UW- Madison News — March 15, 2011 Celebrating 50 years of the Peace Corps and the state of Wisconsin’s history of volunteerism and public service, the University of Wisconsin-Madison will host a variety of free …
Year: 2011
Celebrating 50 Years of Peace Corps: Q & A with Madison and Chicago Peace Corps Represenatives
The Peace Corps is a celebrated organization working to help people around the world, while promoting a better understanding of Americans and of other people on the part of American volunteers. UW-Madison is presently ranked …
[UW Hillel] Blog Follows Student Volunteers in Rwanda
This week, twenty students from the University of Wisconsin Hillel are volunteering at The Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village in Rwanda, during their 2011 spring break. We invite you to follow their blog, an online portal where …
Student Group Teams with Global Health Initiative to Raise Awareness
UW-Madison launched the Global Health Initiative (GHI) in 2009 to help tackle complex global health challenges by stimulating collaboration across disciplines. This semester GHI introduced the Incubator Series, an 8-session series focused on the U.N. …
Palestine Amid the Arab World Uprising: Facts on the Ground and Prospects for the Future
Public lecture by Ziad Abbas Monday, March 21 4:00 – 5:30 p.m. 336 Ingraham Hall, UW-Madison Ziad Abbas is a Palestinian refugee whose family was uprooted from the village of Zakariah in 1948. He will …
[CALS] Science Internationalization Course Development Awards Now Available!
The College of Agricultural and Life Sciences announces that course development awards are available to support UW–Madison faculty and instructional academic staff members in the sciences who wish to incorporate international content into one or …
[WAA France] UW Alumni Career Panel in France March 17
On Thursday, March 17, Wisconsin Alumni Association – France will host a panel of four UW alumni who will discuss points in their careers when they made difficult decisions or experienced challenges. Alumni and students …
[CIBER] Funding Opportunity: Global Research and Curriculum Development Grant Program
The UW-Madison Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) is pleased to offer a Global Research and Curriculum Development grant program for faculty and academic staff with instructional responsibilities. The deadline for the next …
Zhejiang University President Visits Campus
Wei Yang, president of Zhejiang University, spent February 20-21 on campus, learning more about the school where his parents met in the late 1940s. President Yang’s father, Guang-hua Yang, earned a Ph.D. in chemical engineering …
Read the UW-Madison Global Studies in Higher Education Spring 2011 Newsletter!
The Division of International Studies together with partners, Global Studies and the Department of Educational Policy Studies, would like to share news about the Global Studies in Higher Education initiative. You are invited to read …