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MSU Produces Top Numbers in Peace Corps Published: Monday, 31 Jan 2005MSU has 74 alumni volunteering overseas for the Peace Corps, giving it the ninth highest total in the country also placing the university in the nations top 10 producers of Peace Corps volunteers among other universities for the second year in a row.
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MSU Pours Hope into Rwanda Published: Thursday, 27 Jan 2005MSU is introducing a premium specialty coffee to the United States, coffee thats the fruit of an innovative international agriculture project that delivers both great taste and a great story. -- Sue Nichols
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MSU Forum to Discuss Tsunami Impact Published: Thursday, 20 Jan 2005The tsunami disaster has left our community wondering whether there is anything to be learned from this tragedy. An education forum on Tuesday, Jan. 25, seeks to answer that question. One goal for MSU is for our graduates to have a familiarity with the world beyond our borders and how the world system works, said Peter Briggs, director of the Office for International Students and Scholars, who was tapped by President Lou Anna Kimsey Simon to head MSUs tsunami relief efforts.
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MSU President-Designate Lou Anna K. Simon discusses tsunami disaster-relief response Published: Thursday, 30 Dec 2004
Michigan State University joins the international community in mourning the deaths and devastation resulting from Sunday's earthquake and subsequent tsunamis that struck 12 countries.
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MSU and Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Renew Agreement (PDF)* Published: Thursday, 30 Dec 2004In November 2004 in Beijing, MSU President-designate Lou Anna K. Simon, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Dean Jeffrey Armstrong, and Zhai Huqu, president of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), signed a renewal of the MSU-CAAS Memorandum of Agreement to foster international cooperation in education and research.
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MSU Global Focus 2004 International Photography Competition Winners Announced Published: Monday, 20 Dec 2004International Studies and Programs, in cooperation with the MSU Alumni Association, recently announced the winners of the sixth annual MSU Global Focus photography competition for MSU students, faculty, staff and alumni. See the full selection of winners in the online gallery is at http://www.isp.msu.edu/photocontest/
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Winning essays show international students perspectives Published: Wednesday, 08 Dec 20042nd Annual International Student Essay Contest sponsored by the Office for International Students and Scholars (OISS)
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Kenyan student to represent class of 2004 at MSU commencement ceremony Published: Monday, 06 Dec 2004Emukule Ekirapa of Nairobi, Kenya, is one of two Michigan State University students selected to speak at this years MSU fall undergraduate commencement ceremonies.
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Kalamazoo student wins Marshall Scholarship Published: Monday, 06 Dec 2004Bhooma Aravamuthan of Kalamazoo is the recipient of a Marshall Scholarship for 2005 and the opportunity to study in the United Kingdom. As a Marshall Scholar, she will pursue a master of science in neuroscience at the University of Oxford, where she will continue seeking answers to and treatments for Parkinsons disease and other neurological illnesses.
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MSU linguist receives award from the Republic of Poland Published: Wednesday, 01 Dec 2004Dennis R. Preston, University Distinguished Professor of linguistics, was awarded the Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland on Nov. 26 in Warsaw.
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Gift to MSU Canadian Studies Centre bolsters Canada-U.S. relations Published: Wednesday, 01 Dec 2004A gift from CN, one of the largest freight railroads in North America, will allow MSU to develop a program to help build relationships between government and business leaders in Michigan and Ontario, and increase student awareness and participation in Canadian studies.
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Congressional commission on study abroad to hold first meeting Dec. 6 Published: Tuesday, 30 Nov 2004A national commission led by Michigan State University President Peter McPherson formed to advise Congress on study abroad issues will hold its first meeting Monday, Dec. 6, in Washington, D.C.
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South African ambassador to the U.S. to address MSU advanced degree candidates Dec. 10 Published: Monday, 29 Nov 2004The Hon. Barbara Masekela, the South African ambassador to the United States, will address Michigan State University students and their guests and families at the advanced degree ceremony Friday, Dec. 10.
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MSU receives national Excellence in International Education award Published: Sunday, 21 Nov 2004MSUs innovative international resources and training for current and future K-12 teachers have earned the university the Goldman Sachs Foundations prestigious Prize for Excellence in International Education.
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NIH grant funds MSU partnership with University of Malawi Published: Sunday, 21 Nov 2004MSU will use a grant of more than a half-million dollars to establish a partnership between MSUs medical ethics program and the University of Malawi.
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MSU index: Hong Kong, China and South Korea most attractive emerging markets Published: Thursday, 04 Nov 2004Hong Kong, Singapore and South Korea are the top most attractive emerging markets, according to the latest Michigan State Universitys annual emerging markets potential index (EMPI). The index, released by the MSU Center for International Business Education and Research (MSU-CIBER) in The Eli Broad College of Business, is available at http://globaledge.msu.edu/ibrd/marketpot.asp The 2004 EMPI update features Hong Kong, Singapore
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Foreign-born women discover their U.S. electoral rights Published: Wednesday, 03 Nov 2004MSU international students who have recently become U.S. citizens discuss the experience of voting in the 2004 national election.
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Three International Alumni Receive 2004 Distinguished Alumni Award Published: Thursday, 28 Oct 2004International recipients of the 2004 Distinguished Alumni Award, the highest award bestowed by the MSU Alumni Association, are Phung Thi Nguyet-Hong of Cantho City, Vietnam, Purachai Piumsombun of Bangkok, Thailand, and Mitsuaki Shimaguchi of Kawasaki, Japan.
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Hudzik recommended for acting MSU provost Published: Thursday, 28 Oct 2004John Hudzik, long-serving dean of International Studies and Programs (ISP) at MSU, has been recommended to serve as the universitys acting provost.
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Seven students nominated for top international scholarships Published: Thursday, 28 Oct 2004Seven MSU students have been nominated for prestigious Rhodes, Marshall and Mitchell scholarships for study at institutions of higher learning in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
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