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Dubai delegation visits MSU

Photo by Kurt Stepnitz Gathered for the formal signing session on June 8 are (from left) Patty Croom, Corinne Reardon, Kim Wilcox, Sally Harwood, Chris Wentzel, Satish Gobinathan, George Saad, Ayoub Kazim, Michael Trevitt, Lou Anna K. Simon, Todd Drummond and John Hudzik.

In May, the MSU Trustees unanimously endorsed development of undergraduate and graduate degree programs and research activities at Dubai International Academic City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

President Lou Anna K. Simon called the action “transformational for a university with an expanding ‘world-grant’ mission.”

“The mutual opportunities are many and impressive, not only for MSU but more widely for business and other institutions in Michigan,” Simon said.

“There are strong indicators that collaborations can have lasting regional impact for education, research and service.”

She also said that other U.S. institutions are likely to follow MSU’s path.

A delegation from Dubai visited MSU June 6 to 8 for a series of meetings and a formal signing session that included President Simon, Provost Kim Wilcox and John Hudzik, vice president for global engagement and strategic projects, who has led discussions on campus and in Dubai.

Wilcox said MSU will have full academic authority and quality control

over courses and programs and that MSU’s regular course, program, degree and admissions requirements will be maintained.