Fangdi Pan is one of 142 selected students for Schwarzman Scholars Program, which provides full tuition for a one-year master’s program at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. She is a 2013 UW alum with majors …
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Alec Armon & Research Abroad in Chile
Alec Armon is an IS Major undergraduate currently enrolled at UW-Madison that has received funding for a research project in Chile. We asked Alec to give us a brief description of this exciting project: “My …
Grace A Zitzler & BEDA
Grace Zitzler is a 2017 graduate who majored in Community and Nonprofit Leadership with a certificate in European Studies. She is now teaching English in Madrid, Spain, through a program called BEDA. “If I think …
IS Major+Wisconsin in Washington D.C. Returned Students Panel
Andrew Hoffman, Jenni Geurink, Andrew Strother and Nate Fitzhenry Wisconsin in Washington D.C. (WIW) is an academic internship program combining near full-time internships, UW coursework, arranged student housing and activities, front-end assistance in gaining internships, and …
Senior IS Major, Ruth Lied interned in Ljubljana, Slovenia
Lied, a UW–Madison senior majoring in International Studies and French, is interested in a career in diplomacy. Her time at the U.S. embassy provided invaluable insight into which positions she might want to pursue and …
Samuel W. Jack & USAID
UW Majors: International Studies, 2005 Law School: George Washington University, 2008 Washington, D.C. Attorney Advisor for Acquisition & Assistance in the USAID Office of General Counsel When reflecting back on his years as an undergrad …
Emily Woerfel & Working Abroad
Interview conducted on May 15th by IS Major Communications Intern, Ayu Iwaoka Emily Woerfel, 2010 UW Alum triple major with International Studies, Spanish and Linguistics, is an ESL specialist at Colegio Abat Oliba Loreto in Spain. …
Neha Lugo & U.S. Department of State
Story courtesy of the Wisconsin Alumni Association. ‘Forward Under 40’ honors young alumni The Wisconsin Alumni Association recognizes eight alumni under the age of 40 who are leveraging the benefits of their UW education to better their cities, …
UW alumna Jenna Bushnell: A voice for Peace Corps volunteers around the world
Story published by The Morgridge Center for Public Service Posted Aug 05, 2015 In March 1961, President John F. Kennedy signed Executive Order 10924, creating the Peace Corps – an experimental initiative designed to send American …