Category: Internships & Careers

[CHE] As Overseas Internships Grow, So Do Challenges for College Officials

The Chronicle of Higher Education — June 3, 2010 Beth McMurtrie, “As Overseas Internships Grow, So Do Challenges for College Officials” EXCERPT: At the annual conference here of Nafsa: Association of International Educators, at least a half-dozen sessions are focusing on the topic of managing successful internships or, more broadly, strengthening the link between students’ …

Funding Opportunity: India Initiative Internship for Faculty and Students

Student Internship Opportunities: The India Initiative announces internship funding for students at UW–Madison to carry out internships or other UW-supervised programs in India in summer 2010. Three grants of $2,000 are available. Students should send a letter of application along with one letter of reference to Lalita du Perron, associate director, Center for South Asia, …

Meet Jenny Parker: A Professional French Masters Program Student’s Year in Senegal

Jenny Parker is a student in the Professional French Masters Program at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. As part of the program she is required to do an internship in a francophone country. Because she already spent five years in France, Parker decided to do her internship in Senegal this year. In the following Q&A she …

Introducing Maj Fischer, First Managing Director of UW-Madison’s International Internship Program

The Division of International Studies has hired Maj Fischer to serve as the first managing director of the International Internship Program (IIP) at UW–Madison. IIP is a campus-wide, centralized international internship office funded by the Madison Initiative for Undergraduates (MIU) and was proposed jointly by the Division and the Office of Corporate Relations. The International …

UW-Madison Organizes a Global Real Estate Program [WSJ]

March 10, 2010, Wisconsin State Journal By Karen Rivedale UW–Madison is partnering with some of the world’s leading business schools to create a first-of-its-kind graduate degree in global real estate. The unique model for the new Global Real Estate Master will start American and foreign students at one of three international schools and then bring …

Internship Opportunity: Central Japan Railway Company (CJR)

Central Japan Railway Company (CJR) is offering up to three UW–Madison students an internship for  summer 2010. The position aims to offer an understanding of the CJR group business and managing status, to deepen the interns’ knowledge and experience in their areas of interesting, and to strengthen the relationship between two nations. Learn more about …

Summer Work Abroad Internships: Orientation and Interviews Jan. 25

You are invited to participate in paid summer jobs and internships available in: Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Ireland, England, Finland, China, Mongolia, Japan, Singapore, Australia, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Mexico. Student orientation and interviews will be held Monday, January 25, 2010 from 3-6 p.m. in Ingraham Hall, Room 206. Positions are available in fields such as …

International Internships Provide Real World Experience

International Academic Programs (IAP) is offering students the exciting opportunity to intern abroad for academic credit and gain real world experience for their career.  International internships provide students with the opportunity to gain experience in the field, determine if they have an interest in a particular career, and create a network of contacts. Anthony Wilder, …

Chronicle Covers UW’s Int’l Economic Development Taskforce

Universities Offer International Resources to Help Economy at Home By Karin Fischer The Chronicle of Higher Education, November 15, 2009 Universities, with their global reach and increasingly international missions, can use their overseas connections and expertise to improve their state and local economies. That was the argument made by speakers at a panel discussion Sunday …

UW-Madison Students Seek International Life, Outlook

UW–Madison News Release by Masarah Van Eyck Before leaving for Ireland last September, University of Wisconsin–Madison student Sarah Zink wrote about her expectations of the study abroad experience that awaited her. “What I really want is an experience I can look back on as being life-changing,” Zink wrote. “I can’t wait to learn about a …