University of Wisconsin–Madison
Audrey Hanson’s family and friends in the United States didn’t have to wait for her to return from Ghana to learn about her challenging, yet exhilarating six-hour trek straight uphill to Wli Falls, the highest waterfall in West Africa. While studying abroad during the spring of 2013, Hanson kept a blog, Going to Ghana, which …
Seven University of Wisconsin–Madison students are among more than 1,100 undergraduates from 358 colleges and universities across the United States awarded the prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, for study abroad during the summer of 2014. Each Gilman Scholar receives up to …
Nine University of Wisconsin–Madison undergraduates are receiving David L. Boren Scholarships to fund their study abroad during the 2014-15 academic year. Also, one UW–Madison graduate student is receiving a Boren Fellowship, which supports dissertation research and language study. Boren Scholarships and Fellowships are sponsored by the National Security Education Program (NSEP), a federal initiative designed …
Žygimantas Pavilionis, Lithuania’s ambassador to the United States, will give a public lecture on “Lithuania – Start-Up Nation” during a visit to Madison on Friday, May 2. Pavilionis, who has held his current post since Aug. 5, 2010, will be speaking at 4 p.m. in the Vandeberg Auditorium (Room 121), at the Pyle Center on …
Nine students at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have been awarded a U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) to study critical needs languages during the summer of 2014. These students are among approximately 550 U.S. undergraduate and graduate students nationally selected to participate in this program. CLS participants will spend seven to 10 weeks …
University of Wisconsin–Madison students preparing to embark on international internships for the summer and fall of 2014 were among those who gathered recently to hear words of encouragement and to receive scholarships to help pay their way. These 13 undergraduates were recognized April 17, at the Division of International Studies Spring 2014 Scholarship Award Ceremony, …
If Susan Dillon Gold hadn’t received a Fulbright grant seven years ago to teach reproductive health classes to HIV-positive adolescents in Kenya, an entire community would likely not exist today. While doing two months of volunteer work in a Kenyan orphanage in 2003, Gold, a University of Wisconsin–Madison graduate and nurse, became aware of how …
The Writing Center is holding a workshop on how to prepare for the Fulbright US Student program application essays: Writing Your Way to a Fulbright: Advice on the Application Essays Friday, May 2, 1:00-3:00 p.m. Are you a graduating senior or graduate student and thinking about applying for a student Fulbright scholarship this fall? In …
Watch for the possibilities. Joe Elder offers that piece of advice to students preparing to embark soon on a variety of international programs, experiences that will take them far from the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus. The students, along with parents, family and friends, and university staff, packed the Pyle Center’s Alumni Lounge on April 17 …
Joan Edelman Spero, a University of Wisconsin–Madison alumna with a long and distinguished career in international affairs, business and philanthropy, will speak on “Global Philanthropy and Global Governance,” on Wednesday, May 7, sponsored by the Madison Committee on Foreign Relations and the UW–Madison Division of International Studies. The program will be held at the University …