Master’s Degree Program Debuts in Jordan
October 2008
The new master’s degree program in integrated natural resources management designed and developed by DCS was launched in September at the Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST). More than half of the enrollees in the program are women.
The program is part of the Jordanian Education for Water and Environmental Leadership – or JEWEL project. In addition to the new degree program, other JEWEL work includes establishing a Center of Excellence that utilizes technical data and models from the U.S. Agency for International Aid and other donor agencies working in Jordan and the region.
As part of JEWEL, WDI Consultant Shorna Broussard, Ph.D., completed a two-day workshop on research methodologies and the human dimension of natural resources management using U.S. cases. In the human dimensions workshop, participants included municipal authorities and professors from other schools at the Jordan University of Science and Technology.
Dr. Munir Rusan, Shorna Broussard, Makiko Omitsu and the MS students.
Makiko Omitsu, Projects Administrator, said “the JEWEL program is acknowledged as a successful collaboration among our stakeholders including JUST, Cornell University, the Erb Institute and the School of Natural Resources at the University of Michigan, the Jordan River Foundation as well as the USAID/Mission office. There is a lot of knowledge that can be shared and transferred, so we hope to keep our close collaboration.”