Big Opportunities

The College of Business Global Solutions Center will help Minnesota State Mankato bring the world to its doorstep and catapult the University into planetary problem-solving partnerships.

Housed in a new wing of Morris Hall, the Center will provide physical space for cross-disciplinary teams of faculty, staff and students. Their focus: Create solutions to global problems such as water quality, energy consumption and health care.

The teams will come from different disciplines, united in their commitment to solving real-world problems so complex that they demand the integration of different perspectives.

The Center will house a state-of-the-art auditorium and "solution labs" that will connect Minnesota State Mankato teams to global collaborators through leading technology. For example, "telepresence" systems can make a partner team in London so lifelike they seem to be sitting across the table from you. The Center will also empower students to tightly tie their courses to the real world through such innovations as the new experience-based curriculum of the College of Business.

What your donation will do: Create a new kind of energy and space where solutions are born.

Minnesota State Mankato wants to dramatically increase the number of international partnerships and study-abroad opportunities available to the campus community.

Consider the far-reaching impacts such opportunities could have:

• Global citizens who use their Minnesota State Mankato education for the betterment of our world
• Stronger ties to a global community of scholars focused on real-world applications of knowledge
• Personal and professional relationships that break down barriers and increase understanding of the similarities
  among nations and cultures
• Harnessed power of cross-cultural understanding to solve the problems facing both our local and global communities

What your donation will do: Build new solutions-focused ways to engage our students, faculty and staff with the world.