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Jarom Gordon, Jun 03, 2026

Editor’s note: Launchpad mostly features expert Q&As, deep dives on federal agencies, and other Serious Policy Content. As an experiment, we let Jarom (a Senior Program …

During my time at the Wisconsin Department of Health Services serving as their Trauma Care Analyst I’ve learned many valuable things. My top three takeaways from this internship are that:

The skills that I learned at La Follette helped me …

My top three takeaways from my internship are:

The skills I have learned at La Follette has allowed me be more confident in working with policy. Specifically, PA 201 and CSCS 410 really helped me focus on the broader picture …