Business News Wire Profiles Dean Bousquet

By Sharyn Alden, UW–Madison Business Wire Meet Gilles Bousquet, the UW–Madison dean with a passion for educating globally competent citizens… Click below for the full story. http://buswire.ocr.wisc.edu/leadstory/200609.php

Candidates’ Forum on Global Affairs

Untitled Document FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 CONTACT: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communications, Division of International Studies. UW–Madison, (608) 262-5590, rlhess@wisc.edu To download a flier for the event, click here. BALDWIN, MAGNUM TO PARTICIPATE IN FORUM ON GLOBAL AFFAIRS Madison, WI – The Democratic and Republican candidates for the Second Congressional District, …

UW Grad’s Project Portraits for World’s Orphans

by GAYLE WORLAND, Wisconsin State Journal Ben Schumaker’s “Memory Project” already connects the lives of thousands of American high schoolers with children living in orphanages in some of the world’s poorest countries. Tonight, it could grab the attention of millions of television viewers worldwide. Click below to read the full story… http://www.madison.com/wsj/mad/top/index.php?ntid=97491&ntpid=1

Perspectives on a Post-9/11 World

Untitled Document FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: Monday, August 28, 2006 CONTACT: Alison Alter, Associate Director, WAGE, (608) 262-9774, abalter@wisc.edu UW-MADISON FORUM TO OFFER PERSPECTIVES ON POST-9/11 WORLD Click here to download a pdf of the poster. Madison, WI – On the fifth anniversary of 9/11, the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Division of International Studies and the …

International Conference on Camus

Untitled Document FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: Monday, August 28, 2006 CONTACT: Carol Witzeling, Assistant Director, Center for Interdisciplinary French Studies, University of Wisconsin–Madison, cawitzel@wisc.edu, (608) 261-1018 CAMPUS TO BE FOCUS OF INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AT UW-MADISON Madison, WI – A literary figure that American undergraduates and academics have known about for at least a generation is …

Photos Celebrate Traveling the World

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: Thursday, August 24, 2006 CONTACT: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communications, Division of International Studies, UW–Madison, (608) 262-5590, rlhess@wisc.edu; Courtney Skare, Director of Marketing/Communications, International Academic Programs, UW–Madison, (608) 261-1020, caskare@bascom.wisc.edu EXHIBIT OF UW-MADISON STUDENTS’ PHOTOS CELEBRATES STUDY ABROAD, TRAVELING THE WORLD Madison, WI – Two dozen photographs from around the world …

UW Participates in Africa Fest

by Barbara Wolff, UW–Madison Communications Like rare perfume, the intoxicating call of African drums will waft over Madison’s Warner Park on Saturday, Aug. 26. The occasion is the eighth annual Africa Fest, sponsored by the African Association of Madison (AAM). Click below to read more http://www.news.wisc.edu/12806.html

New Federal Awards for Area, International Studies

Untitled Document DATE: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 CONTACT: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communications, Division of International Studies, UW–Madison, (608) 262-5590, rlhess@wisc.edu NEW FEDERAL GRANTS REFLECT CONTINUED PREEMINENCE OF UW-MADISON IN AREA, INTERNATIONAL STUDIES Madison, WI – Eight of UW–Madison’s international and area studies programs have been awarded a combined total of nearly four million dollars …

School strengthens its global perspective

by Kerry Hill Communications Coordinator, UW–Madison School of Education We live in a world that’s becoming increasingly interconnected, notes Ken Zeichner, the Hoefs-Bascom Professor of Teacher Education and the associate dean responsible for teacher and international education in the School of Education. “We want students coming out of here to have the broad perspective of …

World Music Festival Conversations

<brFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: Monday, August 21, 2006 CONCTACT: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communications, Division of International Studies, UW–Madison, rlhess@wisc.edu, (608) 262-5590; Esty Dinur, Marketing and Communications Manager, Wisconsin Union Theater, edinur@wisc.edu, (608) 262-3907 Madison World Music Festival Features Talks About World Music, Musicians Madison, WI – The Third Annual Madison World Music Festival, with …