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Wisconsin and the World
The boundaries of our campus extend to all the many
Robert Barker
places around the world where the University of
Wisconsin–Madison is making a difference.
Research universities of UW–Madison’s quality are
among the world’s greatest contributors to understanding
Since 2004, the Shanghai
and addressing issues of global significance and local
relevance. And we have a strong tradition of preparing Jiao Tong University
our students to lead in an increasingly international academic ranking has
sphere.
Today, more than ever, we value our partnerships
placed UW–Madison
with alumni, researchers, businesses, and peer institutions in the top 20 research
around the world as we address the issues that accompany this universities worldwide.
phase of globalization: environmental sustainability, economic
interdependence, national security, migration, and human rights.
This is the role and responsibility of a great global public research
university that is serving the people of Wisconsin, the nation, and
the world.
Carolyn “Biddy” Martin
Chancellor, University of Wisconsin–Madison
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More than 20,000 UW–Madison students have studied abroad since
the university offered its first study abroad program in 1959.
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Close to 500 undergraduates are majoring in International Studies, Of the area and international programs
and 17 percent of undergraduates earn some of their credits abroad. that comprise the International
Institute, eight (marked with an
asterisk) are U.S. Department of
What Career Areas Do Graduates With International Majors Pursue?
Education Title VI National Resource
Language Academic Centers, a record number nationwide.
1% High Tech 3%
Global Studies*
Environment 2% Health Care
African Studies Program*
<1% 4%
Center for East Asian Studies*
Retired
Center for European Studies*
5%
Center for German and European
Government Studies
Business Center for Interdisciplinary French
41% 9%
Studies
Center for Russia, East Europe and
Other Central Asia*
11% Center for South Asia*
Center for South East Asian Studies*
Education European Union Center of Excellence
Legal 11% Latin American, Caribbean and
13% Iberian Studies Program*
Middle East Studies Program
From a 2003 survey of UW alumni with an international major
Center for World Affairs and Global
Economy (WAGE)
Students can earn one or more of the 18 international certificates offered
Global Cultures Program
in schools and colleges across campus, including certificates in Global Health,
International Studies Major
Middle East Studies, Celtic Studies, and International Engineering. International Academic Programs
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Rebecca Gilsdorf, a
junior majoring in civil
engineering, participated
in a 2008 service-
learning course building In 2008, UW–Madison
water tanks in rural
Ugandan villages. ranked ninth among U.S.
research universities in
The summer after her
the number of Fulbright
sophomore year, Rebecca
spent a month in Rabat, Fellowships awarded to
Morocco teaching graduate students.
English.
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Global Action:
Research and Public Service “There is a need for a
Wisconsin Idea for the whole
Globalization will alter all of our lives. An world… As we all know, the
increasingly interdependent world offers us great United States is permanently
opportunities, but also many challenges. Most involved in world affairs. So is
crucial among them is the quest to protect and the University of Wisconsin, in
secure stable, safe, and just lives for every human line with its tradition of state
and national service. And
on earth. thus we have, for now and the
From flu strains to stem cells, discoveries of global future, a new dimension of
significance give UW–Madison its name in research the Wisconsin Idea.”
and education and make international collaboration —UW President, Fred Harvey
Harrington, September 6, 1960
essential to faculty success. Partnerships and
outreach worldwide also allow our scholars and
researchers to connect our growing understanding
of the world to public policy and practice.
UW–Madison has one of the strongest and longest
traditions of activism, involvement, and service in
alleviating suffering around the globe.
For more on WUN activities Holding joint appointments In the School of Veterinary A medical anthropologist,
at UW–Madison, visit: at UW–Madison and Medicine, Associate Assistant Professor
intlstudies.wisc.edu/wun the University of Tokyo, Professor Bill Goodger Claire Wendland
Professor Yoshihiro is creating systems for examines the effects
Kawaoka engineered marketing milk from small of globalization on
a method to generate families as a cooperative in biomedicine, particularly
entire viruses from genetic Bangladesh. in Africa. Her newest
sequences, a technology research looks at the high
that’s now used to make flu maternal mortality rates
vaccines. in southeast Africa and
how the explanations for it
reflect a rapidly changing
society, economy, and
biomedical practice.
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“Having spent some time In 2008, UW–Madison ranked sixth
in the nation and second in the total
working and living in
number of graduates who have
Ecuador, Guatemala, volunteered in the Peace Corps
and Botswana, I could since 1961. In 2007, 99 graduates
not ignore the disparities volunteered; in 2008, 81 graduates
volunteered.
in quality of life and
resources between my life China Agriculture University in
in Canada and the lives of Beijing and UW–Madison in 2004
formed the Sino-U.S. Dairy Center
the people I met and saw
to promote research, development,
during my travels and time and trade in both countries. At
abroad. Now as a graduate least one seminar takes place per
student in educational year, attracting hundreds of dairy
professionals from the U.S. and
policy studies, I am
China.
focusing my research on global education … to teach our
children about global injustices and to provide them with
transformative curriculum and pedagogy that moves them
to take action as responsible, conscientious global citizens.”
—Kate O’Conner, UW–Madison graduate student
in educational policy studies
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A 2002 UW–Madison graduate in JOIN THE FUTURE
international relations, Nick Holt now
Building a productive and peaceful world through
serves at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad,
education and research is a collaborative effort.
where he coordinates political
Through study abroad scholarships, the Diplomat-
reporting on Iraq’s southern provinces.
in-Residence program, faculty hires, and many other
giving options, your gift can make all the difference
in the world.
Steve Kean
Director of Development
UW Foundation
1848 University Avenue
P.O. Box 8860
Madison, WI 53708-8860
608-265-3526
steve.kean@uwfoundation.wisc.edu
www.international.wisc.edu
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Designed and produced for the Division of International Studies by University Communications.
Photographs are courtesy of the Division of International Studies except as noted.
April 2009