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Humphrey Institute alumnus Chris Wing is quoted in this story about a possible state-backed, four-year-old preschool program in Wisconsin.

On the way to earning a degree in public policy from the Humphrey Institute at the University of Minnesota, Chris Wing recalls some telling data.

“When we looked at research on early intervention at the Humphrey Institute, I was very impressed with the cost/benefit analyses that showed that providing good programs to four- to five-year-olds was a really sound investment, saving costs across the lifespan and making it more probable that those who received services would be contributing taxpayers,” Wing said.

River Falls Journal
April 17, 2008

Humphrey Institute alumni Mark Kinders is featured.

UW-River Falls Public Affairs Director Mark Kinders has been elected to a second term as chair of a national higher education committee of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities.

River Falls Journal
April 4, 2008

Humphrey Institute alumnus Mary Vidas is quoted in this article.

Mary Vidas, the public policy program director at the Arboretum, said the problem has been growing for the past 20 years as the amount of open space in cities has shrunk. Richard Louv's 2005 book, "Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature Deficit Disorder," spurred her and the Arboretum to address it.

Star Tribune
March 27, 2008

Humphrey Institute alumnus Lawrencina Oramalu is featured here in her new role with the University.

Lawrencina Oramalu and Cyrenthia Jordan will join the University of Minnesota Office of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action as equal opportunity consultants.

Insight News
March 20, 2008

Humphrey Institute alumna Marnie Wells talks about her work with the West Side circulator, a project coordinated in conjunction with Nan Skelton and the Center for Democracy and Citizenship.

More than five years ago, city parks and recreation workers and community groups began thinking of ways to bring kids to places where they could learn and socialize with one another. The bus started rolling after the McKnight Foundation agreed to pay for it. The concept worked so well that Coleman's staff secured private funding for another circulator on the city's East Side last summer.

"It's an obvious solution to a very complex problem," said Marnie Wells, the city's Second Shift coordinator.

Minnesota Public Radio
February 11, 2008