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

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Last updated:
August 18, 2011

Alumni and Friends: La Follette Notes Fall 2006

Two join school's student services staff

Copelovitch joins faculty

Mark Copelovitch

Mark Copelovitch has joined the La Follette School as an assistant professor of public affairs and political science. His research and teaching focus on the politics of international monetary and financial relations. He is particularly interested in international financial institutions, the interaction between domestic politics and international cooperation, and the effect of international capital flows on national economic policies.

He holds a Ph.D. in political science from Harvard University. Prior to his appointment at Wisconsin, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Globalization and Governance at Princeton University.

Alumni and friends can help La Follette School students advance their careers

Contact Career Development and let us know about job contacts job and internship postings your willingness to do informational interviews your availability to speak on a panel or at a career brown bag
Attend our alumni reception in Madison on February 8
Let us know about informal alumni gatherings in other cities

Questions? E-mail .

Elisabeth McInnis and Mary Treleven have joined the La Follette Schools student services staff.

McInnis is the new career development coordinator, replacing Mary Woodward, who retired. Treleven is the new student services coordinator, replacing Joanne Chapin, who also retired.

“I am grateful for the support and encouragement I received from Mary and Joanne,” says 2006 graduate Jenna Griffin, who served on the search committees. “The professionalism, creativity, approachability and dedication of Elisabeth and Mary will continue that tradition of support.”

McInnis advises students on rsum and cover-letter writing, interviewing and networking skills, and domestic and international internship opportunities as they plan their careers in public affairs. She connects alumni and students, and identifies internship opportunities.

Prior to joining the La Follette School, McInnis was the career coordinator in graduate student career development at the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University. She worked in international student services, study abroad, counseling and student development at the University of Delaware. She has a masters degree in student affairs practice and college counseling from the University of Delaware. She has studied and worked in Britain and is proficient in German.

In addition to providing information to prospective students, Treleven advises students on course requirements and focus fields, coordinates with faculty on curriculum development, and works with the associate director on recruitment, admissions and enrollment.

Treleven earlier worked as associate director of admissions at the Wheelock College Graduate School in Boston. There she advised and recruited for a multicampus program. More recently she was program administrator for the Lawyering Skills Program, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School. She has a master's degree in English as a second language studies from the University of Massachusetts-Boston. She taught in Colombia and is proficient in Spanish.

“Mary and Elisabeth both offer a great deal of experience in serving graduate students and enthusiasm for advancing the reputation of La Follette,” Griffin says.

McInnis and Treleven join Mary Mead on the student services staff. Mead, who came to La Follette in late 2005, helps to coordinate admissions and the course timetable.

“Our student services staff are an experienced, professional and creative team that responds to professional developments in the ever-changing policy world and ensure our students are ready to to engage in public affairs,” Associate Director Karen Holden says.

Index of La Follette Notes fall 2006