The IIH in supporting the MSU Guiding Principles organizes seminar series, symposia, and colloquia to provide a forum for MSU faculty, students, visiting scholars from around the world and members of the Michigan Health Community to exchange ideas on international health issues; takes an active role in the development of new transcollegiate and integrative courses in International Health; supports the MSU IDEA and provides assistance to each of its constituent colleges in promoting cross-cultural understandings for their faculty, students and administrators; and, supports and works with the student organized international health projects, which among other things, develop unilateral and bilateral exchange programs in the health sciences. The IIH specifically facilitates the student organized MSU International Health Project and provides support for the USA International Health Project (USA/IHP).

The MSU Guiding Principles:

1.    Access to quality education and expert knowledge.
2.    Active Learning.
3.    New Knowledge and scholarship across the mission.
4.    Problem solving to address society's needs.
5.    Diversity within community, and
6.    People matter.

provide a central philosophical orientation to the general philosophy of the Institute.
 

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