Congratulations to Welty’s HS Grads!

It’s not the send off we hoped for, but even without all the pomp and circumstance, we are so proud of our high school volunteers, Ken Forbeck and Audrey McManigle.  For the last three years, these two have given their time and energy to support Welty and bring their enthusiasm and smarts to the table. 

Ken Forbeck joined the Welty Board as a youth member in the spring of 2018, after spending the previous summer helping with day camp as a junior naturalist.  He volunteered as a goat ambassador last summer, by working the social media angle for our furry grounds crew, and presented programs at Nature at the Confluence with Aaron. He is graduating from Craig High School in Janesville this week, and is attending UW-Madison with plans to major in Wildlife Ecology. (Left: Ken Forbeck; Right: Audrey McManigle)

Also heading to UW-Madison, is Audrey McManigle, who has been Aaron’s steady right-hand at No-School Fridays for the past two years, and helped lead last summer’s Welty camp at the end of August. She is graduating from Beloit Memorial High School and was awarded the prestigious Herb Kohl Excellence Scholarship (among many other awards!) this spring. In Madison, she will be double majoring in Environmental Studies and Political Science–possibly minoring in Dance. She intends to continue onto Law School to seek a degree in Environmental Law after her undergraduate years.

We will miss these two, but are so excited to see what the next chapter holds for them. We are lucky to have had their help at the Center, and the organization is stronger for the work they have done. We wish you both the very best and congratulate you on your many accomplishments –Cheers!