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Contact: Elizabeth Covington, Executive Director, European Studies Alliance, (608) 265-4778, eecovington@wisc.edu The Center for German and European Studies (CGES) at University of Wisconsin–Madison has received a grant for $530,000 from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) renewing the center’s funding through 2012. “Writing a successful grant this time was a terrific challenge because DAAD had …
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 prefer short-term programs to the semester-long and yearlong programs that many overseas institutions continue to offer. The report, “Meeting America’s …
By Elizabeth Redden, Inside Higher Ed “Elitist, frivolous, escapist.” “Divisive, political, provincial.” Such are some common perceptions of college officials involved in internationalization (see the former colorful set of adjectives) and multicultural education (see the latter) — perceptions that are among the challenges to cooperation between the two fields, as outlined during an American Council …
By KARIN FISCHER and BETH MCMURTRIE, The Chronicle of Higher Education Washington– More than 9,000 participants from 110 countries gathered here to talk about the future of international education as the 60th annual meeting of Nafsa: Association of International Educators kicked off this week. The conference, which runs through Friday, will examine some of the …
CONTACT: Aseem Ansari, (608) 265-4690, ansari@biochem.wisc.edu MADISON – Although still recovering from jet lag, a group of 15 undergraduate students from India are getting situated in various labs across the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus, where they will spend the summer conducting research. They are the first official participants in the university’s Khorana Scholars Program, which …
The new online version of más+menos 9 at www.ciee.org/masmenos, the magazine created each semester by students on the Liberal Arts program at the CIEE Study Center in Sevilla, Spain features stories by UW–Madison study abroad students. Philology students at the Universidad de Sevilla are paired with CIEE students and staff to work together on the …
By Kellee Edmonds, for the American Council on Education Washington, DC (May 22, 2008)—Despite ongoing efforts to broaden global knowledge and understanding, an analysis by the Center for International Initiatives at the American Council on Education (ACE) finds that internationalization is not a high priority on most college campuses. Mapping Internationalization on U.S. Campuses: 2008 …
By JO ANNE KILLEEN for Onalaska Community Life Natalie Ammerman, a 2004 graduate of Holmen High School, has been accepted as part of a group of professional students to tour Uganda and help in hospitals, medical clinics and pharmacies. Ammerman, 22, is a doctor of pharmacy candidate at the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Pharmacy. …
By Tom Still, Wisconsin Technology Council MADISON – In his book on the plight of the Midwest in the global economy, Richard Longworth of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs laments that Wisconsin and its neighbors worry too much about what’s happening just across the border when the real competition is half a world away. …
The World Trade Center Wisconsin presents an executive briefing on entering the global marketplace, focusing on building a solid foundation for international success. This interactive briefing will be presented by local practitioners in key areas of international business. For more details, including an agenda and registration information, please click here. Date: 6/5/2008 Time: 7:30 a.m. …