By Steven Barcus Sometimes the gains from a degree go beyond what is learned in the classroom. That was the case for Tatsuro Kozaki, who enrolled in UW–Madison’s master’s program in nuclear engineering and engineering physics (NEEP) …
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Alumnus shares Wisconsin ag expertise with Japanese Dairy Farms
Read about alumnus Kazutoshi Ueno who helped create a new summer 2018 internship with Horai Dairy at Senbonmatsu Farm in Japan. By Steve Barcus Wisconsin’s reputation as a leading producer and innovator in the dairy industry …
Health access program bridges micro-finance, health for Uganda’s poor
Health Access Connect hosts UW-Madison interns through the International Internship Program. Find the postings for the summer 2018 Media & Communications Internship and the Monitoring & Evaluation Internship. By David Tenenbaum In 2008, Kevin Gibbons began …
International Education Week: State Dept, Global Cafe & Alumni
Happy International Education Week! We are celebrating international education here at UW-Madison all week long with great opportunities to learn and engage about opportunities on and beyond campus. IIP is co-sponsoring several events highlighted below. …
High-Speed Internship Features Lessons in Japanese Transportation and Work Culture
A summer internship with the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) is giving students incredible insights into one of the world’s leading high-speed-rail operators as well as the professional culture of Japan. The internship, developed by University of …
UW Grad Represents US at World Expo in Kazakhstan
Vera Swanson still remembers registering for her first semester of fall classes in 2012. Now as a graduated UW alumna, Swanson looks back fondly on her enrollment in an introductory Russian course. After all, this …
A Student of the World
(Photo by Sarah Morton) Over the past four years, the possibilities for language study have exceeded my expectations. I have studied abroad in Jordan and China, participated in internships in Ecuador and Uganda, completed a research …
On Venezuela and Interpreting: LACIS Alum Cameron Perra
By Eli Weiner (LACIS Social Media/Outreach Intern, BBA – Marketing, BA – LACIS, ’16) **Cameron Perra is an IIP alum who interned in Chile during the summer of 2014** LACIS alum Cameron Perra is currently working …
Kasai’s Journey: From UW Student to Chairman of Central Japan Railway
Since you never know when your life will end,” Yoshiyuki Kasai says, “it is not meaningful to draw up a whole life plan that assumes you will enjoy a long life.” Instead, Kasai says, “What …
Internship in Ghana gives Kalcic new direction
by Kerry G. Hill When Katrina Kalcic enrolled at Columbia College Chicago in 2008, the Kenosha, Wisconsin, native was still reeling after losing her father to esophageal cancer in 2005. “When I first went to college, it was …