2006 Cabinet 99 Award Recipient

Emily Auerbach ’76 has been changing lives for the past three years through the Odyssey Project, a free college humanities course for adults facing financial barriers to higher education. She also co-hosts The University of the Air for Wisconsin Public Radio, directs the Courage to Write series of documentaries, and designs programs to bring the humanities to retirement centers, libraries and service clubs around the state.

Professor Auerbach, who holds a joint position with the departments of English and Liberal Studies and the Arts, plans to use the Cabinet 99 award to set up a fund for immediate Odyssey Project student needs to ensure they continue to move forward on a path to higher learning.