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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- The MPA Alumni Kickock Picnic & Day of Service are THIS Saturday, August 25, 5:30-7:30 at the SOG
- the Fall Immersion will be October 25-27
- Happy Hour Hubs are coming! (details below)
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Carolina MPA News and Announcements
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Carolina MPA Alumni Kickoff Picnic & Day of Service THIS Saturday!
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Join fellow students, alumni, faculty and staff for the annual MPA Kickoff Picnic on Saturday, August 25!
Bring your family for food and fun and welcome new and returning students while networking with other alumni.
RSVP for the picnic today
and indicate your interest in the day of service by answering "yes" at "I'm interested in volunteering!"
Hope to see you there!
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The MPA Program is coming to YOU! If you're in any of these areas, please come out to network with MPA alumni, students, prospective students, faculty & Staff. Happy Hour Hubs kickoff between 5 and 5:30 pm and run until 7:30 pm or you want to go home. :) The first round is on us!
- Charlotte area: Thursday, Sept. 20
- The Broken Spoke, 227 Southside Drive, Charlotte NC
- RSVP Here!
- Atlanta area: Tuesday, Sept. 25, 5 pm
- The Square Pub, 115 Sycamore St, Decatur, GA
- RSVP Here!
- DC Area: Tuesday, Oct.2, 5 pm
- City Tap, 901 9th Street NW, Washington, DC
- RSVP Here!
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Carolina MPA Student Happenings
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Carolina MPA's ICMA Chapter wins Best Event!
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Congratulations to the Carolina MPA chapter of the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) for winning ICMA's 2nd Annual Best Chapter Event Contest! Their event, the Public Administration Leadership (PAL) Challenge last April, took top honors against ICMA Student Chapters from all over the US. The University of Southern California placed second, with Villanova University coming in third.
Special thanks to Carolina MPA students Martin Yeager, Timothy Shober, Jim Hemphill, and Michael Welker for planning the event. Thanks to their efforts, our ICMA chapter has been awarded free registration and funding towards attendance to the ICMA Annual Conference in Baltimore, MD, this September.
To get involved in ICMA, please contact chapter President Michael Welker at mwelker@live.unc.edu.
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Carolina MPA Faculty Happenings
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Berner Published in Journal
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Dr. Maureen Berner recently published
"Children's Perspectives on the Summer Nutrition Program" with Jessica Soldavini in the
Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. She was also recently part of a group that published "Food Insecurity Correlates and Behaviors Among College Students in Appalachian and Southeastern Regions: A Regional Higher Education Analysis," which was presented as part of conference proceedings for the American Society of Nutrition this summer.
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Upcoming UNC and Beyond Announcements:
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- Online and Nationwide Events:
- FREE ELGL Membership for Carolina MPA Students!
- Chapel Hill Area Events:
- Chapel Hill Peoples Academy Applications Open
- Learning Center Semester Kickoff
- Mental Health First Aid Trainings
- Silent Sam Film Screening and Panel
- Tell About the South: Blair Pollock on Landfills and Sustainability
- Graduate Student Professional Development Opportunities!
- UNC Department of Statistics & Operations Research Free Statistical/Data Science Consulting
- The Crushing Impact of Criminal Justice Debt in Orange County
- Carolina Family Weekend
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Applications are open through Aug. 31.
The Peoples Academy is a five-week, 10-class opportunity for people who live, work, study or play in Chapel Hill to learn, connect and lead. Participants will learn about Town services and jobs, connect with Town leadership and neighbors, tour Town facilities, and build leadership and communication skills. The Peoples Academy begins Oct. 4 and is held every Thursday and Saturday through Nov. 3.
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Start off your semester wisely! Outline semester goals, create a balanced weekly routine, and complete a semester planner. Snacks and door prizes included.
August 28th from 5-7pm.
Register
here
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Mental Health First Aid Trainings available!
MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID
training will be offered at no cost to UNC Chapel Hill faculty and staff until September 2018.
Mental Health First Aid teaches participants
how to recognize and help when a person is experiencing one of five common mental health concerns
: anxiety, depression, substance use, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia. This 8-hour course uses skills practice and simulations to demonstrate how to offer help in a mental health or substance use crisis through a
5-step action plan
, with the ultimate goal of encouraging self-help, social support, and use of appropriate professional care. Sessions are scheduled at varying times and locations throughout campus –
check out dates, times, and registration details
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Silence Sam Film Screening and Panel
The Social Justice Action Series (SJAS) presents a screening and panel discussion of the Silence Sam Film on August 27th at 5 pm at the School of Social Work Auditorium. This participatory hybrid documentary was made by students at the UNC School of Media and Journalism. It follows the student-led movement to remove the statue and the resulting silencing of student protest by university administrators. The student activists and producers Mistyre Bonds, Michelle Brown, Maya Little, Kristen Marion, and Courtney Symone will participate in a panel discussion on activism after the film.
This event is free and open to all. Vegetarian-friendly dinner will be provided from 5:00-5:30 outside of the auditorium.
Submit panel questions to uncsocialjusticeseries@gmail.com.
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Join us for this lunchtime discussion, as the Center for the Study of the American South welcomes Blair Pollock, the solid waste planner for Orange County who initiated public recycling programs for the county beginning in 1987. He holds a Master’s degree in City and Regional Planning from UNC-Chapel Hill. Pollock will discuss the history of Orange County’s landfill, which is now closed and in long-term care. He will also address ongoing challenges for recycling and waste management and give some tips for how you can make a difference.
This event is free and open to the public, and light refreshments will be served. RSVPs to
csas@unc.edu
will be appreciated but are not required. Our Center is located along free
Chapel Hill Transit
bus routes A, CL, D, F, NU, and U.
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Graduate Student Professional Development
Gallup Strengths Workshop
September 11 @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Discover your innate natural talents, then learn how to apply them to achieve your goals. Understanding your strengths will help as you explore careers, work in teams, and find strategies that are best suited to you and what you already do well. Registrants will be contacted to take Gallup StrengthsFinder and results will be discussed in a group setting at the workshop.
REGISTER
Creating an Individual Development Plan: Putting Your Degree to Work
September 25 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Individual Development Plans (IDPs) are important tools to assess skills, explore career options, and create goals to advance your career trajectory. This workshop will guide participants through the process of creating an IDP using interactive self-assessments, skills mapping exercises, and ways to communicate your plan with mentors and advisors. Masters and PhD students in all disciplines are encouraged to attend. Lunch provided.
REGISTER
Gallup Strengths Workshop
September 27 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Discover your innate natural talents, then learn how to apply them to achieve your goals. Understanding your strengths will help you as you explore careers, work in teams, and find strategies that are best suited to you and what you already do well. Registrants will be contracted to take Gallup StrengthsFinder and results will be discussed in a group setting at the workshop.
REGISTER
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The UNC Department of Statistics and Operations Research announces the availability of free statistical / data science consulting. Our goal is to teach this important skill to graduate students, but you can get some free data analytic assistance in the process.
The course format involves clients giving a presentation about the data analytic problem at hand. This generates a question and answer dialog, which by itself has proven to be useful in helping clients formulate their ideas. Then typically one student is assigned to work on the actual data, with a final written report expected.
In the past we have worked with a very wide range of clients, from Masters students needing help with the statistical end of their dissertation, all the way up to distinguished professors. While there are limits to what can be done in the context of this course, some contacts initially made through this course have led to ongoing joint research, grant proposals and published papers in very diverse fields.
To sign up for this type of consulting, or to discuss this further, please contact Steve Marron, Department of Statistics and Operations Research, UNC, CB 3260, Email:
marron@unc.edu
. Additional information is available at the web address:
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Carolina Family Weekend 2018 will take place Friday, September 21, 2018 - Sunday, September 23, 2018, in conjunction with the Carolina vs. Pittsburgh football game.
Carolina Family Weekend is full of tradition and excitement and is a wonderful time for families to reconnect with their student(s), meet other Carolina families, and connect with faculty and staff. There are exciting programs and events to explore and enjoy the vibrant Carolina community. Click
here
for more details.
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