Carolina MPA Student Digest:
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Inside this Edition:
- Upcoming Program Dates
- Program News and Announcements
- MPA Apparel Orders Due TODAY
- SOG Takeover of UNC.edu!
- NCCCMA Highlights
- Secret Lives of the MPA Students
- MPA Faulcty News
- Dean Smith's Latest Blog
- Happy Hour Hub in Charlotte
- NC Clean Tech Summit
- Upcoming UNC & Beyond Announcements
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Photo by Lew G. Brown, MPA '71.
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- Order due for MPA apparel - TODAY!
- Graduate & Professional Student Federation Forum - March 5, 8:30 am, 3108 Knapp-Sanders
- Summer/Fall Registration Advising Appointments - ongoing!
- Course Registration for May term (online students) - March 18
- Charlotte MPA Happy Hour Hub - March 19
- Wright Lecture: Don Kettl - April 4, 3:30 pm, SOG
- MPA Spring Graduation Events - May 10-12
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Carolina MPA News and Announcements
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All orders for MPA Apparel from TNT Specialties are due today! Early orders have arrived and look great!
If you would like to purchase an item,
click on this link
and set up an account
with your UNC email address
. Click on "UNC" on the top bar and you'll find the drop down for the School of Government with merchandise with the university-approved logos and colors. All sweatshirts and sweaters are embroidered, and the t-shirt is screen printed. There are options made abroad and made in the USA. Please see the
Size Chart
for further details as well. These items are offered by a small business out of Raleigh, NC, TNT Ad Specialties. Shirts will be printed on demand and shipped directly to you.
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Be on the lookout all this week for School of Government content on the university's main page, unc.edu. It's part of the University's 225th anniversary celebration. There is an
essay and video from Dean Mike Smith
(you'll glimpse several MPA students & faculty in it!), stories about
different parts of the School of Government
, and special profiles on Institute of Government founders Gladys and Albert Coates and on MPA@UNC student
Lorrie Fair Allen
(Olympian/World Cup champion/three-time NCAA champion for UNC Soccer). The latter will be released over the next couple of days.
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The MPA Program was out strong at the 2019 North Carolina City/County Management Conference!
On-campus MPA first-year student
Catesby Denison
recently received the John Milton Gold Scholarship. The award was presented during the President's Luncheon. Congratulations, Catesby!
MPA Alumnus
Peggy Merriss
received the Donald Hayman Distinguished Public Service Award. Peggy was the manager of Decatur, Georgia, for 25 years and the first female president of the International City County Management Association. She is pictured below with Carolina MPA students from both formats at the Carolina MPA Alumni Breakfast.
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Front row (l-r): Ashley Ownbey, Mimi Clemens, Maddie Shea, Maddi Powers, Kaitland Finkle, Peggy Marriss, Alice Mahood, Hallee Haygood, Korey Fisher-Wellman, & Sharon Jessup.
Back row (l-r): Emily Langston, Michael Welker, Josh Fernandez, James Aughenbaugh, Richard Carey, Timothy Shober, & Claire Morgan
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Secret Lives of the MPA Students
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Come up to the MPA Wing many mornings, and you'll smell fresh baked goods despite the kitchenette having no oven. The breads, brownies, cupcakes, and more are from MPA students sharing their latest home bakes. Sometimes attached with labels such as "Contains gluten and graduate school procrastination," these donations have been a big hit.
“Unlike never ending literature reviews, baking bread has a beginning, a middle, and an end. It’s a physical process that gets me away from the computer. And while you can intellectualize all of the chemistry that goes into proofing times and gluten development, baking bread is really done by feeling and trial-and-error. So I don’t bake for my classmates, I bake for myself. That said, it does help to have friends to share the results with to keep me from eating it all," says
Andy Shoenig
.
Courtney Cooper-Lewter
also finds pleasure in baking,
"
I enjoy baking because it helps me de-stress. Plus, I get to be creative and make things that other people enjoy! I also have a really big sweet tooth so there are some perks for me too!"
“I didn’t start getting into baking until I got my first apartment. At first, I began baking popular breads and cookies, especially during the holidays. It became a great way for me to relieve stress and share what I made with my friends," adds
Mimi Clemens
. "Out of everything that I have baked for the MPA cohort, the ginger bread loaf by far was everyone’s favorite! Coming out of the holiday season, I have baked pumpkin bread and brownies so far. I’m still learning how to bake better, but I enjoy surprising the MPAs with something I baked from home.”
Baking isn't limited to the mornings, either! This past fall,
Ross Hatton
headed up a group that made desserts for the 100 attendees of the Bureaucrats' Ball!
So, the next time you find yourself in the MPA wing and see a plate full of homemade goods, please help yourself. After all, you'll be doing these students a favor.
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Hemphill Named First NC Director of Computer Science & Technology Education
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Dr. Mary Hemphill, MPA adjunct faculty and the principal of Carver Middle School in Scotland County, was recently named North Carolina's first Director of Computer Science and Technology Education. The position with the Department of Public Instruction was recently announced by state Superintendent Mark Johnson. Dr. Hemphill was named Principal of the Year for the Sandhills Region in 2016-2017. She teaches PUBA 711, Public Administration Leadership, for the MPA Program.
More details are in this news article.
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Afonso Publishes Book Chapter
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Dr. Whitney Afonso, Assistant Professor in the School of Government, recently authored the chapter "
Financing Transportation Through Local Sales Taxes" in the recent publication
Building a Sustainable Transportation Infrastructure for Long-Term Economic Growth. Dr. Afonso was named the Albert & Gladys Hall Coates Distinguished Term Assistant Professor for 2015-2017. She teaches PUBA 731, Public Financial Management, in the MPA Program.
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Dean Mike Smith's Latest Blog
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Here is my next blog post. This one describes an important new partnership with the North Carolina City-County Management Association. It represents a great opportunity to increase our impact on local government by helping NCCCMA accomplish more of their organizational and programmatic goals. There is a wonderful alignment between NCCCMA and the School. Thanks to everyone who participated in the NCCCMA winter seminar last week in Winston-Salem. Special thanks to Lisa Sheffield for a terrific job in managing the complicated event. Check out the post and start thinking about her your work might be more aligned with the interests of NCCCMA. Thanks a lot.
Mike
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Calling all Charlotte-area MPAers!
(Re)Connect with MPA alumni, students, prospective students, faculty, and staff for drinks, lite bites, and great conversation in Charlotte.
On the heels of our first Happy Hour Hub of the year in Winston-Salem that saw 50 alumni, students, faculty, staff, and even one prospective student attend, we're ready for the next one!
Tuesday, March 19, 2018 - 5:00 PM
Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery
401 N Tryon St
Charlotte, NC
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Convening Leaders in the Clean Tech Economy
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will host its sixth annual UNC Clean Tech Summit on Thursday, February 28, 2019 – Friday, March 1, 2019 at UNC’s Friday Center. The event will highlight the latest innovations, trends and challenges in the clean technology industry and how North Carolina is playing a key role in leading the way to a global clean energy economy. Carolina MPA Alumni
Mary Tiger
and
Scott Morrissey
will present a panel on local government innovation. The Summit is co-hosted by the
UNC Institute for the Environment
and the
Center for Sustainable Enterprise at UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School
.
2019 UNC Clean Tech Summit
February 28 – March 1
UNC Friday Center, Chapel Hill
The Carolina MPA Program will cover registration for interested students!
To register for Cleantech:
First fill out
this survey
by the end of February.
More information about the Cleantech Conference can be found
here
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- To sign up as a student volunteer: Student volunteers must NOT register for the Summit as a paid registrant on this page. A separate registration must be completed to sign up as a student volunteer.
- If you are unable to register as a volunteer you must meet with Allison Binkleyto register for the conference and have it covered by the program. Email to set up a time to meet: binkley@sog.unc.edu
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Upcoming UNC and Beyond Announcements:
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- Check Your Blind Spots Unconscious Bias Tour
- Late Night with Dean Obeidallah & Huda Fahmy
- The Opposite Sex: A History
- Upcoming Stone Center Events
- Carolina Veterans Organization Social Event
- Long Night Against Procrastination
- Apply to be a Career Peer!
- What to Expect When You're Expecting@UNC
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Check Your Blind Spots Unconscious Bias Tour
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The
Check Your Blind Spots Unconscious Bias Tour
, created by CEO Act!on for Diversity & Inclusion, is coming to Carolina's campus on
Feb. 20.
The tour is designed to give people the opportunity to learn about unconscious bias - or "blind spots" - and explore ways to mitigate this bias in their everyday lives. The event will be held in the
Hanes parking lot (behind Memorial Hall) from 10:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m
. All UNC-Chapel Hill faculty, students and staff are invited.
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AND WE ARE BACK.... After bringing Hasan Minhaj to UNC 2 years ago, the UNC Muslim Students Association is excited to bring back Late Night, with award-winning comedian and talk show hostDean Obeidallah and comic book author Huda Fahmy!!! Dean has appeared on Comedy Central's "Axis of Evil" and is the co-creator/producer of the network's critically acclaimed Internet series "The Watch List," featuring a cast of all Middle Eastern-American comedians performing stand up and sketch comedy.Huda Fahmy is the illustrator of the internationally successful webcomic,
Yes, I’m Hot in This
. She writes about her experiences as a visibly Muslim woman in America and turned these stories into comics.
Student $10, Public $15, Door price for all $15
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Upcoming Stone Center Events!
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February 26, 3:30PM
Bull’s Head Bookshop | 207 South Rd, Chapel Hill
TaKeia N. Anthony offers the first study of the ideology, influences, and contributions of the Universal Ethiopian Students’ Association (UESA) and
The African: The Journal of African Affairs
. From 1927–1948, the UESA mobilized the African diaspora to fight against imperialism and fascist Italy. Formed by a group of educated Africans, African-Americans, and West Indians based in Harlem and shaped by the ideals of Ethiopianism, communism, Pan-Africanism, Black Nationalism, Garveyism, and the New Negro Movement, the UESA sought to educate the diaspora about its glorious African past and advocate for anti-imperialism and independence. This book focuses on the UESA’s literary organ,
The African,
mapping a constellation of understudied activists and their contributions to the fight for Black liberation in the twentieth century.
The Author: TaKeia N. Anthony is Assistant Professor of History at North Carolina Central University, USA.
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March 1, 7:00PM
Stone Center Auditorium
Step back in time with vocal powerhouse, Big Mama Thornton, portrayed by actress Azusa SHESHE Dance. This musical comedy shows her experience as a Blues singer, songwriter, and entertainer dealing with racial and sexual tensions in the music industry. Join us on her fearless journey of musical strife and success. (Warning: Explicit language) This event is free and open to the public but RSVPs are required.
Click here for tickets
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March 10, 4:00PM
Varsity Theater, 123 E. Franklin St., Chapel Hill
Join us at Chapel Hill landmark, Varsity Theatre, for a screening of
Strange Fruit
, the first documentary exploring the history and legacy of the Billie Holiday classic. The song's evolution tells a dramatic story of America's radical past using one of the most influential protest songs ever written as its epicenter. The saga brings viewers face- to- face with the terror of lynching even as it spotlights the courage and heroism of those who fought for racial justice when to do so was to risk ostracism and livelihood if white - and death if Black. It examines the history of lynching, and the interplay of race, labor and the left, and popular culture as forces that would give rise to the Civil Rights Movement. A discussion will take place after the film’s screening. This event is free and open to the public but registration is required.
Click here to register
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Our first Long Night Against Procrastination will be next Wednesday, February 27 from 8-11pm in the Writing Center.
Make progress on your papers and projects and enjoy free snacks and prizes. Librarians and coaches from the Writing and Learning Centers will be on hand to help. Details and registration
here
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