Penn State Awarded National Security Program Grant
UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) Penn State’s College of
Agricultural Sciences will receive
one of just six institutional grants
to be awarded by the National
Security Education Program
(NSEP).
The U.S. Department of De
fense will provide $421,873 over
four years to the Russian and
Ukrainian Programs for Future
Agricultural Leaders, which will
support development of Russian
and Ukrainian language and cul
ture courses designed for agricul
tural students in preparation for
study and work opportunities in
those countries.
Of the six grants, Penn State’s
is one of just two that are for the
four-year NSEP maximum
award. Tom Bruening, associate
professor and coordinator of the
college’s programs in Russia and
Ukraine, believes that’s because
of the novel use of technology
and involvement by other univer
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“Penn State actually is playing
the leadership role in a consorti
um of universities,” he said. “In
the Russian Studies program,
Montana State, the universities of
Nebraska, Maryland and Florida,
and Texas A&M are involved. In
the Ukrainian Studies program,
lowa State, Ohio State, the Uni
versity of Minnesota and Ala
bama A&M are partner universi
ties.”
Language and cultural courses
taught by Penn State professors
will be offered over the Internet
starting this summer through col
laborative efforts between the
College of Agricultural Sciences
and the department of Germanic
and Slavic languages in the Col
lege of Liberal Arts. The cultures
courses will have major agricul
tural components.
“We are confident that this
year’s awardees represent cut
ting-edge international education
initiatives that will have a signifi
cant impact on the personal and
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professional development of the
participants,” the NSEP news re
lease announcing the awards
states.
“(They) will also help the U.S.
higher education institutions in
sure our national security inter
ests through increased under
standing of regions, languages
and cultures that are distinct
from our own.”
The grant, according to Dean
na Behring, director of the col
lege’s international programs,
will give agriculture students the
opportunity to better understand
foreign languages and cultures.
“Our future leaders will be better
prepared to deal with global pres
sures related to agriculture, such
as food security for a growing
population, pressures on natural
resources, rural incomes, poverty
and international trade,” she
said. “These factors can lead to
civil conflict and present unique
and growing national security
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Behring believes that by giving
students language skills, cultural
understanding and experiences in
the former Soviet states, the pro
gram will yield a cadre of future
leaders who can help develop
growing markets for U.S. agricul
tural products.
“Students participating in this
program will be those who will
likely deflect trade and other dis
putes related to agriculture and
food security,” she said, “as well
as help develop farm incomes
and improve health status in
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Other institutions receiving
NSEP grants were the University
of California at Berkeley, Indi
ana University, the University of
Wisconsin at Madison, Monterey
Institute of International Studies
and the University of Pittsburgh.
The NSEP was created in 1991
by the National Security Educa
tion Act. The goals of the pro
gram are to educate U.S. citizens
to understand foreign languages
and cultures, strengthen U.S.
economic competitiveness and
enhance international coopera
tion and security.
ing, would be willing to make sig
nificant changes to the lifestyle to
try to defend global warming,
and would like President Bush to
reconsider his opposition to the
1997 Kyoto agreement that is
aimed at curbing greenhouse gas
emissions.
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are available at http://
www.businessweek.com/
b wd a ily/dn flash/mar 2002/
nf20020328 2783.htm.