Nine University of Wisconsin–Madison undergraduates are receiving David L. Boren Scholarships to fund their study abroad during the 2014-15 academic year. Also, one UW–Madison graduate student is receiving a Boren Fellowship, which supports dissertation research …
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Nine UW-Madison students receive Critical Language Scholarships
Nine students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have been awarded a U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) to study critical needs languages during the summer of 2014. These students are among approximately 550 …
Bon voyage: UW students going abroad in 2014 get advice, awards
Watch for the possibilities. Joe Elder offers that piece of advice to students preparing to embark soon on a variety of international programs, experiences that will take them far from the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus. …
Alumni talk about leveraging language skills into careers
“What can I do with this language?” It’s a question that Michael Kruse often hears from undergraduates at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, which offers instruction in dozens of languages – from those most widely used …
IAP Scholars promote study abroad with ‘Share Your Experience’ projects
Being able to share her study abroad experience with other students at the University of Wisconsin–Madison “made it that much more meaningful for me, because I began to feel like what I had to say …
Joe Elder looks back at 60-year journey
As noon approached, the seats in Ingraham Hall, Room 206 – a frequent venue for scholarly lectures on international topics – filled quickly. This audience had come to hear a speaker who easily could deliver …
Morris’ passion for Brazil leads to travel scholarship
Katie Morris speaks with such enthusiasm about the culture and people of Brazil that it’s easy to overlook the fact that the University of Wisconsin-Madison senior has yet to set foot in South America’s largest …
Special lecture: What questions has Joe Elder been asking?
Joe Elder and his bride, Joann, sailed to India in 1951 to teach English in high schools in Tamilnadu. Part of their reimbursement after they returned was to be a free year of graduate study …
Study tour brings Fukushima University students to UW-Madison
In the days leading up to the third anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan, Madison will host a group of students from Fukushima University, who will speak at a public event about their …
Through Wisconsin International Scholars, students pursue global passion
While still in high school, Brett Schilke wanted to know more about Russia and its people than the Cold War material covered in his classes. Schilke worked with an Appleton, Wis., organization that partnered with …