Second year undergraudate student Lauren Sorensen has been awarded a Boren Scholarship to study Wolof in Senegal. Boren Scholarships (for undergraduate students) and Fellowships (for graduate students) provide unique funding opportunities for U.S. students to …
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ACS film festival a success
On Friday 13 April, ACS students and faculty gather to eat popcorn and watch eleven short films made by students in our language courses (Arabic, Swahili, Wolof, and Yoruba. The films were judged by a …
Olusegun Soetan Earns African Studies Summer Fieldwork Award
Ph.D. student Olusegun Soetan has earned an African Studies Summer Fieldwork award in the amount of $3000 to offset the cost of international travel. These awards support UW-Madison graduate students working on a master’s thesis …
Kathryn Mara Named Future Faculty Partner of UW’s Teaching Academy
Ph.D student Kathryn Mara has been selected as a 2018 Future Faculty Partner as part of UW-Madison’s Teaching Academy program. Future Faculty Partners are graduate students who have been formally recognized by the Teaching Academy as having …
Jessica Miller Wins Louise Troxell Award
Jessica Miller, a graduating senior with majors in African Languages and Literature and Biology, has earned the Louise Troxell award. Miller was specifically commended for her record of academic excellence and contributions to campus and …
Olusegun Soetan Awarded Mellon Wisconsin Summer Fellowship
Dissertator Olusegun Soetan will receive a three-month summer fellowship (June 1- August 31st) which provides a stipend, tuition and segregated fees coverage. Congratulations, Segun!
Adeola Agoke Awarded NFMLTA Dissertation Grant
PhD student Adeola Agoke was awarded a National Federation of Modern Language Teachers Associations (NFMLTA) Dissertation Grant. This award helps support graduate students in the fields of applied linguistics and language education at the dissertation …
Sanuth publishes on Yoruba study abroad
Congratulations to MA alum Kazeem Sanuth, who recently published an article, “Navigating between a Monolingual Utopia and Translingual Realities: Experiences of American Learners of Yorùbá as an Additional Language” (co-authored with Junko Mori) in the …
Ron Radano Earns Berlin Prize
Each year, the American Academy in Berlin awards two-dozen semester-long Berlin Prize fellowships to outstanding scholars, writers, and artists from the United States. Fellows, who come from the humanities, social sciences, public policy, and the …
Toni Landis feted by International Academic Programs
Our student services coordinator Toni Landis earned the “IAPpriciates You Award” from International Academic Programs. IAP staff came to our faculty meeting to give Toni the award, and noted that she was nominated by numerous …