Carmela De Leon’s Ireland Immersion Experience
Q&A with Carmela De Leon, x’26: Ireland Immersion Experience
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Q&A with Carmela De Leon, x’26: Ireland Immersion Experience
Jeeva Premkumar likes to say he took a formative leap — into an icy Lake Mendota — after he got to campus, but the soon-to-be University of Wisconsin–Madison graduate and this year’s student speaker for Winter 2025 Commencement was not necessarily new to taking big steps.
On Oct. 22 and 23, 2025, UW–Madison, the Japan–America Society of Wisconsin (JASWI), and the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) co-hosted more 80 attendees at the 2025 UW–Japan Engineering & Technology Forum.
The University of Wisconsin–Madison is home to over 7,000 international students from more than 120 different countries. For some students, visiting home means a long flight and an uncomfortable middle seat. But with fall break just around the corner, many international students are bringing fresh perspectives to Thanksgiving.
Congratulations to our 2025 Study Abroad Photo Contest winners!
The King-Morgridge Scholars Program supports students who demonstrate exceptional leadership, a commitment to social impact, and a strong connection to their home communities. Scholars are provided resources, mentorship, and funding to pursue initiatives that create meaningful change locally and globally.
Before the United Nations’ COP30, currently underway in Brazil, Morgan Edwards and Greg Nemet penned an opinion piece published in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that underscored ongoing strategies to curb global warming despite the United States’ withdrawal from climate change action.
The King-Morgridge Scholars Program supports students who demonstrate exceptional leadership, a commitment to social impact, and a strong connection to their home communities. Scholars are provided resources, mentorship, and funding to pursue initiatives that create meaningful change locally and globally. Check out part 1 of the spotlight series.
International Education Week offers an opportunity to celebrate our global connections and international accomplishments during the past year. I hope you will visit our website and participate in some of the week’s events. This year, we are beginning the week by co-hosting a Faculty Networking Reception with the Secretary of the Faculty that will provide …
At UW–Madison, global engagement is embedded in the academic experience, and it is reflected in the number of students studying abroad and in the many countries represented by our international community. The 2025 Open Doors report, released by the Institute of International Education in partnership with the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and …