High School Teachers Leave for Rwanda

This week, the University of Wisconsin-Madison African Studies Program is taking 15 high school social studies teachers and curriculum planners from across the United States to Rwanda for 30 days.

This endeavor is made possible by the Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad from the United States Department of Education. [Read their blog.]

UW Dancers Leave for Taipei

Fourteen UW-Madison dance majors and three faculty members are flying halfway around the world today to participate in a three-week cultural exchange program in Taipei, Taiwan. [Read their blog.]

Entrepreneurial Student Finds Inspiration Abroad

After a summer spent studying in China, UW-Madison undergraduate Ben Nyquist came back to Madison with more than just a suitcase full of souvenirs: he had an idea for a business. [Read the full story.]

UW Alum Helps Rebuild Iraq

Brett Bruen graduated from UW–Madison in 2002 with a double major in political science and international relations (now international studies). Presently, he serves as a Public Diplomacy Officer on the Salah ad Din Provincial Reconstruction Team in Iraq. He recently helped to broker an historic partnership between UW–Madison and Tikrit University. [Read the full story.]