From the Director
Welcome to this special edition of International
FOCUS, recognizing the winners of the 2008 UF/IFAS International Fellow and Achievement Awards. The award has two levels: senior faculty and non-tenured or newly-tenured faculty. This year’s senior-level (International Fellow) winner is Joe Funderburk, an
entomologist located at the UF/IFAS North Florida
Research and Education Center in Quincy, Florida. The untenured or newly tenured (International Achievement Award) winner is Rafael Muñoz-Carpena, UF/IFAS
Agricultural and Biological Engineering.
One of the ways we build our international programs is to recognize the outstanding international activities of our faculty. We do that through annual awards for outstanding contributions to international research, teaching, and Extension.
Nominees are carefully screened by the International Programs Advisory Team (IPAT), which makes the final selections. Winners receive an engraved plaque.
Winners are also nominated for the campus-wide UF International Educator of the Year Award. The UF/IFAS International Fellow and Achievement Award winners were officially recognized at the UF/IFAS Administrative Council Meeting on January 15, 2009.
Contact: David Sammons, sammons@ufl.edu
