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For Ginsburgs, global interests are contagious

November 23, 2011 Division of International Studies No comments

Her work, first with 3M and then with a commercial law firm affiliation, drew Sue Ginsburg into the international marketplace.

“I have been exposed to and learned a lot about our global economy and doing business with other countries,” says Ginsburg, who now heads GrowthLynx, a Minneapolis marketing firm. “I love meeting people from other cultures, learning about their cultures, connecting the dots, helping expand business internationally, and figuring out how to successfully do business together.”

As her global affinity grew, she didn’t leave it at the office. She carried her international interests home, into her children’s classrooms and now to the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

“I always spoke to my children about where I was going, and what it was like, always emphasizing there were as many similarities as there were differences,” she says.

Numbers tell story of study abroad at UW-Madison

November 16, 2011 Division of International Studies No comments

A significant indicator of the support for international education at the University of Wisconsin–Madison has been the number of students who study abroad each year—a number that has grown 75% in the past decade.

According to Open Doors 2011, the report released Monday by the Institute of International Education, UW–Madison ranked 10^th nationally in the number of students who studied abroad in 2009-10, with 2,169. That compares to 1,236 in 1999-2000.

“At UW-Madison, study abroad continues to be an essential high-impact practice that instills a multitude of skill sets for our students, including global competencies, integrative learning, and independent thinking,” says Julie Lindsey, interim managing director of International Academic Programs (IAP) in the Division of International Studies. “Through these experiences, students are complementing their degree programs and enhancing their career preparation by learning cross-cultural and workplace skills that are of great value to today’s employers.”

UW-Madison repeats as a leader in international education

November 15, 2011 Division of International Studies No comments

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In its 2011 Open Doors Report on International Education Exchange, released this week, the Institute of International Education gives high marks to the University of Wisconsin-Madison in two categories.

Nationally, UW-Madison sent the tenth-highest number of students to study abroad during the 2009-10 school year, with 2,169 students pursuing studies in other countries. The university ranks third among producers of mid-length studies abroad and sixth among producers of long-term studies abroad (one year or more).

“At UW-Madison, study abroad continues to be an essential high-impact practice,” says Julie Lindsey, interim director of International Academic Programs. “The cross-cultural and workplace skills that students develop through these experiences — global competencies, integrative learning and independent thinking — are of great value to today’s employers.”

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Official trip aimed at advancing goal of UW-Madison presence in China

November 14, 2011 Division of International Studies No comments

Representatives of the University of Wisconsin–Madison have returned to China this week, where they are seeking to expand the university’s engagement and move toward the goal of creating a physical UW–Madison presence there.

“On this trip, we are exploring exciting opportunities to establish a distinctive UW-Madison footprint in China,” says Gilles Bousquet, dean of the Division of International Studies and vice provost for globalization.

Bousquet and Laurie Dennis, associate director of the Wisconsin China Initiative (WCI), are scheduled to visit Beijing, Hong Kong and Shanghai, where they will meet with government, business and education leaders, including many who are UW–Madison alumni. They are being joined for meetings in Hong Kong and Shanghai by François Ortalo-Magné, Albert O. Nicholas Dean of Wisconsin School of Business.

“We have developed an understanding with our partners in Shanghai—the Minhang District government and Shanghai Jiao Tong University,” Bousquet says. “Together, we are seeking to create a unique UW presence that is consistent with the Wisconsin Idea and highlights the strengths of our world-class university, matched to the needs in China.”

Study Abroad Alum Returning to Troubled Country

October 13, 2011 Division of International Studies No comments

Jenny Browne is excited about traveling to Sierra Leone this month to teach creative writing, but admits feeling a tinge of anxiety.

This isn’t her first trip to Africa. In June, Browne, an assistant professor of English at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, went to Kenya, where she taught Somali children in a refugee camp to write poetry through a program funded by the U.S. State Department.

But, even though she’s heading back to Africa under the same program, going to Sierra Leone is different. Browne has been there before—as a UW–Madison student 20 years ago—but had to leave the West African country early and abruptly.

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