Alumni and Friends Make the Difference

Thanks to the many and varied contributions of our alumni and friends, we are advancing internationalization across campus and beyond. A highlight this fall was an alumni and student gathering at the Thai Embassy in Washington, D.C. celebrating the success of the Washington D.C. Semester in International Affairs, now in its second year. This year, the …

The Importance of Working Overseas: Two Perspectives on International Internships

Today’s students need global skills and corporations increasingly are looking for globally-trained employees. With this in mind, the UW–Madison Division of International Studies, in partnership with the School of Business, the College of Engineering and Cross-College Biology Education, as well as friends and alumni, has launched the International Academic Internships Initiative (IAII). Last summer, in its …

Global Health Symposium

Untitled Document Call for Proposals Third Annual Global Health Symposium February 7, 2007, 5:00-8:00pm HSLC 1306 Interdisciplinary Approaches to Improving Global Health The UW–Madison Center for Global Health will sponsor its third annual symposium to highlight the exciting global health efforts of UW faculty, staff, and students, as well as colleagues from the Madison area …

Spring World Beyond Our Borders Book Series

Untitled Document FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: 12/29/2006 CONTACT: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communications, Division of International Studies, www.international.wisc.edu, UW–Madison, (608) 262-5590, rlhess@wisc.edu BOOKS ON GLOBAL FEMINISM, PINOCHET’S CHILE HEADLINE 2007 “WORLD BEYOND OUR BORDERS” SERIES Madison, WI – Books on global feminism and Pinochet’s Chile will lead off the University of Wisconsin–Madison International Institute and …

A Wider World View (Wisconsin State Journal)

http://www.madison.com/archives/read.php?ref=/wsj/2006/12/12/0612120032.php

The Language of Business

UW–Madison’s Language Institute is helping a generation of future professionals tap the power of bilingual talents in the global marketplace. For more on this UW Business News Wire story, click on the URL below. http://buswire.ocr.wisc.edu/

WUN Call for Proposals

http://www.international.wisc.edu/WUN/WUN2006-2007cfp.pdf

Canadian Grants Initiative

http://www.international.wisc.edu/news/canada.pdf

Op.Ed.: Travel Adjusts Attitudes

Sarah Howard, a UW–Madison senior majoring in journalism and political science, writes in a Badger Herald op. ed. piece during International Education Week that “students should be praised for their decision to go [study] abroad.” To read more, go to the URL below. http://badgerherald.com/oped/2006/11/17/travel_adjusts_attit.php

New York Times Environment Reporter to Speak

Untitled Document New York Times Environment Reporter to Speak Nov. 20 at UW–Madison MADISON — New York Times environment reporter *Andrew Revkin* will give a free public lecture at 4:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 20, in the Wisconsin Historical Society Auditorium, 816 State Street. Revkin’s illustrated talk, *”The Daily Planet: A Journalist’s Search for Sustainability, from …