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 …
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Ugandan Coffee Leads to International Internship Opportunities
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …