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Study Abroad
2018 Spring Scholarship Award Ceremony launches students abroad
The campus community gathered at Gordon Dining Commons on April 10 to celebrate the latest group of Badgers planning to study, intern, and research abroad. The 2018 Spring Scholarship Award Ceremony was an opportunity to celebrate not only students …
Bridging Mountains: The Appalachians and the Himalayas are on opposite sides of the globe, but with surprising connections
In 2006, musician and music teacher Tara Linhardt ’94 was traveling around Nepal with her partner, Danny Knicely, hoping to renew old ties from a UW study-abroad program some 14 years earlier. While the pair …
Awards poise students for “life-changing experiences” abroad
“If you go into an experience knowing a lot, you will return knowing even more.” School of Education Dean Diana Hess offered these words of advice to during the 2017 International Division Scholarship Award Ceremony. …
‘Blue collar’ UW student wins scholarship to study in England
A UW-Madison graduate focusing on breaking down voting barriers has been selected as one of 43 students in the U.S. to receive the Marshall Scholarship to study in the United Kingdom.
UW-Madison ranked #1 for semester study abroad participation
The University of Wisconsin–Madison has been ranked as #1 for semester-long study abroad participation among all U.S. public institutions, and #14 among all U.S. universities and colleges for total students studying abroad, up two positions …
UW-Madison’s Hawkins to lead study abroad opportunity in China
If you’re interested in studying comparative education in China next summer, apply to this four-week study abroad program led by School of Education Professor Maggie Hawkins.
Erin Hoy, DAAD Young Ambassador
Erin Hoy is a UW-Madison student studying Neurobiology and German. While studying abroad in Germany she was nominated to be a DAAD Young Ambassador. Young Ambassadors are undergraduate students from North America that recently studied …
Africa in Our Lives: Dave Bresnahan
PhD candidate Dave Bresnahan’s first taste of African Studies was through the work of Philip Curtin, one of the founders of the African Studies Program at UW-Madison. Since then, Dave has never looked back. He …
Kinesiology’s Galvan reflects on study abroad experience in Argentina, Uruguay
While many UW–Madison students spend their summers taking classes in Madison or staying at home with family, others choose to do something a little more out of the ordinary: study abroad.