UW alumni Danny Kim ’08 received the Emerging Filmmaker Award at the Los Angeles Asia Pacific Film Festival in May. Danny received the award for his first feature documentary film, Zero Waste, which raises awareness of …
Alumni
IIP Alum, Partner Among First Graduating King-Morgridge Scholars
The first cohort of graduating King-Morgridge Scholars features an IIP alumna as well as a student instrumental in establishing a new internship abroad. Miranda Tichareva interned with the Madison Children’s Museum (MCM) and Play Africa, …
Michelle Kern Hall receives International Division Staff Excellence Award
IIP Director Michelle Kern Hall was selected as a 2021 co-recipient of the International Division‘s Staff Excellence Award, Category Two. This award was created in 2018 and recognizes staff with 8 or more years of …
IIP Alum is the “Mask Man”
Max Bock-Aronson ’13 was inspired to create a facial covering after experiencing air pollution during his time studying abroad in Singapore. While an undergrad Bock-Aronson also spent time abroad in Puerto Rico, interning through the …
10 Moments from 10 Years of IIP
As we celebrate 10 years we’re looking back to remember 10 moments from our first decade. From getting started, to new partnerships and scholarships, awards and even virtual internships we’ve come a long way. IIP …
A 10th Anniversary Message from Vice Provost and Dean Guido Podestá
One of the cornerstones of the UW–Madison experience is that Badgers have ample opportunity to prepare for their professional life. Students are encouraged to dream big—not only about how their choices could impact themselves, but …
10th Anniversary Message from the Director
2020 is a strange time to look back on ten years of the International Internship Program at UW-Madison and simultaneously try to imagine the next ten. I joined our founding director, Maj Fischer, in IIP’s …
A Video Message from Founding Director, Maj Fischer
IIP’s founding director, Maj Fischer, has a message for alumni as she looks back to the beginning of IIP and how far we’ve come. Maj returned to UW-Madison and started the program in February 2010 …
Alumni Profile: Emily Alff, Austria 2017
Emily Alff ’18 completed a WEDC-sponsored domestic internship with Matrix Product Development in Sun Prairie, WI in summer 2016. She then interned with Braintribe in Vienna, Austria in summer 2017 after studying abroad in Austria …
Alumni Profile: Samuel Andryk, Ecuador 2015
Samuel Andryk ’15 was a summer 2015 intern at the Centro Ecuatoriano Norteamericano in Guayaquil, Ecuador. At UW-Madison, he majored in International Studies and Spanish, with certificates in Afro-American Studies and African Studies, and studied …