University of Wisconsin–Madison
The University of Wisconsin–Madison – along with more than 1,000 organizations worldwide – will mark Global Entrepreneurship Week during the week of November 15. Led by its Office of Corporate Relations, the university is taking part in a number of events on and off campus, including: Entrepreneurial Boot Camp: From November 15-20, UW–Madison students will …
UW–Madison News Release by John Lucas FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 11/6/09 CONTACT: Aaron Brower, 608-262-5246, ambrower@wisc.edu University of Wisconsin–Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin and the Madison Initiative for Undergraduates Oversight Committee have identified eight proposals, ranging from an electronic system designed to capture notes of student meetings with advisers to College of Letters & Science faculty lines, …
The Millennium Development Goals Awareness Project will host Act for the World: Educational Forum on the United Nations Millennium Development Goals Forum, an event for students from all majors on Thursday, October 22, from 4-7 p.m. at Memorial Union, Great Hall. The Millennium Development Goals Awareness Project – a special project of International Student Services, Global …
John Hearn, deputy vice-chancellor (International) of the University of Sydney (in the white shirt) , and Gilles Bousquet, dean of the Division of International Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, signed a campus-wide student exchange agreement August 28, 2009 at the University Club in Madison. UW–Madison students will be able to directly enroll in University …
By G. Jeffrey MacDonald, Special for USA TODAY Lasha Carey wasn’t especially interested in community service work before she enrolled last year as a freshman at The College of New Jersey in Ewing, N.J. But that’s changed in a big way through the power of peer influence. Inspired by classmates who gave her a taste …
EXTENDED DEADLINE April 7, 2008, 4:00 pm in 261 Bascom One more opportunity to apply! The Washington DC Semester in International Studies has been extended to April 7, 2008. The program offers qualified undergraduates the opportunity to intern in an agency, corporation, non-profit organization or embassy with an international affairs focus and to receive university …
Applications are now being accepted for two graduate fellowships: Global Studies awards Scott Kloeck-Jenson International Internship Grants to doctoral students interested in undertaking practitioner internships on social justice issues and Scott Kloeck-Jenson International Pre-Dissertation Travel Grants to support summer travel for doctoral students exploring potential field research sites. Deadline for applications is Friday, February 22, …
Through its International Academic Internship the Division of International Studies partners with businesses both in and out of Wisconsin to offer innovative way to give students the global competence they need to tackle these new challenges and to successfully navigate in an increasingly international workplace. At the same time, it gives Wisconsin businesses a global …
UW–Madison’s growing International Academic Internship program places students in businesses across the globe. By Masarah Van Eyck, UW–Madison Division of International Studies Featured on UW-Business News Wire Prairie du Chien native Megan Bender learned about more than water distribution while serving as an intern with Abbott Fund in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania last summer. The …
Wisconsin State Journal, November 8, 2007 The increasing interdependence of the world ‘s economy is practically a fixture in the news these days, and for good reason. Whether it ‘s the need for global competence (claimed in this week ‘s New York Times), or the increase of outsourcing and immigration (described in last week ‘s …