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Alumni and Friends: La Follette Notes: Fall 2008
What's with all the Baby Bobs?
Find out why these alumni see each other nearly every work day when only two of them work for the same State of Wisconsin agency. Read more …
La Follette School Reception for Alumni and Friends
Thursday, February 5, 2009
4:30-6:30 p.m.
Inn on the Park's Top of the Park
22 South Carroll Street, Madison
To get information or to RSVP:
(608) 263-7657,
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From the Director: La Follette School marks 25th anniversary
One of the benefits of an anniversary is it gives us occasion to measure how a relationship or an institution has evolved. Another benefit is that we also look to the future and think about where we want to be in the next 10 or 25 years. This academic year we are celebrating the La Follette School’s 25th anniversary. Read more …
Grad pays dividend to La Follette School in thanks
A desire to understand the practical application of economic theory led Jon Montgomery to enroll at the La Follette Institute of Public Affairs — and to a 15-year career with the U.S. Department of Commerce, where he is an expert on the development of economic and trade policy affecting the U.S. civil aerospace manufacturing sector. Read more …
Founding director Dennis Dresang to retire Dennis Dresang took a roundabout way to become an internationally recognized expert on public management. His career and research interests took him to Madison, Los Angeles and Africa, all in pursuit of knowing more about how governmental systems function. Read more … |
Dennis Dresang |
Alumni, friends value Dresang’s expertise, style, advice Former students, state policymakers comment on retiring professor Dennis Dresang's contributions to their lives and the state of Wisconsin. Read more … |
Alumni, students gather in Washington, D.C., for happy hour
Recent alumni in Washington, D.C., welcomed La Follette School students interning last summer at a downtown happy hour. Read more …
Alum running for district attorney
La Follette School alum Peter Tempelis is running for district attorney in Jefferson County, Wisconsin. As an assistant direct attorney for Jefferson County, he prosecutes misdemeanor, felony, juvenile delinquency and child protective services cases. Read more …
Alumni news
More on those babies and alumni from the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. Read more …
Network via the Web
Alumni and friends are invited to join the La Follette Alumni Group on LinkedIn, a professional networking web site. Read more …
MIPA alum organizes leadership training for young Arab women
Young women from the Middle East and North Africa gathered in Doha, Qatar, to improve their leadership skills, thanks in part to the organizing efforts of La Follette School alum Katie Croake. Read more …
Faculty News
Paul Soglin returns, and faculty win awards and give papers at conferences. Read more …
Two-thirds of May graduates working in their fields
Since the paper edition of La Follette Notes went to press, we've heard about three more members of the class of 2008 who have jobs in their fields. That brings to 37 (or 66 percent) the number of May grads employed in their areas of interest. Read more …
Alum testifies before U.S. House panel
Sean Dilweg, a 1998 alum who is now Wisconsin commissioner of insurance, testified in July before a U.S. House subcommittee about long-term care insurance and its regulation. Read more …
Policymakers adopt student proposals
The City of Milwaukee and the state of Wisconsin are reaping the benefits of the La Follette School’s workshop reports. Read more …