UW- Madison News — March 15, 2011 Celebrating 50 years of the Peace Corps and the state of Wisconsin’s history of volunteerism and public service, the University of Wisconsin-Madison will host a variety of free …
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Celebrating 50 Years of Peace Corps: Q & A with Madison and Chicago Peace Corps Represenatives
The Peace Corps is a celebrated organization working to help people around the world, while promoting a better understanding of Americans and of other people on the part of American volunteers. UW-Madison is presently ranked …
[UW Hillel] Blog Follows Student Volunteers in Rwanda
This week, twenty students from the University of Wisconsin Hillel are volunteering at The Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village in Rwanda, during their 2011 spring break. We invite you to follow their blog, an online portal where …
[CALS] Science Internationalization Course Development Awards Now Available!
The College of Agricultural and Life Sciences announces that course development awards are available to support UW–Madison faculty and instructional academic staff members in the sciences who wish to incorporate international content into one or …
[WAA France] UW Alumni Career Panel in France March 17
On Thursday, March 17, Wisconsin Alumni Association – France will host a panel of four UW alumni who will discuss points in their careers when they made difficult decisions or experienced challenges. Alumni and students …
[CIBER] Funding Opportunity: Global Research and Curriculum Development Grant Program
The UW-Madison Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) is pleased to offer a Global Research and Curriculum Development grant program for faculty and academic staff with instructional responsibilities. The deadline for the next …
Zhejiang University President Visits Campus
Wei Yang, president of Zhejiang University, spent February 20-21 on campus, learning more about the school where his parents met in the late 1940s. President Yang’s father, Guang-hua Yang, earned a Ph.D. in chemical engineering …
Dr. Lalita du Perron Helps Connect Madison to India
Dr. Lalita du Perron is the associate director of the Center for South Asia and the faculty associate for the India Initiative, as well as a faculty liaison for the study abroad program in Varanasi, …
[UW News] UW-Madison Ranks Eighth in Peace Corps Volunteers
UW-Madison News — February 3, 2011 For the 11th year in a row, UW-Madison has placed in the top tier of the Peace Corps’ nationwide list of large schools producing Peace Corps volunteers. With 91 …
[External News] UW-Madison and Egypt: Study Abroad Students Reflect on Protests and Campus Updates
The Badger Herald — February 6, 2011 “Egyptian Crisis Unlikely to Affect UW Programs”