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Forward under 40: Making a Difference in International Service

Feb. 28, 2008

MADISON, Wis. — Several University of Wisconsin-Madison graduates who have made an impact through international service have been honored with the new Forward under 40 Award from the Wisconsin Alumni Association (WAA).

Honorees are featured in Forward under 40, a publication to be distributed in March 2008 to 100,000 UW-Madison alumni and WAA members.

Recipients in international service include:
  • Josh Bycel ’93, Los Angeles. President of OneKid OneWorld, an international education- and sports-based grassroots organization.
  • Adam Jeske ’00 and Chrissy Jeske ’99, South Africa. International development volunteers, writers and teachers.
  • Timothy Miller ’06, Milton, Wis. Former teacher of physics for girls in Rwanda, Africa; he will return to graduate school at UW-Madison this fall.
  • Ben Schumaker ’03, MA’06, Madison, Wis. Founder of the Memory Project, a nonprofit program that has provided more than 15,000 hand-painted portraits for orphaned children worldwide.
  • Eric Wilson ’98, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Administrative officer for the Peace Corps, training volunteers to provide HIV/AIDS relief in rural villages.
Interactive profiles of all 23 award winners are available at forwardunder40.com.