Category: Faculty & Staff

International Internships Program to Host Development Workshops During International Opportunities Month

Do you have any contacts in companies that work internationally?  Colleagues in overseas labs that might host our students?  A international site where you’ve worked and to which you’d like to return with a group of students for practical application of what they’re learning in their classes?  An organization here in Wisconsin that could use …

Chancellor Martin Reflects on November Trip to Asia

UW News Release – November 15, 2010 Chancellor Biddy Martin recently returned from a 12-day trip to Beijing, Hong Kong, and Taipei and reports that the university’s presence and visibility in East Asia is continuing to grow stronger. The UW–Madison delegation met with Chinese education officials, numerous universities, UW–Madison alumni and officials of the Taiwanese …

International Ed. Week: International Education Week Underscores Importance of Language and Culture Study

Coming on the heels of the Chancellor’s return from Greater China, International Education Week (November 15 – 19) offers students, faculty, and staff an opportunity to reflect on how best to prepare for careers in a fast changing, interconnected world.  A joint initiative of the U. S. Departments of State and Education, International Education Week …

International Ed. Week: Global Hot Spots Introduces Karen Solheim on Refugees and NGOs

The popular Global Hot Spots Lecture Series will continue on Friday, November 19, 2010, with the talk “Humanitarian Organizations and Refugees:  Working Together Toward Sustainable Community Health” by Karen Solheim. This free and public lecture will take place from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. in the Pyle Center, located at 702 Langdon Street in Madison. To …

International Ed. Week: World Languages Day Inspires High School Students to Explore

UW News Release — November 11, 2010 Since World Languages Day began in 2002, renowned professor Harold Scheub has roused the crowd with his tales of crossing the African continent in search of stories and folk tales. “I was only a tourist until I started to learn languages,” says Scheub, Evjue-Bascom Professor of Humanities in …

International Ed. Week: UW-Madison to Again Celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week

UW News Release — November 10, 2010 The University of Wisconsin–Madison — along with more than 1,500 organizations worldwide — will mark Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) Nov. 15-21. Led by its Office of Corporate Relations, the university is hosting several events on campus with a special emphasis on social entrepreneurship lead by a visit from …

UW-Madison Students Aim to Sustain Work on Island in Uganda

UW News Release — November 10, 2010 Aphids have long been a nuisance for farmers on an island in Uganda’s Lake Victoria, and the harsh chemicals used to keep the bugs away usually mean a crop of small, wilted plants. A group of University of Wisconsin–Madison undergraduate students working with the farmers on isolated Lingira …

Media Coverage: Chancellor Martin is Leading a Delegation to Greater China

Chancellor Biddy Martin is leading a delegation of UW–Madison faculty and staff to Greater China, with stops in Beijing, Hong Kong, and Taipei. Dean and Vice Provost for Globalization Gilles Bousquet is part of this delegation. The return visit, which began Monday, November 1, follows the successful spring trip to Beijing, Tianjin, Hangzhou, and Shanghai. …

Welcome David Joiner and Laurie Dennis to the Division of International Studies

Introducing Laurie Dennis, Wisconsin China Initiative coordinator and David Joiner, director of Wisconsin Institute for Global Education and Leadership (WIGEL)! Laurie and David provided us with background on their careers and experiences, and until can you meet them in person, we hope you will enjoy meeting them through these brief biographical sketches. Welcome Laurie and …

Soffa Lecture Invites Expert in Foreign Trade and International Public Policy

The J.Jobe Soffa and Marguerite Jacqmin Soffa Distinguished International Visitor Fund presents “Latin America’s New Stature in the Global Economy” a talk by Dr. Luz María de la Mora Sánchez November 15, 2010 / 4:00 p.m. Pyle Center, Room 121 —————————————————————- Dr. Luz María de la Mora Sánchez, an expert in foreign trade relations and …