For Robert Sarwark, joining the Peace Corps just made a lot of sense. As an undergraduate, the UW-Madison English/Creative Writing major (’06) had studied abroad in Spain, where he discovered a deep love for international …
Month: April 2021
From Malawi to UW and Back: Student Commencement Speaker Lusayo Mwakatika Advances Agriculture in his Homeland
Lusayo Mwakatika grew his first garden at the age of 14. He harvested his own vegetables, sold them to friends and neighbors, and used the earnings as his allowance. It was a living extension of …
Documentary Chronicles Engineers’ Partnership in Guatemalan Quest for Water
In fall 2020, members of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Engineers Without Borders (EWB-UW) student chapter concluded a project that brought clean water to 130 homes in the rural community of Zapote, Guatemala. The system runs …
Day of the Badger 2021
Thank you to all who participated in Day of the Badger 2021. Whether you supported the International Division by sharing a global memory on social media or made a gift that will support international experiences, …
Recent UW Grad, an Afghan Kurdish Poet, wins $90,000 Scholarship for Immigrants with Exceptional Potential
Through poetry, Hajjar Baban has found her voice and her calling. Her chosen field, she says, allows her to “be honest about my understanding of the world while changing and imagining new ways of being. …
UW–Madison’s Yu presents ‘Non-Ordinary’ in Taipei, Taiwan
UW–Madison’s Jin-Wen Yu, a professor in the School of Education’s Dance Department, will present “Non-Ordinary,” a concert of contemporary, cross-cultural, cutting-edge dance, on April 10-11 in Taipei, Taiwan. The concert is shared with emerging Taiwanese …