Wrapping up the very first week of this year’s Wisconsin Intensive Summer Language Institutes (WISLI), a series of five “Global Professionals” panel sessions on June 19 showed current students how their language pursuits could turn into globally connected careers. Leaders from fields in public service, research, and international development shared honest stories about how language …
A warm WISLI congratulations to Lesley Bartlett, Associate Dean for Regional, International, and Language Studies, who is one of 12 UW–Madison professors to receive the Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professorship. The award honors faculty whose “distinguished scholarship has advanced the confines of knowledge, and whose excellence also includes teaching or service.” Dr. Bartlett is a distinguished …
We are so proud of Kylie Holland, WISLI Program Coordinator, who received a UW–Madison International Division Staff Excellence Award this week! Kylie was recognized for her outstanding leadership, professionalism, and dedication—and for “elevating the work of everyone around her,” as one nominator shared. She was also described as “an indispensable colleague” whose “exceptional reliability, proactive …