For six weeks, UW–Madison has been home to 25 young Africans taking part in the Mandela Washington Fellowship—an academic and experiential learning program designed to prepare them to be future leaders in their countries. July 25, the final day of the program, was made especially significant through a visit to campus by Lieutenant General Seretse …
University Communications is seeking a national media relations lead to work on pitches and placement of some of our best stories, as well as the creation of an op-ed program. This is a position we’ve wanted to launch for some time and I’m excited for the chance to have a staff member work exclusively on …
ACLS invites applications for Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowships, which support a year of research and writing to help advanced graduate students in the humanities and related social sciences in the last year of PhD dissertation writing. The program encourages timely completion of the PhD. Applicants must be prepared to complete their dissertations within the period of …
Catholic Relief Services (CRS) East Africa Farmer 2 Farmer has a number of open scopes of work (SOWs) for short-term dairy technical consultants in Ethiopia. ET23 Dairy Farm Management (.docx) ET90 Animal Bio-technology & Breeding (.docx) ET102 Dairy Farm Management (.docx) The Farmer-to-Farmer (F2F) East Africa program leverages US volunteer’s expertise to assist small holder farmers …
Webby Phiri is a participant of the 2017 YALI Mandela Washington Fellowship at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He shares some of his reflections on his time in the U.S. including answers to the ever so prevalent question, “What do you think is different between here and Africa?” After traveling on my longest trip, and recovering from …
The idea of One Health – that the health of humans, animals and ecosystems are interconnected—presented new ways to address health challenges for the Mandela Washington Fellows visiting the University of Wisconsin–Madison this summer. “The major public health challenges we all face demand bringing multiple disciplines together to solve problems,” says Olsen, a professor emeritus in the …
The PEOPLE Program is looking for a full-time academic staff to serve as the PEOPLE College Student Services Coordinator. UW–Madison’s Pre-College Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence (PEOPLE) is recognized nationally as one of the largest university-based pre-college pipeline programs in the country. The program is one of only a small number of university-based programs that works …
The African Studies Program seeks an Office Management Intern to assist with the day to day business of the center. Specific duties could include: • Serve as a professional representative of African Studies Program (ASP) to our faculty, staff, and external community. • Respond promptly and professionally to ASP center email and direct inquiries to …
The Global Health Institute is looking for a communications intern who is savvy in social media and has the skills to perform other communications duties. The intern works directly with the GHI communications manager and GHI’s administrator on a variety of tasks, including website posts, social media outreach, infographics, news writing, newsletter creation and other …
Africa CDC is in the process of recruiting for the first set of leadership positions. These are exciting opportunities to be part of a team to help develop a strong public health institution in Africa. To learn more about these vacancies and how to visit aucareers.org