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Global perspective
- As a 15-year-old high school student from Brooklyn, Dawn Bratsch-Prince's worldviews were limited.
Then she went on a school-sponsored study trip to Puerto Rico and her eyes were opened - and not just because she had to pay for half the trip's cost on her own.
"I saw there was a different way to communicate and a different way to view the world," she said. "I almost became addicted to traveling abroad after that."
International experiences to Spain, Mexico and Russia helped fuel that addiction. And now Bratsch-Prince will be assisting the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences' students to enjoy some of those same experiences.
The professor of Spanish and chair of the Department of World Languages and Cultures has been named the director of LAS International Programs as part of her duties as an LAS intern associate dean. She replaces Steffen Schmidt, University Professor of political science, who has previously served in that capacity.
"Steffen has done a marvelous job of promoting international activities to LAS faculty and staff," said Michael Whiteford, LAS dean. "He has helped move the program forward by relentlessly communicating the need for our students to have an international experience.
"Dawn will continue our push to ensure that students obtain knowledge about cultural and linguistic diversity, as well as participate in international learning opportunities."
Bratsch-Prince will coordinate the LAS international studies major in addition to overseeing the college's study abroad efforts and international research and outreach activities.
"We would like to create a broadly supported international program in which all academic units in the college are able to participate and not just a few," she said. "We want all of our faculty to have the opportunity to engage in international studies."
She says that faculty in each of the college's three major disciplinary divisions - humanities, math and sciences, and social sciences - have distinguished international research programs that entail collaboration and engage LAS students. A range of diverse international academic opportunities are currently available to students, including mastering a world language and putting it into practice through study or work experience abroad.
The college has as a goal to increase, diversify and find new ways to fund study abroad opportunities for its students. There should be a range of international programs offered from week-long study trips during semester and spring breaks, to summer, semester
or year-long experiences.
"We want to broaden the geographic range of our programs as well as strengthen the many outstanding international opportunities we already offer," Bratsch-Prince said.
"Today's students and their parents recognize the need for an education that includes a global dimension," she continued. "The classes we offer here at Iowa State are one thing, but we need to continue to increase the number of students we send abroad, not only to study, but also for internships, service and other learning opportunities."
Dawn Bratsch-Prince
Other administrative changes
Air Force Aerospace Studies
COL James Cramp replaces COL Robert King. Cramp was previously director of Air, Space and Information Operations, Plans and Requirements for the Air Force District of Washington, D.C., headquartered at Bolling Air Force Base.
Naval Sciences
CAPT Gary Waring replaces CAPT Douglas MacCrae. Prior to his deployment at Iowa State, Waring was
the Chief of Staff to the Commander, the U.S. Naval
Forces Korea.
Ames Laboratory
Alan Goldman, Distinguished Professor of liberal arts and sciences and professor of physics and astronomy, has been named interim director of the U.S. Department of Energy facility on campus. A national search is underway to find a permanent replacement.
Institute for Physical Research and Technology
George Kraus, University Professor of chemistry, has been named director of IPRT. Both Kraus and Goldman replace Tom Barton.
Center for Catalysis
Victor Lin, professor of chemistry, replaces Kraus as the director of this IPRT center.
Around LAS
August 20 to September 2, 2007
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