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 …
10th Anniversary
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 …
Alumni Profile: Ellie Anderson, Uganda 2017
Ellie Anderson ’18 was a summer 2017 intern with the National Union of Coffee Agribusinesses and Farm Enterprises (NUCAFE) in Kampala, Uganda. At UW-Madison, she majored in Environmental Sciences with certificates in African Studies and …
Alumni Profile: Dhina Susanti, China 2011
Dhina Susanti ’11 was a summer 2011 intern at Bucyrus/Caterpillar in Beijing, China. She came to UW-Madison as an international student from Indonesia and majored in Electrical & Computer Engineering. Dhina is now a Manager …
Alumni Profile: Kyle Edmunds, South Africa 2012
Kyle Edmunds ’12 was a summer 2012 intern conducting research at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital (CMJAH) in connection with the University of the Witswatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. He majored in Nuclear Engineering with …
Alumni Profile: Gabriella Gaus Hinojosa, Argentina 2017
Gabriella Gaus Hinojosa ’19 was a summer 2017 intern at ALUBA in Buenos Aires. As a UW-Madison undergraduate, she majored in Psychology and Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies with a certificate in Chican@ & …