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Study Abroad Reunion – Madison, Wisconsin

 Your Study Abroad Changed Your Life. So Will Your Study Abroad Reunion. Alumni Weekend, May 6–7, 2005. Rekindle your memories of your time spent studying abroad with others who shared the same experience. Oh, the stories you — and they — will tell! So bring your photos and scrapbooks along. Trade memories with your fellow …

Talk by Roland Koch:

“Political and Legal Aspects of a New World Order” Roland Koch (CDU), Minister President of Hessen Monday, May 2, 2005 3:30pm, Pyle Center Roland Koch has been involved in politics in the German state of Hessen (Wisconsin’s sister state) since the age of fourteen. In 1987 he was elected to the Hessian State Parliament as …

French Ambassador to U.S. to visit Madison May 12, Discuss U.S.-France Relationship

Jean-David Levitte, France’s ambassador to the United States, will visit the UW–Madison campus Thursday, May 12. During his visit to Madison, Mr. Levitte will meet with UW–Madison faculty, staff and students, as well as with government and business leaders. Ambassador Levitte will give a talk on “France and America: Common Challenges Ahead” at 4:30 p.m. …

International Conference on Islam

Professors and scholars on Islam will present their latest academic research. Controversial topics about Islam will be discussed such as status of women in Islam, Islamic view of Abrahamic faiths, Islam and secularism, Islam and the west. Conference is April 29 and 30; register online. B1A-B Lowell Hall, 9 a.m. Information: 833-7012, dialogue_international@hotmail.com http://www.islamconf.org/

2005 Study Abroad Scholarship Awards

Study abroad experiences change lives. UW–Madison is fortunate to be able to offer these life-changing opportunities for our students to travel abroad and study many different fields from language, business, education, engineering, global health to agriculture and the life sciences. Students are sent to Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America-in fact to over 50 countries. Study …

UW Study Abroad Student Present at a Moment in History

I will not be in Rome on Friday (today), however I did go to Rome this past Monday for the procession of the body. I can tell you a little about what is going on around me and what has gone on. Here’s what I witnessed. I am studying in Florence through the UW/Mich program …

2005 International Education Conference: Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis

March 11-12, 2005 Friday: 5:00 – 7:30 Program with Reception and Light BuffetRemarks• Roberta M. Felker, Board of Directors, Wisconsin Chapter of the Fulbright Association (Turkey 2001, Japan 2004) and Principal of Indian Mound Middle School, McFarland • Gilles Bousquet, Dean of International Studies and Programs and Director of the International Institute • Liz Stern, …

Torture: Learning to Live With It? Power, the Press, and the Two-sided Photograph

Time: 7:00 PM Location: Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street Contact Email: global@intl-institute.wisc.edu Contact Phone: 265-2631 The lecture is followed by The Media of Conflict and the Cultural Imaginary, a one-day conference presented by the Legacies of Violence Research Circle, on Friday, March 11, 9:00 AM .- 4:00 PM, 206 Ingraham Hall. http://www.humanities.wisc.edu/programs/otherprogs.html#danner

From 9/11 to the Iraq War: A Firsthand Account of U.S. Policy in the Middle East

Edward Gnehm, former ambassador to Jordan, Kuwait and Australia. Auditorium, Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street, 12 noon. Information: bjulrich@wisc.edu. Sponsor: Middle East Studies. A Keynote speaker at the International Education Conference: Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. March 11-12, 2005 http://www.soemadison.wisc.edu/elpa/conferences/iec/2005/OverseasVisitors.shtm

The UW Annual Report on Accelerating Internationalization

http://www.chancellor.wisc.edu/AR2004/accel.html