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Alumni and Friends: La Follette Notes Spring 2006
From Director Donald A. Nichols: New building in works for La Follette
If all goes well, La Follette will occupy a new building in the fall of 2011.
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Bequest honors La Follette training, TLC
The offer of a warm coat helped convince Ana Carricchi that La Follette was the place for her — and to recognize La Follette in her estate.
Madison alumni reception draws more than 90
Alumni from as far back as 1974 and as recent as 2005 attended the Feb. 2 reception at Inn on the Park in Madison.
Alumni, faculty contribute to national policy conference
Alumni Carolyn Hill and Kurt Thurmaier and 11 La Follette School faculty members contributed to the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management's national research conference.
Alumni news
La Follette School alumni are retiring, having babies, reading while they
walk and getting new jobs. Visiting Madison this year?
Let us know, and we'll put you to work networking with students. For
information, contact .
Grad helps Sri Lanka
communities rebuild
La Follette School graduate Shisir Khanal, right, talks with residents of a Sri Lankan community hit by the December 2004 tsunami. He traveled to Sri Lanka as part of his job with Sarvodaya USA, an organization that supports a Sri Lankan community development agency. Read more …
Student association raises
money for hurricane refugees
La Follette School of Public Affairs Associate Director Karen Holden, center, plays the Cajun t-fer (triangle to you yankees) with the Cajun Strangers at a benefit the La Follette School Student Association helped to organize to assist people who moved to the Madison area because of Hurricane Katrina. Read more …
School notes 20th anniversary of Penniman Prize
May’s graduation of La Follette School students marks the 20th anniversary of the Clara Penniman Prize, which is awarded to the graduating student who has written the most outstanding paper while a graduate student in public affairs.
Journal, lawyers recognize La Follette alum for leadership
Timothy Nixon received the Wisconsin Law Journal's "Leaders in Law" award and is in the 2006 "Best Lawyers in America."
La Follette to host national conference
The Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management's 2006 national research conference will be in Madison Nov. 2-4, 2006.
Alum finds variety adds up on job
While Sara Schnoor’s primary responsibility is the village of Whitefish Bay’s budget, the village management assistant is not surprised to find herself helping to plan community events or handling human resources issues.
Speakers series includes alumni
Two alumni are among the professional public affairs practitioners who spoke to students this spring through a series students organized.
UW Foundation offers estate, other donor information
The best way to support the La Follette School is to give via the University of Wisconsin Foundation and designate the donation is for the La Follette School.
Student interviews for Rhodes Scholarship
Though he wasn't named a Rhodes Scholar, Sam Hall says that interviewing and meeting other candidates was a great experience.
Student contributes to State Department report
Rachel Howard is listed among the contributors to the 2005 International Religious Freedom Report released by the U.S. Department of State.
Student leads law journal
Leah Larson-Rabin is editor-in-chief of the Wisconsin International Law Journal.
Faculty analyses draw questions from media
The media are quoting La Follette School faculty about their analyses of gasoline taxes, proposals to limit government spending and the U.S. current account deficit.
U.S. Rep. Obey talks policy at La Follette
Faculty members shared their research and concerns about federal policy with U.S. Rep. David Obey when he visited the La Follette School.
Institute for Research on Poverty wins $1.5 million federal grant
Thanks in part to the leadership of La Follette School professor Maria Cancian, the Institute for Research on Poverty has been designated one of three Area Poverty Research Centers by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Faculty news
Faculty are sharing their research around the world through presentations and publications.
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