Dear UW–Madison Students, Faculty, and Staff, The past months have been incredibly challenging. The COVID-19 pandemic has created ruptures within communities—through the need to physically distance, the death of loved ones, and a rise in …
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Message from Dean Podestá on Spring and Summer International Programs
As we come to the end of another semester and look toward the summer, I want to express my sympathies and appreciation for those of you who had to abruptly change your plans for the …
2020 Bucky’s Global Citizenship Award Winner: Alondra Avitia
It’s that time of year again–the winners of the 2020 Bucky’s Awards have been announced! Congratulations to Alondra Avitia, the winner of the Global Citizenship Award! The Global Citizenship Award, sponsored by the International Internship …
I Found an Internship Where I Studied Abroad (and so can you)!
Are you back from study abroad and already wondering how to get back? I was too! In 2019 I studied abroad for five months in Ireland at the National University of Ireland-Galway. My experience was …
Africa in our Lives: Lusayo Mwakatika
BIO Lusayo Mwakatika is an Administrative Intern at the African Studies Program and a junior at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is also President of Project Malawi, a student organization at UW-Madison, which mainly does …
Internship in Ecuador deepens love for education, Spanish language, and other cultures
Haleigh Slack, a UW-Madison senior who is double majoring in elementary and special education, interned as an English-as-a-foreign-language teacher and administrative assistant at Centro Ecuatoriano Norteamericano in Guayaquil, Ecuador during the summer of 2019. Slack …
Finding a Research Position Abroad
Winter break is a wonderful time to explore summer research abroad, whether through established programs that may still have upcoming deadlines, IIP research internships (applications due February 16) or finding something independently. Much like on …
Student Profile: Madelin Ginster, Intern in Ecuador
My name is Madelin Ginster, and I am from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I am a junior at UW-Madison studying Early Childhood Education and English as a Second Language. I traveled to Guayaquil, Ecuador last summer for …
All in the Family: Emily Perez’ Journey from Wisconsin Around the World
By Steve Barcus Emily Perez caught the travel bug young. When Perez’ mom played games with her as a child, she spoke German. Perez’ father told her stories of his time in France and Spain, …
Q&A: Shiloah Coley finds ‘untapped potential’ in bringing the arts to kids
Shiloah Coley was the first student do to the Play Africa-Madison Children’s Museum collaborative internship through IIP in 2018. By Scott Girard Shiloah Coley remembers the first time she saw Madison on a visit to …