William Graves, Dean of the Graduate College at Iowa State University, visited three universities in the West African country Ghana last month. While in Ghana, Dean Graves met with university administrators to discuss building closer relationships between their institutions and the Graduate College. He also met with students interested in earning graduate degrees at Iowa State.

Dr. Richmond Aryeetey, who earned his Ph.D. in Nutritional Sciences at Iowa State and is on the faculty of the University of Ghana, co-led the session with Dean Graves.

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In February of 2017, Sanvisna Kogelen attended a seminar on the Iowa State University campus. He was a year away from earning his Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, and he had been searching for a job in the industry.

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