Dan Lawler, a senior majoring in mechanical engineering, is currently working for Plexus Corp., based in Neenah, Wisconsin, as an international mechanical engineering intern in Penang, Malaysia. Lawler, who plans to graduate in December 2011, …
Month: July 2011
Dance Faculty, Students Get in Step with Brazil
A group of Dance students and faculty from the University of Wisconsin–Madison traveled to Brazil this summer, to study dance alongside Brazilian peers and to perform at two-day festival in Rio de Janeiro. This experience …
Compounding One International Experience with Another
Dhina Susanti and Cheng Cheng are among the many international students who have come to UW–Madison. This summer, both are building on their international experiences through internships that have taken each of them to yet …
Badger Students on Service-learning Program in China
A group of UW–Madison students, shown here in Beijing, is in China this summer on a new hybrid study abroad/service-learning program, “China: History and Modern Development of Environmental Health.” The program includes a faculty-led historical …
Beijing Legal: Getting Global Insight into Business
“I know that international work experience is something that is increasingly sought after and not always easy to arrange,” says Amelia Coffey. Coffey, a junior from Silver Spring, Maryland, majoring in history, counts herself fortunate …
Global Health Students Look Inside the UN
Marilee Sushoreba—programs coordinator for International Student Services and coordinator of the Millennium Development Goals Awareness Project at UW-Madison—accompanied seven students in the newly minted Global Health Certificate for Undergraduates program on a United Nations Study …
Condolences and Support for our Friends in Norway
The unfathomable tragedy in Norway has struck a particularly deep chord with so many of us in Wisconsin, where we have strong historical, cultural, economic, and institutional connections with a nation known for promoting peace …
Global Panel to Discuss Education and Competitiveness
Countries around the world are ramping up investments in higher education in a push to create world-class research institutions. At the same time, the top research universities in the United States are confronting the challenges …
Crim: Alta Gracia is Promising Model for Apparel Industry
Changing how an apparel factory operates can have a profound impact on an entire community. Dawn Crim witnessed that earlier this year during a trip to the Dominican Republic. As special assistant to the chancellor …
Bousquet Reflects on Kazakhstan Initiative
For up-to-date information, go to the UW-Nazarbayev University Project website: http://international.wisc.edu/nuproject/ Gilles Bousquet, dean of the Division of International Studies and vice provost for globalization at the University of …