Woolen Clouds by Washington state-based artist Janice Arnold will be installed in the main lobby of Nancy Nicholas Hall as part of the upcoming Feel the Beat: Felted Textiles exhibition with the Center for Design and Material Culture.
International Division
UW-Madison Partnerships in Kazakhstan
AY2023-2024 was a busy year of engagements for UW-Madison and partners in Kazakhstan. In addition to wrapping up a 14 year partnership with Nazarbayev University and the signing of a new MOU, IPO helped facilitate …
UW-Madison Delegation to Astana, Kazakhstan (Spring 2024)
In the spring of 2024, six teams of representatives from UW–Madison will be providing external review of the six social science and humanities departments at Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities (NU SSH).
2024 Community Based Natural Resource Management Workshop (Maun, Botswana)
On January 24–25, 2024, representatives from the Botswana Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Botswana Wildlife Training Institute, Okavango Research Institute, University of Wisconsin–Madison, and community-based organizations met for a summative workshop in Maun, Botswana.
UW-Madison and American Councils for International Education: Strengthening Higher Education in Kazakhstan
Six UW–Madison “coaches” and six teams of administrators from Kazakhstani universities culminated nine months of work together with a final workshop in Almaty, Kazakhstan in January 2024, where they shared the experience of designing and implementing reform projects in the areas of university governance and financial management.
UW–Madison and Ualikhanov University: Expanding the University’s Reach Through Language Education and Administration (2/2)
Anne Naparstek brought her financial, organizational, and strategic planning experience as LPO administrator to the Ualikhanov University (UU) team as they implemented the first phases of a long-term project of internationalization of the campus and the development of revenue-generating language courses.
UW–Madison and Toraighyrov University: Expanding the University’s Reach Through Language Education and Administration (1/2)
Dr. Felecia Lucht worked closely with her team at Toraighyrov University (ToU) to help them realize their goal of developing English-language programing to generate revenue and provide language and teacher training courses.
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 …
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 …