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WISLI Alumni Show How Language Studies Open Global Doors

Wrapping up the first week of this year’s Wisconsin Intensive Summer Language Institutes (WISLI), a series of five “Global Professionals” panel sessions on June 19 showed current students how their language pursuits could turn into globally connected careers. Leaders from fields in public service, research, and international development shared honest stories about how language skills …

CSEAS Announces Large-Scale Initiative for Sustainable Southeast Asian Language Education

The Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS), part of the Institute for Regional and International Studies (IRIS) at UW–Madison, is launching the next phase of its significant, long-standing efforts in sustainable Southeast Asian language education. This four-year project, led by Principal Investigator Erlin Barnard in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, is generously supported …

UW–Madison celebrates U.S.-Indonesia relations with language contest and visit from dignitaries

Seventy years ago, the U.S. and Indonesia established diplomatic ties, creating a long, fruitful relationship. Students, faculty, staff, and community members gathered to mark that relationship at a day of activities attended by Indonesian Ambassador to the United States Mahendra Siregar and Consul General Rosmalawati Chalid. During his remarks, Ambassador Siregar discussed the growth of …