University of Wisconsin–Madison
A new scholarship created by the Promega Corporation will enable undergraduate science majors at the University of Wisconsin–Madison to work abroad as interns on projects aimed at improving the quality of life in the world. Promega has committed $100,000 over the next four years to support undergraduate scientific internship experiences. In addition to advancing professional …
International Academic Programs (IAP), the largest study abroad office at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has launched a scholarship program that offers individual awards starting at $2,500 to enable more students to study abroad and then share their experiences with the campus community after they return. The IAP Scholars Program encourages students – including first-generation college …
Seven students at the University of Wisconsin–Madison were awarded International Internship Program (IIP) Travel Grant for the spring 2013 semester. This scholarship is awarded to students who undertake a work or volunteer internship placement overseas and simultaneously enroll in the university’s Worldwide Internship online seminar course, which guides students through issues related to globalization and …
Nearly 90 University of Wisconsin–Madison students preparing to embark on a variety of study abroad programs recently received scholarships totaling more than $125,000 to help pay their way. These students were honored November 29, at the Fall 2012 Study Abroad Scholarship Award Ceremony, hosted by the Division of International Studies and International Academic Programs (IAP). …
The University of Wisconsin–Madison continues to rank among the national leaders in the number of students studying abroad, with 2,159 students studying outside the United States for academic credit in 2010-11, according to the 2012 Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange. UW–Madison ranked ninth among peer institutions in the latest Open Doors Report, published …
Nancy Heingartner never expected that studying in Soviet Union to teach Russian language would lead to diplomatic work. Yet Heingartner went on to receive a Fascell Fellowship in the late 1990s and worked for a year and a half for the U.S. State Department in Kiev, Ukraine. She even got to meet then-President Bill Clinton. …
Where in the world do you want to go? What do you want to see, learn and experience? Students at the University of Wisconsin–Madison can begin finding their answers to these questions at the annual Study Abroad Fair. The fair provides a one-stop marketplace, where they can explore a myriad of international academic opportunities, imagine …
Each year, Global Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison awards Scott Kloeck-Jenson Fellowships to outstanding graduate students whose work deepens international understanding and global social justice—while embodying the Wisconsin Idea, the belief that education should influence and improve the lives of people beyond the university campus. Scott Kloeck-Jenson, after whom this award is named, lived …
Lauren Buckley, a senior majoring in chemistry and biochemistry, was selected as a 2012-13 Luce Scholar—the second person from the University of Wisconsin–Madison accepted into this prestigious program in recent years. The Henry Luce Foundation created the year-long Luce Scholars Program to increase awareness about Asia among potential leaders in American society who have had …
The seeds of Dan Gold’s international interests were planted even before he was born, when his parents took a year off to travel around the world. “I remember hearing about that trip and seeing the pictures,” recalls Gold, who lived in the San Francisco Bay area and Northern Virginia while growing up. “It inspired me …