Looking for guidance on language and careers? Meet with our Language Directions Specialist to…
- Explore careers that incorporate and/or value language skills
- Learn how you can leverage your language skills in the job/internship search
- Workshop techniques to list your language abilities on your resume
- Discover ways to engage with language outside of the classroom
Available to any undergraduate student who is multilingual or who studies a language
Lydia Odegard (she/her)
Language Directions Specialist
lodegard@wisc.edu
(608) 265-8753
1338 Van Hise Hall, 1220 Linden Drive
As the Language Directions Specialist in the Language Institute, Lydia Odegard works to promote and advance language learning opportunities at UW-Madison by collaborating with campus and community partners. Lydia also provides programming and academic and career advising for multilingual students and language students on campus to support them in connecting their language abilities with their personal, academic, and career goals. Lydia holds a BA in Languages & Cultures of Asia and Gender & Women’s studies, and earned her MS in Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis, with an emphasis on Global Higher Education, from UW-Madison. Lydia brings experience in Hindi language instruction, academic advising, undergraduate admissions, and international education, and speaks Hindi and some Spanish.