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La Follette Notes Fall 2006-Winter 2007
News for Alumni and Friends of the Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
* Alumni and friends are invited to February 8 reception in Madison. Let us
know if you plan to attend:
alumni@lafollette.wisc.edu
* 1997 grad joins Congressional Budget Office as deputy general counsel
* California alum gives to expand opportunities for students
* Governor names 3 alumni to top posts
* Alum publishes collection of essays on miscarriage
* Alumni run for office
* More alumni news
From the Director
* School's intellectual life flourishes
Sports Report
* Fightin' Bobs uphold La Follette's honor on D.C. kickball fields
* Students field soccer, flag football teams
Student News
* Alumni, friends can buy Fightin' Bob T-shirts
* Internship puts public affairs student to work on international legal
affairs
* Four students win language fellowships
* Students spend summer in Indonesia, El Salvador, Peru and Wisconsin
* Student works on California lawsuit against Schwarzenegger
Notable
* La Follette hosts APPAMs national research conference
* La Follette School expands relationships with China
* Ex-career services coordinator honored
* Faculty news
Share your news: http://www.lafollette.wisc.edu/alumnifriends/intouch.php
Support the La Follette School: http://www.lafollette.wisc.edu/giving/
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-- News about Alumni and Friends of the School --
Alumni and friends are invited to February 8 reception in Madison
Alumni and friends of the La Follette School can catch up with each
other, and talk with students, faculty and staff at the schools annual
reception on Thursday, February 8, in Madison. The reception begins at 5
p.m. at the Inn on the Park, 22 S. Carroll St. on Madisons Capitol Square.
All alumni and friends of the school are invited. RSVP:
alumni@lafollette.wisc.edu. Read more
1997 grad joins Congressional Budget
Office as deputy general counsel
If the policy analysis Mark Hadley worked on in spring 1996 as a La
Follette School student had been for his current employer, the Congressional
Budget Office, he and his team most likely would have lost their jobs. Read
more
California alum gives to expand
opportunities for students
Hardly a work week goes by when Kristin Hershbell Charles isnt
reminded of the value of her La Follette School of Public Affairs education.
Read more
Governor name 3 alumni to top posts
Three La Follette School alumni have been appointed to top positions
by Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle. Sean Dilweg (class of 1998) is the new
commissioner of insurance, and Kevin Hayden (class of 1984) is the new
secretary of the Department of Health and Family Services. In addition,
Randy Romanski (class of 1995) has been appointed as executive assistant at
the state Department of Natural Resources. Read more
Alum publishes collection of essays
on miscarriage
Alum Jessica Berger Gross is filling an important gap in the
literature. Her first book, "About What Was Lost: Twenty Writers on
Miscarriage, Healing, and Hope," was released by Plume in December. Read more
Alumni run for office
2001 graduate Gordon Hintz won his Wisconsin Assembly race while 2006
graduate Jamie Aulik lost his bid for a seat in the Wisconsin Senate. Read
more
More alumni news
Catch up on what alumni in Nigeria, Canada and the United States are
up to. Read more
-- From the Director --
Schools intellectual life flourishes
The intellectual life at the La Follette School is especially rich
this year with opportunities for students, alumni and faculty to engage in
discussion on a range of public policy issues. Read more
-- Sports Report --
Fightin Bobs uphold La Follettes
honor on D.C. kickball fields
Recent La Follette School alumni are getting together every week to
kick around more than ideas for improving public policy. Read more
Students field soccer, flag football
teams
While there is no student kickball team, the Fightin Bobs are
stretched their legs on the flag football and soccer fields in Madison. Read more
-- Student News --
Alumni, friends can buy Fightin' Bob T-shirts
Alumni, friends of the school, faculty, staff and students can order
Fightin' Bob T-shirts from the La Follette School Student Association.
Internship puts public affairs
student to work on international legal affairs
Jamisen Rueckert got a taste of her dream job last summer and an
idea of what it takes to land it permanently some day. The La Follette
School student interned with the Commercial Law Development Program, housed
in the U.S. Department of Commerce's Office of the General Counsel in
Washington, D.C. A gift from a friend of the school helped make this
possible. Read more
Four students win language
fellowships
Four international public affairs students have won Foreign Language
and Area Studies Graduate Fellowships from the U.S. Department of Education.
Read more
Students spend summer in Indonesia,
El Salvador, Peru and Wisconsin
Second-year La Follette School students spend their summers around
the world applying what theyve learned. Read more
Student works on California lawsuit
against Schwarzenegger
Callie Gray spent the summer of 2006 suing California governor Arnold
Schwarzenegger -- well, actually, her employer, the Drug Policy Alliance in
San Francisco sued him, but Grays boss told her she should write that on
her resume. Read more
-- Notable --
La Follette hosts APPAMs national
research conference
The Association for Public
Policy Analysis and Management held its national fall research conference in
Madison, with the La Follette School as host. Scholars and public policy
practitioners -- alumni among them -- came from around the world to learn
about research dedicated to improving public policy. Read more
La Follette School expands
relationships with China
Through staff outreach,
faculty research and presentations, and student capstone projects, the La
Follette School is building connections with China and its people. Read
more
Ex-career services coordinator
honored
Wisconsin Assembly member
Terese Berceau, who served as La Follette School career services coordinator
in the mid-1990s, was named 2006 Stateswoman of the Year by the Wisconsin
Women's Network. Read more
Faculty News
Our award-winning faculty
are traveling Wisconsin and the world sharing their research. Read more
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Index to fall 2006 La
Follette Notes:
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