Home  About  In the News  Publications  Blog  Join  Donate  Roosevelt networks cross generations at the AU launch Announcements National Expo: July 11th Hyde Park Summit: August 14-17 Essay Winners Announced in The Nation On Campus Iowa Chapter Holds Forum Zach Hindin in the GW Hatchet Coverage of the Johns Hopkins Chapter Launch > More "Progress has brought us both unbounded opportunities and unbridled difficulties. Thus the measure of our civilization will not be that we have done much, but what we have done with that much." — Teddy Roosevelt    Michael J Diedrich School: University of Wisconsin - Madison Member of: Economic Policy Center Economic and Environmental Studies University of Wisconsin - Madison Policy interests: Education, Political strategy Currently a first year student at UW - Madison, double majoring in Economics (Math Emphasis) and Communication Science. Current projects include: -Leading the student programming group for my dorm, which puts on social justice discussions, is sponsoring a child in Bangladesh, etc. -Working to create a nationwide network of university and college students living in residence communities with an international or language focus (e.g. UW-Madison's International Learning Community, Carnegie Mellon's Global Studies House, etc.) -Providing support to a Minnesota group of high school students called the Rochester Students for Education Funding (RSEF), who work at both the local and state levels to support adequate and responsible education funding.   The Roosevelt Institution is a nonpartisan, nonprofit national think tank devoted to bringing students' policy ideas to the policy process. The opinions expressed on this site are exclusively those of its members. DC Headquarters: Roosevelt Institution / 2100 M St NW Suite 610 / Washington, DC 20037 || (202) 833-1359