By Cat Holmes

University of Georgia

The University of Georgia College of Agricultural and
Environmental Sciences will host the fifth annual Inter-
University Consortium for Agricultural and Related Sciences in
Europe/National Association of State Universities and Land
Grant Colleges in Athens April 6-9.

“Representatives from European and U.S. agricultural
universities have been meeting in an effort to enhance
collaboration between our countries in agricultural education
and research,” said Gale Buchanan, dean and director of the UGA
CAES.

During the meeting in Athens, the two organizations will focus
on student exchanges, distance learning, curriculum development
and multicountry and multistate research and outreach
activities.

“We hope to be able to coordinate these kinds of programs so
they will conform with both U.S. and European university
regulations and policies,” Buchanan said.

The W.K. Kellogg Foundation supported the meeting with a $6,000
grant. The meeting will be at the Georgia Center for Continuing
Education on the UGA campus in Athens.

For more information, call (706) 542-0808.