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Acknowledgement
  Many individuals contributed to the success of the "Nepal: Understanding the Rivers, Environments, and Cultures" Group Projects Abroad Study Tour. The following are among those we wish to thank for their support:

Nepal Study Guide Editing Team

Murari Suvedi, Professor, Department of Community, Agriculture, Recreation and Resource Studies; Nepal GPA Program Director

Patrick Livingston, Educational Program Consultant (Retired), MSU Extension;
Nepal GPA Program Co-Director

Jay Rodman, Special Projects Coordinator, MSU Office of International Studies and Programs

Carole Beverwyk, Assistant Superintendent, St. Johns Public Schools

Mary Ann Stehr, Instructor, MSU School of Social Work

Mel Miller, Social Studies Consultant, Consultant Services Department, Macomb Intermediate School District

For their assistance and contributions toward helping make both the Nepal Fulbright-Hays Program and this Study Guide a reality, we wish to recognize the following individuals:

Website Development, Technical Assistance

Scott Demers, ISP Web Coordinator
Andrew Haase, ISP Student Assistant
Suman Mishra, Web Designer
Matt Walker, Web Designer

Fulbright-Hays Program
Lungching Chiao

U.S. Education Foundation / Nepal
Michael E. Gill

Macomb Intermediate School District
Mel Miller, Social Studies Consultant

His Majesty's Government of Nepal
Bala Raj Paudel, District Education Officer
Upendra Subedi, Resource Person, District Education Office

Michigan State University
Michael Lewis, Director, Asian Studies Center
Suman Mishra, Asian Studies Center
Khanh-Van Nguyen, Asian Studies Center
Mary Ann Stehr, School of Social Work


Nepal Seminar Presenters

Mr. Hem Raj Acharya
Dr. Michael E. Gill
Dr. Deepak Gyawali
Mr. Patrick Livingston
Fr. John Locke
Dr. Tri Ratna Manandhar
Dr. Chaitanya Mishra
Mr. Bala Raj Paudel
Dr. Kailash Pyakuryal
Dr. Mohan M. Sainju
Mr. Upendra Subedi
Dr. Murari Suvedi

Nepal Water Quality Training Team
Upendra Subedi
Rudra Bahadur Thapa
Padam Kumar Adhikari
Hem Raj Acharya

Nepali Host Schools

Shree Panch Indra Rajya Laxmi School
Padam Kumari Adhikari
Rudra Bahadur Thapa

Shree Kalika School
Laxmi Kant Adhikari
Suman Gyawali

Shree Janaprakash School
Hem Raj Acharya
Bijaya Gurung

Shree Brahma Rupa School
Muktinath Pandit
Shivaraj Tiwari

Amer Singh School
Bala Ram Chapagai
Sri Ram Ghimire

Ratnarajya Laxmi School
Rama Parajuli
Rishikeshav Subedi

Shree Gaugan School
Badri Bisal Ojha
Chandra Bati Paudel

Amarsidha School
Nir Bahadur Charmakar
Rudra Nath Dhungana


Michigan Teachers/Educators Participating in the Study Tour

Carole Beverwyk
Assistant Superintendent
St Johns Public Schools
Beverwyk_c@stjohns.edzone.net

Marietta Crabtree
Shelby Junior High School
Utica Community Schools
donald.crabtree@comcast.net

Barbara Deslich
Science Department Chairperson
Lansing School District
barbarajuliene@yahoo.com

Marianne Forman
MacDonald Middle School
East Lansing Public Schools
4aces@comcast.net

Madeleine Jones
Gerisch Middle School
Southgate Community Schools
Mjones6@comcast.net
mgbjones@comcast.net

Emalie Karp
Okemos High School
Okemos Public Schools
karp@okemos.k12.mi.us

John Knight
Ronald McNair Technical Center
Detroit Public Schools

Patrick Livingston
Educational Program Consultant (Retired)
Michigan State University Extension
plivin1999@aol.com

Dennis McCarthy
Grand River Magnet School for Global Studies
Lansing School District
storyteller2u@comcast.net

Dan Pagel
Anchor Bay Middle School North
Anchor Bay Public Schools
djcpagel@hotmail.com

Gayle Potter
Social Studies Department Chair
Durand Area Schools
oscod1319@aol.com

Jay Rodman
Office of International Studies and Programs
Michigan State University
rodman@msu.edu

Fred Stehr
Professor, Department of Entymology
Michigan State University
fstehr@msu.edu

Murari Suvedi
Professor, Department of Community, Agriculture, Recreation and Resource Studies
Michigan State University
suvedi@msu.edu


The participants wish to thank Wayne Hewitt and Robert Lurie, our fellow travelers in spirit, and our spouses for allowing us to travel halfway around the world.