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Before the Chilean government vanquished the indigenous Mapuche people at the end of the 19th century, heavy forests and abundant rivers, lakes and coastal inlets teemed with resources, everything the Mapuche needed to survive. “When they were resettled after the military defeat, they were left with a fraction of their original territory and without the …
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Untitled Document Julie Curti, a UW–Madison undergraduate who studied abroad in Bonn, Germany and was a peer advisor in International Academic Programs’ (study abroad) office, is the recipient of a Truman scholarship. Click here for more on Curti’s scholarship. Click here for more on Curti’s study-abroad academic experience.
The UW–Madison Language Institute will host more than 700 high school students and teachers from 24 high schools for World Languages Day on Thursday, April 20. http://www.news.wisc.edu/releases/12421.html
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: April 12, 2006 CONTACT: Antonia Schleicher, Executive Director, National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages, (608) 265-7906 or ayschlei@facstaff.wisc.edu CONFERENCE TO ADDRESS STATUS OF LESS COMMONLY TAUGHT LANGUAGES IN U.S. Madison, WI — The Ninth Annual Meeting of the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages (NCOLCTL) will be held …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: Monday, April 10, 2006 CONTACT: Steve Smith, Associate Director, Global Studies, sksmith@wisc.edu INTERNATIONAL OUTREACH CONFERENCE TO EXAMINE BEST PRACTICES Madison, WI –Wisconsin’s State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Elizabeth Burmaster, will be the keynote speaker at the upcoming Title VI and Fulbright-Hays National Outreach Conference, as world studies outreach specialists from across …
By Aaron Nathans, The Capital Times French students and young workers are fighting a new labor law in the streets because it cements their status as second-class members of the workforce, said panelists at a University of Wisconsin–Madison forum. Jonathan Zeitlin, a UW–Madison professor of sociology and public affairs at the La Follette Institute, said …
Untitled DocumFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communications, Division of International Studies, UW–Madison, (608) 262-5590, rlhess@wisc.edu SERIES OF UW-MADISON TALKS TO EXAMINE CULTURE, CONFLICT IN IRAQ Madison – The UW–Madison Division of International Studies announces a series of talks, “Three Perspectives on Iraq, Three Years Later,” to be held on the UW–Madison campus …
by Barbara Wolff, UW–Madison Communications Exquisite roast beef, among certain other things, draws Tom Rensink to dinner at the University of Wisconsin–Madison French House. “It’s simply unbelievable,” waxes Rensink, a senior in physics. The French House, the nation’s oldest residential language immersion community, was founded in 1918 and began opening its doors to the campus …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: April 3, 2006 CONTACT: Lara Kain (265-6298; outreach@creeca.wisc.edu) or Mustafa Ozkaynak (263-2658; mustafa_mats@yahoo.com) JOURNALIST HUGH POPE TO SPEAK ON UW-MADISON CAMPUS Madison, WI – Former Wall Street Journal correspondent Hugh Pope, a leading expert on Turkey, will visit the UW–Madison campus later this month. Pope will speak on “Journeys through the …