Carolina MPA Student Digest:
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Inside this Edition:
- Upcoming Program Dates
- Program News and Announcements
- Upcoming UNC & Beyond Announcements
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- NC Advancing Racial Equity - January 16, Charlotte, NC (registration now closed)
- Online Meet the Dean Event -January 28, 12-1 pm
- North Carolina City County Management Association Conference - February 6-9, Winston-Salem, NC (register here)
- Winston-Salem Happy Hour Hub - February 7, 5:30 to 8(ish) pm
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Carolina MPA News and Announcements
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You are Invited to NCCCMA 2019!
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All Carolina MPA Students are encouraged to attend the 2019 North Carolina City & County Management Seminar, to be held in Winston-Salem, NC, February 6-8th, 2019.
The MPA Program will cover the $60 cost of your registration and the MPA Alumni Association will cover the $20 cost of the Alumni Breakfast if you register with
this link
by Friday, January 25. Additional details were sent out via email this morning from the Program. We hope to see you all there!
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Winston-Salem Happy Hour Hub
Thursday, February 7, 2019
5:30 p.m. - 8:00(ish) p.m.
279 W. 4th Street
Winston-Salem, NC 27101
If you're in town for the NCCCMA Winter Seminar, or if you are simply in town, join us for our first Happy Hour Hub of 2019!
If you would like to help organize a Happy Hour Hub in your community, contact Brandon Foster at
foster@sog.unc.edu
or 919.962.0426.
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Carolina MPA Students Selected for 2019 NASPAA-Batten Simulation Competition
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Three of our own MPA students have been selected to represent the Carolina MPA Program at the
2019 NASPAA-Batten Simulation Competition
this February.
The NASPAA-Batten Student Simulation Competition is a day-long event that allows graduate students in public policy and related fields worldwide to test their skills on real-world data. This year, using a turn-based, participatory simulation developed for the competition by the
Center for Leadership Simulation and Gaming
, student teams will take on cabinet-level positions of a virtual country to focus on the issues of forced migration and refugees. Participants enter policy decisions in the simulation software to see how their policies affect their citizens, their economy, and the migrants themselves.
Online MPA student
Courtney Cagle
will be heading to San Francisco to compete.
Elizabeth Anderson
, on-campus MPA/MSW dual degree student, and
Grace Frances,
online MPA student, will be at the Washington, D.C. site. Congratulations to each of you!
Thank you to all students who applied to be part of the simulation. We had a wonderful batch of nominations. The MPA Program will take nominations again in the fall to sponsor students for the 2020 NASPAA-Batten Simulation, date and topic to be announced.
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Upcoming UNC and Beyond Announcements:
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- University Office for Diversity & Inclusion Open House Breakfast
- University MLK Day Events
- UndocuCarolina presents The Unafraid
- Carolina Veterans Resource Center Updates
- UNC Accessability Resources Updates
- LGBTQ Center After Dark
- Writing Center Resources for International & Native-English Speaking Graduate Students
- Graduate Student Travel Grants
- Parent Support Group for Students
- Call for UNC Graduate Student Awards
- ASPA Chapter Award Nominations
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UNC-Chapel Hill’s 2019 Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Week
, which honors the bridge-building legacy of Dr. King, Jr., kicks off on Jan. 20 and includes events that highlight the intersectionality of diversity, inclusion, and social justice. The annual MLK University/Community Banquet will provide the traditional start to a week of activities highlighted by the MLK Keynote Lecture and Awards Ceremony and including a unity dinner, and other opportunities for cross-cultural and intergroup dialogue. All events are designed to celebrate and educate the UNC-Chapel Hill community about the legacy of Dr. King, Jr., using the theme, “Rise Above!”
The MLK week of events at Carolina is co-led by the MLK Student Planning Committee, comprised of representatives from Alpha Phi Alpha, Black Student Movement, Campus Y, Carolina Indian Circle, Carolina Union Activity Board, Carolina Women’s Center, CHispA, NAACP, NC Hillel, ROCTS, Student Government’s Multicultural Affairs and Diversity Outreach Committee, and The University Office for Diversity and Inclusion.
MLK University/Community Banquet
– Sunday, Jan. 20, at 6 p.m., with a reception at 5 p.m., at the William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education. Dr. Reginald Hildebrand will deliver the keynote. Former Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Winston B. Crisp will be among those being honored. Tickets are $30. To purchase tickets, please go to
paypal.me/MLKbanquet
(please enter $30 per ticket and follow prompts). Tickets can also be purchased directly by contacting Empowerment, Inc. at 919-967-8779 or
empowermentincnc@gmail.com
. For additional information, please contact the University Office for Diversity & Inclusion at 919-962-6962 or
diversity@unc.edu
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The MLK Lecture and Awards Ceremony
– Thursday, Jan. 24, at 7:30 p.m., at Memorial Hall. Former NAACP and CEO Ben Jealous will deliver the keynote. Tickets are free and will be available at the Carolina Performing Arts and Memorial Hall ticket office on Jan. 8, 2019 at noon. For group tickets and further information, please contact the University Office for Diversity & Inclusion at 919-962-6962 or
diversity@unc.edu
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Carolina Veterans Resource Center Updates
- If you are planning to use VA benefits this semester, please remember to submit your VA Enrollment Certification renewal form, located here: https://registrar.unc.edu/academic-services/veteran-affairs/
- While the VA remains open during the government shut down, they may still be experiencing other delays that are compounding from this past fall. Please do reach out to us immediately if you do not receive a housing allowance or stipend and are experiencing financial difficulty.
- Yoga for Veterans is starting back up! Please see details below!
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UNC Accessibility Resources Updates
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is committed to making its programs and facilities accessible to students with disabilities, chronic medical conditions, or temporary conditions. We seek to ensure that such students receive accommodations and appropriate support so they enjoy the same opportunities as any other student. Access is a shared university responsibility and the role of Accessibility Resources and Services (ARS) is to determine appropriate, reasonable academic accommodations and work in partnership with faculty, staff, and students to implement them. Departments are encouraged to plan for accessibility by reviewing teaching policies, student engagement approaches, assessment methods, course materials, and attendance/participation challenges.
Accommodations provide equal access to the programs and services of the university. Accommodations are not special privileges but are legally mandated ‘instruments’ intended to address the specific and individual challenges experienced by ‘qualified’ students. For your reference, the legal framework within which ARS operates is available at:
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Wednesdays from 5:00pm-8:00pm at the LGBTQ Center
Stop by the Center before you head home on Wednesdays! Each week we'll have snacks, an introvert corner, and a main activity: PlayStation gaming, crafts, viewing party, and board gaming.
January 16th's theme will be crafts, the next week will be PlayStation!
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QTPOC Graduate/Professional Student Gathering
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Thursday, 1/17 from 6 PM – 7:30 PM at
Linda's Bar and Grill, 203 E Franklin St, Chapel Hill
QTPOC Grad/Prof Student Gathering is an event for graduate and professional students of color who identify as LGBTQIA+. Come enjoy free appetizers and get to know other QTPOC!
If you have any questions or accessibility needs, please contact Erin Case, Graduate and Professional Student Program Coordinator, at
erincase@live.unc.edu
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The Writing Center offers a range of English language support to international graduate students. We’d appreciate it if you would share this information with your students and colleagues, and contact Dr. Gigi Taylor with questions or concerns. Note that additional sections will be added post-spring break.
These free, non-credit offerings are designed to give international graduate students additional language support in both written and oral communication. Courses are targeted toward new students but are appropriate for anyone who would benefit from an extra layer of English language support in their academic interactions.
- Academic Writing for Graduate Students
Newly condensed into a three-week format, this course will provide an overview of the major rhetorical and stylistic features of academic writing at the graduate level. It will focus on important linguistic features and on common strategies for organizing information. Emphasis will be placed on students developing familiarity with the writing style of their own academic disciplines.
Textbook required.
Section 1: Tuesdays/Thursdays, January 15 – 31, 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Section 2: Mondays/Wednesdays, February 11 - 27, 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Location: SASB North 0127
This 6-week course will help students learn strategies for finding papers relevant to their research, reading papers strategically, taking notes effectively, summarizing accurately, and integrating sources appropriately. Emphasis will be placed on the linguistic skills necessary for paraphrasing.
Mondays, January 24 – March 4, 3:30 – 5:00 PM
Location: Carrington Hall 312
- Research Presentation Skills
This 5-week course will help non-native English speaking scholars prepare a presentation of their research for a conference, a class, or other presentation occasion. The course will focus on the language of effective presentations, with tips for engaging the audience, for keeping their attention, for managing questions and discussion periods, and general pronunciation feedback.
Section 1: Tuesdays/Thursdays, January 15 – 31, 12 PM – 1:30 PM
Section 2: Mondays/Wednesdays, February 11 – 27, 12 PM – 1:30 PM
Location: SASB North 0127
- U.S. English Pronunciation
This 13-week course will provide instruction on the phonetics of American English and will allow for ample practice time in pairs with English native speakers and in small groups. Lessons will focus on segmental units such as vowels and consonants as well as suprasegmental units including syllables, stress and pitch.
Textbook required.
Fridays, January 18 – April 26, 1:30 – 2:30 PM
Location: Bondurant G-030
Disciplinary and interdisciplinary groups meet weekly to share drafts of course papers, thesis chapters, conference posters, funding proposals—anything that would benefit from readers’ feedback. Groups are appropriate for students at any stage.
Schedules and locations are determined by participants’ availability.
Speaking Group welcomes American and international participants from the campus and the community. Groups meet for an hour every week to discuss topics of culture, university life, or language learning strategies and resources.
Fridays, 3:00 – 4:00 PM
Location: Graduate Student Center
This weekly workshop series focuses on high-frequency grammatical structures in scholarly publication
, local dialect features, and culturally appropriate language for potentially sensitive topics. Emphasis will be placed on discourse analysis in participants’ own disciplines. No registration required.
Wednesdays, January 16 – April 24, 2:30 – 3:30 PM
Location: Carrington Hall 217
No registration required
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WILL YOU BE TAKING YOUR STUDIES ELSEWHERE? The GPSF is now accepting applications to fund
travel that will occur between January 1 and March 31. Travel Awards are offered by the GPSF to assist with conference and research travel expenses for graduate and professional students.
This award cannot be combined with travel funding sources over $200 ($300 for international). Applications are due by
FEBRUARY 1. You can find the application
here. To learn more about the GPSF Travel Awards, check out the
Travel Awards website. Please email questions to:
gpsf-travel@unc.edu.
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The Parent Support Group meets Tuesdays, 2-3PM at CAPS. This group is for parents to discuss issues and stressors related to parenting while being a student or postdoc, and some of the positive and challenging experiences this may include. Topics will include identity, balancing roles and responsibilities, creating realistic expectations, and self-care. To learn more about this group and get connected, people should walk into CAPS for an initial assessment any weekday, 9AM-12PM (noon) or 1-4 PM.
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Kick off a Great Semester with the Odum Institute
This is a special year for the Odum Institute: 2019 marks 95 years that we've spent serving the Carolina community! We've got big plans to make this our best year yet, so stay tuned for more announcements about how we plan to celebrate this milestone.
We also want to make sure you all have a great semester by providing a quick re-introduction to the services and resources available to you at Odum:
- Consultations: Brief consultations with our experts on staff, as well as walk-in consulting at our Statistics Help Desk (9AM-6PM / M-F) and weekly Qualtrics hours (M: 1-4PM / TH: 10AM-1PM), are available free of charge to UNC students, faculty and staff
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- Short Courses: A variety of short courses are offered through Odum and in collaboration with other units on campus. Most are also free for the UNC community. Check out our Google Doc short course catalog for a complete, printable list of this semester's courses. Scroll down for a list of this month's courses!
Consultations and courses cover a wide variety of research topics, including:
More advanced support and services include data repository support, survey data collection and network analysis, which are available on a cost-reimbursement basis.
Featured
Short Course:
Although graduate school teaches you many things, many Ph.D. students complete their dissertations having never been fully trained in academic publishing. How does academic publishing actually work? Where should you publish your research? How do you actually get papers accepted in strong academic journals? In this talk, we will discuss several major ideas in academic publishing (focusing on the social sciences). We will discuss:
– professional integrity and ethics
– the role of academic conversations and communities as a guide for publication forums and journal selections
– the mechanics of publishing in journals and other forums (including outlining, writing style, journal, legal, and newspaper submissions, the peer review process, revisions, and corresponding with editors)
– and acceptance and all that follows.
Date: January 18
Time: 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
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Call for Graduate Student Awards!
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The UNC Graduate School is happy to announce that we are currently accepting nominations for the 2019 Boka W. Hadzija Award for Distinguished University Service by a Graduate or Professional Student. This annual award recognizes a graduate or professional student who has been judged the most outstanding in character, scholarship, leadership, and service to the University and broader community.
Nominations are due by 5:00PM on Thursday, January 31, 2019.
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Research Triangle ASPA Chapter Accepting Award Nominations!
Last year, the ASPA Research Triangle Chapter adopted several awards. These awards recognize the contribution of a public service practitioner within the region, as well as the quality of work of a chapter member and a MPA or PhD student within the region. Information on the awards and their criteria can be found below. Nominations for the awards can be sent to
bmcdona@ncsu.edu and must be received by
January 31, 2019.
Excellence in Public Service Award
The Public Service Award was established to recognize public service practitioners in the chapter region whose distinguished careers are characterized by:
- Exemplary efforts to uphold legal and ethical standards;
- Sustained work to advance the quality of life for all North Carolinians; and,
- Responsible, democratic, and expert accomplishments in public affairs.
Best Paper Award
The Best Paper Award is presented annually to recognize a piece of exemplary research of a faculty member or practitioner that was presented at a conference or accepted for publication during the previous year. Recipients of the award must be members of the chapter prior to nomination.
Best Student Paper Award
The Best Student Paper Award is presented annually to a MPA or PhD student in recognition for outstanding work on a paper. Nominated papers will be judged on the basis of relevance of the topic, appropriate use of methodology, quality of presentation, originality, innovativeness, clarity, and academic quality. Nominated papers may not be co-authored and recipients must be enrolled at a university within the chapter region during the academic year preceding the award (e.g., students must be enrolled during the 2018-2019 academic year to be eligible for the 2019 award).
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