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INTERNATIONAL TRAINING GRANTS & CONTRACTSWestern Michigan University has a long record in international development assistance. For example, between 1960 and 1968 a team from WMU’s College of Engineering and Applied Sciences assisted in the creation of Ibadan Polytechnic College in Ibadan, Nigeria under contract with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Ibadan Polytechnic has now grown to 20,000 students and is one of Nigeria’s leading institutions of higher learning. Today, WMU’s Office of International Affairs (OIA) is an active provider of training projects to the US Government, foundations, and private agencies. Since 1993, the Office of International Affairs has been awarded the following contracts for training programs: 1993 "U.S. - Japan Grassroots Seminar - Seeking Common Ground in the Face of the Global Era," Sasakawa Foundation (Japan) "Japanese to English Translation of Elementary Level Text Books," Battle Creek Lakeview Public Schools "Technical Assistance Project," Tokai Rika, USA, Inc. "Instruction for Grand Rapids Japanese Complementary School," Yamaha Musical Products 1994 "Technical Assistance Project," Nippondenso Manufacturing USA, Inc. "Technical Assistance Project," Tokai Rika, USA, Inc. "Clerical and Administrative Assistance Project," Asmo Manufacturing, Inc. "Aviation and American Culture," Japan Aviation Academy "Instruction for Grand Rapids Japanese Complementary School," Yamaha Musical Products 1995 "Technical Assistance Project," Nippondenso Manufacturing USA, Inc. "Technical Assistance Project," Tokai Rika, USA, Inc. "Instruction for Grand Rapids Japanese Complementary School," Yamaha Musical Products "Edmund Muskie Fellowships for MBA Degree Students from the Newly Independent States and the Baltics," USIA "Edmund Muskie Fellowships for Applied Economics M.A.'s for Students from the Newly Independent States and the Baltics," USIA "Tailored Training for Mergers and Acquisitions," Romania, Partners in International Training (PIET) and USIA "Tailored Training in US Insurance Issues," Cape Verde Islands, PIET and USIA "Tailored Training in Paper Manufacturing," Ghana, PIET and USIA 1996 "Technical Assistance Project," Nippondenso Manufacturing USA, Inc. "Technical Assistance Project," Tokai Rika, USA, Inc. "Instruction for Grand Rapids Japanese Complementary School," Yamaha Musical Products "Edmund Muskie Fellowships for MBA Degree Students from the Newly Independent States and the Baltics," USIA "Tailored Training Program in Food Management," Madagascar, PIET and USIA "Tailored Training Program in Food Management," Romania, PIET and USIA "Tailored Training Program in International Finance Markets and Debt Management," Slovenia, PIET and USIA "Tailored Training Program in Food Management II," Romania, PIET and USIA "Tailored Training Program in Food Management," Poland, PIET and USIA "Tailored Training Program in Food Management II," Madagascar, PIET and USIA "Tailored Training in Textile and Apparel Production," Croatia, PIET and USIA "Tailored Training in Textile and Apparel Production," Romania, PIET and USIA 1997 "Edmund Muskie Fellowships for MBA Degree Students from the Newly Independent States and the Baltics," USIA 1998 "Expert in Residence Program," Nigeria, W.K. Kellogg Foundation 1999 "Edmund Muskie and Freedom Support Act Graduate Fellowship Program," Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan, American Council for International Exchange (ACIE) and USIA "IREX - Freedom Support Act Fellowships in Contemporary Issues," Ukraine, Kazakhstan, IREX and US Department of State "Summer Institute for the Study of the United States for International Professors and Scholars," US Department of State 2000 "Edmund Muskie and Freedom Support Act Graduate Fellowship Program," Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan, ACIE and US Department of State "IREX - Freedom Support Act Fellowships in Contemporary Issues," Ukraine, Kazakhstan, IREX and US Department of State "Summer Instititute for the Study of the United States for International Professors and Scholars," US Department of State 2001 "Edmund Muskie and Freedom Support Act Graduate Fellowships in Contemporary Issues," Ukraine, Russia, Georgia, Tajikistan, Kazakstan, Uzbekistan, ACIE, and US Department of State "Summer Instititute for the Study of the United States for International Professors and Scholars," US Department of State "Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation," Russia, US Department of Education "Regional Scholar Exchange Program," Azerbaijan, US Department of State 2002 "Edmund Muskie Graduate Fellowships," for Ukraine, Georgia, and Russia, US Department of State "Establishment of an Environmental Hydrogeology Coalition including WMU, Suez Canal University, and South Valley University," US Department of State "Russian-US Young Leadership Fellows for Public Service," Russia, IREX (International Research and Exchanges Board) 2003 "Edmund Muskie Graduate Fellowships," for Russia, Ukrain, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan, US Department of State "Establishment of an Environmental Hydrogeology Coalition including WMU, Suez Canal University, and South Valley University," US Department of State | |
