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This was the sixth year of the
student exchange program. Unlike other study
abroad programs at the University of Tennessee, the
KU-UTIA Student Exchange Program is a true two-way
exchange with both institutions providing the
four-week program for the other university's
students. This program is also unique, because
it represents not only the efforts of the
instructional faculty in the
College of Agricultural
Sciences & Natural Resources, but faculty and
administrators throughout the
Institute of
Agriculture. That is why we find
research faculty at Research and Education Centers
of the Agricultural Experiment Station across the
state [Knoxville, Spring Hill, Jackson, Ames
Plantation, Milan and Springfield, Tennessee] taking
an active role in conducting this program and in
hosting the students from Kasetsart University.
Faculty members in
Extension accompany the group at
times during the program, and they participate as
homestay families, along with instructional and
research faculty. The homestay families
deserve a special thank-you for taking strangers [as
sweet as they may be] into their homes for an entire
week. Everyone who has done this has made a
major expenditure of money, time and effort in
supporting this program. Thank you, all.
To all who think that conducting a program like this
can be done by a few people, look again. If I
have omitted someone from the list, it is purely an
accident. Please let me know, and it will be
corrected--Dr. Bob
Orr aka Dr. Bob aka Luung Bob
Following is the listing of
faculty and administrators in the UT and the
Institute of Agriculture who were a part of this
program in 2005. With just a few exceptions,
the vast majority of faculty participating in the
program have been to Thailand through the KU-UT
faculty exchange program.
Dr. Kelly Robbins, Professor, Department of Animal
Science
Mr. Richard Davis, Assistant Coordinator,
International Programs for Agriculture & Natural
Resources
Dr. Ed Schilling, Professor & Head, Botany
Department
Dr. Neal Eash, Associate Professor, Department of
Bio-Systems Engineering & Soil Science
Dr. Siqun Wang, Research Assistant Professor,
Department of Forestry, Wildlife & Fisheries
Dr. Forbes Walker, Extension Associate Professor,
Department of Bio-Systems
Engineering & Soil Science
Dr. John Wilkerson, Professor,
Department of Bio-Systems
Engineering & Soil Science
Dr. Paul Denton, Extension Professor, Department of
Plant Sciences
Dr. Matt Halfhill, Research Associate, Department of
Plant Sciences
Dr. James Brace, Professor & Associate Dean, College
of Veterinary Medicine
Dr. Mark Fly, Professor, Department of
Forestry, Wildlife & Fisheries
Dr. Nancy Fair, Professor and Head, Department of
Consumer Services Management
Dr. Charles Goan, Professor & Head, Department of
Food Science & Technology
Dr. Doyle Meadows, Extension Professor, Department
of Animal Science
Dr. Dennis Onks, Superintendent, Middle Tennessee
Research & Education Center, Spring Hill
Dr. Richard Heitmann, Professor, Department of
Animal Science
Dr. Don Tyler, Professor, Plants Sciences, West
Tennessee Research & Education Center, Jackson
Dr. Deborah Joines, Extension, State Soils Lab
Dr. Alan Windham, Extension Professor of Plant
Pathology
Mrs. Betty Tipton, Manager,
Clarence Brown Theater
Dr. Robert Hayes, Professor and Superintendent, West
Tennessee Research & Education Center, Jackson
Dr. Allan Houston, Research Professor and Assistant
Superintendent, Research & Education Center at
Ames Plantation
Dr. Blake Brown, Superintendent, Research &
Education Center at Milan
Dr. Barry Sims, Superintendent, Research & Education
Center at Highland Rim
Dr. Alan Mathew, Professor and Head, Department of
Animal Science
Dr. Larry Wilson, Professor and Interim Head, Department of Forestry,
Wildlife & Fisheries
A special thanks to two of our
students who drove the KU students for a significant
portion of their stay:
Dustin Eash and Claire Griffen.
On this website, we have focused
on the happy times and fun parts of the program.
You will see very few "talking heads" in conference
rooms, although there were certainly many of those
during the four weeks, because this was an academic
program. We hope that as
you view this site, you gain an appreciation
for quality of the relationship between KU and UT
and the satisfaction we gain in conducting this
program. For UT students going to Thailand, we
would like you to take note of the many people in the
UTIA who have made your program in Thailand possible as
a result of their efforts.
(Click on picture for enlarged view and description.)
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