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The innovative use of open content to improve food safety in developing countries has earned a team of Michigan State University (MSU) faculty and staff an effective practice award from the Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C). The award recognizes practices that are innovative and advance the goals of access, learning effectiveness, faculty and student satisfaction and scalability.

Chris, MSUglobal celebrates your continued leadership in our field. Congratulations! MSUglobal’s Executive Director, Dr. Christine Geith, was awarded the Nofflet Williams Service Award at the 2011 NUTN Network Conference in Ft. Worth, Texas. Nofflet Williams Service Award In 2001, the NUTN Advisory Board established the...

Karen Vignare and Chris Geith presented a panel on working with international partners. The panel covered the relationship and technological dimensions of partnership. The presenters shared a structure for developing successful global teams from Intercultural Collaboration in Global Teams, Hinds & Crampton and measured our...

It’s no surprise that an award-winning program has outstanding staff behind it! One of our very own, Charlsey Hoehn, was recently nominated for the Michigan State University 2011 Student Employee of the Year Award!

What’s the latest buzz on the non-credit registration system (NCRS)? The upgraded 3.5 version was implemented in December 2010. With the upgrade came a new and improved registration site with a slick new look and a greater emphasis on self service. As well as added funtionality in the administraion client.

At this morning’s staff meeting, we did a showcase on the social media efforts going on at MSUglobal. It was great to evaluate our online presence and come up with new ideas to make it stronger. Here is how we are currently using social media...

Michigan State University had strong representation at the Open Education 2010 conference in Barcelona, Spain. Here are links to presentations and proceedings from MSU folk: AgShare: Building Community and Content with Multiple Partners Presented by Dr. Christine Geith, MSUglobal View: Presentation Slides | Conference Proceeding...

From the USAID/MEAS Press Release: The University of Illinois was selected as the lead institution to undertake the “Modernizing Extension and Advisory Systems” (MEAS) project, granted by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). This five-year project will involve a strategic analysis of the...