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by Gena Kittner for the Wisconsin State Journal Two Dane County school districts will be saying “hola ” to new language programs at the elementary level this fall.In the Oregon School District, Spanish will be taught in kindergarten through fourth grades starting this fall, with fifth and sixth grades added in the fall of 2009, …
A Lecture and Discussion Presented by Eswar Prasad – Senior Professor of Trade Policy at Cornell University Date: February 18, 2008 Time: 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM Location: ATT Lounge, Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St. Cost: Free and open to the public Email: wage@intl-institute.wisc.edu Visit the event website: http://wage.wisc.edu/events/?ID=411 Eswar Prasad was China desk officer …
Applications are now being accepted for two graduate fellowships: Global Studies awards Scott Kloeck-Jenson International Internship Grants to doctoral students interested in undertaking practitioner internships on social justice issues and Scott Kloeck-Jenson International Pre-Dissertation Travel Grants to support summer travel for doctoral students exploring potential field research sites. Deadline for applications is Friday, February 22, …
By Elizabeth Redden, Insider Higher Ed, January 24, 2008 For all the talk about getting visas for foreign scholars to teach at American campuses, there’s relatively little attention to how they fit in once they arrive. “People on campus generally aren’t talking about international faculty,” said Rebecca Theobald, of the University of Colorado at Boulder’s …
by Kristin Czubkowski, UW–Madison Communications While the average U.S. high school may not offer classes in Turkish or Indonesian, an international competition will soon be bringing them to Madison’s high school students. On Feb. 5, the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s School of Library and Information Studies and Edgewood High School will host the 2008 North American …
By Anjali Athavaley, The Wall Street Journal Callie Broughton had an eventful freshman year at Florida State University — in Spain. Ms. Broughton, now a 20-year-old junior, opted to study abroad in Valencia through a program for first-year students at Florida State. For one year, she lived in an apartment and took classes with other …
A new report on “Strengthening Study Abroad” from NAFSA: Association of International Educators is billed as “a report of presidents and provosts to presidents and provosts.” “We’re really engaging institutional leadership at the top,” said Marlene M. Johnson, executive director and CEO of NAFSA. “The premise of this report is that study abroad is an …
From UW–Madison Communications For the second straight year, the University of Wisconsin–Madison is second in the nation in producing alumni volunteers to the Peace Corps. The 2007 ranking continues the university’s strong relationship with the service institution, which included 20 straight years as the Corps’ top producer from 1986-2005. The rankings released this week by …
On October 11, the Division of International Studies in collaboration with the Center for South Asia, the Wisconsin Alumni Association and the UW Foundation launched the India Initiative with an evening reception at the Pyle Center. Faculty, alumni, and friends came to celebrate this unique project aimed to support, enhance, and increase awareness about India’s …
Through its International Academic Internship the Division of International Studies partners with businesses both in and out of Wisconsin to offer innovative way to give students the global competence they need to tackle these new challenges and to successfully navigate in an increasingly international workplace. At the same time, it gives Wisconsin businesses a global …