ECEDHA Annual Meeting

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ECEDHA Annual Meeting

• 3/19/2007

Plenary Panel Session "International Strategies
- What are They Doing in Europe, Asia, and The
Americas? Session Organizer and Moderator  Ken
Jenkins, Pennsylvania State University
Victor DeBrunner, Professor and Chair, Department
of Electrical and Computer Engineering, FAMU-FSU
College of Engineering
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Reasons from a Student

• For a long time tertiary education was not free
  in the Caribbean. Therefore, students who didn't
  receive national scholarships and could not
  afford to attend our local universities would
  pursue academic and athletic scholarships abroad.
  Due to the very open policy the U.S. has with
  many countries, especially Caribbean nations, it
  is easier to attend a college in the U.S. as
  opposed to, for instance, European countries.
  Another issue is that the U.S. is one of the few
  countries which offer funding to international
  students.
• Now that countries like Trinidad and Tobago and
  Barbados offer free tertiary education to its
  citizens, many of the students who come to the
  U.S. are those pursuing athletic careers in track
  and field, swimming, soccer, gymnastics and other
  sporting disciplines since there are more
  recognized competitions in the U.S. and around
  the world than in the Caribbean.
• There are also many opportunities for research
  and development here in the U.S. as opposed to
  the Caribbean. The infrastructure here is already
  in place for persons to make ground breaking
  advances in technology and science. The framework
  for this to be done in the Caribbean is in its
  fetal stage and therefore good talent from the
  Caribbean tend to come to other countries to
  develop their ideas and contribute to the body of
  information that is out there.

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Latin American Caribbean (LAC) Scholarship at
FSU
Pursuant to Florida Statute 1009.21, graduate
students who are citizens from Latin America and
Caribbean (including Puerto Rico and the U.S.
Virgin Islands) who have been awarded a non-duty
scholarship, from the U.S. federal government or
the State of Florida government, of a minimum of
500 per academic year (fall and spring
semesters) may be eligible to be designated as
Latin American Caribbean Scholarship recipients.
FSU Foundation funds may NOT be used for a Latin
American Caribbean (LAC) Scholarship. A Latin
American Caribbean Scholarship recipient will
be classified a Florida resident for tuition
purposes only. LAC Scholarship recipients must be
awarded an additional 500 scholarship in order
to retain Florida resident status for the summer
terms. Students who, for any reason, lose their
LAC scholarship status will revert to
out-of-state tuition classification. Citizens
from the following countries are eligible
Anguilla, Antigua Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba,
Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil,
British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Chile,
Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao Bonaire,
Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El
Salvador, French Guiana, Granada, Guadeloupe,
Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica,
Martinique, Mexico, Montserrat, Nicaragua,
Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts
Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent Grenadines,
Suriname, Trinidad Tobago, Turk Caicos
Islands, Uruguay, U.S. Virgin Islands, and
Venezuela.
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Latin American Caribbean (LAC) Scholarship at
FSU
LAC Scholarship recipients must be registered
graduate students in good academic standing at
The Florida State University or a prospective
graduate student who has been admitted to the
university. Each awarding unit may set additional
criteria for new and renewal scholarships. Full
time enrollment status hours per semester for
graduate students) must be maintained.
Under-enrollment must be approved the academic
dean and meet immigration requirements. Note
Graduate or research assistantships do not
fulfill the definition of scholarship. Recipients
who change majors graduate and begin a second
degree program must reapply for the LAC
scholarship. LAC Scholarships may be granted for
the students full academic program (500 minimum
per academic year 500 minimum for the summer
terms). If a LAC recipient withdraws from the
university, scholarship is cancelled.
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How is it obtained?
To receive the LAC Scholarship status, the
qualified student must obtain a memo from the
students academic dean, written to the
University Registrar, indicating the student is
from Latin America or Caribbean (including Puerto
Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands), receiving a
minimum scholarship of 500 per academic year,
and noting that the student is eligible for
classification as a Florida resident for tuition
purposes only. This memo should be copied to the
Office of Graduate Admissions, the Dean of
Graduate Studies, the International Center, the
Office of Financial Aid and the Office of the
Registrar. For more information, please contact
the Office of Graduate Studies at 850.644.3500,
the International Center at 850.644.1702, the
Office of Graduate Admissions at 850.644.3420, or
the Office of Registrar at 850.644.1050. Florida
Statute 1009.21 can be viewed at http//www.flse
nate.gov/Statutes/index.cfm?App_modeDisplay_Statu
teURLCh1009/ch1009.htm
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Students in the CoE from Caribbean and South
America
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Additional Opportunities

• Engineering in Brazil
• One month summer program, joint with University
  of Nebraska
• At Fortaleza
• Global Experiences in Engineering 3cr, Portuguese
  Language and Brazilian Culture, a selection of
  basic engineering courses (e.g. numerical
  methods, statistics, and finite elements)