Europea Netherlands exists 20 years. To celebrate that an international conference will be organized in Wageningen on April 17, 2013. Europea is the European Association of Agricultural Educators and is chaired by Mr Ton Stok. Secretay is Mrs Evelien Kist. Further information can be obtained from A. Stok, (a.stok@wellant.nl). The theme of the conference is: International focus on the region. Topics will be regional development in Europe, alignment of green education and top sectors and the position of the Netherlands in Europe.
Month: January 2013
Omid Noroozi Doctor Cum Laude
On January 11, 2013, Omid Noroozi successfully defended his dissertation ‘Fostering Argumentation-Based Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning in Higher Education’. The promotion committee decided to grant Omid the distinction ‘Cum Laude’, which is very special, because only 3% of all PhD candidates of Wageningen University get this disctinction. Congratulations Omid.
Visit to Kamloops revisited
In an earlier post I reported about my visit to the former Indian Residential School in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada in April 2012. It told that the premises is now being used by first nations (‘Indians’ as they were called in the Western ‘culture’) for various purposes.