Research energizes student on EPA fellowship in Seattle
Evan Johnson was pretty sure he would go on for a Ph.D., and his experience at the La Follette School has only confirmed that career goal. Read more ...
Fredericks helps others build foundation for academic success
Sylvia Fredericks has experienced the good and the bad of Florida’s higher education policy. The state covered her tuition, fees and book expenses for the four years she spent at the University of Florida. When she went to work for her alma mater, she saw students who were not prepared for college struggle and drop out. Her experiences prompted her to enroll at the La Follette School of Public Affairs. Read more ...
Williams coordinates energy analysis, research
Even as Scott Williams shifts his career from journalism to energy analysis, he finds his communications skills coming in handy as he researches and organizes information for the U.S. Department of Energy and the University of Wisconsin–Madison Energy Institute. Read more ...
Tahir applies interest in development, international aid to research, Uganda island
For Farha Tahir, gender analysis is the key to helping impoverished communities, even those she has never visited. “Good international development policy must consider the different roles men and women play in the communities the policy seeks to help,” the La Follette School student says. Read more ...
Hunter adds food policy to career menu
September was busy for Jonny Hunter. Not only did his start his second year of graduate school in the master of public affairs program, but he helped to prepare a meal for author Michael Pollan the night after the writer lectured to 8,000 people as part of the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Go Big Read program. Read more ...
Public health student to participate in leadership training
La Follette School student Emma Hynes is one of 100 women in Milwaukee October 23-24 learning the nuts and bolts of running for elected office through a training offered by the White House Project, a national nonprofit organization that seeks to advance a diverse, critical mass of women into leadership positions. Read more ...
Athlete applies training to pursuit of public affairs degree
Sarah Hurley finds she has little trouble pacing herself as she starts her pursuit of a master of public affairs degree with a focus on education policy. Read more ...
’09 grad wins Fulbright to study policy, sex-trafficking in Nepal
Sex trafficking and public policy is the focus of research 2009 graduate Emma Condon will carry out in Nepal during the 2009-2010 academic year. Winner of a Fulbright Institute of International Education fellowship for the 2009-10 school year, she leaves for Nepal in September. Read more ...
Paramedic applies management skills to research on flooding, highways
Erik Viel is no stranger to disaster. The public affairs student has more than five years of experience as a paramedic and ambulance dispatcher, aiding people in the midst of personal crisis. Read more ...
Internship puts public affairs student to work on international legal affairs
Jamisen Rueckert got a taste of her dream job last summer and an idea of what it takes to land it permanently some day. The La Follette School student interned with the Commercial Law Development Program, housed in the U.S. Department of Commerce's Office of the General Counsel in Washington, D.C. Read more ...