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Month: June 2020

Alumni Stories: Joshua Dufour

Posted on June 15, 2020

When did you graduate and with what degrees? I attended the UW-Madison in 2013 – 2015 as a graduate student in the CREECA department, which is the Center for Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia. …

Posted in Slavic NewsTagged alumni, alumnistories

Alumni Stories: Barbara Jedele

Posted on June 15, 2020

When did you graduate and with what degrees? I graduated in 2012 with a Bachelor’s Degree in German, French and International Studies and a Certificate in European Studies and in 2015 with a Masters in French …

Posted in German+ NewsTagged alumni, alumnistories

Things don’t turn out like you think they will — but it turns out OK.

Posted on June 9, 2020

The Corona pandemic has forced Swedish teachers around the world to work from home as all classroom teaching needed to be changed in record time. Online lessons became the daily learning platforms and other digital …

Posted in Nordic News

GNS Statement on the Death of George Floyd and Madison Protests

Posted on June 3, 2020

We, the department of German, Nordic, and Slavic, join our voices to those of UW-Madison leaders, including Chancellor Blank and Deputy Vice Chancellor Sims, in condemning the violent deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, …

Posted in GNS+ News

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