Global Focus: Images of a Land-grant Tradition

Michigan State University faculty, staff, alumni, and students travel the world on study abroad programs, research and development projects, and personal vacations; many document their experiences photographically. MSU Global Focus is an international photography competition created in 1999 by MSU's Office of International Studies and Programs to foster the sharing of such photographs. "Global Focus: Images of a Land-Grant Tradition" is a blend of images and words, of artistic expression and historical documentation, of past and present, and of the perspectives of many people. Many of the archival and current photographs have never before been published. More than 60 winning photographs from the first five years of the competition are featured in this book along with over 100 project and archival photographs. Michigan State University has a long history of international involvement. The institution was among the handful of US colleges and universities involved in supporting and establishing foreign programs immediately after World War II. Those efforts involved hundreds of faculty members and initiated the tradition of strong international involvement that continues today.