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Alumni and Friends: La Follette Notes: Spring 2005
La Follette Notes
News for Alumni and Friends of the Robert M. La Follette School of Public
Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
From the Director
Planning and development
* Director challenges alumni
to support school
* Parents' gift demonstrates
appreciation for daughter's opportunities
|* Lockheed Martin gift
assists interns in D.C.
* Board of Visitors hears
about student, faculty achievements, concerns
Alumni news
* Alumni needed to help
students with job searches, mentoring
* Alum talks with students
about job opportunities
* Other alumni news
Student news
* Graduation emphasizes
importance of public service
* Student wins prestigious
internship
* Legislative Council picks
student for internship
* Other student news
Faculty news
* Professor elected to
organization's governing council
* Other faculty news
Public service
* School draws 37 Midwestern
legislators for five days of training
* La Follette hosts 2
influential conferences
Stay in touch
* Alumni, share your news
and update your e-mail and postal contact information online, http://www.lafollette.wisc.edu/alumnifriends/intouch.php
* Support La Follette School
students.
See http://www.lafollette.wisc.edu/alumnifriends/support.html
PDF of newsletter: http://www.lafollette.wisc.edu/alumnifriends/newsletter/sp2005/sp2005.pdf
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-- From the Director --
ALUMNI DONATIONS HELP
RECRUIT EXCELLENT FACULTY
On behalf of the La Follette
School, Director Donald Nichols welcomes three new faculty members recruited
because of benefits the school provides thanks to donations by alumni. Read
more: http://www.lafollette.wisc.edu/alumnifriends/newsletter/sp2005/director.html
-- Planning and Development --
DIRECTOR CHALLENGES ALUMNI
TO SUPPORT SCHOOL
Support from alumni and
friends helps school attract faculty, reach out to alumni, support students.
Read more: http://www.lafollette.wisc.edu/alumnifriends/newsletter/sp2005/challenge.html
PARENTS' GIFT DEMONSTRATES
APPRECIATION FOR DAUGHTER'S OPPORTUNITIES
The ability of the La
Follette School and its faculty to support their daughter's academic and
professional pursuits is one reason Jim and Marie Oldani have contributed
money to the La Follette School of Public Affairs. Read more: http://www.lafollette.wisc.edu/alumnifriends/newsletter/sp2005/gift.html
LOCKHEED MARTIN GIFT ASSISTS
INTERNS IN D.C.
The cost of living in
Washington, D.C., for the summer is dropping for some La Follette School
students, thanks to generous support from Lockheed Martin Corp. Read more: http://www.lafollette.wisc.edu/alumnifriends/newsletter/sp2005/lockheed.html
BOARD OF VISITORS HEARS
ABOUT STUDENT, FACULTY ACHIEVEMENTS, CONCERNS
Fund-raising, student
internships and job placement, committee work and new faculty were
considered in March by the Board of Visitors, an advisory alumni group the
La Follette School shares with the Department of Political Science. Read
more: http://www.lafollette.wisc.edu/alumnifriends/newsletter/sp2005/board.html
-- Alumni news --
ALUMNI NEEDED TO HELP
STUDENTS WITH JOB SEARCHES, MENTORING
Finding work after
graduation can by difficult and time-consuming. Alumni are needed to help
students. Contact careerdev@lafollette.wisc.edu. Read more: http://www.lafollette.wisc.edu/alumnifriends/newsletter/sp2005/alumni.html#help
ALUM TALKS WITH STUDENTS
ABOUT JOB OPPORTUNITIES
Alum Jason Bittner met with
La Follette School students to talk about careers in transportation policy
and management. Read more: http://www.lafollette.wisc.edu/alumnifriends/newsletter/sp2005/alumni.html
OTHER ALUMNI NEWS
La Follette School alumni
are working for accounting firms, the Minnesota departments of Finance and
Human Services, and elsewhere. A few are involved in politics. Read more: http://www.lafollette.wisc.edu/alumnifriends/newsletter/sp2005/alumni.html
-- Student news --
GRADUATION EMPHASIZES
IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC SERVICE
Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle
touched on Wisconsin’s tradition of public service in his speech to La
Follette School graduates in May. Doyle encouraged graduates to engage in
public service with the understanding they will benefit from the experience
as much as their communities. Read more: http://www.lafollette.wisc.edu/news.html#graduation05
STUDENT WINS PRESTIGIOUS
INTERNSHIP
La Follette School student
Bryan Gadow is off to Kansas City, Missouri, as an intern with the L.P.
Cookingham Management Internship Program with the city manager's office.
Read more: http://www.lafollette.wisc.edu/alumnifriends/newsletter/sp2005/cookingham.html
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL PICKS
STUDENT FOR INTERNSHIP
The Wisconsin Legislative
Council has selected La Follette School student Melissa Schmidt to receive
the Bonnie Reese internship this year. Read more: http://www.lafollette.wisc.edu/alumnifriends/newsletter/sp2005/legcouncil.html
OTHER STUDENT NEWS
During spring semester,
students assisted with an open house for prospective students, and interned
with state agencies and private organizations. Read more: http://www.lafollette.wisc.edu/alumnifriends/newsletter/sp2005/students.html
-- Faculty news --
PROFESSOR ELECTED TO
ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING COUNCIL
Faculty member Geoffrey
Wallace has been elected to a four-year term, 2005-08, on the Association
for Public Policy Analysis and Management's Policy Council. Read more: http://www.lafollette.wisc.edu/alumnifriends/newsletter/sp2005/faculty.html
OTHER FACULTY NEWS
Faculty are meeting with the
Federal Reserve, publishing books, doing research in China, analyzing
charter schools and speaking around the world. Read more: http://www.lafollette.wisc.edu/alumnifriends/newsletter/sp2005/faculty.html
-- Public Service --
SCHOOL DRAWS 37 MIDWESTERN
LEGISLATORS FOR FIVE DAYS OF TRAINING
Thirty-seven legislators
from 11 states and three Canadian provinces gathered in Madison in July for
five days of intensive leadership and professional development training.
Read more: http://www.lafollette.wisc.edu/news.html#bowhay
LA FOLLETTE HOSTS 2
INFLUENTIAL CONFERENCES
In January, La Follette
School faculty and staff sponsored the two largest conferences in the
school's history. Read more: http://www.lafollette.wisc.edu/alumnifriends/newsletter/sp2005/conferences.html
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PDF of spring 2005 newsletter: http://www.lafollette.wisc.edu/alumnifriends/newsletter/sp2005/sp2005.pdf
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