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.
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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. …
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 …
IPO Staff Updates: Farewell to Kruthika Kamath
Kruthika Kamath is a Mass Communication Ph.D. student in the UW School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Along with providing communications and editing assistance at IPO, Kruthika’s Ph.D. research features the study of the social …
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).
Visit from the Embassy of Botswana for Earth Day
In partnership with the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, IPO hosted a delegation from the Embassy of Botswana to the US the week of April 18, 2022. Ambassador Onkokame Kitso Mokaila participated on a panel, …
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, …
Nauryz 2022
The team @uw_ipo wishes our colleagues, friends and partners who celebrate a happy Nauryz 2022! Поздравляем с праздником Наурыз! Наурыз мейрамы құтты болсын! Navruz Muborak!