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.
Collaboration
IPO Staff Updates: Farewell to Gina Barbosa
IPO’s amazing Business Operations Manager of just over 4.5 years, Gina Barbosa, will be leaving IPO to a newly created administrative manager role with UW Extension on July 5, 2022. Gina has been with IPO …
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.
In Memorium: Sanda Arfa
The IPO team was saddened to learn that Sandra (“Sandy”) Arfa, former Director of the UW-Madison English as a Second Language program, passed away on May 5, 2022. Sandy was a core member of the …
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, …
Bringing the Wisconsin Idea to Yemen
Representatives from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Engineers Without Borders International (EWB), and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) held a webinar on June 23 with attendees from around the world to discuss their recent cooperation in Yemen to fight the …
Celebrating the release of Twilight on Tunnel Road!
Dr. Timothy Walsh, Director & Assistant Dean Emeritus, UW–Madison Cross-College Advising Service, recently released the debut album for his band Penelope’s Thrill. Titled Twilight on Tunnel Road, this indie rock album is a product of …
Discussing the Global Impact of UW–Madison
From April 15–17, the Wisconsin Alumni Association organized the 50-year anniversary of the UW Class of 1970 and invited members of the International Division to participate in a panel discussing UW’s global impact. The virtual …
Uzbekistan Education Roundtable 2021
On April 7, 2021, Dr. Elise Ahn, Director, IPO, participated in a roundtable hosted by the U.S. Department of Commerce in partnership with the Uzbekistan Ministry of Higher and Secondary-Specialized Education to discuss UW–Madison’s current …