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Distinguished UW-Madison Alumni International Practitioners Coming to Campus

John Campbell, former U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, and Florence Chenoweth, until recently United Nations Food and Agriculture (FAO) representative to the UN and executive director of the FAO Liaison Office in New York, will be on campus in 2007 and 2008. Ambassador Campbell will be Diplomat-in-Residence while Dr. Chenoweth will be a research consultant.

Message from the Dean: Global Competence Task Force

As dean of International Studies, I am responsible for accelerating internationalization, one of the campus’ five strategic priorities. And one of my most important jobs is to ensure that we educate globally focused students whose skills will serve the nation and the state, as well as help people around the world. So, I am especially pleased to announce that UW-Madison’s Provost Patrick Farrell has convened a Task Force on Global Competence.

Student Perspectives

We think the world of our students, and it’s no surprise to us that our students are already changing the world. Among our best and brightest are students in the first graduating class of Wisconsin International Scholars (WISc). Another student we would also like to introduce you to is Max Bruner, a junior who is among 65 students from 56 colleges and universities nationwide selected to receive a prestigious Truman Scholarship.

News About Study Abroad

Fifty UW-Madison students were awarded prestigious study-abroad scholarships this spring. The awards, ranging from $500 to $4,000 and totaling nearly $80,000, were made possible in large part through gifts such as the Study Abroad Alumni Awards and the generous contributions of committed UW-Madison alumni and friends.

Postcards from Alumni: George McReddie

As a young man, George McReddie didn’t plan to travel or have a career in international finance. He had no idea he would become Senior Managing Director at Bear, Stearns & Co., a leading global investment banking, securities trading, and brokerage firm based in New York. Back in the 1960s, he was just your average American teenager growing up on Long Island, New York.

In the News

2007 Distinguished Alumni Award Winner
This spring, the Wisconsin Alumni Association announced its 2007 Distinguished Alumni Awards, the highest honor bestowed by the WAA on UW-Madison’s most prestigious graduates in recognition of their professional achievements, contributions to society, and support of the university.The Division of International Studies is pleased to note that among those alumni receiving an award was Frances Shuter Taylor, former executive vice president of the Bank of America and a founding member and immediate past chair of the Dean of International Studies’ International Advisory Board.

State Journal Article on Darfur Conference
UW-Madison programs sponsored a major international conference in April on one of the most pressing and pivotal human rights issues of our time, the deepening crisis in Darfur, Sudan. Leading Sudan scholars from Wisconsin and other universities, as well as international lawyers, investigative journalists, government and UN officials, and human rights activists, all of whom have played prominent roles in addressing the human rights disaster in Darfur, conducted the symposium, organized by the African Studies Program, the Humanitarianism and World Order Research Circle, the International Institute, the Division of International Studies, and Global Studies.

Summer Reading

The Division of International Studies’ “World Beyond our Borders” series, featuring faculty authors discussing their new books, is gearing up for its fall 2007 program. To read what they’re reading – books about Kissinger and about a family living at the crossroads between India and America – click here.