{"id":28375,"date":"2024-03-27T14:33:12","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T18:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/?p=28375"},"modified":"2024-04-01T16:11:23","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T20:11:23","slug":"kwamena-quagrainie-receives-fulbright-specialist-award-to-ghana-iisg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/kwamena-quagrainie-receives-fulbright-specialist-award-to-ghana-iisg\/","title":{"rendered":"Kwamena Quagrainie Receives Fulbright Specialist Award to Ghana &#8211; IISG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/iiseagrant.org\/kwamena-quagrainie-receives-fulbright-specialist-award-to-ghana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant Newsroom:<\/a><\/em> The U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board announced earlier this year that Kwamena Quagrainie of Purdue University received a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/exchanges.state.gov\/us\/program\/fulbright-specialist-program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fulbright Specialist Program<\/a>\u00a0award. Through April and May of 2023, Dr. Quagrainie completed a project at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, training faculty and graduate students about the economics of aquaculture. The project\u2019s aim was to exchange knowledge and establish partnerships benefiting participants, institutions, and communities both in the U.S. and overseas through a variety of educational and training activities within the field of agriculture.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/fulbright-kwamena.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-28376 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/fulbright-kwamena-e1711564327798-200x200.png\" alt=\"fulbright kwamena\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Quagrainie is one of over 400 U.S. citizens who share expertise with host institutions abroad through the Fulbright Specialist Program each year. Recipients of Fulbright Specialist awards are selected on the basis of academic and professional achievement, demonstrated leadership in their field, and their potential to foster long-term cooperations between institutions in the U.S. and abroad.<\/p>\n<p>The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government and is designed to build lasting connections between the people of the United States and the people of other countries. The Fulbright Program is funded through an annual appropriation made by the U.S. Congress to the U.S. Department of State. Participating governments and host institutions, corporations, and foundations around the world also provide direct and indirect support to the Program, which operates in over 160 countries worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>For full article and videos please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/iiseagrant.org\/kwamena-quagrainie-receives-fulbright-specialist-award-to-ghana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kwamena Quagrainie receives Fulbright Specialist award to Ghana &#8211; IISG<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Resources<br \/>\n<\/strong><a class=\"css-118vsk3\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/edustore.purdue.edu\/item.asp?Item_Number=EC-738-W\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"inline-card-resolved-view\"><span class=\"css-14tyax2\" data-testid=\"inline-card-icon-and-title\"><span class=\"smart-link-title-wrapper css-0\">A Guide to Marketing for Small-Scale Aquaculture Producers<\/span><\/span><\/a>, The Education Store<br \/>\n<a class=\"css-118vsk3\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/mdc.itap.purdue.edu\/item.asp?Item_Number=FNR-628-W\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"inline-card-resolved-view\"><span class=\"css-14tyax2\" data-testid=\"inline-card-icon-and-title\"><span class=\"smart-link-title-wrapper css-0\">A Guide to Small-Scale Fish Processing Using Local Kitchen Facilities<\/span><\/span><\/a>, The Education Store<br \/>\n<a class=\"css-118vsk3\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/edustore.purdue.edu\/item.asp?Item_Number=FNR-495-W\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"inline-card-resolved-view\"><span class=\"css-14tyax2\" data-testid=\"inline-card-icon-and-title\"><span class=\"smart-link-title-wrapper css-0\">Marine Shrimp Biofloc Systems: Basic Management Practices<\/span><\/span><\/a>, The Education Store<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><a title=\"Aquaculture Industry in Indiana Growing\" href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/releases\/2013\/Q3\/purdue-report-aquaculture-industry-in-indiana-growing.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aquaculture Industry in Indiana Growing<\/a>, Purdue Today<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/edustore.purdue.edu\/item.asp?Item_Number=FNR-608-W\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Walleye Farmed Fish Fact Sheet: A Guide for Seafood Consumers<\/a>, The Education Store, Purdue Extension resource center<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/edustore.purdue.edu\/item.asp?Item_Number=FNR-610-W\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sustainable Aquaculture: What does it mean to you?<\/a>, The Education Store<br \/>\n<a title=\"The Benefits of Seafood Consumption\" href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/the-benefits-of-seafood-consumption\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Benefits of Seafood Consumption<\/a>\u00a0The Education Store, Purdue Extension Resource Center<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/edustore.purdue.edu\/item.asp?Item_Number=FNR-608-W\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Walleye Farmed Fish Fact Sheet: A Guide for Seafood Consumers<\/a>, The Education Store, Purdue Extension resource center<br \/>\n<a title=\"Pond and Wildlife Management Website\" href=\"https:\/\/extension.purdue.edu\/pondwildlife\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pond and Wildlife Management<\/a> website, Purdue Extension<br \/>\n<a title=\"Permanent Link to Fish Cleaning with Purdue Extension County Extension Director\" href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/fish-cleaning-with-purdue-extension-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fish Cleaning with Purdue Extension County Extension Director<\/a>, Got Nature? Blog, Purdue Extension \u2013 Forestry and Natural Resources<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLgoGnq-fak7VOmxbE_a7aOn9m6DQnweGt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aquatics &amp; Fisheries<\/a>, Playlist, Purdue Extension \u2013 Forestry and Natural Resources<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/eatmidwestfish.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eat Midwest Fish<\/a>, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant online resource hub<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iiseagrant.org\/about\/newsroom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant (IISG)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant Newsroom: The U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board announced earlier this year that Kwamena Quagrainie of Purdue University received a\u00a0Fulbright Specialist Program\u00a0award. Through April and May of 2023, Dr. Quagrainie completed a project at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, training faculty and graduate students about the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,79,1786],"tags":[1938,402,945,1939,424],"class_list":["post-28375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aquaculturefish","category-aqua","category-community-development","tag-fulbright-specialist-award","tag-iisg","tag-illinois-indiana-sea-grant","tag-kwamena-quagrainie","tag-newsletter","audience-for-enthusiasts","audience-for-homeowners","audience-for-landowners","audience-for-professionals"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28375"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28450,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28375\/revisions\/28450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}