Incorporating international news reports into school-wide announcements, having high school students give language lessons to elementary students, and hosting international dinners for the community are among the ideas for increasing global awareness offered by high …
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Russian-language summer program for under-served youth receives $230,000
The Pushkin Summer Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has been awarded two grants totaling $230,000 to help fund summer Russian-language classes for high school students from under-represented, low-income and minority communities. A $90,000 grant …
Project Pengyou aims to build Chinese-American bridges among UW students
After spending four weeks in China as a Global Gateway Scholar last summer, Tammy Tian returned to the University of Wisconsin–Madison, determined to bring some of her experiences back to campus. Tian, a junior studying …
World Appreciation Day brings middle schoolers to UW-Madison
World Appreciation Day brought 400 middle school students, teachers, and chaperones from nine schools in southern and central Wisconsin to Union South on the UW-Madison campus on November 17, 2014, for a morning of sessions …
Study Abroad Fair: Let Your Wisconsin Experience Take You Far
Students come to the University of Wisconsin–Madison for the “Wisconsin Experience” – an undergraduate education that happens both in and out of the classroom, preparing them to positively impact the world. For many Badgers, the …
Global Gateway opens up world for UW students
Joann Huynh had no intention of studying abroad when she came to the University of Wisconsin–Madison. “I had never been far from home or my parents, let alone out of the country,” says Huynh, of …
UW-Madison’s Dowling wins top US spot in Chinese speech contest
Brendan Dowling, a recent University of Wisconsin–Madison graduate, placed first among U.S. students and third among students from the Americas at the 13th Chinese Bridge – Chinese Proficiency Competition for Foreign College Students, held July 2-August …
UW’s Tianjin program gives UW students strong boost in Chinese
Brendan Dowling had never studied Chinese—or any other foreign language—when he received a grant to travel to China during his first year as a student at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. After returning to Madison after …
UW-Madison Russian Flagship Program awards 27 scholarships
The Russian Flagship Program at the University of Wisconsin–Madison has received more than $265,000 for student scholarships from the National Security Education Program in the U.S. Department of Defense to support intensive language study in …
WIOC-Urban League initiative introduces middle schoolers to other countries, cultures
Kaylah Cruz Herrera posed a couple of questions to her young audience at Madison’s Toki Middle School: Where do you want to go to study abroad? What language do you want to learn? Herrera, a …