UW News Release – December 13, 2010 The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s African Studies Program will host “Peace Corps and Africa: 50 Years,” an event honoring a half century of volunteer service. On March 24-26, 2011, …
Year: 2010
[WSJ] UW-Madison Chancellor Plays Catch-Up with China Visit
Wisconsin State Journal — December 9, 2010 EXCERPT: UW-Madison enrolls nearly 2,000 degree-seeking students from China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. In 2007-2008, 178 UW-Madison students studied abroad in the greater China area. Gilles Bousquet, vice …
Chinese Athletes Prepare to Depart After Successful Semester
UW News Release – December 8, 2010 The 2010 Chinese Champions program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is winding up a highly successful inaugural session amid news that the innovative exchange has been extended for …
High School Students of Arabic Visit UW-Madison
UW News Release — December 6, 2010 A campus visit on Wednesday, Dec. 8, by 30 high school students of Arabic will unite a U.S. Department of State program and several language and culture initiatives …
[USA Today] In Ranking, U.S. Students Trail Global Leaders
USA Today – December 8, 2010 EXCERPT: Scores from the 2009 Programme for International Student Assessment to be released Tuesday show 15-year-old students in the U.S. performing about average in reading and science, and below …
Read a Few of Our Fall Semester Favorites from the Badgers Abroad Blog!
Badgers who wrote for the Badgers Abroad Blog (BAB) this past semester, share their experiences. The Badgers Abroad Blog is administered by UW-Madison’s Division of International Studies. To contribute, please e-mail communication@international.wisc.edu. Jenny Parker Jenny Parker …
Global Hot Spots: God Spends Most of His Time in Africa: Religion, Education, and International Political Economy
The popular Global Hot Spots Lecture Series will continue on Friday, December 10, 2010, with the talk “‘God Spends Most of His Time in Africa’: Religion, Education, and the International Political Economy” by Amy Stambach. …
Student Shares Volunteer Teaching Experience at an Orphanage in the Dominican Republic
This past summer, Helen Beckner, an International Studies major and sophomore at UW-Madison took the time to travel. Helen’s travel was a bit more unique than most. Through help from Latin America, Caribbean, and Iberian …
CALS Offers Spring Course: International Issues in Agriculture, Environment, and Life Sciences
Are you interested in exploring and expanding your role as a global citizen this spring? If yes, sign up for the course or pass the information on: CALS International Seminar: International Issues in Agriculture, Environment, …
Funding Opportunity: Ouisconsin Field Research Scholarship Due Feb. 14
The earliest maps of the land that was to become our state were generated by French explorers, who transcribed the Algonquian lexicon according to French grapho-phonemic relations. Many of these early maps carry the term …