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 …
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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 …
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 …
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 …
Using motorcycles and 55-cent payments, Uganda groups maps route to health care in remote villages
By David Tenenbaum KAMPALA, Uganda – A nonprofit group in Uganda has issued another loan for a motorcycle-taxi that will also offer free transport for health care workers. Motorcycle taxis are the common form of …
UW Student Presents Art Exhibits in South Africa and The Met Through Internship
By Steven Barcus Children in Wisconsin and South Africa now share a special connection thanks to Shiloah Coley, a journalism major who is also pursuing certificates in art and African-American studies. Since January, Coley has …
Africa in Our Lives: Bre Begley
By Aberdeen Leary Bre Begley is a senior undergraduate student at UW-Madison. During the summer of 2018, she completed an internship abroad with an organization called Health Access Connect in Uganda. In this AFRICA IN OUR LIVES, …
Extended IIP Summer Internship Deadline is this Sunday, February 25!
Our Extended Summer 2018 application deadline for internships abroad is THIS Sunday, February 25! All positions are listed here. IIP offers a variety of internships in many disciplines and countries, including the Astrománticas Cartoneira internship in …
New summer internships in Ghana
Read about UW-Madison Mandela Fellow Rebekah Awuah who helped create two new summer 2018 internships with Business Day Ghana in Accra, Ghana. By Meaghan Doll For hopeless romantics on campus, a dinner date for this …
New International Children’s Museum Internship in Madison & South Africa!
An exciting new opportunity for UW Madison students to spend spring and fall at the Madison Children’s Museum and summer in South Africa with Play Africa. Apply at: go.wisc.edu/iip-museum-africa.