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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, began his internship in late May and will be working there until about the third week in August. He reports …
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 stems from an international exchange project that began in June 2010, explains Jin-Wen Yu, professor and chair of the Dance …
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 another country. Dhina Susanti, a senior from Semarang, Indonesia, majoring in electrical engineering, is working as a service engineer intern …
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 and environmental study trip through China, followed by an interdisciplinary team of students and faculty embarking on a service-learning field …
“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 to be among the many UW–Madison students who are combining learning and work experiences this summer through a variety of …
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 Tour in June. The study tour sought to provide participants with a basic understanding of the UN, its network of …
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 and understanding. Our kinship with Norway is rooted in our communities and remains vital today through countless educational, governmental, and …
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 of dwindling resources and support. Interim Chancellor David Ward will welcome a group of education leaders from around the world …
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 for community relations and liaison to the Labor Licensing Policy Committee at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Crim spent five days …
For up-to-date information, go to the UW-Nazarbayev University Project website. Gilles Bousquet, dean of the Division of International Studies and vice provost for globalization at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, recently traveled to Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, where UW–Madison is engaged in a ground-breaking higher-education initiative. Bousquet talks about the initiative and his experiences …