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Former IIP Intern Among 2020 Notable Graduates
Ahead of the December 13th virtual ceremony for the 2020 winter commencement, UW-Madison is highlighting a few notable graduates. Among them is IIP alum Alexis Lipkie, who did an internship with JR Central in Japan …
UW Student Jinan Sous Discusses Research in Thailand And More
To celebrate International Education Week, the International Division asked Jinan Sous, a Biochemistry major pursuing Global Health and Leadership Certificates, about her experiences with the Wisconsin International Scholars Program (WISc). Jinan, who expects to graduate in 2021, is …
IIP Alum among finalists for 2021 Rhodes Scholarship
Alex Plum is a former IIP intern who spent summer 2018 in Uruguay doing limnology research with the Centro Universitario Regional del Este of La Universidad de la Republica Uruguay. He was awarded the Promega …
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 …