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Alumni and Friends: La Follette Notes: Fall 2009
SAVE THE DATES
Please join us at our La Follette School Receptions
Washington, D.C.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
6-7:30 p.m.,
Washington Marriott Hotel
1221 22nd St. N.W.
Faculty and staff who plan to attend
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Monday, November 16, 2009
Reception: 4-5:30 p.m.
Presentation 5:30-7 p.m.
by Professor Kenneth Wong,
Brown University’s Department of Education, on
“Rethinking Local School Governance: Tensions and Strategies”
Madison, Wisconsin
Thursday, February 4, 2010
4:30-7 p.m.
Inn on the Park,
22 South Carroll Street
Information
alumni@lafollette.wisc.edu, 608-263-7657
RSVP appreciated for planning purposes, but not required.
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Holden gets into retirement rhythm
For Karen Holden, the question is often one of finding opportunity, whether to help a student broaden her professional experience, for an academic staff member of the university to serve as a principle investigator on a research project, or for a husband’s pension plan to ensure the widow is taken care of. Read more ...
From the Director: Committee, social media strengthen network
Our alumni and friends are one of the La Follette School’s greatest assets. The prestige and reputation of the school grows with your accomplishments. Read more ...
Institute alumni support Dresang scholarship
A missive from the Wisconsin Secretary of State’s office and another from the bank led to a donation to the La Follette School. Read more ...
Catching up: Lunch Bunch revels in classmates’ company for 25 years
Twenty-five years ago they were juggling child care, jobs and commutes into Madison to attend their public affairs classes. Now, still drawn together by a love of political talk, the La Follette Lunch Bunch members pass around photos of grandchildren while they debate local and national politics and public policy. Read more ...
Alumni news: Grads earn promotions, develop programs, win fellowships
La Follette School graduates hold top jobs in state and county agencies, aid older adults, have babies, serve in the military and carry out research. Read more ...
Alumni enjoy brunch in D.C.
Wisconsin legislative analyst Jennie Mauer was vacationing in Washington, D.C., so a number of alumni and a student gathered for Sunday brunch on August 25. Read more ...
Academic explores management, household structure
1996 alum and Georgetown University public policy professor Carolyn Hill has published two volumes, In Against the Tide: Household Structure, Opportunities, and Outcomes among White and Minority Youth and Public Management: A Three-Dimensional Approach. Read more ...
Attorney recognized for leadership, expertise on bankruptcy
Since graduating from the La Follette Institute of Public Affairs in 1990 with a joint degree in law, Timothy F. Nixon has earned a reputation for his leadership and knowledge of bankruptcy law. Read more ...
Memoir shares experience of weight-loss via yoga
For years, 2000 grad Jessica Berger Gross struggled with fluctuating weight and bouts of unhappiness. Like many, she found comfort in food. Then she took her first yoga class. She lost 40 pounds and changed her life forever. Berger Gross tells her story in her 2009 book, enLIGHTened: How I Lost 40 Pounds with a Yoga Mat, Fresh Pineapples, and a Beagle Pointer. Read more ...
Grad starts family development consulting business
1995 alum Jeanine Hunkele Knapp has launched One Sand Grain Family Consulting in Appleton, Wisconsin. The organization is devoted to The Nurtured Heart Approach for enhancing relationships in families to support success and positive choices. Read more ...
Students honored for accomplishments
The La Follette School faculty recognized several graduating students at the May 2009 graduation for their academic records. Read more ...
Honor society inducts first members
The La Follette School’s chapter of Pi Alpha Alpha, the national honor society in public affairs and administration, inducted its first members. Read more ...
International trade professor, 2 staff join school
Isao Kamata has joined the La Follette School as an assistant professor of public affairs. Read more ...
Faculty receive grants, share expertise
Faculty have received grants, published research and shared their expertise. Read more ...
Weimer examines Alzheimer’s, social programs
Early diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease could save millions or even billions of dollars while simultaneously improving care, according to new work by La Follette School professor Dave Weimer and co-author Mark Sager, director of the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Institute of the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Read more ...
Heinrich receives grant, co-edits book on safety net
La Follette School director Carolyn Heinrich is expanding her evaluation of federally mandated tutoring programs in Milwaukee public schools thanks to a four-year $3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education. Read more ...
Report by alum, faculty affiliates grounds Obama college initiative
Faculty affiliates Sara Goldrick-Rab and Douglas Harris, an alum, co-authored the Brookings Institution report that helped to inform President Obama’s American Graduation Initiative, a 10-year, $12 billion investment in community colleges. Read more ...
Career development coordinator is president-elect of professional organization
Mary Russell, La Follette School career development coordinator, has been elected to serve as president-elect of the Student Personnel Association at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. After serving one year, she will serve a year as president, then another as past-president. Read more ...
PDF of fall 2009 La Follette Notes