News releases

April 28, 2008

TO: Editors, news directors
FROM: University Communications, (608) 262-3571
RE: TIP/UW STUDENTS ON 'WHEEL OF FORTUNE'

Two University of Wisconsin-Madison undergraduates are among the contestants competing for thousands of dollars in cash and prizes this week on Wheel of Fortune's College Week, airing April 28-May 2.

As "Wheel" celebrates its 25th anniversary on the air, game show fans had the opportunity to view live tapings of this season's College Week episodes, filmed in March at Chicago's Navy Pier.

- Kelly Clinton-Cirocco, a junior biology major originally from Gurnee, IL, will appear on the episode airing Tuesday, April 29.

- Nick Lamantia, a senior finance major originally from Arlington Heights, IL, will appear on the episode airing Thursday, May 1.

Wheel of Fortune airs locally at 6:30 p.m. on NBC 15.

Requests for interviews with the students, as well as additional information about the students or the show, may be directed to Julie Hirschberg, senior publicist for Wheel of Fortune, at (310) 244-6286.

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