Post-event Media: UW Alumna, Nazi Opponent Honored at UW

The Division of International Studies presented the tenth annual Mildred Fish-Harnack Human Rights and Democracy Lecture on October 15, 2010. Continuing the university’s tradition of attentive scholarly promotion of human rights, Shareen Blair Brysac, returned to campus to read from her book, Resisting Hitler: Mildred Fish-Harnack and the Red Orchestra. Blair Brysac is an author, …

Post-event Media: WISc Scholars Program Welcomes 15 New Students

The Wisconsin International Scholars (WISc) Program is an honors enrichment program offered by the Division of International Studies for undergraduate students in any college or major who are interested in adding an international dimension to their education. The program provides students with scholarship, mentoring, and networking opportunities. In 2003, the program began with 10 students, …

Funding Opportunity: Center for Global Health 2011 Faculty and Staff Development Awards

Center for Global Health (CGH) Faculty and Staff Development Awards are available for UW faculty and staff who are CGH affiliates, to undertake international travel during 2011 that is related to educational and research activities, especially those involved in development of global health courses and/or initiation of field experiences and field research, which pertain directly …

UW Foundation Celebrates International Education, Research, Service

Last Friday the  University Wisconsin Foundation hosted its annual Bascom Hill Society Autumn Dinner Event, the theme of which was international education, research, and service at UW–Madison. Dean and Vice Provost Gilles Bousquet was the emcee extraordinaire! A highlight of the evening was this video on UW–Madison’s International Learning Community (ILC). What is the ILC? …

Nazi Fighter, Alumna Honored in Exhibit, Lecture

UW–Madison News Release – October 13, 2010 Mildred Fish-Harnack, a famous University of Wisconsin–Madison alumna who was the only American executed in Nazi Germany as an underground conspirator on orders of Adolf Hitler, is being honored in an exhibit opening today (Oct. 13) and a lecture Friday, Oct. 15. A native of Milwaukee, Fish-Harnack was …

Study Abroad Scholarships Named in Honor of Retiring UW Foundation President

Two study abroad scholarships – one to Asia,  the other to France – have been named  in honor of retiring UW Foundation president Andrew “Sandy” Wilcox. The scholarships will be administered through UW–Madison’s International Academic Programs (IAP) office. Read an article about Wilcox’s retirement ceremony in The Daily Cardinal. Read the university news  announcement, “Ceremony …

[The Badger Herald] International Students at UW on the Rise

The Badger Herald – October 12, 2010 EXCERPT: Currently there are 5,082 international students on campus, including degree-seeking and study abroad students, as well as undergraduate, graduate and professional students. This number has grown by over 5 percent from last year at this time and 10 percent from two years ago. By far, the largest …

[CHE] Universities’ Internationalization Strategies Vary Widely by Region

The Chronicle of Higher Education – October 6, 2010 EXCERPT: Universities throughout the world are increasingly focused on internationalizing, but their reasons, and the ways in which they proceed, vary widely by region. These are among the findings in a new report, “Internationalization of Higher Education: Global Trends, Regional Perspectives,” from the International Association of …

Post-event Media: Division of International Studies Advisory Board Met Oct. 7-8

The Division of International Studies welcomed its advisory board at an evening reception on Thursday, October 7, 2010. Speaking at the reception were Anthony Carroll, vice president of Manchester Trade Ltd. and adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, and Ambassador John E. Lange (ret.), senior program officer for developing-country policy …

Post-event Media: Wisconsin China Initiative Leadership Board Met Oct. 6-7

The Wisconsin China Initiative welcomed advisory board members from around the world for their annual leadership meeting held October 6-7, 2010. The two-day assembly began with a welcome reception and dinner, where new UW–Madison China studies faculty, Joseph Dennis, assistant professor of history, and Sida Liu, assistant professor of sociology, spoke. On Thursday, the board …