GCHERA WAP

2020 Gchera Wap Award Ceremony

The 2020 GCHERA World Agriculture Prize Award Ceremony will take place in Nanjing China, at the Nanjing Agricultural University, on December 1st at 9:00 am.

Everyone is invited to this event which will take place at 1:00 GMT (UTC) time.

The link for the live webcast is http://vod.njau.edu.cn/live.

Please join us for this most important event where we recognize the contributions to agriculture and life sciences by the two outstanding 2020 World Agriculture Prize Laureates, Dr. ZHANG Fusuo of the China Agricultural University and Dr. Pamela Ronald of the University of California-Davis.

PROGRAM

2020 WORLD AGRICULTURE PRIZE AWARD CEREMONY

Time	Content
Dec. 109:00-10.30	2020 GCHERA WAP Award Ceremony1. Welcome Speech by CHEN Ligen, Chancellor of NJAU2. Speech by WU Changxue, Counsellor of Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs3. Overview of GCHERA WAP 2020 Jury Selection Process by Maurice MOLONEY, Chair of the WAP Jury4. Announce & present of the achievements of GCHERA WAP 2020 Laureates by José ZAGLUL, President of GCHERA5. Award the 2020 Laureate ZHANG Fusuo Certificate by WU Changxue, Counsellor of Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs6. Award the 2020 Laureate ZHANG Fusuo Trophy by CHEN Ligen, Chancellor of NJAU7. Award the 2020 Laureate Pamela RONALD Certificate and Trophy by Gary MAY, Chancellor of the University of California, Davis8. Award the 2020 Laureate Prize Cheuqe by SONG Weiping, Vice President of DBN Group9. Present flowers to the 2020 Laureate from NJAU’s student representative10. Acceptance speech by the 2020 Laureate ZHANG Fusuo11. Acceptance speech by the 2020 Laureate Pamela RONALD12. Speech by Gary MAY, Chancellor of the University of California, Davis13. Congratulation speech by Rattan LAL, GCHERA WAP 2018 Laureate, WFP 2020 Laureate14. Guest speech
Dec.110:30-11:00	Photographs and Tea Break
Dec.111:00-12:00	Presentation by GCHERA WAP 2020 LaureatesChair: Dr, SHEN Qirong, Chairman of Academic Committee of Nanjing Agricultural University
Dec.114:00-17:30	2020 World Agriculture Dialogue——The Future of Agriculture: Green and Sustainability

Upcoming Webinar On November 5

GCHERA and the Transforming Higher Education Project partners invite you to the upcoming Webinar on

Experiential Learning in times of COVID-19: Where do we go from here?

2:00 PM –3:30 PM GMT Thursday, November5, 2020

TOPICS

Students Perceptions of Online Learning During COVID-19

Challenges and Lessons learned

Panelists

Dr. Frank Robinson, University of Alberta, Canada

Dr. Majdi Abou Najm, University of California, Davis, USA

Dr. Lori Snyder, North Carolina State University, USA

Dr. Joy Jamago, University of Central Mindanao University in Philippines

Moderator: Dr. Michel Wattiaux, University of Wisconsin, Madison

For more information and to register, click here.

Gchera Announces 2020 Laureates Of The Prestigious World Agriculture Prize

GCHERA (Global Confederation of Higher Education Associations for Agricultural and Life Sciences) is pleased to announce the 2020 Laureates of the World Agriculture Prize, Professor ZHANG Fusuo of China Agricultural University and Distinguished Professor Pamela Ronald of the University of California-Davis, in recognition of their outstanding achievements in agriculture and life science education and scientific research.

The two laureates will each be conferred the prize via an award ceremony on 1 December, 2020 transmitted virtually from Nanjing Agricultural University, the People’s Republic of China.  Each prize of 100,000 USD is generously sponsored by the Education Development Foundation of Nanjing Agricultural University and Da Bei Nong Group. The ceremony will be held beginning at 9:00 a.m. at Nanjing, China (+8 GMT), December 1 and at 5:00 p.m. (-8 GMT) in Davis, California on November 30^th.

The Transforming Higher Education (THE) project with its partners the American University of Beirut,  W.K.Kellogg Foundation, EARTH University and GCHERA invites you to the webinar:

“Role of Universities in providing a value-based education and ethical leadership” taking pleace on  Monday, August 24, 2020 / 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM GMT

We will discuss the Visions of the American University of Beirut, Ashesi University and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation for the future of education. Also an overview on the importance of value based education in the university.

For more details and registration please check the attached announcement Invitation-Webinar-Ethical Leadership

Webinar “Experiential Learning In Agriculture Education”

The Transforming Higher Education (THE) project held a webinar on June 2 on “Experiential Learning in Agriculture Education” with its partners the American University of Beirut, GCHERA, with support from Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institute (APAARI).  We were happy to have over 250 participants from around the world.

The panel was made up of the following outstanding educators and practitioners of experiential learning:

Professor Saouma BouJaoude
American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Professor Daniel Sherrard
EARTH University, Costa Rica

Professor Frank Robinson
University of Alberta, Canada

Professor Michel Wattiaux
University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

The topics of discussion of the webinar:
– Theoretical foundations and objectives of experiential learning
– Implementing Experiential Education, Getting faculty involved
– Experiential Learning in the Classroom: Learn to discuss and discuss to Learn
– Experiences in Inquiry-Based Learning in Animal Agriculture

You can access the presentations by clicking on the link of each topic above.

The webinar recording is available on the following link of the Transforming Higher Education website.