at Dr. Fly's home. |
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April
30, Friday
Morning: Visit Stephanie Tarwater's beekeeping
operation--Bakers Creek Honey
Farms.
Afternoon:
Jimmy Lane's greenhouses and Pope's Plant Farm.
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Dinner at Parci Gibson's home. |
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May 1, Saturday
Laundry morning and playing in
the park with UT students.
Dinner at home of Dr. Forbes
and Amelia Walker.
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May
2, Sunday
A day at Dr. Frank Leuthold's
cabin on Norris Lake. |
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May 3,
Monday
Morning: Check out of
Hess Hall. Introduction to biotechnology
research at U.
Afternoon: Take "ice cream"
tour of Mayfield's Dairy in Athens, TN.
M&M Candy manufacturing in Cleveland. Travel
to Chattanooga. |
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May 4, Tuesday in Chattanooga.
Morning: Visit Ace Hardware and
NK Garden Seed Company.
Afternoon: Tennessee Aquarium.
Travel on to Shelbyville. |
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May 5, Wednesday
Morning: Waterfall Farm and
Tennessee walking horses.
Afternoon: Tour Jack Daniel's distillery and
shop for Jack Daniel's memorabilia in historic
Lynchburg. |
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Evening:
Dinner hosted by the Shelbyville 4-H Club. |
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May 6 Thursday
Morning: Depart
Shelbyville. Tour Spring Hill Experiment
Station.
Afternoon: Tour Saturn
auto assembly plant.
Arrive in Nashville.
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May
7, Friday
Morning: Visit State Capitol Building and
Governor's Office.
Afternoon: Visit
the Tennessee Department of Agriculture
and Kord
Laboratories. Dinner at
Kim's home. |
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May 8, Saturday
Morning: Visit the Hermitage.
Afternoon: Tour the Opryland Hotel and shop
at Opryland Mills.
Evening: dinner, billiards
and dancing at the Wildhorse Saloon. |
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May
9, Sunday
Morning: Adventures at the laundramat.
Afternoon: Drive to Jackson, Tennessee,
visiting Pinson Mounds State Park and
dinner at the home of Dr. Don Tyler.
Check in at Ames Plantation.
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May
10, Monday
Travel to Memphis.
Botanical Gardens. Visit
Elvis Presley's Graceland Mansion.
Return to Ames Plantation.
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May
11, Tuesday
Introduction to Ames Plantation. Archeological
restorations. Quail and hunting dogs.
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May 12, Wednesday
Morning: Check out off Ames Plantation.
Visit West Tennessee Experiment Station.
Afternoon: Tour Milan [no-till] Experiment
Station. Stay at Camp Clark Williamson's lodge. |
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May 13, Thursday
Morning: Tour of Greenwater Fish Farm.
Afternoon: Travel to Knoxville and handoff to
host families.
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May 14, Friday
Morning: Watershed and water quality research
nears Athens with Dr. Forbes Walker.
Afternoon: Visit West Winds Technologies
bamboo operation in Athens. |
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May 15-16, Saturday & Sunday
weekend activities with host families. |
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May 17, Monday
Day of hard-core shopping at the factory outlet
stores of Pigeon Forge and Sevierville. |
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May 18, Tuesday
Morning: Visits to Processed Foods Corp. and
Tom's, food processing companies in Knoxville
with Dr. Clark Brekke.
Afternoon:
Electro-fishing with Dr. Larry Wilson.
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May
19, Wednesday
Morning: Wrap-up meeting. Lunch hosted
by Professor Sandra Leach.
Afternoon: Final rehearsal for farewell party. |
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Evening: Dinner and farewell party at the home
of Dr. Robert Orr with
cultural performance by the KU students. |
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May
20, Thursday
Fly home. |
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