International Internship research and site scouting is an important part of the Global Studies degree program. Supported by a recent National Research Center grant, Global Studies is hard at work researching new sites and internship providers to identify more options and meaningful, career enhancing experiences to meet the unique goals of Global Studies students. Over the last year, we have traveled to Ghana, Japan, Ecuador, and Costa Rica, building new relationships, visiting sites, and checking out housing accommodations and local resources to better prepare and guide students on their professional internship journeys.
Italy
As the world begins to open up for face to face experiences once again, Global Studies chose Italy as a great internship destination for Italian and non-Italian speakers alike. We visited new internship sites in Rome, Florence, Genoa, and Sorrento. See the organizations and web links on under New Internship Site Development 2021-2022 on the Internship page for details.
Ghana
In Ghana, we visited potential internship sites with Volunteer Partnerships for West Africa, the Ghanaian Public Library Authority, Unite for Site, and Saha Global.
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- Clean water pours out of a spigot ready to drink after being filtered through equipment made possible through Saha Global
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- A woman pours water into a water filtration system as a part of Saha Global’s clean water and micro-business program.
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- A woman in a small village in northern Ghana brings water to a filtration location.
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- Dr. Edwin Mote-Kole and the staff at the Crystal Eye Clinic in Accra. In cooperation with Unite for Sight, the clinic provides a variety of services in Ghana, from eye health education to surgery.
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- The Ghanaian national dish, Chicken with Jollof Rice
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- Micro-Finance-Lending officers at work in the micro-lending office of Volunteer Partnerships for West Africa supporting small businesses
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- Examples of village school buildings near Accra.
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- Hayford Siaw, head of the Ghanaian Library Authority gives us a tour of a village school outside Accra
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- Yakubu Sibdoo Osman, the Head of Human Resources with the Ghana Library Authority in the procurement office looking at the current stock of book donations.
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- Mixed grill on the streets of Accra
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- Locals crossing the street to shop and sell goods at the open air market in central Accra
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- Luumva, a new friend of Global Studies, is a dancer living in Accra and acted as a host and guide
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- Cape Coast Castle is one of the main sites of the slave trade in West Africa. Cape Coast, Ghana.
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- Cape Coast Castle is one of the main sites of the slave trade in West Africa. Cape Coast, Ghana.
Internship site scouting trip in Tokyo, Japan, October of 2019
Global Studies visited the American Chamber of Commerce, Zentern, the Intern Group, Sakae Institute of Study Abroad, and Inter-Media Japan. This trip lead to a partnership with the Intern Group resulting in a $300 discount for UWM students.
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- Women on the street in Tokyo
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- One of the many temples and shrines open to visitors in Tokyo
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- Global Studies graduate Josephine Kirkland and current student Anthony Miller meet Christine for lunch in Tokyo. Josephine teaches English in Chiba with the prestigious JET Programme. Anthony was studying abroad in Tokyo on a Gilman Scholarship.
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- Meeting at an internship site in Tokyo.
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- Street scene
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- Company men
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- A Tokyo non-profit internship site placement through The Intern Group.
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- Married GS alums-Jarrad Jinx and Anna Colosimo live and work in Tokyo at The American School in Japan. Jarrad is the Assistant Communications Director and Anna is a teacher.
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- Dinner out with currents interns with Zentern, an internship provider with an array of different placements and housing accomodation options around Tokyo.
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- Tea ceremony
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- The largest antique market in Japan is held in Tokyo once a month.
Ecuador, including the Galapagos Islands, and San Jose, Costa Rica: Feburary, 2020
This trip took place just before the Covid-19 crisis hit the US, which makes it particularly special. In Ecuador site visits were made to projects run by Child Family Health International, (CFHI), potential internship provider Academia Latinoamerica, the American Chamber of Commerce in Quito, and Projects Abroad. In San Jose, visits were made to the Rainforest Experience and study abroad and internship provider Maximo Nivel.
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- I was reunited with this remarkable woman, UWM Global Studies alum (2016) Stephanie Davidson. Stephanie and her husband Claudio live on a coffee plantation outside of San Jose.
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- Arriving at on San Cristobal Island in the Galapagos Islands
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- Volunteers with Projects Abroad cleaning a giant tortoise habitat
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- A tortoise finds shelter within the Galapagos National Park on San Cristobal Island
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- Sea lions sunning themselves on a beach in the Galapagos
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- Volunteer shoes and boots after their shift
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- Christine Wolf, Assistant Director of Global and International Studies visit Bellavista, a cloud forest preserve near Quito.
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- Old Town Quito, Ecuador
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- An indigenous Ecuadorian woman selling goods at the market in Otavalo, Ecuador.
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- At Academia Latinoamericana De Español in Quito. They provide accomodation, intensive Spanish language courses, and internship placements.
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- -Ivan Ortiz at the American Chamber of Commerce in Quito, helping to connect students to business related internships
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- At a neighborhood medical clinic in Quito, Ecuador affiliated with Child and Family Health International and a potential internship site
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- In the consultation room of a traditional medicine health clinic in Otavalo, Ecuador, an indigenous village outside of Quito.
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- In the hotel lobby of an internship site provided through Maximo Nivel where interns enjoy a rotation schedule, gaining exposure to all aspect of the hotel business.
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- Inside the reception area for Maximo Nivel’s language school and internship site placement services in San Jose.
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- Inside a non-profit women’s organization in San Jose that hosts interns through Maximo Nivel.
