EXTENDED DEADLINE April 7, 2008, 4:00 pm in 261 Bascom One more opportunity to apply! The Washington DC Semester in International Studies has been extended to April 7, 2008. The program offers qualified undergraduates the …
Year: 2008
Hundreds of high school students to participate in World Cinema Day
From UW-Madison Communications For the past five years, the University of Wisconsin-Madison has welcomed hundreds of Wisconsin high school students and teachers to World Cinema Day, a program of the Language Institute and the Wisconsin …
How an International Approach Can Help Your Degree [US News & World Reports]
by Diane Cole, U.S. News and World Report Posted March 26, 2008 Graduate schools are going global—that is, if they haven’t done so already. These days, not only do students from around the world come …
The Global Public University: global reach, local impact [Global Higher Ed]
On 11 March, William Brustein (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) and Susan Jeffords (University of Washington), two experts on the internationalization of higher education, held a candid discussion at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (pictured to …
Feingold urges UW students to volunteer abroad [The Daily Cardinal]
By: Elizabeth Michaels /The Daily Cardinal Sen. Russ Feingold lobbied for U.S. foreign relations improvements Monday at the Memorial Union Monday as part of the Distinguished Lecture Series, sponsored by Wisconsin Union Directorate and the …
Feingold finds Wisconsinites tuned to world [The Capital Times]
Samara Kalk Derby, The Capital Times Asked what he thinks about calling in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to deal with anti-war protesters, Sen. Russ Feingold says it shouldn’t happen. “I think that public …
Three UW Faculty Receive Palmes Académiques for Work on International Environmental Project
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 3/21/08 Contact: Masarah Van Eyck, mvaneyck2@international.wisc.edu, 608-262-5590. Three University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty will be named Chevaliers de l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques in a private ceremony with the French Consul General, Jean-Baptiste de …
Listen to “Global Reach, Local Impact” from the Global Public University Series
A recording of last week’s Global Public University event is posted on UW-Madison’s Instructional Communications site. You may find and watch it here, along with last fall’s discussion with David Ward and Steven Toope: http://www.uwex.edu/ics/stream/event.cfm?eid=15670 …
UW–Madison First in U.S. to Hire Worldwide Academic Networker
UW–Madison’s Division of International Studies has appointed Kimberly Coulter, PhD, as its first Worldwide University Network (WUN) administrative program manager. Assuming the first position of its kind in the United States, Coulter is tasked with …
Health and Development in Africa: An International Dialogue
Workshop: “Health and Development in Africa: An International Dialogue”Monday, 7 April 2008 1:30 – 6:00 p.m. University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health Health Sciences Learning Center 750 Highland Avenue Auditorium (Room 1325) …