Global Studies and the Offices of the Dean of Students are pleased to announce the creation of WI-Global, a program designed to engage UW-Madison undergraduates in issues related to globalization and its impact on the …
Month: January 2008
2 school districts adding elementary Spanish [Wisconsin State Journal]
by Gena Kittner for the Wisconsin State Journal Two Dane County school districts will be saying “hola ” to new language programs at the elementary level this fall.In the Oregon School District, Spanish will be …
Event: Are China’s and India’s Growth Miracles Built to Last?
A Lecture and Discussion Presented by Eswar Prasad – Senior Professor of Trade Policy at Cornell University Date: February 18, 2008 Time: 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM Location: ATT Lounge, Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St. …
Scott Kloeck-Jenson International Internship and Pre-Dissertation Travel Grants
Applications are now being accepted for two graduate fellowships: Global Studies awards Scott Kloeck-Jenson International Internship Grants to doctoral students interested in undertaking practitioner internships on social justice issues and Scott Kloeck-Jenson International Pre-Dissertation Travel …
Integrating International Faculty [Inside Higher Ed]
By Elizabeth Redden, Insider Higher Ed, January 24, 2008 For all the talk about getting visas for foreign scholars to teach at American campuses, there’s relatively little attention to how they fit in once they …
Local competition exposes high schoolers to the study of linguistics
by Kristin Czubkowski, UW-Madison Communications While the average U.S. high school may not offer classes in Turkish or Indonesian, an international competition will soon be bringing them to Madison’s high school students. On Feb. 5, …
More Students Head Overseas in Freshman Year [The Wall Street Journal]
By Anjali Athavaley, The Wall Street Journal Callie Broughton had an eventful freshman year at Florida State University — in Spain. Ms. Broughton, now a 20-year-old junior, opted to study abroad in Valencia through a …
Managing Study Abroad [Inside Higher Ed]
A new report on “Strengthening Study Abroad” from NAFSA: Association of International Educators is billed as “a report of presidents and provosts to presidents and provosts.” “We’re really engaging institutional leadership at the top,” said …
UW-Madison No. 2 in producing Peace Corps volunteers
From UW-Madison Communications For the second straight year, the University of Wisconsin-Madison is second in the nation in producing alumni volunteers to the Peace Corps. The 2007 ranking continues the university’s strong relationship with the …
Reception launches India Initiative
On October 11, the Division of International Studies in collaboration with the Center for South Asia, the Wisconsin Alumni Association and the UW Foundation launched the India Initiative with an evening reception at the Pyle …