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Robert M. La Follette
School of Public Affairs
1225 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706

Telephone: 608.262.3581
Fax: 608.265.3233

Last updated:
October 26, 2009

NEWS

Mentor program builds bridges between students, alumni, friends

Public affairs student Nate Inglis Steinfeld spent the summer before he started law school learning about the state of Wisconsin’s employment relations through a mentoring program La Follette School career development coordinator Mary Russell set up for him and 12 other continuing public affairs students. Read more ...

Other Alumni News

For Alumni and Friends

The La Follette School maintains an extensive network of more than 2,000 alumni and friends who stay connected by:

updating their contact information
sharing news about themselves or their classmates
joining the LinkedIn online professional networking group
helping students advance their careers
financially supporting La Follette School students and programs
attending receptions
reading alumni and school news
reading the Policy Report

Contact information is available through the Wisconsin Alumni Association database. By logging in there, alumni can control what information WAA displays. Questions about alumni-and-friends relations can be directed to or 608-263-7657.

Student Connections

Alumni and friends of the school are an invaluable resource for students in their career development. Alumni and friends can share with students with information about their jobs and workplaces, participate in professional development functions such as speed networking, mentoring and informational interviews, that highlight their knowledge and experience. Alumni and friends interested in working with students should contact the Career Development Office: careerdev@lafollette.wisc.edu or 608.263.2409.

Career development for alumni and friends

Alumni considering job changes may sign up for the Jobs4Alumni list serve, which disseminates job announcements for more experienced applicants. To join this list serve, send your name and e-mail address to . The subject line should read Jobs4Alumni. Job listings are available via BuckyNet. Contact the La Follette School career development coordinator, , to create an account to access the listings.

Alumni, friends and students are invited to join the La Follette group on LinkedIn, a professional networking web site. Joining allows members to find and contact other La Follette members on LinkedIn. As the site's administrator, the school's career development coordinator ensures every member has a professional connection to La Follette. This group helps members to:

Reach individual members from La Follette, who are all students, alumni, faculty, staff and friends of the school
Accelerate careers and business through referrals from La Follette group members
Know more than a name by viewing rich professional profiles from fellow La Follette group members
Contact participating alumni and friends as a group

The career development coordinator can be reached via or 608-263-2409.

Advisory Board

The Advisory Board provides support and advice to the La Follette School and strengthens the network of relationships among its faculty, students, alumni and friends. It replaced the advisory Board of Visitors, 2001-2008.