Genevieve Jacobs, ALC graduate Class of 2021, has returned to the department to pursue her MA in Chinese Literature and Culture. Under Professor Anatoly Detwyler and Professor Rania Huntington, her studies revolve around East Asian countries and their populations in times of modern strife, topics ranging from economic struggle to wars to social justice movements.
Though the subjects are often heavy, Genevieve is thrilled to be able to continue doing what she loves: learning. Her dream is to become a professor someday, but for now, her hopes in graduate school are to gain the skills to become a better scholar and the perspective to become a better person.
David Burnett, ALC graduate Class of 2020 has also joined UW-Madison as a SEVIS specialist. SEVIS stands for "Student and Exchange Visitor Information System" and is a database of foreign students in the United States utilized by the Department of Homeland Security. David's work helps with international student transition and immigration compliance. David's past experience living abroad and knowledge of Japanese and Chinese has made him a fitting candidate for this position.
Before coming to UW-Madison as a SEVIS specialist, David worked at the sales office of a Japanese company outside Chicago. Japanese was helpful to his career as there is a large number of Japanese companies with their United States offices in the northwest suburbs of Chicago.
David misses his friends and family in Madison, and he is excited to be a part of a friendly and helpful team at UW-Madison and also directly help students of his alma mater.
Noah Klosowski, Class of 2021
"Since I received my degree this summer, I have been admitted to the Psychoactive Pharmaceutical Investigation MS program here at UW. In this program we focus primarily on psychedelic drugs, however, our material also more generally covers central nervous system drug interactions and development. I just finished my second week of class, and while the material is challenging, the professors, students, and content have made the overall experience exciting. This is the first semester of this program's existence, so it'll be interesting to see where it goes in the next few years. Through this program I hope to eventually work in regulatory affairs pertaining to schedule 1 drugs, and furthermore I hope to advocate for the appropriate use of these drugs in science and society"
ALC Happenings
Learn about the International Internship Program offerings across Asia! Join in for a virtual info session via Zoom:
Meeting ID: 962 8139 3011
Passcode: 647493
ALC Peer Language Tutoring Sessions in-person or virtual group sessions for beginner & intermediate students
Sign up for the week of 9/20
Chinese Language students (enrolled in 1st, Elementary II, 3rd, 5th semester are welcome to sign up) w/ Vivienne (Sign up for this week)
Korean Language students (enrolled in 1st, 3rd, 5th, semester are welcome to sign up) w/ Aniya (Sign up for this week)
Japanese Language students (enrolled in 1st, Elementary II, 3rd, 5th semester are welcome to sign up) w/ Saya (Sign up for this week)
Peer Mentors are available to prospective and current students. Peer Mentors will serve as someone students can turn to for questions about what it’s like to be an ALC student, share information about courses, tips on finding campus resources, or campus/community engagement.
Chinese studies / EAS students:
Olivia (International Studies (IS), ALC-EAS)
Kelly (Nutri Sciences, ALC-EAS, Global Health cert)
Ethan (Finance, Business)
Amanda (Edu Studies, Global Health cert, L&S Honors)
Ariana (IS Global Security, ROTC)
Thekla (Psychology, Digital Studies cert)
Emma (IS, Environmental Studies cert)
Angela (Community and Non-profit Leadership, SOHE)
Reena (Economics)
Ellie (Econ, Sociology, Sports Communication cert)
Japanese studies / EAS students:
Shrey (Computer Science)
Erika (Biochemistry, pre-PharmTox)
Josie (International Studies)
Korean studies / EAS students:
Sara (Political Science, ALC-EAS)
Language Tables are great opportunities for students to engage in informal conversation in the language they are learning outside of class! This semester, the Korean Language Table will be held on Zoom.
Graduate Student News
Student Resources
Matriculate is a national nonprofit which trains college students at top institutions to provide free, high quality virtual advising services to high-achieving, low-income high school students. We aim to provide them with the information, guidance, and support that they need to apply to, gain admission to, and excel at the best colleges and universities. Matriculate is in the process of recruiting their 2023 cohort. Apply here by October 18th.
The Peer-2-Peer Mentorship Program (P2P) is a GUTS pilot program intended to support first-year students, second-year students, and transfer students who have started college during the pandemic and/or who do not have much familiarity with the UW-Madison campus and its resources. Students who would like to participate in this low time-commitment program can sign up to be a mentor or get a mentor. The purpose of this mentorship is to help mentees by answering questions or concerns, and help them get acclimated to and connected to UW-Madison's campus.
Once matched, mentors will meet with their mentees at orientation (date TBD), at least once in October and November, and at the end of semester celebration in December (date TBD). Participants must commit a total (and minimum) of 4 hours or 4 meetings for the entire semester (or more if mentors/mentees choose). For more information or to sign-up, go to https://guts.wisc.edu/p2p/
Fellowships & Opportunities
Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
Virtual Information Session for University of Wisconsin-Madison students
September 23rd at 12 pm CT
REGISTER for the session HERE
Hosted by Nikka Landau, Director of Communications
with UW Alum Carl Jiang, a 2018 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellow
The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans, is a $90,000 merit-based graduate school fellowship for immigrants and children of immigrant who are pursuing any type of fulltime professional or graduate school in the United States.
Who can apply in the fall of 2021?
AGE: You must be 30 or younger as of October 28, 2021.
ACADEMIC STANDING: You must be a college senior, a college graduate, or in the first two years of the graduate program you are seeking funding for in the 2022-2023 academic year. If you are not yet in graduate school and applying to the Fellowship, you do not need to have received admission to a graduate program and you do not need to know what graduate program you will be attending when you apply.
NEW AMERICAN STATUS: To be eligible, either you were born in the US and are the child of immigrants or you were born abroad as a non-US citizen and one of the following must be true: they must have been naturalized, be a green card holder, have refugee or asylee status, or be an immigrant who graduated from both high school and college in the United States. Both parents must have been born abroad as non-US citizens.
Intern in Asia with The International Internship Program (IIP)
The International Internship Program (IIP) offers international internships with organizations all over the world!
This fall we are offering part-time,virtual international internships with our partner organizations abroad. Virtual spring internships will open later in September, and both in-person and virtual internships will be offered for summer 2022.
Gain professional and cross-cultural experience and skills. There is NO FEE for our virtual internships. Credit is optional. Attend a fall IIP eventor make an appointment with an advisor to learn more!
Virtual internship opportunities for ALC students (deadline September 19th)!
Guangwai-Pacelli High School Virtual Advising intern in China. Apply here
International University Exchange Center (IUEC) Virtual English Teaching Intern in South Korea.Apply here
Bring The Elephant Home Virtual Communications & Community Outreach internships in Thailand. Apply here
Docu+ Virtual Documentary Research Intern in South Korea (Korean required!). Apply here
Okinawa Institute of Technology Research Internship in Japan - funded, deadline 10/15 for summer. Learn more.
LightHouse Health Virtual Marketing & Communications, and Virtual Software Product Development Interns in Singapore.
The Blakemore Freeman fellowships are awarded to graduating seniors, college graduates, graduate students and young/mid-career professionals who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents of the United States, who are already at or near an advanced level in the language and ready to advance to professional fluency. The grants are highly competitive; we anticipate awarding grants to around 5% of applicants.
The grants provide a stipend for living, travel and study expenses and full tuition for programs in East Asia such as:
● Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies in Yokohama
● International Chinese Language Program at National Taiwan University
● Inter-University Program for Chinese Language Studies at Tsinghua University
● Seoul National University, Sogang University and other language programs in South Korea
In addition to Chinese, Japanese and Korean, Blakemore Freeman Fellowships are also available for advanced language study in:
● Thailand ● Vietnam ● Indonesia ● Cambodia ● Myanmar
Register for this event
Drop in advising during the fair for any career-related questions
Jobs
PEOPLE: College Advisor (Full-time Position)
PEOPLE is hiring for a college advisor to provide guidance and programming to support PEOPLE Scholars' personal and academic success.
Details can be found on the Student Jobs Link
Evening, Executive, & Professional MBA Programs at the Wisconsin School of Business (30-hrs/week) The Evening, Executive, & Professional MBA Programs at the Wisconsin School of Business is seeking an Office Manager to help support the office operations. This role is being hired for 30 hours per week and has the flexibility to be hybrid (some on-campus work/some remote work). The Office Manager will report directly to our Assistant Dean, Leslie Petty. Posting details: https://jobs.hr.wisc.edu/cw/en-us/job/510473/office-assistant. The application closes on Sunday, 10/10 at 11:55 p.m.
Academic Coaching and Tutoring Services: Tutors
The Division of Diversity, Equity Equity Educational Achievement is looking for tutors/academic coaches. Work remotely at a pay of $11/hour. Currently seeking for tutors but not limited to:
Administrative Assistant Opening - Pre-Health & Pre-Law are Hiring!
Please help us spread the word! We are seeking an administrative assistant to help support advising, programming, and overall operations within Pre-Professional Advising, which includes the Centers for Pre-Health and Pre-Law Advising. The Administrative Assistant role is being hired at 80% (32 hours per week) and reports to our Communications and Operations Manager, Teal Evans. Please see the posting for details: https://jobs.hr.wisc.edu/en-us/job/510402/preprofessional-advising-administrative-assistant.
The application closes next Monday, 9/27, at 11:55pm.
To send items for the next ALC e-news please email: Rachel Weiss
Undergraduate Advisor and Graduate Program Coordinator
Department of Asian Languages & Cultures
(608) 890-0138 E-mail: rweiss@wisc.edu
