News: MPA
Brand New Badger: Reporter, long-distance walker, now UW student
Ruanda McFerren (MPA/MS ’18)
On a near daily basis, I am in meetings that relate to a real-world version of grad school group work. Whether it is assisting in development of a new citywide housing policy, compiling information on digital innovations, or coming up with ideas for #cityhallselfie day, much of the work I’m engaged in involves a deep level of communication and collaboration.
Mikhaila Calice, MPA
Graduate school has been incredible in helping me find new areas of interest and connecting me with professionals and peers who have been instrumental in setting me on a path that I am confident about.
Kavan Kucko (MIPA '08)
At the La Follette School, I learned how to work with and manage large data sets and manipulate them with statistics. I use those skills every day.
MPA student’s work featured in Stories of Resilience videos
Before entering the La Follette School, Emily Frank served as a legal advocate for people facing issues with their food stamps and public assistance in New York City.
Alumna Klippel named UW–Madison’s interim budget director
UW–Madison Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration Laurent Heller appointed Jennifer Klippel (MPA ’06) as interim budget director following the retirement of Tim Norris, who served in that role since 2004.
2017 alumnus' MPA/MPH paper published
The Health Behavior and Policy Review has published a paper by Joseph Bates (MPA/MPH ’17), Key Stakeholder Responses to Impaired Server Ordinances in Selected Wisconsin Municipalities.
Joseph Bates (MPA/MPH ’17)
The most rewarding aspect of my current position is constituent casework. ... In my opinion, assisting constituents with these issues defines what it means to be a public servant and to work in public affairs.
Ian Korpel, MPA, BESR
The analytical skills-based approach to teaching in coordination with the small class sizes have been hugely beneficial to my personal and professional career goals.
Nathaniel Haack, MPA
The La Follette School’s strong emphasis on development of analytical skills has made me a more intelligent consumer of information and increased my ability to use data to create evidence-based narratives framing public policy issues and solutions.