University of Wisconsin–Madison
Glimpse: Stories from Abroad Adam Lichtenheld “In an interdependent society, diplomacy is far too important to be entrusted to political leaders and their proxies. As a traveler, writer, and journalist, I have sought to do away with the superfluous, superficial, and simplistic depictions of foreign places that dominate the ‘conventional wisdom,’ using my words to …
From WISC-TV.com MADISON, Wis. — University of Wisconsin students whose study abroad trips to Mexico were sunk because of flu concerns are being offered other options. Last Friday, university officials canceled the trips this summer because of the so-called swine flu, or H1N1 virus, outbreak. To compensate, UW officials have set up alternate plans to …
Based on the recommendations of the university’s International Emergency Response Committee, Chancellor Biddy Martin is instructing campus units to cancel student programs in Mexico that are scheduled to depart before June 1. Programs that will not be operating include a language program in Oaxaca affecting 25 students; a nursing program based in Taxco involving eight …
From WISC-TV.com Concerns about swine flu are prompting possible travel changes for some University of Wisconsin students. VIDEO: Watch The Report Reports from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, World Health Organization and the U.S. State Department have cautioned people against traveling to Mexico because of swine flu, and that could mean some …
Watch the Madison CW report on the 2009 Study Abroad Photo Contest.
From Argentina to England to Jordan, a record number of 1,000 photos were submitted to this year’s Study Abroad Photo Contest. Winners were chosen from four different categories: Natural Landscapes, Urban Landscapes, People and Culture, and Badgers Abroad. The top three winners in each category will receive prizes and recognition in our joint Annual Photography …
By Elizabeth Redden, Inside Higher Education Sustainable study abroad. “It almost seems like an oxymoron,” says Daniel Greenberg, executive director of Living Routes, an Amherst, Mass.-based provider that runs study abroad programs in eco-villages. The perception of paradox, Greenberg says, has in some ways frozen the field. The prevailing sense is this: “You can’t be …
By: Andrea Carlson /The Daily Cardinal – March 9, 2009 UW–Madison students began a charity program in Kenya after visiting the country on a study abroad program last spring. When twelve UW–Madison students traveled to Kenya through a study abroad program in the spring of 2008, they had no idea how much the experience would affect …
The length of time students study overseas has no significant impact on whether they become globally engaged later in life, according to researchers at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, a conclusion that is sure to add fuel to the already fiery debate over the efficacy of increasingly popular short-term study-abroad programs. The findings of the …
By Elizabeth Redden, Inside Higher Education Ask study abroad professionals what their challenges are, and the increasing cost for students – followed by the rising cost of program administration and insufficient institutional scholarship support – top the list (according to a 2008 survey from the Forum on Education Abroad). A handful of colleges across the …