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The GlobalUniversity

Gilles BousquetDean of International Studies

Imagining the Future

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Thinks and operates globally

Educates globally

competent citizens

Is engaged to address

critical world issues

Serves the state and its local

communities

The Global University

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Global Competence

Knowledge of

Global andRegional Issues

Academic Major

Language and

CultureProficiency

InternationalAcademicExperience

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International LearningCommunity

Residential languageand culture immersionfor undergrads

Spanish, Arabic,German, Italian,and Japanese

Scandinavian languages in fall 2007

Global Competence

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Global Competence

World Languages

Capacity to teach 60+ languages Language Institute 13 language departments Summer institutes: language,

culture, and area studies Arabic and Persian South Asian Southeast Asian

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Global Competence

Study Abroad

1600+ students each year 16% of graduating class will

go abroad Tailored programs to integrate

with curriculum: MBA China trip Health and Disease in Uganda Daily Life in Ancient Athens

Overseas internships

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Global Competence

Actually living an everyday

life in your destination of

choice is the difference

between traveling simply

going there and engaging

yourself in being there.

- Alisha Kirchoff

Study abroad student

Vladimir, Russia

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Recent UW-Madison

Study Abroad Trends

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Global Competence

Looking ahead Increase participation

by 10% per year Raise funds for

$100,000 in annual

scholarships Expand study abroad

across the curriculum

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Global competence

International Internships Joint project:Business, Engineering, Biology

Major, International Studies, International Institute Business and individual partners Faculty oversight, academic credit

Practical experience, interculturalawareness

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GlobalLegalStudies

InternationalAg Programs

Global HealthCenter

InternationalInstitute

Language Institute

InternationalEducation

International

Engineering CIBER

Institute forEnvironmental

Studies

NationalAfrican

LRC

BiologicalSciences

A Global Campus

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Global Engagement

Closer cooperation between the

UW-Madison and the businesscommunity is critical to preparing the

next generation of global leaders - people who

will engage across borders and disciplines todevelop solutions to the worlds problems.

- Bill Linton, CEO Promega Corporation and

Global Biological Threats Initiative donor

Photo:MadisonMagazine

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Global Engagement

Global Biological Threats Initiative Transnational approach Interdisciplinary focus: from scientific

research to public policy Public / private partnership

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Worldwide Universities Network (WUN)

an international network of researchuniversities ... to tackle major research

challenges and deliver instruction

in areas that no one of themembers could address alone.

- John D. Wiley

Chancellor, UW-Madison

Global engagement

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Global engagement

Worldwide Universities Network (WUN)

17 universities from Sydney to Oslo Supporting innovative research and

graduate education

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Global engagement

Energy Health Environment

Education

Worldwide Universities Network (WUN)

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Global engagement

Scholarship onTransnational Issues

Human rights

Security studies

Transnational feminism Global governance

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Global wisconsin idea

International Service:Engineers Without Borders

Rwanda: developing areliable water system

El Salvador: treating wastewater to prevent

waterborne disease Thailand: building latrines and septic system Madison: finding a permanent solution to a

nature centers storm water runoff problem

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Global Wisconsin idea

Belize

China Ecuador

Mexico

Thailand Uganda

Center for Global HealthCommunity Partnerships

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Global wisconsin idea Medicine

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Global wisconsin idea Medicine

for animals, as well as for humans, is very

much a global undertaking today. With the

movement of animals and animal products all

over the world, its critical for our students to

understand the roles they play in protecting

animal and human health.

- Chris Olsen, Professor and Associate Dean

UW-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine

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International Students Advancing diversity and

intercultural understandingfor campus and community

Badgers Abroad 18,000+ alums

worldwide

WAA international Thailand

England

Global Wisconsin idea

Korea

Germany

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The Global university

Brings together research,business, and government

Trains graduates who canwork in global teams ontransnational issues

Addresses global andlocal challenges to makea better world