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Global Awareness: Our Vision for the Future

We believe that before the close of the first decade of the 21st century, all MSU students, faculty, staff, and other clientele should have broad opportunities to become globally aware, capable of collaborating with colleagues and clients at home and abroad, and able to operate effectively in a global environment.

To accomplish this vision, MSU must strengthen the international components of its teaching, research, and outreach to provide all of its stakeholders-including the citizens of Michigan-with the means to acquire knowledge of and first-hand experiences in world areas and global systems.

Our vision for internationalization of Michigan State University in the twenty-first century includes goals, and strategies for achieving them, in several critical areas:

Understanding

Expand the international and global awareness of MSU faculty, students, staff, and other stakeholders

Opportunity

Increase the opportunities that contribute to internationalization of the curriculum and that provide international experiences for all students and faculty

Collaboration

Support the MSU international community by strengthening collaborative planning and priority setting within ISP and with colleges, departments, faculties, and partners abroad

Connection

Extend the international presence of MSU through improved communication with internal and external constituencies and with funding agencies, foundations, policy bodies, and international alumni

Diversity

Expand international opportunities for students, faculty, and staff from diverse background

Outreach

Extend MSU's land grant tradition of outreach service to incorporate international and global programming to directly benefit the citizens of Michigan and beyond by preparing them to live and work in a twenty-first century global community

Development

Strengthen our historical institutional commitment of service throughout the world, working with partners abroad to address world and regional problems of hunger, disease, environment, and poverty and to advance democratic institution-building, peace and security, education, and human capacity-building endeavors

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