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Global Ties Detroit to Host MichPakVersity (MPV)
February 07, 2022
A new exchange program will connect Michigan universities with higher education institutions in Pakistan to help build research capabilities and diversity and inclusion programs, officials from Global Ties Detroit announced this week.
Those completing the 15-month program, known as MichPakVersity (MPV), will receive virtual training, in-person programming in Southeastern Michigan and the Sindh region of Pakistan. The program is funded by the U.S. Mission to Pakistan.
“We appreciate the support of the U.S. Consulate in Karachi and U.S. Embassy in Islamabad for this innovative project, connecting educators and administrators from our outstanding universities in Michigan with their counterparts in the Sindh Province,” said Marian Reich, president of Global Ties Detroit. “MPV’s virtual and in-person activities will promote partnership opportunities and enhance cultures of research and inclusion.”
Up to 50 University of Sindh and Shah Abdul Latif University (SALU) administrators and faculty members will be selected to participate in a series of twelve virtual training sessions on topics related to research, collaboration and diversity and inclusion programs utilized at American universities. Both Sind and SALU are research institutions; Sindh is one of the oldest universities in Pakistan.
The exchange program will also allow 12 Pakistani university administrators and faculty members to take part in an 8-day in-person exchange in Southeast Michigan to meet with their American counterparts. This will be followed by an 8-day in-person exchange in Sindh Province, Pakistan, for five participants from Oakland University, Michigan State University, University of Michigan, Wayne State University, and the University Research Corridor who with the University of Sindh, SALU, and the US Consulate in Karachi.
“Oakland University is looking forward to welcoming our colleagues from Pakistan and to having an exchange of views and ideas that will, no doubt, lead to a deeper appreciation of their work and hopefully to future collaborations,” said Rosemary Max, the executive director for global engagement at Oakland University.
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