Orientations based on region have been scheduled for summer (US24), fall (FS24), and academic year (AY24-25) programs. Nominated, accepted, and committed students received an invitation in Via Global and must register.  Program Coordinators from the Office for Education Abroad will be presenting the information.  

Latin America Regional Orientation
Presenters:  Hope Kroll and Jean Paul Sewavi

• Tuesday, April 16, 2024
• 5:00 – 6:30 PM
• 201 International Center

Returned Peace Corps Volunteers and others with Peace Corps affiliations are invited to join us at this open house to celebrate MSU's 2024 cohort of Peace Corps Prep graduates and our newest Peace Corps invitees!

This reception brings together RPCVs, families of currently serving Volunteers, those preparing for service, and more. This year we are honored to welcome Peace Corps' Deputy Director David White Jr., as well as other Peace Corps staffers, to campus for this celebration. 

Light refreshments will be provided, with brief remarks at 6:00pm.

RSVP required by April 2. Please RSVP using this link. Email msupeace(at)msu.edu with any questions! 

Faculty Emeriti Association Lecture by Zoom

Speaker: David J. Firestein 

President and Chief Executive Officer
George H. W. Bush Foundation for U.S.-China Relations

Faculty Emeriti Association Lectures are open to all those interested.

In January, the voters in Taiwan elected Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate William Lai president, giving the DPP an unprecedented third consecutive presidential term. In electing Lai, the plurality of Taiwan voters defied Chinese exhortations and threats. Tensions between the Taiwan and the mainland, already high before the election, have increased in the wake of the election and some analysts assess that the likelihood of cross-Strait military conflict, possibly even in the fairly near term, has increased. What implications will William Lai's assumption of office in May have for Taiwan, the relationship between Taiwan and the mainland, and the relationships between both Taiwan and mainland China and the United States. George H. W. Bush Foundation for U.S.-China Relations president and CEO David Firestein will share his insights and views on these and related topics. Firestein is a longtime dear friend of Michigan State University and an honorary Spartan; over many visits to campus since 2007, he has given scores of talks at MSU and across the East Lansing community.

Orientations based on region have been scheduled for summer (US24), fall (FS24), and academic year (AY24-25) programs. Nominated, accepted, and committed students received an invitation in Via Global and must register.  Program Coordinators from the Office for Education Abroad will be presenting the information.  

Australia Regional Orientation
Presenters:  Benjamin Ladd and Mohamed Said

• Wednesday. April 17. 2024
• 5:00 – 6:30 PM
• 201 International Center

Begin your career at Michigan State University by becoming a Global Spartan in your very first semester. Join a cohort of global peers and spend the semester learning and exploring in and around the 2,700-year-old city of Siracusa (Syracuse, Italy).

April 17, 2024
7 p.m. ET
Zoom meeting
(Meeting ID: 954 3985 6079; Passcode: Global) 

Speaker: Ababacar Gueye Department of Economics Université Cheikh Anta Diop Dakar, Senegal

Topic: The market of onions in Senegal: Challenges and opportunities

Register here: https://msu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_DG1ZSqaPRMiXW8pQeW3Eig#/registration

Education Abroad 101 (EA 101) is a short webinar for anyone interested in studying abroad but isn't sure where to start!

We will cover program types, costs, funding, searching for programs and more!

At the end, feel free to ask us any questions you may have.

EA101 sessions take place on Mondays and Fridays at 12 noon.

REGISTER HERE TO ATTEND AN EA 101 SESSION

On April 19th, the GenCen will be hosting a virtual methods panel entitled "Feminist Equitable Practices In the Field: Global Lessons".

The panelists are:

• Paromita Sanyal
  • Sociology, Florida State University / Sociology, Michigan State University
• Breanne Grace
  • Social Work, University of South Carolina / College of Social Work, University of South Carolina
• Abigail Bennett
  • Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University
• Camelia Suleiman
  • Linguistics and Languages, Michigan State University

They bring together their many experiences of navigating fieldwork in Asia, Africa and Middle East.

More information to come about registration and location.

Fourteen outstanding Global Spartans will be recognized during the International Awards Ceremony on Wednesday, April 24 at 3:30 p.m. at the MSUFCU Club on the 4th floor of Spartan Stadium. The event is open to all globally minded members of the extended Spartan community.

We would like to build a lending library to give prospective applicants and Peace Corps invitees resources about service as seen through the eyes of RPCVs. We have five books already and would like to get to 25 by May 1. 

While our wish list is posted on Amazon, we also encourage you to consider ordering books from a local book shop such as Schuler Books (Okemos) or Hooked (Lansing). If you prefer to donate and have us handle the purchasing, please visit our online giving link!

Please email Joy Campbell, MSU's recruitment supervisor, at joycamp(at)msu.edu with any questions! 

Learn more about MSU's Peace Corps Recruitment Office on our website.