University of Wisconsin–Madison
Summer 2024 was a time to celebrate global connections and reaffirm the role partners around the world play in creating opportunities for international exchange. Dean Frances Vavrus and a delegation of university leaders and faculty, including Chancellor Mnookin, Vice Provost for Enrollment Management Derek Kindle, WSB Dean Vallabh “Samba” Sambamurthy, WFAA Chief Alumni Office and …
The long-standing partnership between the UW–Madison and Nazarbayev University (NU) is entering a new era marked by leadership changes but with a continued commitment to collaboration. In June, Dean Frances Vavrus traveled to Nazarbayev University to celebrate its newest graduates and to sign a new memorandum of understanding (MOU) with NU. This agreement will guide …
Russian has taken 2016 UW–Madison graduate Elizabeth Olguin everywhere from her ballet classes in the U.S. to development projects in Moldova. Thanks to a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Award for 2021-2022, her next destination will be a classroom in Kazakhstan. Olguin began taking Russian in her freshman year of college at Ohio State University and …