If you can build professional connections over a single cup of coffee, imagine what you can do with an entire coffee company. Partnering with the National Union of Coffee Agribusinesses & Farm Enterprises (NUCAFE), a …
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Internships in Africa offer “priceless knowledge”
This summer, students from UW-Madison headed to all corners of the African continent to complete internships. The African Studies Program talked to two interns about their experiences in South Africa and Uganda, and why other …
Summer sizzle: Eight UW–Madison students and the red-hot internships they just completed
Being a UW–Madison student means having the qualifications and the credibility to compete for some of the top internships across the country and the world. Many Badgers used their summer break to do just that …
Summer Internship In Iceland Gives ‘New Focus and Passion’
For Julia Handel, who is spending her summer interning at Reykjavik University in Iceland through the International Internship Program (IIP) at UW-Madison, interning abroad has enriched her life and reaffirmed her passion. Julia Handel at Reykjavik University …
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 …
QBiC says goodbye to students from the University of Wisconsin
Three undergraduate students from the university of Wisconsin-Madison have returned to the land of cheese and butter after spending the summer at QBiC. My An-adirenkkun and Leah Varner were in the Taniguchi lab and Jacquelyn …
UW students going abroad in 2015 get encouragement, awards
UW–Madison students preparing to embark on a variety of international experiences in the coming months received words of encouragement and financial support at the spring 2015 International Studies Scholarship Award Ceremony on April 23, at …
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 …
Miracle of the Moringa
**featured student Aubrey Winkie is an IIP alum** They call it ‘The Miracle Tree.’ The Moringa Tree has been known to thrive in some of the harshest conditions on Earth. Yet, its small, bright green …
Scholarships provide boost to UW-Madison students headed abroad
Nearly 120 UW–Madison students preparing to embark on a variety of international experiences in the coming months received words of encouragement and financial support at the fall 2014 International Studies Scholarship Award Ceremony on Wednesday, …