Alumni association honors Khanal
The Wisconsin Alumni Association has honored alum Shisir Khanal for development work building international organizations from the bottom up. Read more ...
2010 MIPA to discuss career path, D.C. job search
2010 graduate Farha Tahir will discuss her experience looking for work in Washington, D.C., and international career options open to La Follette School students in a presentation on Tuesday, March 20, from 12:30–1:30 p.m. in 6201 Microbial Sciences. Read more ...
Collins plans to use technical skills to advance program, policy design
After working for several years in refugee resettlement, Linda Collins decided to broaden her skill set by going to graduate school. “I wanted to prepare myself for positions of greater influence or responsibility for program and policy design,” the second-year MIPA student says. Read more ...
Two students make finalist stage of Presidential Management Fellows Program
Two graduating public affairs students reached the finalist stage of the prestigious Presidential Management Fellows Program that places recent graduates with federal agencies for two-year assignments. Read more ...
Skills classes, accessible faculty appeal to Palmer
With a broad range of interests — development, international economics, human rights, foreign policy, health — Miriam Palmer wanted a graduate program that would prepare her for anything. The flexibility of the La Follette School’s curriculum and the resources of the wider campus prompted her to select its international public affairs degree program. Read more ...
Bagnall analyzes banking, finance, wealth for think tank in D.C.
Since graduating from the La Follette School in 2010, Allie Bagnall has been researching and analyzing sovereign wealth funds, international banking regulation, international finance, reserve accumulation and balance of payments, and other macroeconomic topics for the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington, D.C. Read more ...
Federal agency honors alum for gender equity work in foreign aid
Alum Andria Hayes-Birchler’s employer has recognized her efforts to weave gender equity into decisions about whether the United States should give a country development aid. Read more ...
Alumni put students through paces during mock interviews
Eleven alumni and an instructor carried out mock interviews with 41 first-year La Follette school students, giving them practice at interviewing for a job or internship. Read more ...
School plans admissions web chat
The La Follette School will host an admissions Q&A web chat on Monday, December 19, from 5 to 6 p.m. Associate director Don Moynihan, admissions and advising coordinator Mary Treleven and student services associate Mary Mead will answer questions from prospective students about admissions and the graduate program. Visit the event web page to participate and sign up for event reminders.
Roets values international, personal connections
In the end, cultural differences do not stand in the way of friendship and diplomacy, Kelsey Roets has found. The first-year student is pursuing a master of international public affairs degree as a step toward a life of international public service that builds on her undergraduate experiences in Latin America and graduate studies at the La Follette School. Read more ...