As part of the Year of the Humanities series, free, public lectures, panels, performances, and a film screening will explore the latest in what is new and exciting in humanities thought, teaching, and research. International …
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Brittany Killian Awarded $6,000 to Study in Beijing
Brittany Killian was recently awarded a $6,000 scholarship from the U.S. Department of Education, International Education Program Service – Fulbright-Hays Groups Project Abroad (GPA) Project: Advanced Chinese Language Training Programs. She will be studying abroad …
UW Alumn Serves in U.S. Embassy in Baghdad
Nick Holt graduated from UW-Madison in 2002 with a BA in International Relations [now International Studies]. He studied abroad in Cairo, Egypt. After graduation he worked for international relief organizations in the West Bank, Iraq, …
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 …
More than 700 Wisconsin Students to Attend World Languages Day
CONTACT: Wendy Johnson, 608-262-1473, wsjohnso@wisc.edu UW News — MADISON – For some of Laura Koebel’s students at Plymouth High School, “ethnic” food means a Hawaiian pizza. So an excursion to an East African restaurant such …
Director Shares Her Passion for Languages [Wisconsin Week]
UW-Madison News (Oct. 7, 2009) – In elementary school, most Wisconsin residents probably looked ahead to language study as an “either-or” proposition: a few years of high school French or Spanish, maybe German. Lucky ones, …
Peace Corps Representative and First Lady Jessica Doyle to Speak on “How Language Learning and the Peace Corps Influenced my Life”
Language for Life is hosting the event “How Language Learning and the Peace Corps Influenced my Life” which will take place Tuesday, October 20 from 4-5 p.m. in the On Wisconsin Room at the Red …
New Web Site Highlights Importance of Global Competence
The American Council on Education and Coalition for International Education are pleased to announce the launch of the new U.S. Global Competence website. This new website highlights the urgent need for international and foreign language …
Channel 27 News: From Tehran to Madison
Local Iranian citizen reacts to protests, unrest [Note: Mirsharifi is a doctoral student in UW-Madison’s Second Language Acquisition (SLA) program. She is teaching in the university’s summer Arabic & Persian Immersion Program (APIP) coordinated by …
World Languages Day: Monday, April 20, 2009
World Languages Day is an educational outreach program of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Language Institute. At World Languages Day, high school students from throughout the state of Wisconsin gather on the UW-Madison campus to experience …