Student Affairs
Lt Col (ret) Jim Gingras (USAF) and his wife Anna grew up in Wisconsin before he left for the Air Force Academy, and they reconnected and married shortly after his graduation in 2001. Serving in six overseas tours, Jim was an Air Force civil engineer and military diplomat (Foreign Area Officer) in bases and embassies …
During my UW junior year, I was selected as “Number ONE” in the December 1969 Vietnam era draft lottery. I knew military service was in my future upon graduation. Wanting to be in control of that future, I enlisted in the Air Force shortly before graduation in 1971. I served as public affairs specialist at …
Wisconsin Army National Guard. Queer artist, cat lover, and rollerblade aficionado.
I am finishing my degree in Health Promotion Health Equity and am hoping to begin the accelerated nursing program in the spring. I spent four years active duty in the Marines, and then started school here at UW–Madison. After my second year here, I deployed to Japan for 8 months also with the Marines. I …
Gerald Herter grew up in the Chicago area and graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a BBA (1967) and an MBA (1969), followed by service in the United States Army as a field artillery officer in Germany and Vietnam. He worked for several years in Chicago as a Certified Public Accountant for Arthur Andersen …
My name is Ed Herzberg, and I am a current student at UW–Madison. I am a Marine Corps veteran, having served four years of active duty as a scout sniper and rifleman. Following my service, I attended school on and off for a few years before finally resuming my education in earnest. With the help …
I was born and raised in Wisconsin and am proud to be a part of the University of Wisconsin -Madison community. I have lived in Madison for the past 15 years and work in business continuity and corporate crisis management. I am a graduate student in the Professional MBA program at the Wisconsin School of …
Drafted out of UW grad school in January 1969 and, after one year of training, ended up spending all of 1970 as an infantry sergeant in Vietnam with the 101st Airborne Division. Exited Vietnam and the army in December and four weeks later was doing my student teaching in a Madison middle school. Regarding the …
Natalie Isensee served as a Marine Corps Logistics Officer on active duty, deploying to Kuwait and serving in the U.S ground invasion of Iraq in 2003. Her responsibilities included organizing movements of combat support vehicles and equipment, coordinating airfield operations, and monitoring supply chains for food, Forward Operating Base supplies, and weapons and ammunition. Later, …
I joined the Army out of high school in 2010 as a linguist. I served on active duty for five years, during which I learned the Dari language and deployed to Afghanistan. After leaving active duty, I returned to Wisconsin and began my undergraduate degree at UW while serving in the Wisconsin National Guard. During …