Global Wisconsin, Inc.

08/21/2026

🎉 Congratulations, Ella Shea! 🎉

We are so proud to celebrate Ella on earning the Global Education Achievement Certificate (GEAC) and being recognized as a Wisconsin Global Scholar!

This distinction reflects her commitment to world languages, global learning, cultural understanding, service, and making a difference beyond her own community. 🌎

Congratulations, Ella, on receiving the $1000 scholarship for this outstanding achievement! We are so proud of you! 👏🎓

04/24/2023

05/18/2020

In my previous post, I talked about the broad lessons I learned as an exchange student. This week, I want to point out that such cross-cultural student exchange experiences aren't possible without host families.

I am forever grateful to the family that hosted me. And, after all these years, I'm still in contact and have visited them several times.

Hosting an exchange student comes with challenges and benefits. I've found that the latter generally outweighs the former. I've hosted and I often encourage other families to host, when their situation and timing are right.

(Last in a four-part series) Cross-cultural student exchange experiences aren't possible without host families. I am forever gra...

05/11/2020

One way to become more of a global citizen is to become an exchange student. My experience as an exchange student changed my life. At the age of 17, I went to Micronesia (small islands in the Pacific), where I lived with a family on the island of Saipan. This experience inspired to pursue a career in journalism. On a personal level, I gained much more, which I talk about in my blog this week.

(Third in a four-part series) One way to become more of a global citizen is to become an exchange student. My experience as an excha...

05/05/2020

In today's world, it's more important than ever to be able to work across cultures, whether you travel or stay right here in Wisconsin.

We often talk about the importance of being a global citizen and developing global competence. But what does that mean?

My blog this week talks about global citizenship.

(Second in a four-part series) In today's world, it's more important than ever to be able to work across cultures, whether you trave...

04/27/2020

I've decided to revive my blog Worldwise Wisconsin with a four-part series on Navigating culture. I've just published the first part, with subsequent installments to be published on each of the next three Mondays.

(First in a four-part series) We all belong to a culture. In fact, we belong to many cultures or subcultures. But what is culture?...

01/24/2020

The 2020 Wisconsin Global Learning Summit is just a few weeks away. To learn more or to register, go to: https://dpi.wi.gov/international-education/global-youth-summits

Please share this with your colleagues.

Global Learning Summit March 7, 2020 (UW-Madison Campus) THEME: IMMIGRATION, MIGRATION, AND ME

12/23/2019

https://www.cfr.org/report/us-adults-knowledge-about-world?utm_campaign=gallup&utm_medium=social_owned&utm_source=fb&fbclid=IwAR0_HoiWfls5GriPfJx-9_SIbqoE9VajfGeRa-gtcaW1XTKVsbsgaHAvwwg&fbclid=IwAR0JL9gKZ5ZokopFLhIdD8kDdA5d8OL4bG9KEO1i1wtYuUdzAsC3ZZIDw08

Respondents answered just over half of the knowledge questions correctly, and only 6% got at least 80% of the questions right.

12/02/2019

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PenPal Schools connects over a quarter million students from 150 countries to collaborate through online projects.