315 Bradley Hall
Lexington, KY 40506-0058
Phone: 859-257-4067
Fax 859-323-1026
uky.edu/educationabroad
EDUCATION ABROAD UK SPONSORED PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT GRANT
– Spring 2016 RECIPIENTS –
COM 391 Global Crisis and Response Through the Lens of the UN and International NGOs
Geneva, Switzerland
Kim Stoltzfus, PhD, Department of Communication
Todd Stoltzfus, Director of UK’s Certified Nonprofit Professional Program
[Award Amt. $1,500.00]
Kim Stoltzfus, faculty member in the Department of Communication, and Todd Stoltzfus, Director of
UK’s Certified Nonprofit Professional Program, are developing a 3-week long program in Geneva,
Switzerland. This program will focus on crisis communication and humanitarian relief as addressed and
implemented by units within the UN and NGOs headquartered in Geneva. Students will visit the UN and
other crisis response organizations, providing them with first-hand knowledge of the global issues tied
to global response crisis. This course will familiarize students with the main communication themes and
debates in the academic literature on global crisis and response, as well as, allow students to examine
the ethical implications of global crisis policy doctrines and response. Students will be able to make the
connection between theory and practice through being in direct contact with policy makers and those
working with these issues every day.
FAM 475 Rediscovery of Japan: Family, Consumer and Culture
Kyoto, Japan
Hyungsoo Kim, Associate Professor
College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
[Award Amt. $2,000.00]
Hyungsoo Kim, Associate Professor in the College of Agriculture, is putting together a course designed
for students to discover Japanese culture from the perspectives of family and consumers. Through
lectures from professors at Kyoto University, site visits, discussions with college students, and
engagement with Kyoto community members, students will gain insight into approaches for effectively
dealing with many family and consumer issues in aging societies, including family relations, fertility,
minority immigrant families, caregiving for older parents and consumption trends (e.g., food, clothing,
and housing). Students will gain an understanding in minority and multicultural family life in Japan with
an ageing society and declining population.
Keys to Well-Being in Costa Rica: Lessons from the World’s Longest Lived People
Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica
Amy F. Hosier, Associate Extension Professor
College of Agriculture, School of Human Environmental Sciences
[Award Amt. $1,500.00]
315 Bradley Hall
Lexington, KY 40506-0058
Phone: 859-257-4067
Fax 859-323-1026
uky.edu/educationabroad
The course that Amy Hosier is developing has been designed for students to learn how well-being,
health and longevity stems from lifestyle and choices made along the life course. Students will acquire
unique insights regarding the Nicoyan lifestyle through various hands-on activities, tours, observation
and dialogue with local residents and tourist operators who promote the peninsula’s healthy, happy
lifestyle and eco-tourism. Outside of the scope of coursework, all students will enhance their
multicultural competency through site visits of historical, cultural, and contemporary significance. The
research component to this program will allow students to identify family sciences issues and propose a
researchable question, as well as, research how lifestyle components of a community can contribute to
tourism development.
MCL 390: Topics in Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Cultures: Archaeology of Ancient
Israel
Tell es-Safi, Ein Gev, misc. archeological sites, Israel
Daniel Frese, Assistant Professor of Hebrew Language and Literature
Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, College of Arts & Sciences
[Award Amt. $2,000.00]
Daniel Frese is developing a course in which students will be fully immersed into the literature and
material culture of the Hebrew Bible. Students will spend two weeks in Israel in the company of an
international cohort of fellow students working in the field of archaeology. The program begins with a
preparatory classroom unit that introduces students to the archeology of the ancient Near East and the
use of the Bible in historical inquiry. This will give the students a broader perspective on the history of
the region, teach them how one makes archaeological inferences, and will contextualize their learning
experience in the field. They will attend field-trip style lectures by scholars from Israel and elsewhere
and make visits to nearby archaeological sites, in addition to their own work at Tel es-Safi. In Israel
students will be exposed to a non-traditional destination in an area of the world that is of great geopolitical importance, as well as Middle Eastern language and culture.