University of Wisconsin–Madison
For students aspiring to research or study internationally, receiving a Boren Award means an opportunity to pursue their interests around the globe. The awards, administered by the Institute of International Education (IIE) with support from the National Security Education Program (NSEP), give students opportunities to study and research international languages, cultures, and global issues. Two …
Samantha McCabe, interim assistant dean and director of International Student Services (ISS), has been selected as the permanent director of ISS. Her new appointment was effective May 1. McCabe served as the interim lead since October 2019, leading a team of 15 staff members responsible for supporting international students across myriad areas including immigration, programming, …
Everyone knows that it’s good to have a backup plan. So when the COVID-19 pandemic first surfaced, Randall Dunham and the global programs staff at the Wisconsin School of Business quickly got to work developing not just Plan B, but rough sketches for Plans C and D as well. In a typical year, the Wisconsin …
A new report reveals second-year research findings from a unique study of current and former UW–Madison students of HMoob (Hmong)* descent, a population of students rarely researched in higher education. The qualitative study, based on the participation of nearly 100 members of the university’s HMoob American student community, focuses on how their ethnic studies courses and programs impact their …
The pandemic couldn’t hold them back — they’ve won major national academic honors, appeared on network TV shows, helped classmates avoid COVID-19, improved the campus, and even won a Grammy. Here’s a look at just a few of the students who will be graduating from UW–Madison May 8. Consider them a small subset of the …
For Robert Sarwark, joining the Peace Corps just made a lot of sense. As an undergraduate, the UW–Madison English/Creative Writing major (’06) had studied abroad in Spain, where he discovered a deep love for international travel. A year or so after graduating, he heard a friend talking about the positive experiences he’d had with AmeriCorps. …
Lusayo Mwakatika grew his first garden at the age of 14. He harvested his own vegetables, sold them to friends and neighbors, and used the earnings as his allowance. It was a living extension of the passion for agriculture he developed while growing up in Malawi, where farming is a pillar of culture.
In fall 2020, members of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Engineers Without Borders (EWB-UW) student chapter concluded a project that brought clean water to 130 homes in the rural community of Zapote, Guatemala. The system runs from a mountain spring and includes more than nine miles of piping largely buried in hand-dug trenches. Spanning five years …
Thank you to all who participated in Day of the Badger 2021. Whether you supported the International Division by sharing a global memory on social media or made a gift that will support international experiences, we appreciate it! Thanks to 26 generous gifts, more than $4,600 was raised for international initiatives and programming. That is …
Through poetry, Hajjar Baban has found her voice and her calling. Her chosen field, she says, allows her to “be honest about my understanding of the world while changing and imagining new ways of being. Baban has been named one of 30 recipients of a 2021 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans, a …