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We identified the study abroad programs of every Ohio college and
university. OSU’s study abroad programs in Israel have not been running
for the past several years due to U.S. State Department travel warnings.
Case Western is not discouraging interested students from studying in Israel,
but is making them aware of the risks, and adopting a wait-and-see approach.
We hope to begin contacting additional study abroad programs if and when
conditions improve.
The Arava Institute, a regional
center for environmental leadership in the Negev Desert, contacted
us about possibilities for student exchanges. They offer two
study tracks; undergraduate credit thought the Tel
Aviv University overseas study program and a Joint Masters degree with Ben Gurion University through
the Blaustein Institute for Desert
Research.
The Institute is also involved in research initiatives including
USAID Middle East Regional Cooperation Program (MERC) grants.
The MERC grants include a bio-diversity study in the Arava
on both sides of the border and a germplasm exchange with a
university in Morocco. They have a European Commission-funded project
studying sustainable water management in the Dead Sea.
We would like to sponsor farmer exchanges as well as student exchanges.
In September 2003, we presented a talk on Israeli agriculture and the
Initiative—and the possibility of farmer exchanges—to about
40 Ohio Farm Bureau Young Farmers and Ranchers at the Israeli Embassy
in Washington, DC.
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