Carolina MPA Student Digest:
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Inside this Edition:
- Upcoming Program Dates
- Program News and Announcements
- Career and Professional Development Corner
- Upcoming UNC & Beyond Announcements
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- Graduate Student Appreciation Week: events all week (4/2-4/6) hosted by the GPSF and the Graduate School, as well as an MPA Lunch on Friday, April 6, 11:30 am, Knapp-Sanders Dining Room
- Fall 2018 Registration: begins April 3
- Wright Lecture & PAC Chats: Friday, April 6, Knapp-Sanders 2603, details here
- PAL Challenge: Friday, April 13
- Commencement Picnic: Friday, May 11, 6-7:30 pm Knapp-Sanders Dining Hall - Please RSVP to Allison
- Commencement Ceremony & Reception: Saturday, May 12, please arrive by 9:30 am, The Friday Center - Grumman Auditorium - Please RSVP to Allison
- University Commencement Ceremony: Sunday, May 13, 9 am, Kenan Stadium
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Carolina MPA News and Announcements
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Happy Graduate Student Appreciation Week!
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The faculty & staff for the Carolina MPA Program couldn't be prouder of you! Watch the video below to hear what we love about working with MPA students.
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Carolina MPA Rises in Rankings!
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Congratulations to all Carolina MPA Faculty, Staff, Alumni, & of course STUDENTS on the recent ranking of our MPA program as #23 in
US News & World Report. This was a rise from #25 last year. We're also #3 in Local Government, in the top 15 for Public Management & Leadership and Environmental Policy and Management, and in the top 20 for Public Finance and Budgeting. Thanks for all you contribute to our program!
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Dr. Alice Rivlin to deliver Deil S. Wright Lecture April 6
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Alice Rivlin, former director of the Office of Management and Budget and founding director of the Congressional Budget Office, will deliver the 2018 Deil S. Wright Lecture at 3:15 p.m. on Friday, April 6 at the UNC School of Government. An expert in monetary and fiscal policy, Rivlin currently serves as a senior fellow in Economic Studies and the Center for Health Policy at the Brookings Institution and is a visiting professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown. The title of Rivlin’s lecture is “Fixing Our Broken Policy Process: The Case for Bipartisan Consensus on Economic Policy.”
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Fall Immersion Topic Announced
Title: Collaborative Governance and Collective Impact
Faculty: Dr. Ricardo Morse and Dr. John Stephens
Collaboration across boundaries (jurisdiction, sector) is a central aspect of public service leadership today. Complex or “wicked” public problems cannot be adequately addressed by a single agency. Rather, concerted action that leverages the strengths of various stakeholders is required to see results. In public administration, the concept of “collaborative governance” is commonly used to describe this kind of boundary-crossing work, while elsewhere the framework of “collective impact” is used. Utilizing a combination of readings, case studies, and exercises, this course will explore these frames, particularly how they inform our understanding of leadership for collective impact.
Please join us in the fall term in this great 1.5-hour elective course! Dates are Oct. 25-27 in Chapel Hill, NC!
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Carolina MPA Faculty Honored
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Congratulations to Dr. Carl Stenberg & Dr. Ricardo Morse!
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Dr. Stenberg and co-editor David Hamilton from Texas Tech University recently published
Intergovernmental Relations in Transition: Reflections and Directions. Dr. Stenberg and Dr. Morse co-authored a chapter in the book, "Pulling the Lever: The State's Role in Catalyzing Local Change."
If you're near Chapel Hill, you can take Dr. Stenberg's Intergovernmental Relations (PUBA 739) 1.5-hour class this fall!
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Career and Professional Development Corner
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Job Search Spring 2018
As a reminder Allison can help with all stages of your job search, starting the search, deciding what you'd like to do, negotiating offers, preparing documents.
Previously Recorded Events
Workshop- Public Speaking and Persuasive Communications
Alumni Led Webinar- Professional Networking for Introverts - Hosted by Kirsten Wyatt
Alumni Career Panel- Local Government Focus
Upcoming Events/Opportunities
Career Circles- Look for an email about opportunities to participate
What are they: each month we'll have opportunities for students to get together with Allison to discuss anything career related, but guided by a specific topic.
Announcements
- A high quality video recording along with the presentation materials and polling results are available in the Agenda packet for this webinar at the "Agendas & Archives" tab of http://icma.org/coachingwebinars.
Be sure to check-out the
MPA Career Services Wall
to see all recent job postings!
(All job postings will be posted here)
Did you know the Carolina MPA Intranet has Career Resources?
- Check out these pages to get started with any of your career related questions.
- As always Allison (binkley@sog.unc.edu) is available to answer any questions or review any documents. Email or stop by (3112) to schedule a time to meet!
- Be sure to check-out the MPA Career Services Wall to see all recent job postings! (All job postings will be posted here)
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Upcoming UNC and Beyond Announcements:
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- Chapel Hill-Area Events & Announcements:
- April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month
- Practicing Social Justice within the System with Durham City Council Member DeDreana Freeman
- Empowering Africa: Women in Leadership
- Measurement Challenges, Disparities, and Policy Considerations in NC Law Enforcement Traffic Stops
- UNC-CH LGBTQ Center 15th Anniversary Celebration
- Natural Hazards Resilience Speakers Series: FEMA Administrator Brock Long
- Remember Who You Are Book Discussion and Signing
- Implicit Bias Lecture with Dr. Benjamin Reese
- Climate Change & Resilience Symposium
- Structural Inequalities: An On the Ground View
- Green Zone Training this May & June!
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April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month
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Organizations and departments host events throughout the month of April in recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM). The month provides us with an opportunity to raise awareness of the many resources available on campus and in the community, discuss the impact of sexual violence, and identify ways that we can help prevent it. For a full calendar of events, please
click here
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The UNC Weiss Urban Livability Program and Jordan Institute for Families Social Justice Action Series are pleased to announce a discussion with Durham City Council Member DeDreana Freeman on the afternoon of Tuesday, April 3rd, 2018.
The conversation will focus on the opportunities and challenges of promoting meaningful social justice and change from within established systems of power.
This event will be held at the Gillings School of Public Health (Room 1301) from 12:30 – 1:45 pm, with a light lunch catered by Vimala’s CurryBlossom Café from 12-12:30 pm.
All are welcome!
Please
RSVP
so we can plan accordingly.
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Measurement Challenges, Disparities, and Policy Considerations in North Carolina Law Enforcement Traffic Stops
When:
Tuesday April 10, 12:30-1:30pm
Where:
New East Chapin Reading Room
Who:
Mike Dolan Fliss, UNC Epidemiology PhD student
Though not
without gaps, NC has one of the most complete traffic stop datasets in the nation, with over 20 million traffic stops documented since 2000. Based on residential denominators (the current standard), stop rates by race-ethnicity demonstrate often large disparities in most law enforcement agency jurisdictions. However, literature suggests using residential denominators to measure commuting-based events is flawed. Mike will share efforts to improve this measurement, suggesting current measures may underestimate race-ethnic disparities. We will finish by reviewing current community efforts and policy options to address these disparities, including a NC intervention to prioritize stops for moving violations over subjective and economic stops that may have measurable traffic safety and disparity reducing consequences.
Pizza will be provided. Facebook event
here
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Remember Who You Are Book Discussion and Signing
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UNC alumnae and co-authors Paula Brown Stafford (BSPH 1986, MPH 1992) and Lisa T. Grimes (BSPHR 1985) discuss their new book, "Remember Who You Are: Achieve Success. Create Balance. Experience Fulfillment." on Wednesday, April 18, 2018, at 5:15 p.m.
Paula and Lisa share personal experiences, insights and encouragement?what they wish they’d known 30 years ago?to women looking for career advancement and quality of life and men who want to improve their working relationships with women.
The discussion will be led and moderated by Carol L. Folt, PhD, Chancellor of UNC-Chapel Hill, and features reflections by Barbara K. Rimer, PhD, Dean of the Gillings School of Global Public Health.
The event will take place in the Joan Heckler Gillings Auditorium at UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, 135 Dauer Drive, Chapel Hill. Parking is available in the FedEx Global Education Center Parking Deck at 301 Pittsboro St. or Dogwood Deck on Manning Drive across from UNC Health Care.
A book signing and reception will follow. Admission to this event is free and open to the public.
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Green Zone training is for faculty,staff, and students that wish to learn more about the military affiliated student experience. Its goals are to train members of the Carolina community to know more about the issues and concerns faced by military affiliated students and to identify individuals who are available to assist this population. These individuals are not expected to be experts who can "solve problems." They are individuals who can lend a sympathetic ear and help the student veteran identify and connect with the appropriate resources. To sign up,
click here!
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