Tag: International Partnerships

Bousquet Reflects on Kazakhstan Initiative

  For up-to-date information, go to the UW-Nazarbayev University Project website. Gilles Bousquet, dean of the Division of International Studies and vice provost for globalization at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, recently traveled to Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, where UW–Madison is engaged in a ground-breaking higher-education initiative. Bousquet talks about the initiative and his experiences …

Brewers welcome Chinese Champions

A group of elite Chinese athletes studying at the University of Wisconsin–Madison got an inside look at America’s national pastime last week – while serving a few surprises for their hosts. Fifteen members of the Chinese Champions Program, visiting UW–Madison for nine months of language and culture studies, attended the sold-out Milwaukee Brewers game against …