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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- Development Finance Initiative Interest Session, Tuesday, November 27, 12:30-1:30 pm, 3301 Knapp-Sanders and online
- Bureaucrats' Ball, Friday, November 30 at the Ackland Art Museum!
- Fall MPA Graduation Brunch is Saturday, December 15, 10 am-12 pm at the School of Government
- First Day of Spring 2019 Classes - Jan. 7 for online; Jan. 9 for on campus
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Carolina MPA News and Announcements
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Looking for 1.5-hour courses for Spring 2019?
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We know many of our 1.5-hour electives have been quite popular, and you may be looking for one to round out your 1.5 hours already earned from Immersion or another class. This spring, we have three options:
- PUBA 780-001 Arbitration (Sample Syllabus)
- Meets on campus Tuesdays, 9:30 am-12:30 pm during the weeks of 1/15-2/26
- PUBA 765-001 Capital Budgeting and Finance (sample syllabus)
- Meets on campus Tuesdays, 9:30 am-12:30 pm during the weeks of 3/5-4/23
- PUBA 763-001 Grant Writing (sample syllabus)
- Meets online 2/25, 3/4, 3/18, 4/1, and 4/15 as well as on campus 12-5 pm on April 15 and 9 am-2 pm on April 16
- This class may NOT be taken in addition to PUBA 764, our 3-hour online Grant Writing Course, as it covers much of the same material.
We're also tentatively planning the next Immersion for Fall, 2019, so be on the lookout for additional details TBA!
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Apply for the 2019 NASPAA-Batten Student Simulation Competition
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The 2019 NASPAA-Batten Student Simulation Competition will be held on
February 23, 2019.
The simulation topic pertains to global migration, a pressing and controversial issue.
The official competition website is
www.nbsims.org
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All information regarding the competition can be found on this website.
PLEASE NOTE: The Carolina MPA Program will fund one online and one on-campus student to the competition, with the option of a 3rd. Last year,
Emily Langston
and
Alexandra Hulten
had a great experience at the Washington, DC, location.
To be considered as a Carolina MPA representative, please apply at
this link
by December 7
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Details were also sent to your UNC email this morning!
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Early Bird Deadline coming up for Bureaucrats' Ball Tickets!!!
It's now time to
purchase your early bird tickets for the annual MPA Bureaucrats' Ball!
Ticket prices will increase to $30 after 11/16 at 5 pm, so get yours now!!!
We’ve got a few things planned to make this year’s Ball stand out. Come early for an
exclusive tour of the newly renovated back galleries at 6:30 PM, including expanded African art collection, before they’re open to the public.
There will also be special performances by the
MPA Band (working title: “The Bolman Deal”)
and
stand-up comedy
by MPA student Josh Rosenstein (find out why “putt-putt” is his top local government issue).
Featured beverages
from a local brewery.
Delicious appetizers from a local restaurant
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And
dessert
by MPA student and former culinary school student Ross Hatton.
Unused to the new School of Government registration system? NO worries, we have a
tutorial with screenshots to help you.
Maddie Shea is also available for your questions. This year's event will feature food, adult beverages, dancing, open art galleries, and entertainment (such as MPA-themed stand-up comedy and a pre-event MPA-themed gallery tour!).
ALL students, faculty, and staff are invited to join in the festivities!
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Come to the DFI Interest Session!
The School of Government's very own Development Finance Initiative will host an Interest session on
Tuesday, November 27th, 12:30-1:30 pm in 3301 Knapp-Sanders and
online. Join Carolina MPA alum
Omar Kashef to hear more about what they do, the PUBA/PLAN 735 course offered in the spring, and their Summer 2019 Fellowship. Additional details will be sent via email to the Listservs. Feel free to bring your lunch!
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Carolina MPA Student Spotlight
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Immersion 2018 Participants
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Secret Lives of the MPA Students
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Current second-year MPA Student
Josh Rosenstein
moonlights as a stand-up comedian. He's hosted the weekly open mic at Zog's in Chapel Hill since 2014 and is a regular performer at venues across the Triangle, especially the People's Improv Theater on Franklin Street. He's also toured in Australia and done comedy festivals in Chapel Hill, Greensboro, and Seattle. His work as a performer led him to serve on the Chapel Hill Cultural Arts Commission, which is what got him interested in local government and non-profits and led him apply for the MPA program. Josh will be performing at the Bureaucrats' Ball later this month, so come check out his set!
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***Secret Lives of the MPA Students will hopefully be a regular feature in the Digest and not so secret. Do you have a hidden talent? Volunteer with a cool organization? Accomplish something cool at work? Be sure to
submit a photo
with details so we can continue to learn more about one another! Feel free to nominate a friend, too! ***
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Carolina MPA Faculty News
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Stenberg Helps Local Governments Navigate State Powers
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The July 2018 issue of Public Management magazine included an article titled “
Local Government Options in the Era of State Preemption
.” This article was written as a collaboration between MPA faculty member Carl Stenberg, retired professor James Svara, and associate professor and director at the Center for Urban Innovation at Arizona State University David Swindell.
The article first summarizes the origins of local government powers. The authors then identify ways in which these powers have been restricted, and offer insight as to how local governments can continue to operate under these limited conditions. Find out more
here
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Featured School of Government Blog
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The
Community and Economic Development
program at the School of Government provides public officials with training, research, and assistance that support local efforts to create jobs and wealth, expand the tax base, and maintain vibrant communities. We deploy the resources of the University to support the development goals of communities in North Carolina. Check out the blog
here
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Upcoming UNC and Beyond Announcements:
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- Covering Marginalized Communities: Stories from the Field
- Tar Heel Thanksgiving
- New UNC Ombuds Named
- Graduate School Professional Development Opportunities
- Parenting@UNC Service
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***
This event is FREE, but you must register by Monday, November 19th!!***
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New University Ombuds Named
If you need consultation on challenging circumstances, “the
University Ombuds Office is a safe place where all Carolina staff, faculty, students and administrators are welcome to come and talk in confidence about any campus issue, problem, or dispute.” Please join us in welcoming
Dawn Osborne-Adams as our new University ombuds and director of the University Ombuds Office!
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