Ernest Darkoh, a global health hero in the fight against HIV/AIDS, will return to campus on Thursday, May 10, to receive a Distinguished Alumni Award. Five other graduates will also be honored at a 5 …
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Ambassador Campbell to be UW-Madison Diplomat-in-Residence
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: Monday, April 30, 2007 CONTACT: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communications, Division of International Studies, UW-Madison, (608) 262-5590, rlhess@wisc.edu Madison, WI – John Campbell, U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria since May, 2004, will …
Distinguished Alumni Awards Announced
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: March 28, 2007 CONTACT: Mary DeNiro, WAA Vice-President for Marketing and Communications, mdeniro@uwalumni.com Madison, WI – The Wisconsin Alumni Association has announced its 2007 Distinguished Alumni Awards. The awards are the …
International Studies Receives $100,000 Gift for Study Abroad
Untitled Document FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 CONTACT: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communications, Division of International Studies, UW-Madison, (608) 262-5590, rlhess@wisc.edu UW-MADISON INTERNATIONAL STUDIES RECEIVES $100,000 GIFT FOR STUDY ABROAD Madison, WI …
The Importance of Working Overseas: Two Perspectives on International Internships
Today’s students need global skills and corporations increasingly are looking for globally-trained employees. With this in mind, the UW-Madison Division of International Studies, in partnership with the School of Business, the College of Engineering and Cross-College …
UW Grad’s Project Portraits for World’s Orphans
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 …
Increasing International Visibility
UW-Madison’s growing reputation as a global research university was very much in evidence this past May when Chancellor John Wiley and Gilles Bousquet, Dean of International Studies, traveled to England for a series of important …
Alums Have Friendly French Connection
By Anita Weier, The Capital Times PARIS – Ties to the University of Wisconsin-Madison hold firm no matter where alumni end up. That was proven during a recent trip to Paris organized by the UW …
UW-Madison ranks as top-producing Peace Corps institution
by Rachel Alkon Alumni of UW-Madison and the Peace Corps continue to have a strong historical bond. Since the program’s inception in 1961, UW-Madison has produced thousands of volunteers. And today, for the 20th consecutive …
UW-Madison Sociology Professor Stephen Bunker Dies
Stephen Bunker, University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of Sociology and a well-known Latin Americanist, died in July 2005 after a long battle against cancer. The university community will feel the loss of this remarkable individual. http://www.intlstudies.wisc.edu/news/Bunker.asp