Under the leadership of its 20th president, Dr. Lou Anna K. Simon, Michigan State University has made global awareness and engagement of our students, faculty, staff, and other constituencies an institutional priority. Just as MSU helped define the "land grant" university in the 19th and 20th centuries, we are now working to define what it means to be a "world grant" university in the 21st century. The Director of MSU-CIBER, Professor Tomas Hult, highlighted that the Broad School's Global Initiatives are developed and implemented to support MSU's world-grant focus, to increase the international competitiveness of U.S. organizations, and to leverage the unique global brand of the Broad School.

MSU's International Business Center helps U.S. businesses in global market
CIBER eNewsletter Volume 20 Number 2
Hult co-edits 40th anniversary JAMS
CIBER eNewsletter Volume 20 Number 1
Ram Narasimhan
Dr. Ram Narasimhan is a University Distinguished Professor and the John H. McConnell Professor of Business Administration. He has held prominent positions in many international business-related organizations, including MSU-CIBER, the Pan-Pacific Conference, and the MUCIA Executive Training Program in Operations Management. In addition, he has directed several overseas study programs.
Dr. Narasimhan would like to see the Broad School expand its global interactions by pursuing more joint programs with leading global institutions.