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Many may be considering how you might respond to the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti earlier this week. Below is a list sent out by the Association of International Education Administrators (AIEA) that includes direct links to many of the charitable organizations responding to the crisis. FROM AIEA Disastrous Earthquake in Haiti — On Tuesday, January …
This week, February 5-6, 2010, UW–Madison will host an international conference titled, “The Global University: Past, Present, and Future Perspectives.” This event will bring together leading higher-education scholars from China, Australia, Canada, Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States to discuss (a) the role(s) universities have played-and continue to play-in a ‘global knowledge economy,’ …
Although its office is in the Animal Science Building on the UW–Madison campus, its funding comes mainly from the USDA. Its mission is a lofty one: to link the dairy industries of Wisconsin and the U.S. with dairy industries around the world to improve the quality of life and foster market development. And to transform …
New Perspectives on Gender and Human Security is a workshop to be held March 19-20, 2010. Individuals who would like to participate in the conference are asked to submit proposals by January 15. Read more details below. Although conventional notions of security have tended to focus on protecting states from external attack, the concept of …
Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE) and the Madison International Trade Association (MITA) will host a program that features two economic experts who will give their views on the prospects for economic recovery in 2010. The event will take place January 12 from 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. at the Fluno Center, Skyview Room. …
The Division of International Studies is enjoying a busy semester and we invite you to stay connected with our internationalization efforts and news. We’ve moved our Facebook group page to a fan page. Join us. You can also keep in touch with Dean Gilles Bousquet by joining his Facebook fan page. Finally, if you have …
LINCOLN, Neb. — Bojaio Sun knew next to nothing about football – or the state of Nebraska, for that matter – until he started looking for U.S. colleges and universities on the Internet. Now, as one of a growing number of Chinese students at the state’s flagship university here, he catches every game he can. …
Meet alumni abroad correspondents, Jeff Oloizia and Neal Vermillion. Follow their journeys abroad on the Badgers Abroad Blog. Below is an entry from Oloizia who highlights festivals in Japan. Great Festivals of Japan: Awa Odori Step outside the glass doors of Tokushima Station on any day of the year, and you may not be overwhelmed …
WPR News Headline — Although more international students are enrolling at American universities, the UW–Madison has actually seen its numbers drop this year. The Institute of International Education reports foreign student enrollment nationwide has gone up eight percent, for an all time high of about 672,000 students. Jason Jonely is the Assistant Director for International …
LODI – When Max Love attended the annual International Education Week at Lodi High School as a student there, it fueled his interest in global learning and led to his desire to serve in the Peace Corps in Eastern Europe. A 2009 Lodi High School graduate, he returned to the event this year as a …