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UW Undegraduate Wins Prestigious Truman Scholarship
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 …
World Languages Day Attracts Hundreds of High School Students
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
Conference to Address Status of Less Commonly Taught Languages in the U.S.
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. …
International Outreach Conference to Examine Best Practices
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 Capital Times: Protest in France sees law as slap against young workers
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 …
Series of UW-Madison Talks to Examine Culture, Conflict in Iraq
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 …
Serving a little dinner with your French
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 …
Journalist Hugh Pope to Speak on UW-Madison 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, …
Professor Jonathan Zeitlin on WPR on French Protests
Students and members of organized labor have been demonstrating across France recently against a new labor law. Jonathan Zeitlin, director of the Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy and professor of Sociology, Public …