Year: 2008

Annual Study Abroad Photo Contest Announced

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Katie Saur, International Academic Programs, University of Wisconsin-Madison, (608) 890-0939, kbsaur@bascom.wisc.edu Madison, WI –International Academic Programs (IAP), a member program of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Division of International Studies, has announced that its annual Study Abroad Photo Contest will take place this February. Each year International Academic Programs (IAP) at the …

Part 2 of the Global Hot Spots Lecture Series

Mark your calendar now, and plan to attend the newest lecture in the Global Hot Spots series. The popular series resumes next Friday, Feb. 8, and turns its attention to issues surrounding global health. Richard Keller, assistant professor in the department of Medical History and Bioethics, will present his lecture, Overcoming Mistrust: Globalization and the …

Conference: Changes in Doctoral Education Worldwide

From WISCAPE: Changes in Doctoral Education Worldwide: Past Differences, Current Commonalities, and Future Trends 8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. The Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street This event is free and open to the public. Maresi Nerad, Director, Center for Innovation and Research in Graduate Education (CIRGE) University of Washington, Seattle Maresi Nerad will present a synthesis of her …

Global Studies announces WI-Global

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 world’s communities and cultures as well as on systems of governance, exchange, and education. WI-Global has two different components, both …

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 taught in kindergarten through fourth grades starting this fall, with fifth and sixth grades added in the fall of 2009, …

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. Cost: Free and open to the public Email: wage@intl-institute.wisc.edu Visit the event website: http://wage.wisc.edu/events/?ID=411 Eswar Prasad was China desk officer …

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 Grants to support summer travel for doctoral students exploring potential field research sites. Deadline for applications is Friday, February 22, …

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 arrive. “People on campus generally aren’t talking about international faculty,” said Rebecca Theobald, of the University of Colorado at Boulder’s …

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, the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s School of Library and Information Studies and Edgewood High School will host the 2008 North American …

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 program for first-year students at Florida State. For one year, she lived in an apartment and took classes with other …