Amanda Rockman, a graduate of the University of Wisconsin Law School Class of 2005 and a judge and leader of the Ho-Chunk Nation, is one of five prominent UW-Madison graduates who will be welcomed back to campus during the 2008-09 academic year as part of a special lecture series hosted by the Wisconsin Union Directorate and sponsored by the Wisconsin Alumni Association.

The series, titled "Distinguished Alumni Series: Living the Wisconsin Idea," will showcase a diverse group of alumni who will share with students their journeys since graduation.

Rockman’s lecture is scheduled for Thursday, March 12, 2009, at Memorial Union.

"Bringing some of these alumni back to campus to share their own stories is a way to demonstrate to students the amazing opportunities a university like UW provides," says Farha Tahir, associate director for the new series, a parallel program of WUD's popular Distinguished Lecture Series. "I think students are sometimes unable to conceptualize life beyond college and the immensely important role they can have on others’ lives. This series will offer inspiration."

Alumni chosen for the series represent a wide variety of careers and each strive in different ways to positively impact their local, national or global community.

To read more about the series and the four other speakers, see http://www.news.wisc.edu/15721 .

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