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Prospective Students: Visit Days
For information, contact Mary Mead, mmead@lafollette.wisc.edu
Monday, March 31, 2008
Memorial Union, 800 Langdon St.
9-9:30 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast (Tripp Commons)
9:30-10 a.m.
Visit Days offer prospective students the chance to talk with La Follette School faculty about their interests.Welcome: Barbara Wolfe, director of the La Follette School and professor of population health sciences; and Menzie Chinn, associate director of the La School and professor of economics
10-10:40 a.m.
Career development: Mary Russell, career development coordinator, and panel of students (Katie Davis, Bill Harford, Jerrett Jones and Melissa Swearingen) alumni (Shawn Pfaff, 2002, and Jeff Sartin 2006). Panel bios
10:40-11 a.m.
Break
11-11:30 a.m.
Small group discussions with faculty OR attend Menzie Chinn's course Macroeconomic Policy and International Financial Regulation in 4308 Sewell Social Sciences, 1180 Observatory Drive, 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
11-11:30 a.m.
Prospective students choose one session
• International Governance: Professor Melanie Manion and Professor Jonathan Zeitlin, with students Corey Palmer Rehorst and Andria Hayes-Birchler
• Social Policy and Policy Analysis: Professor Pamela Herd and student Tora Frank
• Public Management, Professor Susan Yackee and student Kim Zamastil
• Dual Degrees and Certificate Programs: Energy and Change Certificate at Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies; Neuroscience; Master of Public Health; Urban and Regional Planning; and Law: Student Services Coordinator Mary Treleven, Nelson Institute Associate Director Rob Beattie, Professor Karen Holden, and students Andrew Turner and Michael Rodriguez.
11:40 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
Prospective students choose one session
• Environmental Policy, Professor Greg Nemet, Nelson Institute Associate Director Rob Beattie and student Paul Ferguson
• International Trade and Business, Professor Mark Copelovitch and student Kavan Kucko
• Education Policy, Professor John Witte and student Grant Sim
• Social Policy, Professor Carolyn Heinrich and student Joe Fontaine
• Health Policy, Professor Bobbi Wolfe and student Helena Lefkow
12:15-1:30 p.m.
Director's luncheon
1:30-2:30 p.m.
Dessert and coffee with current La Follette students: Joe Fontaine (MPA), Alexis MacDonald (MPA), Andria Hayes-Birchler (MIPA), Sam Austin (MIPA), Katie Davis (MPA &URPL), Lindsay Read (MPA), Dan Bush (MPA), Lauren Benditt (MPA), Jeremia Cibulka (MIPA), Tom Hinds (MIPA), Patrick Hillman (MIPA), Gail Krumenauer (MPA)
3 p.m.
Walking tour of campus: Current students Sam Austin and Katie Davis lead a campus tour starting from Memorial Union
3:30 p.m.
Optional individual appointments with Professor Jonathan Zeitlin
6 p.m.
La Follette School Student Association social at Quinton's, 319 W. Gorham St., 608-25101243
This house at 1225 Observatory Drive houses the La Follette School's administrative offices and many of its faculty members' offices. The front, above, is on the south side, facing away from Lake Mendota. The house is officially known as the Observatory Hill Office Building.
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
8–9 a.m.
Coffee, bagels and doughnuts in La Follette School Conference Room, 1225 Observatory Drive
Guests sign up to sit in on classes or meet individually with faculty and staff.
9:30-11:25 a.m.
Public Budgeting, Professor Donald Moynihan, 2349 Engineering Hall, 1415 Engineering Drive
Noon-1:15 p.m.
Paola Perez-Aleman from the McGill Business School,
206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive. More information
1:20–3:15 p.m.
Political Economy of Corruption and Good Governance, Professor Melanie Manion, 2270 Grainger Hall, 975 University Avenue.
1:20–3:15 p.m.
Health Policy and Policy Design, 218 Educational Sciences, 1025 W. Johnson Street
3:30–5:25 p.m.
Global Environmental Governance, 379 Van Hise Hall, 1220 Linden Drive
OR
1–4 p.m.
Individual appointments with faculty or staff:
9 a.m.–4 p.m. Appointment with Student Services Coordinator Mary Treleven
1–4 p.m. Appointment with Professor Menzie Chinn
1–3 p.m. Appointment with Professor Greg Nemet
2–4 p.m. Appointment with Professor Donald Moynihan
2–4 p.m. Appointment with Professor Pamela Herd
3–4 p.m. Appointment with Professor Barbara Wolfe