Nuffield International Farming Scholars is pleased to announce that applications for 2019 scholarships are now open, and farmers and agricultural professionals are strongly encouraged to apply. Prospective Nuffield Scholars are men and women in agriculture with a desire to explore the global industry and find new best practices and insight they can bring back home […]

Leadership Wisconsin’s 2018 International Travel Seminar was a fifteen-day educational experience in Croatia. Alumni and scholars joined Leadership Wisconsin Group XVII as they studied entrepreneurial leadership as it relates to the turmoil and transition of the country’s past and present. The group was led by co-chairs Tim Baye and Joan Gillman. Baye is a Professor of […]

Enjoy a sampling of the Travel Logs written by members of Leadership Wisconsin Group XVII as they traveled across Croatia in April/May 2018 learning about entrepreneurial leadership. Written by Jan Dworschak We arrived in Osijek, in the northeastern part of Croatia on Saturday evening from Zagreb. We traveled four hours through the countryside colored by vibrant greens and […]

Written by: Tim Baye, Co-Chair, Leadership Wisconsin 2018 Croatia Seminar The title of our international seminar originated not in a brain-storming event involving Leadership Wisconsin folks stoked on too much coffee. No, this title reflects a moment, shall I be so bold as to claim an epiphany, in the middle of June 2001. I was […]

Written by : Aleksandar Erceg, Co-Chair, Leadership Wisconsin 2018 Croatia Seminar And there it is – Dubrovnik! The jewel of the Mediterranean and Croatia, the former independent city Republic, a MUST see in Croatia…. Just let yourself finish these sentences. This will be last stop of your trip in Croatia and this is the last blog (article) […]

Written by : Aleksandar Erceg, Co-Chair, Leadership Wisconsin 2018 Croatia Seminar There is no place like Split Welcome to Split! City of Split is almost 17 centuries old. It dates from the time the Roman Emperor Diocletian who built his palace on the peninsula near Romany City Salona (today Solin). During the last 1700 years, Diocletian’s […]

Written by : Aleksandar Erceg, Co-Chair, Leadership Wisconsin 2018 Croatia Seminar On the road again … And here we go again into the bus and let’s hit the road. Today we are driving toward Split and Dalmatia. You will see a lot of coasts but also some magnificent sights of inland while driving on our Dalmatina […]

Written by : Aleksandar Erceg, Co-Chair, Leadership Wisconsin 2018 Croatia Seminar Let’s go to the seaside… At the end of your first week in Croatia, you say goodbye to so-called continental Croatia and will head toward the seaside – the most beautiful coast in the world. On your way to Rijeka you will pass through Lika […]