Shihoko Fujiwara Honored With 2008 Distinguished Alumni Award

Shihoko Fujiwara, of Tokyo, Japan, is among seven alumni of the University of Wisconsin-Madison who will be honored next month with the 2008 Distinguished Alumni Awards, presented by the Wisconsin Alumni Association (WAA).

A 2003 graduate of UW-Madison with a degree in International Studies, Fujiwara is a coordinator with the Polaris Project, a nonprofit organization that combats human trafficking — a form of modern-day slavery. Based in Tokyo, Japan, Fujiwara provides food, shelter, medical assistance and other support to human-trafficking survivors, educates law enforcement about how to identify victims, and advocates for improved public policy.

The Distinguished Alumni Award is the highest honor bestowed by the Wisconsin Alumni Association. The award celebrates outstanding UW-Madison graduates whose professional achievements, contributions to society, and support of the university exemplify the Wisconsin Idea.

“Through their one-of-a-kind endeavors, these UW alumni are credited with some of the world’s most innovative and important contributions,” said Paula Bonner MS’78, WAA’s President and CEO. “We’re proud to recognize them as part of the worldwide community of 370,000 passionate, inspired UW-Madison alumni.”

The recipients will be honored at an awards program at 5 p.m. on Thursday, May 8, at the Wisconsin Union Theater in Memorial Union, 800 Langdon St. The awards program is free and open to the public. Details and registration are at uwalumni.com/daa.

Contact: Kate Dixon, Wisconsin Alumni Association, 608 265-8769, news@uwalumni.com.

International Service: An Evening with Senator Feingold

7:30 pm, Monday, March 24
Great Hall, Memorial Union
800 Langdon St.

“International Service: An Evening with Senator Feingold” will be on Monday, March 24 at 7:30 pm in Great Hall, Memorial Union, 800 Langdon St. This event is intended for UW-Madison students, faculty, staff, Union members and their guests.

Join U.S. Senator Russ Feingold as he speaks to UW-Madison on the importance of international volunteerism in the global community. Feingold, a UW alumnus, has served in the U.S. Senate since 1993 and has been an advocate for human rights in foreign relations, Africa and around the world.

This event is sponsored by the Wisconsin Union Directorate Global Connections Committee and co-sponsored by the WUD Distinguished Lecture Series Committee, AIESEC and the UW-Madison Division of International Studies.

For more information contact Shira Weiner, 265-5236, srweiner@wisc.edu, or visit www.union.wisc.edu/globalconnections.

UW alumni among the world’s best and brightest innovators and citizens

by Kate Dixon, UW-Madison Communications

They are innovators in business, champions for education and dedicated international volunteers — and they’re all under age 40.

The Wisconsin Alumni Association (WAA) is honoring 23 University of Wisconsin-Madison graduates with the new Forward Under 40 Award.

“These young Badgers are among the world’s best and brightest innovators and citizens,” says Paula Bonner, WAA president and CEO. “Half majored in the liberal arts, half have founded nonprofit organizations, and two-thirds are teaching or mentoring the next generation.”

The award recipients are living the Wisconsin Idea — the 103-year-old guiding philosophy of UW-Madison outreach efforts to touch the lives of people in Wisconsin and throughout the world.

Honorees are featured in “Forward Under 40,” a publication to be distributed in March to 100,000 UW-Madison alumni and WAA members. Interactive profiles of the award winners are available online.

The 2008 award recipients are:

University of Wisconsin Grads Getting Prominent in Korea [dongA.com]

From dongA.com, February 20, 2008

The nomination of Federation of Korean Industries Vice Chairman Lee Youn-ho as commerce, industry, and energy minister highlights the growing prominence of University of Wisconsin graduates in Korea.

The majority of the university’s graduates in Korea have made their mark in the presidential transition committee, politics, academia and economics. The school is especially known for producing excellent economics and chemical engineering majors.

According to the federation and the university’s economics alumni association, Lee received from the school his master’s in public administration in 1978 and a Ph.D. in economics in 1984.

Grand National Party lawmaker Choi Gyeong-hwan, the head of the second economics division of the transition committee, also received his doctorate from Wisconsin.

UW-Madison No. 2 in producing Peace Corps volunteers

From UW-Madison Communications

For the second straight year, the University of Wisconsin-Madison is second in the nation in producing alumni volunteers to the Peace Corps.

The 2007 ranking continues the university’s strong relationship with the service institution, which included 20 straight years as the Corps’ top producer from 1986-2005.

The rankings released this week by the Peace Corps show that in the large schools category, the University of Washington ranks first, with 113 undergraduate alumni serving as volunteers. UW-Madison holds second place with 99 undergraduate alumni volunteers, and the University of Colorado at Boulder follows closely behind with 94 volunteers.

Alumni of UW-Madison and the Peace Corps continue to have a strong historical bond. Since Peace Corps’ inception, 2,812 alumni of UW-Madison have joined the ranks, making it the second leading producer of volunteers of all time, says Greg Pepping, Peace Corps representative for UW-Madison.

UW Alumni Find Travel Companion in Flat Bucky

Contact: Kate Dixon, Wisconsin Alumni Association, (608) 265-8769, kdixon@uwalumni.com

MADISON, Wis. — Buckingham Badger, meet Buckingham Palace.

As seen in the new Badger Insider Magazine, published exclusively for members of the Wisconsin Alumni Association (WAA), Bucky Badger often accompanies University of Wisconsin-Madison alumni on their national and worldwide travels.

The magazine gives readers a glimpse into the journeys of “Flat Bucky,” a pocket-size version of the beloved mascot that follows in the paper-doll tradition. In the Winter 2008 issue of Badger Insider, readers can spot Flat Bucky in the Amazon, and Stockholm, Sweden. This fall, Bucky sightings also took place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; on the “Emerald Isle” of Ireland; and at London’s Buckingham Palace.

WAA members know that Flat Bucky also has a red-and-white history of adventures closer to home. Kelly Hall Sather of Bellevue, Wash., a 1991 UW-Madison graduate, said Flat Bucky is a fun way for her family to display their Badger spirit on the West Coast.

Program brings students to Washington, D.C., for global experiences

by Kristin Czubkowski, UW-Madison Communications

Published in Wisconsin Week.

The phrase “once a Badger, always a Badger” often applies to alumni’s continued support of University of Wisconsin-Madison athletics after graduation, but in the case of at least one academic program, the Washington, D.C., Undergraduate Semester in International Affairs in the Division of International Studies, it has meant much more.

“I would like to say it was because we realized here on campus the real need for this program, but it was really because a group of alumni in Washington who worked in international affairs came to us,” says Cynthia Williams, director of external relations for the Division of International Studies. UW-Madison alumni in Washington, D.C., have been involved in the program, now in its third year, from the start, bringing the idea to UW-Madison and ensuring its continued success.

WISCTV: Wisconsin Woman Helped Lead Nazi Resistance

From Channel 3000’s “Mildred Fish-Harnack: Back To Berlin”

A Wisconsin woman’s amazing story stretched beyond America’s borders to Nazi Germany, where she became a major force in the underground resistance to the Nazis and personally caught the attention of Adolf Hitler.

• Wisconsin Woman Helped Lead Nazi Resistance
• Video: Watch the report online
• Slideshow: Madison points of interest in Mildred Fish-Harnack’s life
• Slideshow: Berlin points of interest in Mildred Fish-Harnack’s life
• Video: Expert Art Heitzer Speaks about Mildred Fish-Harnack’s background and legacy
• Video: Memorial Center Director Discusses Mildred Fish-Harnack’s Time In Nazi Germany
• Video: Curator Andreas Sander Gives Tour of the Former Gestapo Headquarters in Berlin

Also visit UW-Madison’s Mildred Fish Harnack Democracy and Human Rights Lecture

UW Alumni Return to Campus to Discuss Importance of Languages in Careers in International Development

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CONTACT: Wendy Johnson, Outreach Coordinator, Language Institute, Tel. (608) 262-1473, Fax (608) 890-1094, wsjohnso@wisc.edu

Madison—Having worked in many countries including France, Morocco, the Kyrgyz Republic, Russia, Peru, and Brazil, three of UW–Madison’s alumni know firsthand how essential their studies in French, Russian, Spanish, and Portuguese have been to their international development work.

“Proficiency in the local language is really invaluable to be able to engage directly with local partners, understand what they are thinking and to create trust and confidence with them,” says Malcolm Childress, UW-Madison alumnus and senior land administration specialist with the World Bank. “In some areas, such as Latin America, knowing the language is a basic prerequisite for working in the country.”

On Monday October 15, 2007, UW-Madison’s Language Institute will host Childress and two other UW alumni for a panel discussion entitled “Language for Life: Languages and International Development.” The event will be held at 4:00 pm in 6104 Social Sciences Building. The event is free and open to the public.

Panelists include:

UW-Madison alumni discuss importance of languages in careers

Having worked in many countries including France, Morocco, the Kyrgyz Republic, Russia, Peru and Brazil, three of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s alumni know firsthand how essential their studies in French, Russian, Spanish and Portuguese have been to their international development work.

“Proficiency in the local language is really invaluable to be able to engage directly with local partners, understand what they are thinking and to create trust and confidence with them,” says Malcolm Childress, UW-Madison alumnus and senior land administration specialist with the World Bank. “In some areas, such as Latin America, knowing the language is a basic prerequisite for working in the country.”

On Monday, Oct. 15, UW-Madison’s Language Institute will host Childress and two other UW-Madison alumni for a panel discussion titled “Language for Life: Languages and International Development.” The event will be held at 4 p.m. in 6104 Sewell Social Science Building, 1180 Observatory Drive. The event is free and open to the public.

Today’s students will compete in globally connected market

By Frances Shuter Taylor
Published in the Capital Region Business Journal

The other day, I came across a telling statistic - one in five U.S. jobs is now linked to international trade. The assumption is that U.S. companies’ growth increasingly will depend upon overseas markets for sourcing components or raw materials, or for sales, or probably both.

What does this mean for us? For me, it indicates that our young people will need to be trained to compete in today’s globally connected marketplace. They must be prepared, no matter what field or line of work they choose, to be global players and citizens of the world.

The role of education

Historically, Wisconsin has given its high school and college students solid grounding in education and its relationship to our individual communities. Our institutions of higher learning know that educational content must evolve to be relevant to today’s, even tomorrow’s world.

Distinguished UW-Madison Alumni: International Practitioners Coming to Campus

John Campbell, former U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, and Florence Chenoweth, until recently United Nations Food and Agriculture (FAO) representative to the UN and executive director of the FAO Liaison Office in New York, will be on campus in 2007 and 2008. Ambassador Campbell will be Diplomat-in-Residence while Dr. Chenoweth will be a research consultant.

Ambassador Campbell will be teaching courses, advising students, and contributing to International Studies’ outreach programs connecting his special and substantial experience in international diplomacy with students, faculty, and the community. Click here for more on Ambassador Campbell, International Studies’ Diplomat-in-Residence.

Dr. Chenoweth, recognized internationally in the field of human rights, food security, and development, will be the inaugural lecturer for a human rights lecture series and, through a variety of activities, will advise the university in the development of a human rights initiative leading to a campus Center for Human Rights. Earlier this year, Dr. Chenoweth was on campus as a UW-Madison Distinguished International Visitor.

The residencies are being made possible by the financial support of the Chancellor, the deans of the Division of International Studies, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, and the School of Medicine and Public Health, as well as the African Studies Program, the International Studies major, and the Department of History.

Dr. Chenoweth earned both her master’s (1970) and Ph.D. degrees (1986) and Ambassador Campbell his Ph.D. (1970) from UW-Madison.

Click here for more on Florence Chenoweth.

And, in what could be the campus’ first diplomatic triumvirate, both of these distinguished alumni practitioners will join forces next June with another diplomat. Alfred Defago, former Swiss ambassador to the U.S. and International Studies’ first diplomat in residence from 2001 to 2003, will return to campus to teach a summer seminar on global security.

WAA Distinguished Alumni Award Recognizes International Hero

Ernest Darkoh, a global health hero in the fight against HIV/AIDS, will return to campus on Thursday, May 10, to receive a Distinguished Alumni Award. Five other graduates will also be honored at a 5 p.m. ceremony at the Memorial Union, which is free and open to the public. (Click here for more information)

Dr. Darkoh, MD, MPH, MBA, is founder and chairman of BroadReach Healthcare. He will also give a talk on “Rethinking the Healthcare Model In Africa,” on Wednesday, May 9, at 5:00 p.m., Health Sciences Learning Center Room 1325, discussing how HIV has revealed tragic flaws in the predominant operating health care model in Africa. Sponsored by the Center for Global Health, a collaborative initiative of the UW Schools of Medicine and Public Health, Nursing, Pharmacy, Veterinary Medicine and the Division of International Studies. For more information, 262-3862, teigland@wisc.edu

Ambassador Campbell to be UW-Madison Diplomat-in-Residence

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DATE: Monday, April 30, 2007
CONTACT: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communications, Division of International Studies, UW-Madison, (608) 262-5590, rlhess@wisc.edu

Madison, WI – John Campbell, U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria since May, 2004, will be Diplomat-in-Residence at the University of Wisconsin-Madison next fall, the Division of International Studies announced today.

“We are tremendously pleased that Ambassador Campbell will spend the next academic year at UW-Madison. His extensive experience as a diplomat, as an international practitioner, will be of enormous benefit to our students, both in and outside the classroom,” says Gilles Bousquet, dean of International Studies. “And he’s a Badger, too, an embodiment of the Wisconsin Idea in a global sense!”

As Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Campbell has led one of the largest U.S. Missions in Africa, with an Embassy in Abuja and a Consulate General in Lagos. His previous domestic assignments in the U.S. Department of State have included Deputy Assistant Secretary, responsible for personnel world-wide under the Director General, Dean of the language training facility, Deputy Executive Secretary, and Director of the Office of UN Political Affairs. His previous overseas assignments have been in Lyon, Paris, Geneva, Lagos, Pretoria and Capetown.

Ambassador Campbell earned his BA and MA degrees from the University of Virginia and his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1970. He was a 1990-91 U.S. Department of State Senior Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University. From 1970 to 1975, he taught British and French history at Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, Virginia.

Distinguished Alumni Awards Announced

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DATE: March 28, 2007
CONTACT: Mary DeNiro, WAA Vice-President for Marketing and Communications, mdeniro@uwalumni.com

Madison, WI – The Wisconsin Alumni Association has announced its 2007 Distinguished Alumni Awards. The awards are the highest honor bestowed by the Wisconsin Alumni Association. Since 1936, WAA has been presenting the awards to the most prestigious graduates of UW-Madison for their professional achievements, contributions to society, and support of the university.

Each spring, the Wisconsin Alumni Association honors six alumni who used their voices to make a positive change in their communities, their countries or the world.

The Division of International Studies is pleased to note that among those alumni receiving the award is Frances Shuter Taylor, BSE, 1968, former executive vice president of the Bank of America and a founding member and immediate past chair of the Dean of International Studies’ International Advisory Board.

International Studies Receives $100,000 Gift for Study Abroad

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DATE: Tuesday, February 13, 2007

CONTACT: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communications, Division of International Studies, UW-Madison, (608) 262-5590, rlhess@wisc.edu

UW-MADISON INTERNATIONAL STUDIES RECEIVES $100,000 GIFT FOR STUDY ABROAD

Madison, WI – More University of Wisconsin-Madison students will be able to study abroad on year-long programs, thanks to a substantial gift from The Pritzker Pucker Family Foundation, the Division of International Studies announced today.

Gigi Pritzker Pucker, an alumna of the UW-Madison’s Nepal study-abroad program, made the $100,000 gift on behalf of the Foundation.

“It’s especially gratifying to receive funding from one of our program’s past participants,” says Gilles Bousquet, dean of International Studies. “This very generous gift will make a world of difference to our students, especially in the areas of language learning and year-long study abroad in places outside our students’ “comfort zones.”

According to Bousquet, students receiving the grants will study abroad on year-long programs in Central and Eastern Europe, Africa, Asia, and Latin America. UW-Madison students increasingly are choosing to study in non-traditional and non-English speaking countries, mirroring a national trend reported in the Institute of International Education’s (IIE) annual report, “Open Doors 2006,” published in November.

“The UW-Madison Nepal Program changed my life in so many ways,” Ms. Pritzker Pucker says. “The impact has been lifelong and I am so pleased to be able to help other students have this experience.”

The gift will enable the UW-Madison to offer grants of up to $5,000 per student per year. The awards will be made based on a combination of factors, including financial need, demonstrated academic excellence, and the nature of the academic program proposed for the time spent abroad.

“This is wonderfully generous,” says Joe Elder, professor of Sociology, and Languages and Cultures of Asia. For many years, Elder was the director of the UW-Madison’s Center for South Asia, and is the academic director of the University’s study abroad programs in South Asia. “Gigi’s earlier gift in 2004 has made it possible for 30 students to study abroad in countries such as India, Nepal, Thailand, China, Kenya, Egypt, Ecuador, Russia, and Hungary. Her gift is guaranteed to expand and enrich the lives of another group of students beyond their imagination.”

In 2004-2005, over 1,600 UW-Madison students studied abroad on over 150 UW-Madison programs offered by several campus units, or in non-UW-Madison programs for which the students received transfer credit. The Division of International Studies’ International Academic Programs offers the largest number of study abroad programs at the University. UW-Madison ranked No. 11 nationally in the total number of students studying abroad, according to the IIE.

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The Importance of Working Overseas: Two Perspectives on International Internships

Today’s students need global skills and corporations increasingly are looking for globally-trained employees. With this in mind, the UW-Madison Division of International Studies, in partnership with the School of Business, the College of Engineering and Cross-College Biology Education, as well as friends and alumni, has launched the International Academic Internships Initiative (IAII).

Last summer, in its pilot year, the IAII placed seven students at locations in Japan and the Netherlands. Participants, both students and their employers, were extremely satisfied with the program, which hopes to provide 15 to 20 internships in 2007. Here we explore two perspectives on the program’s importance, and how students can make a meaningful contribution to their company and the state of Wisconsin – one from an alumnus who was instrumental in launching the program, another from a student participant.

Spearheading the Project – A Donor’s Perspective

Jack Lavin (BBA ’76), a member of the School of Business Advisory Board, became involved in the IAII program as a lead donor in 2005 after the School’s dean, Mike Knetter, introduced him to the dean of International Studies, Gilles Bousquet. “I have a personal interest in international business and an entrepreneurial nature,” says Lavin. “I liked the idea of a joint venture between the School of Business and the Division of International Studies and was invested in getting it on track.” Lavin, along with other donors from Wisconsin to Japan, is providing valuable funding for the program’s participants. Students receive scholarships of up to $2,500 for their internship.

Lavin identified with the program because, as a UW-Madison student, he was a member of the International Association of Students in Economic and Commercial Sciences (AIESEC) and spent a summer working at a Swedish bank. While the job itself was not the most exciting he’d had, the experience of working abroad always stayed with him. Lavin believes that today’s students and the state of Wisconsin need a program like the IAII in order to compete in the global economy. “It’s not necessarily natural to think of Wisconsin as an international hub, or of a global education being important for the state,” he says. “But as the world becomes more interconnected, UW must demonstrate its ability to present a well-rounded international perspective.”

Lavin says he is curious to see what happens next to the internship students. “When I met the students last fall, they reinforced my good feeling about supporting the program. There is no substitute for this kind of experience. These are serious students whose enthusiasm about the program will permeate throughout the campus.”

Lavin believes that the students aren’t the only ones to benefit from the program. He says companies benefit, too. “The students bring a fresh perspective to the business and have great energy. The company may even come away with a permanent employee.”

The International Academic Internship Experience – One Student’s Perspective

When Max Miller heard about the International Academic Internship Initiative, he was quick to sign up. “I’m just really into this kind of thing,” says Miller, a fifth year senior majoring in finance and international business but with over 20 credits of Chinese under his belt. “I’m really obsessed with living and working abroad.”

Miller, who is from Milwaukee, had studied abroad in China and Hong Kong, but the academic internship offered him the chance to have a new but also practical adventure. Miller was assigned to the Toshiba Corporation in Tokyo where he worked in the procurement department. By Miller’s account, Toshiba kept him very busy, giving him an invaluable perspective not just in one field but of the company as a whole. He was sent to different levels of the company and to various locations, including area plants and suppliers. He attended daily briefings and did research on Toshiba’s competitors to relay to top management. He examined product costs and assessed product lines. He edited letters translated from Japanese to English that the company sent its suppliers. In procurement, he was especially interested in learning about the company’s cost management approaches.

Before signing up for the program, Miller had been interested in working in Asia after graduation. The IAII experience gave him a start but it was especially rewarding because, in the procurement department, Miller became intrigued by a potentially new career path.

According to Miller, increasing numbers of fellow-students in Business are realizing that these kinds of international experiences, “learning to live outside your comfort zone,” are important both personally and professionally. “[The IAII experience] was very hectic, very stressful, but I loved it, every minute,” Miller says.

UW Grad’s Project Portraits for World’s Orphans

by GAYLE WORLAND, Wisconsin State Journal

Ben Schumaker’s “Memory Project” already connects the lives of thousands of American high schoolers with children living in orphanages in some of the world’s poorest countries.

Tonight, it could grab the attention of millions of television viewers worldwide.

Click below to read the full story…
http://www.madison.com/wsj/mad/top/index.php?ntid=97491&ntpid=1

Increasing International Visibility

UW-Madison’s growing reputation as a global research university was very much in evidence this past May when Chancellor John Wiley and Gilles Bousquet, Dean of International Studies, traveled to England for a series of important and exciting international events.

(right) Chancellor Willey and Dean Bousquet at the International Studies Advisory Board Meeting. Photo courtesy of Doug Cornish, Inmarsat Global Ltd.

The Chancellor joined Dean Bousquet and members of the International Studies Advisory Board in London for the Board’s first meeting away from the UW-Madison campus. Board members came from Europe and the Middle East as well as Wisconsin, New York, and Washington, D.C., for the all-day session. “It was a tremendous show of commitment from the board members, and the discussions were very productive,” Bousquet said, adding that members helped formulate new strategies for promoting global competence among UW-Madison students and more extensive business-University links. The meeting and associated activities were graciously hosted by alumni Andy Sukawaty (BBA, ’77), Chairman and CEO of Inmarsat Group Holdings, Ltd., and Paul and Carol Collins. Paul (BBA ’58), is the retired Vice Chairman of Citigroup and Co-chair of the university’s Create the Future Campaign.

(left) Chancellor Wiley greets alumni at the WAA reception in London. Photo by Stuart Edwards, Always Photography Limited.

Another important focus of the trip was a two-day series of meetings with leadership teams at the Universities of Leeds, Manchester, and Sheffield, partners with UW-Madison in the Worldwide Universities Network. The discussions cemented the strong research connections that already exist between UW-Madison and these institutions, but also suggested several new opportunities for innovation and collaboration in an international context.

(above) Chancellor John Wiley, Dean Gilles Bousquet, and Professor Michael Hinden with senior staff at the University of Manchester, at the official residence of Vice Chancellor, Alan Gilbert, second from left. Photo courtesy of University of Manchester.

WUN is a grouping of sixteen research-led institutions of international standing that have created a worldwide research and graduate education partnership. Chancellor Wiley serves on WUN’s executive committee, which also held an all-day business meeting during this trip. Representatives from Europe, the U.S., and China attended to share their perspectives on international education.

The U.K. trip ended with a festive alumni reunion in London hosted by the Wisconsin Alumni Association. Participants were not only happy to reconnect but were also eager to raise the profile of their alma mater as a premier institution internationally. “We are now seeing a powerful alumni network across Europe, an area where we have strong historic ties,” said Bousquet. “Our alums are great advocates for the UW-Madison, its programs, students and faculty, and for the importance of global connectedness.”

(above left) Members of the Dean of International Studies’ Advisory Board. Photo courtesy of Doug Cornish.

Alums Have Friendly French Connection

By Anita Weier, The Capital Times

PARIS - Ties to the University of Wisconsin-Madison hold firm no matter where alumni end up.

That was proven during a recent trip to Paris organized by the UW Alumni Association, where traveling alumni had dinner with members of the Paris-based UW Alumni Club of France.

Club President Kyle Schneider, 27, who helped arrange a fine multi-course French dinner at Le Moulin Vert (The Green Mill) during the alumni visit in April, has lived in Paris for seven years, far from his hometown of Evansville. . .

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