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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- The ICMA Conference will be September 23-26 in Baltimore, MD. We hope to see many of you there!
- the Fall Immersion will be October 25-27, and it will once again include an Alumni Association Reception!
- Happy Hour Hubs are coming! (details below)
- Save the Date for the Bureaucrats' Ball, which will be Friday, November 30 at the Ackland Art Museum!
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Carolina MPA News and Announcements
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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: POSTPONED due to hurricane Florence; details TBD!
- 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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Hurricane Florence Relief Efforts
We hope that all of you affected by Hurricane Florence are doing well. Please continue to work with faculty and staff regarding any missed work, support needed, etc.
Carolina MPA faculty, staff and students are encouraged to participate in Hurricane Florence relief efforts. We know that many of you are already working in the field, and we are grateful for the services you are providing to the residents of Eastern North Carolina! Please keep us posted on your good work so that we can continue to highlight it over the coming months.
The UNC School of Government is also collecting items needed for cleanup and relief efforts. If you'll be in Knapp-Sanders, please drop off items in the designated area near the mailboxes on the ground floor. More information about what's needed has been highlighted by the
Carolina Center for Public Service.
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Carolina MPA Faculty Happenings
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DeHart-Davis elected as Fellow
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Dr. Leisha DeHart-Davis has been elected as a Fellow of the prestigious National Academy of Public Administration. Leisha is one of 41 new Fellows elected in 2018 for their exemplary contributions to the field of public administration. She joins School colleagues Carl Stenberg and David Ammons, as well as Carolina MPA alumnus Tom Lundy, as current NAPA Fellows.
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Berner Publishes New Article
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Dr. Maureen Berner recently published "“Using Photovoice to Engage Youth in Evaluating Food for the Summer” with Jessica Soldavini in the
Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (
September Supplement, 2018). You will find the complete article
at this link
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Faculty Hard at Work Developing Content to Support Portfolio Development
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Carolina MPA Faculty were recently in studio recording new content for Portfolio Development. We're always striving to improve our support! Pictured are Dr. Willow Jacobson, Dr. Amy Wade, Dr. Kim Nelson, and Dr. Rick Morse.
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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:
- Harvest Moon Celebration with Edible Campus UNC
- Seminar on the Opiod Epidemic + Substance Misuse Issues and Solutions on Campus
- Celebrate Triangle Pride at the LGBTIQA+ Breakfast
- Empowering Carolina: Mental Health and Today's Workforce
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The University Office for Diversity and Inclusion invites you to a breakfast and fellowship in conjunction with Pride in the Triangle. The breakfast will take place on
Thursday, September 27, 2018, from 8:30 – 10 a.m. in SASB North, Upendo Lounge.
This event will provide a space for LGBTIQA+ and allied faculty and staff from across our campus to network in an affirming and welcoming environment. Additionally, you will have the opportunity to interact with colleagues from our office and the UNC LGBTQ Center and be informed about resources and opportunities for collaborations and partnerships.
We are excited to host this event and are looking forward to it becoming an annual tradition. If you are able to attend and be part of this fellowship, please RSVP by visiting
http://go.unc.edu/Pride
by Tuesday, September 25, 2018.
If you have a peer or graduate student who may be interested and would benefit from the event, please feel free to forward this invitation to them. Please contact the University Office for Diversity and Inclusion at
diversity@unc.edu
if you have any questions.
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Over the last few years, mental health topics have played a bigger role in our national workforce conversation, and the same is true on our campus. In that spirit, please join us for an exciting Empowering Carolina event on
Tuesday, October 9, from 12:30 – 2 p.m.
in the Great Hall of the Student Union on Mental Health and Today’s Workforce.
If you or anyone in your department is interested in attending this event, please RSVP at
http://go.unc.edu/empoweringcarolina2018
. The event is also open to the public, and we ask those planning to attend to RSVP on the website.
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