University of Wisconsin–Madison
Maj Fischer is the managing director of the International Internships Program (IIP) on campus. She works to connect local Wisconsin businesses and internship program offices with foreign exchange and Madison students. Before leading IIP, Maj traveled the world, served in the Peace Corps in Poland, and worked in Fiji and Denmark. Are more students demonstrating …
Read a message from UW–Madison’s Pakistani Student Association: The worst flooding in northwest Pakistan for the past 80 years is now believed to have killed more than 1,500 people; most of them belonging to poor families. Many of these people died as their villages were swept away, leaving almost no infrastructure intact and leaving more …
The Chronicle of Higher Education (August 9, 2010) “With New Survey, Chinese Colleges Ask Students What They Really Think” by Mary Hennock EXCERPT: Imagine a university where student numbers have doubled within five years. That is the problem facing Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology. Located in the bleak, industrial city of Baotou, a …
The New York Times (August 6, 2010) “For American Students, Life Lessons in the Mideast” by Jennifer Conlin EXCERPT: In what educators are calling the fastest growing study-abroad program, American college students are increasingly choosing to spend their traditional junior year abroad in places like Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and the United Arab Emirates, wanting …
Wisconsin State Journal (August 6, 2010) — “On Campus: More International Students Enrolling at University of Wisconsin–Madison” by Deborah Ziff Expect the incoming freshman class at UW–Madison to have a little more international flavor. After getting a 21 percent increase in international applicants, the college is expecting about 100 more international students to enroll this …
UW News Release, August 4, 2010 By Stacy Forster University of Wisconsin–Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin and Provost Paul M. Deluca Jr. have approved a number of new initiatives to strategically align and enhance diversity efforts on campus. These initiatives include: A realignment of several of key diversity programs, including PEOPLE, Posse, First Wave/Office of Multicultural …
by Masarah Van Eyck When Emily Dickmann took 23 UW–Madison undergraduate students on an alternative spring break service learning trip to the Dominican Republic in 2008, she knew they had learned some valuable things. “There was no room to hide behind a textbook,” says the academic adviser who took students in the Chadbourne Residential College …
From Beijing to New York, Kurgen to Kickapoo, our Badger community spans the globe. In this issue of Wisconsin Worldview, read about the ways our alumni are using what they learned right here on campus to change the world. We’re looking forward to the 2011 International Convocation, a three-day conference in Madison. We hope you’ll …
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (July 30, 2010) “National Guard’s New Mission: Agriculture,” by Meg Jones EXCERPT: It might sound odd to send veterinarians, agronomists and horticulture experts to war, but if the goal is to turn swords into ploughshares, a newly formed Wisconsin National Guard unit will help farmers in Afghanistan improve the health of their …
The Chronicle of Higher Education (July 27, 2010) “In the Heart of Cairo, the Language of Immersion,” by Ursula Lindsey EXCERPT: Downtown Cairo isn’t the easiest place for foreign students to get used to. It’s crowded, noisy, and polluted; the traffic is dangerous; and women face sexual harassment regularly. But students at one of the …