It’s beginning to look a lot like winter break, which means members of the CREECA community will likely catch up on their reading and may be shopping for discerning readers in their lives. Fortunately, CREECA …
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Welcome to CREECA, welcome to campus: Meet the next generation of REECAS specialists from UW
The CREECA student body looks different than it did when Ingraham Hall was abandoned in March 2020. As MA students in REECAS transition from one phase of professional life to another, the next generation of …
Grants—new and renewed—bolster CREECA’s language learning programs for summer 2022
The Pushkin Summer Institute (PSI) has been awarded a $150,000 grant from the U.S. Russia Foundation (USRF) to support its intensive, residential program for summer 2022 that will welcome its first in-person cohort since 2019. …
Baraboo H.S. teacher Becca Onken (UW ’13) uses Engaging Eurasia Fellowship to meet students’ emotional needs through Central Asian content
UW-Madison alumna Becca Onken ’13 learned how vital it was to balance her students’ emotional and social needs with academic skills and engaging content during the unpredictable school year that was 2020-21. “My students were …
Cross-unit collaboration brings “Cyber Capabilities and Accelerating Global Change” – a workshop for K-14 Wisconsin educators
One year ago, CREECA had no choice but to postpone a K-14 educator workshop on cyber warfare and accelerated global change—a topic that has increased in significance as our reliance on networks and videoconferencing has …
From a Fulbright in Kazakhstan to Teach For America: Catching up with REECAS Alumnus Joshua Dufour ’15
UW-Madison REECAS MA alumnus Joshua Dufour ’15 shared the news with CREECA that he has accepted a new opportunity with Teach For America, his next professional move after completing a Fulbright Teaching Assistantship in Kazakhstan …
CREECA’s Francine Hirsch wins award for Soviet Judgment at Nuremberg, shares insights into research process at book launch
The American Society of International Law (ASIL) has awarded UW-Madison Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of History Francine Hirsch the 2021 Certificate of Merit for a Preeminent Contribution to Creative Scholarship for her recently published book …
CREECA’s Yoshiko Herrera takes the virtual stage this fall to discuss race and jazz in Russia, U.S.-Russian relations
While 2020 has been the year of social distancing, mask-wearing, and remote meetings, the necessity of moving lectures and seminars online has also opened up opportunities to reach new audiences. One of several CREECA faculty …
New CREECA associates talk outreach, interdisciplinarity, and language studies
Three new CREECA associates, Krzysztof Borowski, Melissa Sheedy, and Liina-Ly Roos, have joined the Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic (GNS+) this fall and have settled into new academic appointments at the start of this …
REECAS alumna Caroline Savage’s storied career as a Foreign Service Officer and advice to future REECAS graduates
Since REECAS alumna Caroline Savage joined the Foreign Service 16 years ago, she has done work in DC and overseas in four of the five specialties of the Foreign Service within the State Department: Consular, …