From August 16–22, 2023, a delegation from UW–Madison traveled to different parts of Botswana to connect with partners at the Okavango Research Institute (ORI) and the Botswana Wildlife Training Institute (BWTI) in Maun, as well as leadership from the University of Botswana (UB), the Ministry of Environment & Tourism (MET), and the US Embassy in Gaborone. The delegation consisted of Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies Dean, Paul Robbins; Nelson Institute Director of International and Professional Programs, Nathan Schulfer, and International Division Director of External Relations, Maj Fischer.
Activities
Higher Education Capacity Building in Kazakhstan
Since March 2023 , five UW–Madison representatives have been working with teams of administrators from six Kazakhstani universities to craft and implement proposals for reforms at their institutions in areas of university governance and financial management.
Summer 2023 Transitions
Around the university, summer serves as a transition season—one school year ends, another one is on the horizon. Subsequently, there are usually a number of staffing changes as well. First, the International Projects Office (IPO) …
UW-Madison UniCEN Project with Tashkent Chemical Technological Institute
The UW-Madison UniCEN project between the UW Makerspace, led by Dr. Lennon Rodgers, and Tashkent Chemical Technological Institute, ran from fall 2020 through late summer 2021. The main goal of this project is to share the experience of UW’s Makerspace to ultimately develop and strengthen the applied skills of TCTI engineering students with innovative methods of “teaching by doing”. The project facilitates the opening of an innovative interdisciplinary Makerspace Lab at TCTI that aims to improve the quality of engineering education, provide an inextricable link between theoretical knowledge and practical skills of students, help organize “peer to peer” training courses by students and serves as a pilot project that could be implemented in the future in all technical universities in Uzbekistan.
Participating in the WAA Korea Chapter Annual Meeting
On June 15, 2022, Dr. Elise Ahn, IPO Director, along with Nathaniel Liedl, International Internships Program (IIP) Program Manager, represented the International Division at the Wisconsin Alumni Association Korea chapter’s annual meeting in Seoul, Korea. …
Collaborations: Russian Advanced Interactive Listening Series
A team of UW students, alumni, and (former) faculty and academic staff have updated the Russian Advanced Interactive Listening Series (RAILS) — interactive language lessons based on documentaries and interviews about Russian culture and history.
UW-NU Partnership Updates
As travel began opening up, the UW-NU partnership team took the opportunity to reconnect through a delegation visit to UW (November 2021), as well as a visit to NU (May 2022).
Welcome OSF CSLA Fellows!
In fall 2021, UW welcomed a second cohort of CSLA fellows to campus after having deferred a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. CSLA is a scholarship for students from 17 countries across Africa, Eurasia, …