威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校：上帝，我们的荣光
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The University of Wisconsin-Madison offers undergraduate majors and certificate programs in numerous fields of study. This includes Agricultural and Life Sciences， Business， Education， Engineering， Human Ecology， Letters and Science， Nursing and Pharmacy. The UW-Madison"s highly ranked graduate schools include the School of Education， Robert M. LaFollette School of Public Affairs， College of Engineering， School of Business， School of Medicine and Public Health， and Law School. UW-Madison has students from every state in the nation as well as more than a 120 countries.
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statehood [steithud] n. 国家地位；州的地位或状态
certificate [stifikit] n. 证书；文凭；执照
enunciate [innsieit， innin] vt.
发音；阐明；宣布；确切地说明
beneficent [binefisnt] adj. 慈善的；行善的；仁慈的
中文概述
威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校坐落于威斯康星州的麦迪逊，建于1848年，是一所历史悠久，享有盛名的美国研究型公立高等学府。威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校是威斯康星州州内规模最大的大学。校园之大，令刚进校的新生没有地图便极易迷路。在一百多年的风雨历程中，威斯康星大学开创直接为社会服务的办学理念，被后人称之为"威斯康星思想"。
该校学风严谨，对学生的要求甚严，学生之间在学习上的竞争相当激烈，图书馆常常是满座状况。该校特别注重学术研究，学术气氛非常浓厚，校方把大量的资金投入到研究生院，借此推动学校的学术发展。经过一百多年的艰苦探索和辛勤创业，威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校已经发展成当今集文、理、农、法、医、商等学科于一体的现代化综合性大学。教师或校友中有17位曾获得诺贝尔奖，是一所学术声望及水准颇高的大学。
威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校下属20个学院。除了传统的本科和研究生院系如商业、工程、教育、农业和文理外，它还设有法学院、医学院、兽医学院和药学院。文理学院由39个系和5个职业学院组成，是大学中最大的一个学院，承担了在生物、天文、历史、地理和社会学等广泛领域的教学和研究任务，几乎一半的本科生属于文理学院。它在政治学及经济学方面亦负盛名拥有非常出色的教育、地理、历史和社会学系，在美国拥有全国性的声望。
威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校的教职员和校友至今共获17个诺贝尔奖；有53位是国家科学研究院院士，有17位是国家工程研究院院士等。
威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校环境清幽，校园内图书馆临近湖边，由图书馆的落地窗往湖面眺望，风景美丽如画。
梦想成功录
Early to bed and early to rise， makes a man healthy， wealthy and wise.
早睡早起会使人健康、富有和聪明。
Good health is a corollary of having good habits.
健康的身体是良好生活习惯的结果。
