Release date: April 21, 2003

Contact: Frances Weyand, Director of Media Relations, 770-423-6203 or fweyand@kennesaw.edu

Kennesaw State University professors travel to Brazil

An international meeting will take place between educators from Kennesaw State University and officials at the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina Florianopolis in Santa Catarina, Brazil, April 28-May 4.

Dr. Richard Sowell, dean of Kennesaw State's College of Health and Human Services, and Dr. Bernie Goldfine, professor of Health, Physical Education and Sports Science, will make the trip as part of an ongoing international program established by an agreement of cooperation between the two universities in 2000. The agreement provides for the exchange of students, faculty and other personnel; the facilitation of joint research; and participation in seminars and academic meetings.

Academics from both universities have published research articles together and have co-presented papers both nationally and internationally. In addition, several faculty members and graduate students from Florianopolis have visited Kennesaw State in the past few years. The purpose of the upcoming visit is to strengthen the partnership between the two universities and explore opportunities for further cooperation between the College of Health and Human Services and the nursing and social work programs in Brazil.

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