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Alumni and Friends: La Follette Notes: Spring 2005
La Follette School holds open house for prospective students
Students Allison Schill and Sam Wayne tell prospective students about their workshop project researching the ramifications of a sales tax in the city of Milwaukee. More than 40 prospective students from around the country attended the La Follette open house March 31-April 1. They also heard from faculty and staff and dined with the director. Read more …
Student news
Karina B. Silver, an international public affairs student, has been an intern in the Wisconsin Office of Justice Assistance’s Violence Against Women Act program. She works with grant writing, reports and application reviews. She also is researching human trafficking in Wisconsin.
Jamie Aulik is interning in the legislative affairs and policy section of Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle’s government office. A sergeant in the U.S. Army Reserve, Aulik returned in April 2004 from active duty in Baghdad. He appeared in radio and television commercials for U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold, and co-chaired the 400-member Veterans for Feingold. He is becoming a U.S. Army officer.
La Follette School interns
Many other first- and
second-year La Follette School students are
interning during the 2004-05 school year. They
include:
John Vander Meer,
Paul Smart: Office of
the Wisconsin Governor
Carrie Schneck: Office
of the Minority Leader,
Wisconsin Senate
Andrew Kramer:
Wisconsin Department
of Agriculture, Trade and
Consumer Protection
Hsiu-Ching Wang:
Wisconsin Department
of Commerce
Hirokazu Tanaka: Dane County Collaborative Council
Molly Regan: Atwood Community Center
Melody Sakazaki is working on two projects at the Energy Center of Wisconsin. The first involves gathering data about climate change and holding meetings for industry, government, university and interest groups. The second analyzes air-conditioner use in Wisconsin.
Melissa Miller, who enrolled in the La Follette School through the Accelerated Program, receives her bachelor’s degree in economics and political science this spring. Pending security clearance, she will intern at the U.S. embassy in Sri Lanka this summer, and begin her second year of studies with the La Follette School in the fall.
Roberto Dall’Asta, an international public affairs student, is the first intern in a new program administered by the La Follette School and the Wisconsin Court System. The judicial administration internship is modeled after a program Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson learned about in California. Dall’Asta is working on a grant application for Outagamie County as it tries to implement a problem-solving court initiative for cases related to substance-abuse and mental-health problems. “It’s a great opportunity to engage the legal community and work on important initiatives that have direct impacts on individuals,” Dall’Asta says.
Index to La Follette Notes spring 2005