The University of Wisconsin-Madison recently partnered with the U.S. military to initiate a project aimed to help teach Reserve Officers’ Training Corps members improved foreign language and cultural skills.
Project GO (Global Officers) provided UW-Madison with almost $490,000 to start developing language classes along with the opportunity for members to study abroad to fill the military’s current need for specialists in foreign languages and cultures.
Courses include languages such as Arabic, Hindi-Urdu, Turkish and Russian, which can be taken during an academic year, a summer intensive study or a study abroad program.
With the knowledge of at least one of these languages, the Department of Defense, which funds the program, and the ROTC are hoping to create a more culturally diverse group of officers.
The program will last through Aug. 31, 2013.
