USA Today – December 8, 2010 EXCERPT: Scores from the 2009 Programme for International Student Assessment to be released Tuesday show 15-year-old students in the U.S. performing about average in reading and science, and below …
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[USA Today] College Study Abroad Suffers its First Decline
USA Today – November 15, 2010 EXCERPT: The number of U.S. students earning college credit abroad dipped in 2008-09, the first decline in the 22 years since the data have been tracked, a State Department-funded …
Japanese Consul General of Chicago to Speak on Japan-U.S. Relations and Business Relations
“Japan-U.S. Relations: Building for the future” Guest Lecture: George Hisaeda Japanese Consul General of Chicago Thursday, November 18th, 2010 11:00am-12:00pm, Grainger Hall 3070 Sponsored by the Center for East Asian Studies and the Center for …
Social Entrepreneurship: A Revolutionary Mechanism or Simply a Different Perspective?
The example of Greenlight Planet with Patrick Walsh, Founder of Greenlight Planet, Inc. Presented in partnership with UW-Madison Sustainability Initiative, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and the Office of Corporate Relations. Greenlight Planet: Quality Technology …
Funding Opportunity: CIBER Global Research and Curriculum Development Program
The Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) is offering a grant opportunity, Global Research and Curriculum Development Program. The application deadline is Friday, October 1, and the maximum award for this program is $7,500. Eligibility: …
Post-event Media: Global Citizens Conference Welcomes Returned Study Abroad Students
Last Friday, September 10, a group of returned study abroad students gathered at the Lowell Center. They were welcomed by the International Academic Program office’s staff and the Dean and Vice Provost Gilles Bousquet. Dean …
UW-Madison Diversity Programs Undergo Realignment
UW News Release, August 4, 2010 By Stacy Forster University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin and Provost Paul M. Deluca Jr. have approved a number of new initiatives to strategically align and enhance diversity efforts …
Redesigned UW Home Page Highlights Int’l Offerings: Web site Launched Today!
University Communications launched the redesigned university home page today! This new site is designed to highlight the university’s successes in teaching, research, and public service, and to celebrate the people, achievements, and events that reflect UW-Madison’s …
India Initiative Internship Funding Awarded
The UW India Initiative is pleased to announce three awards meant to establish or expand internship and study abroad opportunities for UW students in the future. UW junior Alison Scharman will spend the 2010 summer …
First Lady Encourages High School Graduates to Study Abroad
In her commencement address last Friday at Anacostia Senior High School in Washington, DC, First Lady Michelle Obama encouraged the graduating class—90 per cent of whom will attend college in the fall, many as the …