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9 Gifts

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La Follette School of Public Affairs

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Last Updated: 06/5/26 7:09 p.m. CDT

Matches and Challenges

Available matches and challenges have been met. Please continue to show your support to help this campaign make an even greater impact!

La Follette School of Public Affairs: Match

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The La Follette School’s founding Director, Dennis Dresang, has generously offered to match the first $2,000 the La Follette School receives during Day of the Badger.

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La Follette School Challenge: 50 Gifts Challenge

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Thanks to La Follette School Board members Theola Carter (MA ’91), Alex Conant (MA ’03), Roger Ervin, Jason Gerlach (MA ’96), Carolyn Hill (MA ’96), Leslie Ann Howard, Bob Lang, and Eric Schutt, once the La Follette School receives 50 gifts during Day of the Badger, $14,750 will be unlocked.

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La Follette School Challenge: 100 Gifts Challenge

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Thanks to Michael and JoAnn Youngman, once the La Follette School receives 100 gifts during Day of the Badger, $10,000 will be unlocked!

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La Follette School Challenge: 150 Gifts Challenge

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Thanks to La Follette alum Mike Fasano, once the La Follette School receives 150 gifts during Day of the Badger, $15,000 will be unlocked!

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La Follette School Challenge: 200 Gifts Challenge

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Thanks to La Follette School Board member David Lubar, and Madeleine Lubar, once the La Follette School receives 200 gifts during Day of the Badger, $20,000 will be unlocked!

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La Follette School Challenge: 229 Gifts Challenge

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Thanks to La Follette School Board member and alum Theresa E. Mintle (MA ’91), once the La Follette School receives 229 gifts during Day of the Badger, $40,000 will be unlocked!

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Help La Follette students change the world!

Last year, 225 donors joined forces during Day of the Badger to create life-changing opportunities for our students. Today, we’re at a turning point.

With a historic $30 million gift from Herb Kohl Philanthropies, we are sustaining programmatic support and renovating Music Hall, which will be renamed Herb Kohl Hall (opening 2029). While this is a powerful step forward, our focus now is on ensuring that we have the resources to launch and sustain the new Undergraduate Major in Fall 2026. In particular, Day of the Badger will help raise funds for student support, like additional teaching assistant positions for our growing undergrad course needs, which will directly fund more graduate students. 

To sustain this momentum, we need your help. Every gift during Day of the Badger—no matter the size—makes a difference. Make your gift today and help our students thrive.

Gifts will be contributed to the Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs Fund – 132549080 at the University of Wisconsin Foundation.