Carolina MPA Student Digest:
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In this Issue:
- Upcoming Program Dates
- MPA Happenings
- Upcoming UNC & Beyond Announcements
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- Fall Registration Advising Appointments: ongoing
- Washington, DC Happy Hour Hub: September 24, 5:30-8 pm
- Fall Immersion Course: Oct. 3-5 (details below)
- Fall Alumni Reception: October 4
- Greenville, NC Happy Hour Hub: October 30, 5:30-8 pm
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Upcoming MPA Happy Hour Hubs
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The MPA Program will be traveling! Please join fellow students, staff, & alumni at the following FREE events!
Washington, DC
September 24, 5:30-8 pm
City Tap House Penn Center
901 9th St. NW, Washington, DC 20001
Greenville, NC
October 30, 5:30-8 pm (Rescheduled from Hurricane Dorian!)
Pitt Street Brewing Company
630 S. Pitt St., Greenville, NC 27834
Registration Info will be sent out soon!
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In conjunction with the MPA program's annual student immersion course, the Carolina MPA Program and the Alumni Association will host a reception from 5:00-7:30 PM at the School of Government on
Friday, October 4, 2019
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Xu Catering will again cater this event, transforming the atrium and serving seasonal appetizers and finger desserts along with tasty beverages. We hope you can join us!
* The cost is $25 per person but so worth it!
* Students enrolled in the Fall Immersion/PUBA 744 do not need to pay or register!
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Twenty three students and recent graduates from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have been selected to receive the Fulbright U.S. Student Program award for the 2019-2020 academic year, the highest number of recipients from UNC-Chapel Hill in one year.
Among them is
Wad Khalafalla
, MPA '18, who is teaching English in Malaysia. Congratulations, Wad!
The Fulbright announcement may be found
here
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Are you the first in your family to pursue a graduate degree? How do you navigate the academy? Do others feel the same way as me? What does it look like to succeed as a first-generation graduate student? Join us for a diverse panel of faculty, staff, and students as they share their personal narratives as first-generation graduate students. Come prepared to engage with the panel in meaningful discussion. Lunch will be served immediately following the panel for continued conversation. Co-sponsored by the Carolina Grad Student F1RSTS (Diversity & Student Success in The Graduate School) and the School of Social Work.
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Upcoming UNC and Beyond Announcements:
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- Carolina Women's Center Elder Care Series
- UNC Law Constitution Day with Lt. General (Ret.) Flora D. Darpino, US Army
- Insights into Understanding the Global Refugee Crisis: A Conversation with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi
- Carolina Veteran's Resource Center Advising Techniques in Reading & Writing Carolina Research Papers
- YNPN Triangle Volunteers at Marbles Children's Museum
- Alicia Olatuja Sings the Works of Icons & Legends
- Financial Education Workshop Series
- Thinking Beyond Normal: How to Live, Learn, & Thrive Outside the Lines with Jonathan Mooney
- Color of Education 2019 Conference Keynote with Ta-Nehisi Coates
- DO or Die: Affect, Ritual, Resistance
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The UNC-Chapel Hill community is invited to celebrate Constitution Day on Tuesday, Sept. 17, with guest speaker Lieutenant General Flora D. Darpino, USA (Ret.).
Darpino will speak at UNC School of Law in the Rotunda at noon. The event is open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. For more details, see
this web page.
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This program provides an invaluable chance for students to learn from some of the most notable political practitioners, academics, and journalists in an informal setting.
Political practitioners immerse themselves in the Carolina community, drawing on the University’s intellectual resources while interacting with students and leading a not-for-credit study group.
With questions about the Program or to schedule an office hours appointment with the Fellows, please contact
fellows@unciop.org
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Boot Print to
Heel Print Phase II
Advanced techniques in reading and writing Carolina research papers with Dr. Hilary Lithgow.
Tuesday 09.24.2019 at 3:00pm (just before Taco Tuesday) or Friday 9.27.2019 at noon. This event will take place at the CVRC, 211 Branson St., Chapel Hill.
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Volunteer at Marbles Museum
Volunteers will be cleaning and helping the museum organize after a busy summer. Creative minds are encouraged to attend!
RSVP Here
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Alicia Olatuja is known for her jazzy, soulful voice, which earned her a featured solo at President Barack Obama's 2013 inauguration. On October 2, she'll use that soul to celebrate the works of the most respected women artists of our generation. This intimate concert at UNC's Hill Hall will feature music by songwriters including Violetta Para, Imogen Heap, Joni Mitchell, and many others. Want a sneak peek at the music? Listen to
Intuition: Songs From the Minds of Women
on Spotify.
Wednesday, Oct. 2 | 7:30 PM | $37
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Award-winning author Ta-Nehisi Coates will headline Color of Education 2019 as part of his official book tour for his forthcoming novel “The Water Dancer” slated for release on September 24. In addition to a reading from his novel and a Q&A session with the audience, Coates will be joined on stage for an in-conversation with Dr. William “Sandy” Darity, Samuel DuBois Cook Professor of Public Policy at Duke University, about race in America.
Color of Education is a partnership of the Public School Forum of North Carolina, Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke University and Duke Policy Bridge at the Sanford School of Public Policy. The inaugural event in October 2018 featured New York Times Magazine reporter and MacArthur “Genius” Fellow Nikole Hannah-Jones.
Bookmark #ColorOfEducation on Twitter to follow this year’s event.
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Join
the Sonja Haynes Stone Center
on Thursday, September 19 at 7PM for the opening of
DO or DIE: Affect, Ritual, Resistance
. This multimedia exhibition by award-winning artist Fahamu Pecou seeks to elevate and recontextualize Black life and death by reframing our view. Pecou integrates West African spiritual traditions with African cultural retentions in hip-hop and the philosophy of “Negritude” to explore Black existence. This event is free and open to the public.
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University Research Week is November 4-8
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Exciting news! The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and the Office of Undergraduate Research will be co-hosting this year’s
University Research Week,
Nov 4-8, 2019. We are preparing a full, exciting week celebrating Carolina’s research excellence and highlighting opportunities designed to increase student participation in research activity.
All schools, departments and units are encouraged to participate by hosting organization-specific events geared toward the goals of the celebration. If you are planning an event (or have one already scheduled that fits with the theme) let us know about it
here. We’ll include it in our promotions. We’d love to include as many events as possible to showcase the breadth and depth of research here at UNC. More events are being added daily to homepage, so check back often!
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