By Sarah Butrymowicz, USA TODAY For years, rising numbers of U.S. college students have been packing their bags and flying overseas, typically to Europe, for a semester or year abroad and a wealth of irreplaceable …
Study Abroad
Top 10 Cures for Study Abroad Boredom [examiner.com]
By Jessica Warnock, examiner.com Inevitably, once you arrive to your new country, once all the orientations, paper-work filling sessions and unpacking is complete, you will at some point become incredibly and mind-numbingly bored. While it is …
From Molecular Science to Political Science: Pasteur Internship Introduces Students to Global Public Health
By Masarah Van Eyck, Division of International Studies Trucks, cabs, and horse-drawn carts compete for space with pedestrians and even goats below the skyscrapers of downtown Dakar, Senegal. But passing through the iron gates into …
All Abroad! Overseas Study Required at Goucher College [The Chronicle of Higher Ed]
By Karin Fischer, The Chronicle of Higher Education Goucher College’s picturesque campus, on 290 leafy acres just north of Baltimore, plays well in college-admissions materials. Officials at this private liberal-arts institution, however, hope students will …
UW senior serves as translator for Bucks’ Yi Jianlian [The Capital Times]
By Todd Finkelmeyer, The Capital Times Matt Beyer is the first to admit he’s catching his breath just a bit as he wraps up a whirlwind senior year at UW-Madison. “I’m not going to lie, …
Send More U.S. Students Abroad [The Christian Science Monitor]
We can’t be competitive globally if we lack exposure beyond US borders. By Thomas H. Kean and Lee H. Hamilton from the June 12, 2008 edition Both presidential candidates have identified the decline of America’s …
International Exposure Leads UW Student to Form Innovative Student Group on Stem Cell Research
By Dana Bedessem, Division of International Studies Bundled-up students file into the Paul Ebling Symposium Center with wind-burnt red cheeks and noses, brushing off the snow before finding a seat among the crowd. The auditorium …
Brainstorm: Why Study Abroad? [The Chronicle of Higher Education]
By Stan Katz, The Chronicle of Higher Education The Chronicle recently reported on a new American Council on Education report (“Mapping Internationalization on U.S. Campuses: 2008 Edition”) on the status of the internationalization of American …
Alumni Donations Make Study Abroad Possible: 2008 Study Abroad Award Ceremony
This year 50 undergraduate students received scholarships to study abroad in 23 different countries. The students come from all over Wisconsin and the U.S. and are highly diversified in majors and destination countries. At the …
Foreign Universities Want More U.S. Students [The Chronicle of Higher Ed]
By BETH MCMURTRIE for the Chronicle of Higher Education A new report by the Institute of International Education says that foreign universities would welcome more students from the United States but that American students increasingly …