By Eleanor Conrad and Essie Lenchner Feb. 2, 2024 On January 8, staff from the UW Madison International Division and College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) visited Waterford Union High School to talk with …
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Submit a Poster for CALS Global Day 2024!
The College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) will be having their annual Global Day conference this year on Tuesday, February 27th from 11:30AM-4:30PM at Union South! Participants will have a chance to share posters …
International Children’s Literature Celebration: Folk and Fairy Tales
On December 2, 2023, the Wisconsin International Resource Consortium (WIRC) hosted the International Children’s Literature Celebration: Folk and Fairy Tales. Over 30 Wisconsin preservice and current educators and librarians came to Madison to learn more …
Apply now for WCSS Mini-Grants! (Due 2/11/2024)
IRIS NRC wants to send educators to the 2024 Wisconsin Council for the Social Studies (WCSS) Conference! WCSS Annual Conference: The Power of Social Studies March 15-17, 2024 | Madison Concourse Educators attending WCSS for …
Applications for the 2024 Scott Kloeck-Jenson (SKJ) Fellowship are now open!
In memory of Scott Kloeck-Jenson, a scholar dedicated to global peace and justice, the Institute for Regional and International Studies annually offers two awards: the SKJ Pre-Dissertation Travel Fellowships to support overseas travel to potential field research sites for doctoral students and the SKJ International Internship Fellowships to support graduate students (working towards a doctorate) interested in undertaking practitioner internships.
Seeking Applicants for Spring 2024 Graduate Student Project Assistant
The Institute for Regional and International Studies National Resource Center (IRIS NRC), a unit in the UW-Madison’s Institute for Regional and International Studies (IRIS), and part of the International Division, has an opening for a …
IRIS NRC Honored with Prestigious Anthony J. Gradisnik Award for Exceptional Contributions to Language Education and Global Learning
IRIS NRC is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the highly esteemed Anthony J. Gradisnik Award by the Wisconsin Association for Language Teachers (WAFLT). The prestigious award was presented to Essie Lenchner, IRIS NRC’s Assistant Director, at the WAFLT Fall Conference Awards Ceremony held on November 3rd, 2023, at the Hilton Paper Valley Hotel in Appleton, Wisconsin.
The 2024-2025 Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) award application is now open!
The application for the 2024-2025 Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships is now open. FLAS fellowships are funded by the U.S. Department of Education to assist students in acquiring foreign language proficiency. IRIS …
UW-Madison Vice Provost and Dean for International Division to speak at US Department of Education Panel in Washington, DC.
Dr. Frances Vavrus, Vice Provost and Dean of the International Division, University of Wisconsin- Madison will be in Washington DC in November as a guest of the US Department of Education. Dean Vavrus will be …
Peace Corps Volunteer Andrew Kline (UW-Madison Class of 2023) Blogs from Timor-Leste
Recent UW-Madison graduate Andrew Kline (Linguistics and Middle East Studies) arrived in Timor-Leste in early October to begin his Peace Corps service as an education volunteer. During his time at UW-Madison, Andrew received a Foreign …