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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: Monday, September 18, 2006 CONTACT: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communications, Division of International Studies, UW–Madison, (608) 262-5590, rlhess@wisc.edu SOMALIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST TO SPEAK AT UW-MADISON Please click here to download a pdf of the flier. Madison, WI — The Honorable Asha Hagi Elmi will be this year’s J. Jobe Soffa …
Untitled Document WEBCASTS TO BRING TOGETHER LANGUAGE EDUCATORS, WISCONSIN K-12 TEACHERS DATE: September 15, 2006 CONTACT: Dianna Murphy, Associate Director, Language Institute, UW–Madison, (608) 262-1575, diannamurphy@wisc.edu In a unique partnership, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Language Institute and the Wisconsin Association for Language Teachers (WAFLT) will sponsor several live webcasts of the Language Institute’s 2006-07 lecture …
By Sharyn Alden, UW–Madison Business Wire Meet Gilles Bousquet, the UW–Madison dean with a passion for educating globally competent citizens… Click below for the full story. http://buswire.ocr.wisc.edu/leadstory/200609.php
Untitled Document FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 CONTACT: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communications, Division of International Studies. UW–Madison, (608) 262-5590, rlhess@wisc.edu To download a flier for the event, click here. BALDWIN, MAGNUM TO PARTICIPATE IN FORUM ON GLOBAL AFFAIRS Madison, WI – The Democratic and Republican candidates for the Second Congressional District, …
by GAYLE WORLAND, Wisconsin State Journal Ben Schumaker’s “Memory Project” already connects the lives of thousands of American high schoolers with children living in orphanages in some of the world’s poorest countries. Tonight, it could grab the attention of millions of television viewers worldwide. Click below to read the full story… http://www.madison.com/wsj/mad/top/index.php?ntid=97491&ntpid=1
Untitled Document FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: Monday, August 28, 2006 CONTACT: Alison Alter, Associate Director, WAGE, (608) 262-9774, abalter@wisc.edu UW-MADISON FORUM TO OFFER PERSPECTIVES ON POST-9/11 WORLD Click here to download a pdf of the poster. Madison, WI – On the fifth anniversary of 9/11, the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Division of International Studies and the …
Untitled Document FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: Monday, August 28, 2006 CONTACT: Carol Witzeling, Assistant Director, Center for Interdisciplinary French Studies, University of Wisconsin–Madison, cawitzel@wisc.edu, (608) 261-1018 CAMPUS TO BE FOCUS OF INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AT UW-MADISON Madison, WI – A literary figure that American undergraduates and academics have known about for at least a generation is …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: Thursday, August 24, 2006 CONTACT: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communications, Division of International Studies, UW–Madison, (608) 262-5590, rlhess@wisc.edu; Courtney Skare, Director of Marketing/Communications, International Academic Programs, UW–Madison, (608) 261-1020, caskare@bascom.wisc.edu EXHIBIT OF UW-MADISON STUDENTS’ PHOTOS CELEBRATES STUDY ABROAD, TRAVELING THE WORLD Madison, WI – Two dozen photographs from around the world …
by Barbara Wolff, UW–Madison Communications Like rare perfume, the intoxicating call of African drums will waft over Madison’s Warner Park on Saturday, Aug. 26. The occasion is the eighth annual Africa Fest, sponsored by the African Association of Madison (AAM). Click below to read more http://www.news.wisc.edu/12806.html
Untitled Document DATE: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 CONTACT: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communications, Division of International Studies, UW–Madison, (608) 262-5590, rlhess@wisc.edu NEW FEDERAL GRANTS REFLECT CONTINUED PREEMINENCE OF UW-MADISON IN AREA, INTERNATIONAL STUDIES Madison, WI – Eight of UW–Madison’s international and area studies programs have been awarded a combined total of nearly four million dollars …