University of Wisconsin–Madison

Year: 2020

Fall 2020 L&S Honors Commencement

To celebrate Fall 2020 L&S Honors graduates, you can visit the L&S Honors Program’s dedicated Winter 2020 commencement webpage. On that page, you will find commencement remarks from L&S Dean Eric Wilcots and L&S Honors Program Faculty Director Sabine Gross as well as student speaker Julia Miller. You can also view pictures of Honors events …

Spring 2021 Automatic Honors Courses

The L&S Honors Program put together an overview of Spring 2021 Automatic Honors courses (Honors Only and Accelerated Honors) to help you explore enrollment options for the upcoming term. Please note the following: To earn Honors credit from an Honors Only course, you must be enrolled in a/the section designated as “Honors Only.” Course descriptions …

Wisconsin Speech and Debate presents to European Union officials

Eleanor Conrad November 24, 2020 The Schuman Challenge is an annual debating contest hosted by the European Union Delegation to the USA.

MAFL speech competition is “mind-opening”

This past Saturday four members of the Wisconsin Speech and Debate Society competed virtually at the Mid-American Forensics League’s second tournament of the season.

Wisconsin Speech and Debate Competes in the United States Universities Debating Championship

This past weekend, on October 3rd, the members of the Wisconsin Speech and Debate team competed in the online United States Universities Debate Championship hosted by Hobart and Williams Smith Colleges.

L&S Honors Program Family Weekend Event

Dear Honors Families and Students, The Honors Program Family Weekend Event took place on Friday, October 16, from 4:00pm–5:00pm CDT. The event included a virtual conversation and information session with the Letters & Science Honors Program. Honors Faculty Director Sabine Gross and Associate Directors Sara Stephenson and Matt Kohlstedt along with a current Honors student …

Wisconsin Debaters Reach Finals of 2020 online Hollatz Debates

This past Saturday, September 26, Wisconsin Speech and Debate members Jon S. (Neurobio., x23), Ria D. (English, x24, Sophie L. (Biochem. & Life Science Comm., x23), and Zach H. (Econ., x24) debated at the 2020 online Hollatz Debates hosted by Wheaton College.

Wisconsin Speech and Debate competes “at” Duke

UW–Madison’s competitive intercollegiate debate season commenced this past weekend (September 19 and 20).

Fall 2020 Virtual Career Treks

The UW-System Career Treks Series-Virtual Industry Visits bring together WI organizations from a variety of industries to connect with all UW-System students. This virtual space will allow students to network with professionals, while learning about the organization, its culture, and the skills desired by these featured employers. The career treks begin on September 9th at …

Join the JUIS Team in Fall 2020

Are you interested in International Studies, language, and writing? The Journal of Undergraduate International Studies (JUIS) is seeking editors to join its team. As a nationally distributed journal, we publish first-rate academic articles of undergraduate students pursuing novel scholarship. As an editor, you will gain skills to evaluate submissions for originality, organization, clarity, argument development. …