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In this edition you can read about programs that will be offered in the fall at MSU Dubai; faculty work to prevent malaria by using inexpensive bed nets; a musical composition combining Cuban music with symphonic sounds; lessons learned during a student’s quest to study panda habitat in China; a program that sends incoming freshmen abroad for study; and writing and photography competitions with a global focus.
Campus News and Announcements
Classes are set to begin this fall at MSU Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. A variety of courses and programs will be offered, with additional programs being phased in the following academic year.
Since 1999, the MSU Office of International Studies and Programs, in cooperation with the MSU Alumni Association, has sponsored MSU Global Focus, an annual international photography competition for MSU students, faculty, staff and alumni.
Features
MSU's unique Freshman Seminars Abroad program is designed to introduce incoming first-year students to college life and international learning. While exploring new cultures, participants get to know MSU faculty and staff members, make new friends, and are exposed to course work that helps them develop their critical thinking, writing and study skills.
Faculty
The Cuban rumba takes the lead in Michigan State University composer Ricardo Lorenz’s symphonic work, “Rumba Sinfónica,” written in collaboration with Jorge Gomez, musical director of the hit Cuban music group Tiempo Libre. The piece, which debuted with the Minnesota Orchestra in November, will be performed by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and Tiempo Libre at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 11, at the Max M. Fisher Music Center in Detroit.
Michigan State University scientist Ned Walker is taking on one of the biggest killers in the world – malaria. And he believes he can help win the battle to save lives, especially the lives of children.
Students
Vanessa Hull, 25, a Ph.D. candidate, travelled to the snowy, remote mountains of the Sichuan Province of China this year – which also is the heart of panda habitat. She was hoping to capture, collar and track up to four wild pandas using advanced global positioning systems. Read more...
Everyone who crosses cultures has a story to tell and these stories make great literature when we take the time to capture them. In a way to structure both the learning students gain from global experiences and the opportunity to reflect on them, the Office for International Students and Scholars and the Office of Study Abroad host annual essay contests.
Alumni
The fall of Saigon in 1975 was an event that is seared in many Americans’ minds. One Vietnamese family that made it out – indeed, the day before Saigon fell – was the Nguyens. Today, they exemplify the American dream. All three Nguyen sons – Vinh, Vu and Tuan – went on to graduate from Michigan State.
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