The CIE-National Resource Center Title VI Grant offers a limited number of Study Abroad Scholarships in the amount of $1,500-$2,000 for undergraduates (sophomores and above) or graduate students with a demonstrated interest in foreign language learning, with priority given o critical …
In August, UWM hosted a kickoff event at the United Community Center for the newly created Milwaukee World Language Teacher Network. The network is a grant-funded initiative to provide opportunities for area language teachers to find community, support and professional …
In July, Institute of World Affairs (IWA) Program Manager Nicole Palasz had the opportunity to join practitioners from forty countries at the Caux Inner Development Goals (IDG) Forum. The Forum was organized by Initiatives of Change International in partnership with …
In partnership with the Institute for Global Studies at the University of Minnesota, the Institute of World Affairs recently held an inspiring three-day interactive educator workshop at UWM with K-12 teachers from Minnesota and Wisconsin to explore ways to incorporate …
CIE’s IWA is honored to feature some reflections on three decades of commitment to global learning by Julie Kline, Associate Director and Distinguished Administrative Program Specialist of UWM’s Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS). Julie has dedicated over …
The Institute of World Affairs (IWA) at UWM joined the HOME Refugee Steering Committee at the Lynden Sculpture Garden on Saturday, June 22, to celebrate World Refugee Day. Kim Khaira, who organized the event, noted that it is an annual …
In partnership with UWM’s School of Education, the CIE-NRC Title VI grant program would like to announce its first cohort of Community Language Fellows who will build a curriculum for K-12 students in Italian and Swahili this summer. This fellowship …
In partnership with the Association for Asian Studies and Northeast Asia Council, UWM hosted NEAC Distinguished Speaker, Dr. Jennifer Robertson, Professor Emerita at the University of Michigan. Dr. Robertson delivered an engaging lecture titled, “Robo-Buddhism: Kokoro, Technology, and Spirituality in …
In April, the Institute of World Affairs hosted a one-day workshop exploring the history of the Armenian genocide and its local connections. Over twenty K-12 Educators and Community Members joined the program which was also intended to support teachers in meeting Wisconsin’s genocide education mandate …
This past April, UWM’s Institute of World Affairs Director, Doug Savage, traveled to Bonn, Koblenz, and Berlin Germany with leaders from the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development and Milwaukee Area Technical College to research new strategies to boost apprenticeship on …