Tag: Academic Courses

Redesigned UW Home Page Highlights Int’l Offerings: Web site Launched Today!

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University Communications launched the redesigned university home page today! This new site is designed to highlight the university’s successes in teaching, research, and public service, and to celebrate the people, achievements, and events that reflect UW–Madison’s unique spirit and personality. Specifically, the International tab has a prominent location on the home page in response to the common focus and continued efforts to …

Summer Program Offers Intensive Study of Baltic Area Languages

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UW News Release, June 10, 2010 By Gwen Evans The University of Wisconsin–Madison is an international leader in foreign languages, offering instruction in more than 80 modern and ancient languages, from Akan-Twi to Zulu. The campus also houses 11 area-studies centers, the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages and the National African Language Resource …

African Studies Program Helps Celebrate First World Cup Held in Africa

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UW–Madison News June 9, 2010 Soccer fans will pack local bars and restaurants for the start of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. But the UW–Madison African Studies Program (ASP) is offering a family-friendly spin on the world’s most important sporting event by partnering with Dungeon-Monroe neighborhood businesses and a Madison non-profit to host …

UW-Madison Organizes a Global Real Estate Program [WSJ]

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March 10, 2010, Wisconsin State Journal By Karen Rivedale UW–Madison is partnering with some of the world’s leading business schools to create a first-of-its-kind graduate degree in global real estate. The unique model for the new Global Real Estate Master will start American and foreign students at one of three international schools and then bring …

International Internships Provide Real World Experience

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International Academic Programs (IAP) is offering students the exciting opportunity to intern abroad for academic credit and gain real world experience for their career.  International internships provide students with the opportunity to gain experience in the field, determine if they have an interest in a particular career, and create a network of contacts. Anthony Wilder, …

International Research & Education in the News

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Are American Students Lazy? [Inside Higher Ed] 1/4/10 Gather faculty members together and it’s not hard to get them talking about the ways students disappoint. They text in class, expect extensions for no good reason, and act surprised when they don’t earn A’s. But when it comes to work ethic and manners, are there some …