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Alumni and Friends: La Follette Notes: Fall 2006
Madison area alumniSave Thursday, Feb. 8, 2007, for the annual reception at Inn on the Park on Madison's Capitol Square, 5 to 8 p.m. Information and to RSVP: . |
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Fightin' Bobs uphold La Follette's honor on D.C. kickball fieldsRecent La Follette School alumni are getting together every week to kick around more than ideas for improving public policy. The Fightin' Bobs kickball team includes, from left: Carrie Hoback, Tristan To, Chad Ruppel, Anna Niles and Kelly Weis (who didn't go to La Follette, but she is from Wisconsin). Not in the photo are teammates Daria Hall, Dan Leopold and Eric Hudson. The Fightin' Bobs play in the DC Patriot Division of the World Adult Kickball Association. For more sports ... |
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From the Director: School's 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.
'97 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.
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.
Alumni run for office
When the fall issue of La Follette Notes went to press, two La Follette School alumni were campaigning for state office in the November 7 election.
More alumni news
Catch up on what alumni in Nigeria, Canada and the United States are up to.
Faculty news
Faculty are traveling Wisconsin and the world sharing their research.
Copelovitch joins faculty
Mark Copelovitch has joined the La Follette School as an assistant professor of public affairs and political science.
Students spend summers in Indonesia, El Salvador, Peru and Wisconsin
Second-year La Follette School students spend their summers around the world applying what theyve learned.
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.
Two join schools student services staff
Elisabeth McInnis and Mary Treleven have joined the La Follette School's student services staff.
Journals edited by La Follette faculty highly ranked
Two journals edited by La Follette School of Public Affairs faculty are the two top-ranked journals in public policy and administration, while a third is highly ranked for economics.
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 rsum.
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.
Student puts La Follette experience to work at home in Denmark
Former La Follette School student Maja Bejbro Andersen reports she is back home in Denmark, working for the Danish Ministry of Finances Division of Administration Policy and Modernization of the Public Sector.
Lyall's book explores university privatization
Since retiring as president of the University of Wisconsin System president in 2004, former La Follette School faculty member Katharine Lyall has published a book on the de facto privatization of Americas public universities.
Fall 2006-Winter 2007 e-mail newsletter