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Robert M. La Follette
School of Public Affairs
1225 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706

Telephone:  608.262.3581
Fax: 608.265.3233


Last updated:
August 18, 2011

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Alumni and Friends: La Follette Notes Spring 2008

News for Alumni and Friends of the Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Share your news: http://www.lafollette.wisc.edu/alumnifriends/intouch.php
Give to the La Follette School: http://www.lafollette.wisc.edu/giving/

53 students celebrate graduation with family, friends, faculty, staff

The class of 2008 embraced the benefits and challenges of lifelong scholarship at its graduation celebration at the state Capitol in May.
Read more: http://www.lafollette.wisc.edu/calendar-news/2008/spring.html#graduation

New grads run Madison Marathon, one marking anniversary of kidney donation

Jennie Mauer and Corey Palmer-Rehorst both ran the Madison Marathon in May. For Mauer, the marathon marked the two-year anniversary of when she donated a kidney to her father. Read more: http://www.lafollette.wisc.edu/calendar-news/2008/summer.html#marathon

Alum uses collaboration to put food on tables of Chicago’s poor

For Kate Maehr, the summer between her first and second years at the La Follette Institute was a study in contrasts that led her to her position as executive director of the Greater Chicago Food Depository. Read more: http://www.lafollette.wisc.edu/alumnifriends/newsletter/2008sp/collaboration.html

3 students make PMF finalist stage

An unfrequented three international public affairs students reached the finalist stage of the Presidential Management Fellows Program that places recent graduates with federal agencies for two-year assignments. Read more: http://www.lafollette.wisc.edu/calendar-news/2008/spring.html#pmf

From the Director:
La Follette community responds to need to support students

Attracting top students to the La Follette School for this fall has been a little easier, thanks to the generosity of our alumni, friends, faculty and staff. Alumni and friends of the school responded to the challenge issued by faculty and staff to match dollar for dollar up to $8,000 in gifts. Read more: http://www.lafollette.wisc.edu/alumnifriends/newsletter/2008sp/director.html

Conferences examine world economy

Two May conferences convened by faculty members Menzie Chinn and Charles Engel took on the state of the global economy. Read more: hhttp://www.lafollette.wisc.edu/calendar-news/2008/summer.html#conferences

Student on Fulbright, La Follette professor do lunch — in Beijing

Given that La Follette School faculty often go the extra mile for students, Melanie Manion’s offer to buy student Allison Quatrini lunch is not too surprising. However, they had lunch in Beijing. Read more: http://www.lafollette.wisc.edu/alumnifriends/newsletter/2008sp/quatrini.html

Director wins Guggenheim to study links between health, poverty

La Follette School director Barbara Wolfe has won a Guggenheim Fellowship. The award recognizes artists, scholars and scientists based on distinguished achievement and exceptional promise.
Read more: http://www.lafollette.wisc.edu/calendar-news/2008/spring.html#guggenheim

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La Follette School of Public Affairs
1225 Observatory Drive
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI 53706
E-mail: publications@lafollette.wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 263-7657
Fax: (608) 265-3233
Web: http://www.lafollette.wisc.edu

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