FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – U of A's Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences has two faculty-led study abroad opportunities coming up during the January intersession, but the application deadlines for both are Oct. 1.

The Experiential Learning in Indian Agriculture trip is tentatively scheduled for Dec. 20 through Jan. 12 while Human and Animal Interactions in New Zealand trip is tentatively marked for Dec. 27 through Jan. 11.

The Indian Agriculture option is led by Mary Savin and Vibha Srivastava, professors in the Department of Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences. The session in northern India teaches students about environmental and societal issues and challenges in urban and rural communities, food supply chain, human environmental sciences, the hospitality industry, and major agricultural commodities and farm structures in India.

Students also experience street-side shopping, traditional art and handicrafts, and Indian cuisine, visits to forts and palaces in Rajasthan and monuments including the Taj Mahal.

Savin and Srivastava are holding an information session on Friday from noon to 1 p.m. in Room 006 of the Plant Sciences Building.

The Human and Animal Interactions is led by instructor Kathi Jogan. The trip gives students a global perspective of animal management practices and human interactions with livestock and wildlife. Students also see the culture of native New Zealanders (Maori), their close interactions with flora and fauna, and critically analyze livestock management and wildlife conservation in Australasia.

Activities include swimming with fur seals, touring Hobbiton (movie set, and working beef and sheep farm), a wildlife tour on the Otago Peninsula and the glacier produced Milford Sound.

Jogan has an information session scheduled for Thursday from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in AFLS Building Room D-118.

For more information, contact Savin at msavin@uark.edu, Srivastava at vibhas@uark.edu, Jogan at kjogan@uark.edu or visit BumpersInternational.uark.edu.

Both international programs experiences are open to all students.

About the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences: Bumpers College provides life-changing opportunities to position and prepare graduates who will be leaders in the businesses associated with foods, family, the environment, agriculture, sustainability and human quality of life; and who will be first-choice candidates of employers looking for leaders, innovators, policy makers and entrepreneurs. The college is named for Dale Bumpers, former Arkansas governor and longtime U.S. senator who made the state prominent in national and international agriculture.

About the University of Arkansas: The University of Arkansas provides an internationally competitive education for undergraduate and graduate students in more than 200 academic programs. The university contributes new knowledge, economic development, basic and applied research, and creative activity while also providing service to academic and professional disciplines. The Carnegie Foundation classifies the University of Arkansas among only 2 percent of universities in America that have the highest level of research activity. U.S. News & World Report ranks the University of Arkansas among its top American public research universities. Founded in 1871, the University of Arkansas comprises 10 colleges and schools and maintains a low student-to-faculty ratio that promotes personal attention and close mentoring.