Six faculty members received funding from Purdue's International Programs office to help start new study abroad initiatives. The Study Abroad and International Learning (SAIL) grants will be used for a variety of endeavors. Edie Schmidt, for example, will use the funds to create a new short-term experience for graduate students. The new course, Discovering Graduate Careers in Colombia, is scheduled for the summer. Daphene Koch is collaborating with The Costa Rican Institute of Technology Construction Engineering School. She will use her SAIL grant to host a visitor from the institute this fall and to help defray costs for the trip for students and faculty in Spring 2012. Fall 2011 SAIL grant recipients from the College of Technology:
- Daphene Koch, building construction management, $3,500 for Costa Rica study abroad
- Hank Kraebber, mechanical engineering technology, $1,000 per student enrolled in Summer School of Munich University of Applied Sciences
- Mike Nolan, aviation technology, $3,500 for Dublin Institute of Technology
- Edie Schmidt (with Cyndi Lynch), technology leadership & innovation, $7,000 for Columbia study abroad
- Mihaela Vorvoreanu, computer graphics technology, $7,000 for Germany study abroad
- Neal Widmer, electrical and computer engineering technology, $1,000 per student enrolled in Lucerne University of Applied Sciences for Spring 2012 and Spring 2013