Jina Jonen Receives 2024 George Tipler Award
- Apr. 11, 2024
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Jina Jonen ’96, JD’99 has been selected as the recipient of the 2024 George Tipler Award for Distinguished Service in School Law by the Wisconsin School Attorneys Association.
The award honors former Wisconsin Association of School Board executive director George Tipler, who initiated the founding of the Wisconsin School Attorneys Association (WSAA) and was a long-serving advocate for Wisconsin students. The award was presented to Jina at the annual WSAA membership meeting at the end of February. This is the first time that an in-house counsel for a school district has received this award. Jina serves as in-house counsel/director of human resources for the Oregon School District.
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Alumna Dolores M. (Silverness) Jung passed away January 16, 2024 at 95. She was born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin and graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1950 with a degree in music education.
Emily Brennan ’13 has completed the doctoral requirements for a degree in anthropology from the University of South Carolina. Graduation for her PhD was May 4 , 2024.
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