One of the most hallowed traditions and values of UW-Madison, the Wisconsin Idea, holds that the benefits of the university should extend beyond the borders of campus to every corner of the state. The International …
Peace Corps
International Division Proud to Welcome Peace Corps Director Aaron Williams for International Education Week
The University of Wisconsin–Madison’s International Division was proud to host former Peace Corps director Aaron Williams (MBA ’73) to deliver a keynote discussion Monday on his new book, “A Life Unimagined” to kick off International …
UW Alum Aaron Williams to deliver keynote speech at International Education Week
Growing up in the 1950s in a segregated neighborhood on Chicago’s southside, UW alumnus Aaron Williams, MBA ’73 was influenced early on to consider possibilities beyond his working-class neighborhood and even the borders of the …
Russian language skills lead Fulbright recipient Elizabeth Olguin to Kazakh classrooms
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 …
“If I had three minutes to talk to President Biden about the Peace Corps…”
To mark the 60th anniversary of the Peace Corps on March 1, University of Wisconsin-Madison hosted a conversation with 11 former Peace Corps directors. Topics ranged across the decades, with a focus on this unprecedented …
A Peaceful Partnership
For Robert Sarwark, joining the Peace Corps just made a lot of sense. As an undergraduate, the UW-Madison English/Creative Writing major (’06) had studied abroad in Spain, where he discovered a deep love for international …
Conversation Takes a Village
Teri Allendorf applied for the Peace Corps in the early 1990s with an eye toward East Africa, where she was hoping to use her knowledge of Swahili. But when the program gave her a list of …
Peace Corps milestone to feature historic gathering
On March 1, 1961, President John F. Kennedy signed an executive order that established the Peace Corps. That order has led to more than 240,000 Americans serving worldwide, including over 6,400 Wisconsinites, nearly 3,300 of …
UW–Madison ranked 1st in producing Peace Corps volunteers
The Peace Corps has announced that for the fourth year in a row, the University of Wisconsin–Madison is No. 1 on the agency’s list of top volunteer-producing colleges and universities in 2020. There are 79 …
Bonding over Bieber: Small connections create big impacts in the Peace Corps
As a top producer of Peace Corps volunteers, many UW–Madison alums and Wisconsinites across the state hold the organization close to heart. UW–Madison will host a series of events on campus and in the community, …