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1 Sharing Outreach Practices Rachel Weiss Center for South Asia University of Wisconsin - Madison

2 UW-Madison African Studies Program Center for European Studies Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia Center for International Business Education and Research Center for East Asian Studies Center for South Asia Center for Southeast Asia Global Studies Latin American, Iberian, and Caribbean Studies UW-Milwaukee Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center for International Education Madison Area Technical College

3 Business: Connecting beyond UW UW Extension –Leadership & Business Programs Department of Public Instruction –FBLA-Wisconsin Chapter Department of Commerce –What Businesses Export to India? Governor’s Trade Mission to India Technical Colleges –Strong Business courses and teaching faculty

4 Media Know your Public Radio programs Watch your Public Access programs Getting news out beyond your city

5 Community Public Library Maintain List of Translators South Asian Community Organizations –Asian or Indian Grocery Markets –Restaurants So your going to India? –Book list –Indian Embassies and US Consulate info

6 Campus Community Student Organizations in Professional Schools: Law School, Engineering College, Medical Sciences, Library Sciences, etc. Getting to know Faculty beyond the Humanities and Social Sciences

7 K-12 101 Cultural Events –Know which local school in your area as a great performance space for public events/school visits Classroom Presentations –Be ready to go with grade-level appropriate Power Points & artifact or Discovery Boxes Teacher Workshops –Know where your region falls into the curriculum/standards –Be thematic!

8 Building a Teacher Connection Have you considered a Teacher Advisory Committee???

9 Reaching Out Coming to us – somewhat successful! Going to them – VERY successful! –Statewide Teacher Conferences/National Teacher Conferences Wisconsin Council for the Social Studies, WI Foreign Language Teachers Assoc., WI English Teachers Assoc., WI Middle and Elementary Level Teachers Assoc., Catholic Schools of Wisconsin Conference, etc. –Professional Development courses for School Districts They do the advertising and enrollment, you do the content –Getting scheduled during in-services No release time necessary – they have to be there

10 Outreach Identity If you are having a “Bad Outreach Day” remember to reach out to colleagues: Other NRC Outreach Coordinators Your world region outreach consortiums Form an International Outreach group within your campus We often wear more than one hat and balancing can be difficult Try as we might we can’t give 100% to each constituency Sometimes a good idea is just that, file it away for a time when you need a fresh idea Find ways to develop yourself professionally through trainings, conferences, courses, etc.


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