University of Wisconsin–Madison

Month: June 2020

Alumni Stories: Joshua Dufour

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. I graduated with a Master’s Degree in Russian, Eastern European, and Central Asian studies, focusing specifically on Kazakhstan and Central …

Alumni Stories: Barbara Jedele

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 and International Education.   What are you doing now? I am a Career Development Manager at a business school in …

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

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 solutions became important tools. In the Svenska Institutet’s recent article titled “Klassrummet som bytte skepnad – svensklärare berättar” GNS professor …

GNS Statement on the Death of George Floyd and Madison Protests

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, Sean Reed, and countless others at the hands of the police. We further condemn law enforcement’s escalation of violence at …