First Place

Robert Blake

Cornell University/Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán (UADY)/Universidad Veracruzana/Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias (Mexico)

“What is a mangrove forest?”
UADY and Cornell students and faculty visit the Centla Pantanos Biosphere Reserve wetlands ecosystem to learn what a mangrove forest is and the wildlife it supports as part of a two-week living laboratory course, Agriculture in Developing Nations.

Second Place

Catherine Cassara

Bowling Green State University (BGSU)/Institut de Presse et des Science de l’Information (IPSI) (Tunisia)

Hassan Srafi, a graduate of Tunisia’s IPSI, presents the findings of his senior thesis to his classmates in a 3-week workshop at BGSU. The workshop on “Women, Democracy & Media” included 10 Tunisian students and 8 BGSU students.

Third Place

Florence Dunkel

Montana State Univesity/L’Institut d’Economie Rurale (Mali)

“Under the Sterile Transfer Hood”
HED participant passes on her new knowledge to prospective agribusiness entrepreneurs testing local potatoes for bacterial wilt. Part of a sandwich model for graduate training of agricultural scientists in sub-saharan Africa, Mdm. Aissata Thera returns to her plant disease laboratory at l’Institut d’Economie Rurale. Recent plant protection graduates, possible future entrepreneurs, learn tissue sampling techniques, the first step of ELISA testing for specific strains of bacterial wilt currently threatening Malian potatoes

Honorable Mention

Gay Washburn

Northern Kentucky University/Saint Joseph College/Yale University/United Arab Emirates University/Sultan Qaboos University/King Saud University (United Arab Emirates)

“On With Both the Old and New”
A new MEPI partnership to improve the teaching of English as a foreign language through service learning pays tribute to preserving cultural and linguistic traditions.

Honorable Mention

Robin Rose

Oregon State University/Washington State University/Michigan State University/Pennsylvania State University/Tennessee State University/University of Pretoria/University of Malawi, Bunda College of Agriculture/University of Zambia (Malawi)

Marion McNamara of the Rural Livelihood Consortium (RLC) hugging a woman in a village. Marion was the prime mover in this project and has long shown deep concern for the women in all of the villages where the RLC works. Marion had just finished viewing this incredible corn storage facility that is privately controlled by members of this woman’s extended family.