Carolina MPA Student Digest:
***Be sure to scroll down this week, as there are lots of conference, awards, and honor society opportunities!***
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Carolina MPA Calendar
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November 30: Registration for January/Spring 2021 Term opens
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January 4, 2021: January term online courses begin
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January 19, 2021: Spring residential classes begin
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The City of Raleigh (NC) has named Carolina MPA Alumna Marchell Adams-David as their new City Manager. She previously served as Raleigh's Assistant City Manager and takes over for another Carolina MPA alumnus, Ruffin Hall, who recently announced his retirement. Ms. Adams-David is the first woman and first African American to hold the job. She graduated from our program in 1994. See more at the News & Observer.
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University & Beyond Events |
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- Winter Break Resources
- Carolina Cupboard Food Pantry Open over Winter Break
- Healthy Heels: It's Time to Take a Break
- This Week at the Learning & Writing Center: Winter Break Planners and Final Exam Goal Trackers
- Virtual Opportunities to Connect
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December 17: The COVID-19 Pandemic & Serious Mental Illness: A Public Health Perspective
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January 17-26: MLK Celebration Events Announced
- Learning About the Broader Contexts of Food
- Volunteer & Professional Development Opportunities
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December 8-10: NC Center for Nonprofits Conference
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Apply for the ICMA Local Government Management Fellowship before December 14
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NCPSA/NCPAA 2021 Conference Call for Papers due January 8
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Nominations Open for the Boka W. Hadzija Award for Distinguished University Service by a Graduate or Professional Student through February 1
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Apply for the Frank Porter Graham Graduate and Professional Student Honor Society by March 5.
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UNC's food pantry, Carolina Cupboard, will continue to be available to the community over Winter Break. Carolina Cupboard provides food at no cost to any student facing food insecurity. They are currently open by appointment due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Please contact Tarah Burnette to set up a confidential time to meet.
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This year, winter break may look different. Some of us are headed to visit our family after living near campus, some of us are staying in Chapel Hill for winter break, and some of us have been living with family this whole semester.
Whether you’re adjusting to living at home again, having less to do, or embarking on two more months of regular ol’ pandemic life, winter break may feel overwhelming. Here are some common issues and ways to address them to help you stay healthy, protect yourself and those around you, and make the most of your break!
Mental Health Strategies
- Manage your free time: We know that at the beginning, the extra time feels like a gift! But the adjustment to free time can be a struggle for some.
- Start by taking time to relax.
- Then consider making a plan or list of things you would like to do over break.
- Fill your time with things that make you feel good!
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- Prep for family & friends: Plan ahead for family and friend encounters. What questions or conflicts typically arise?
- Consider how COVID risk tolerance may play a role in conflict this year.
- How do you want to respond?
- Make a list of coping skills that work for you.
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- Plan for your mental wellbeing: Many people experience a worsening of mental health symptoms around this time of year. You aren’t alone!
- This break can provide you time to focus on how you’re feeling, what you might need, and how to make a plan moving forward.
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Mental health conditions, such as depression or anxiety, are real, common, and treatable. And recovery is possible. For an initial assessment to seek treatment visit the caps site here.
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This Week at the Writing and Learning Center...
Whatever you want to do, use our Winter Break Planner to help you enjoy a stress-free long break. Scroll to the bottom of the page for all of our helpful calendars.
Stay connected with the Carolina International Community--for international students and all Carolina students who could use a strong community over the break. Join this Sakai site for events, activities, discussions, and more!
Our friends at the UNC Libraries have just announced that anyone with a valid Onyen and password can borrow bestselling and award-winning titles in fiction, nonfiction, and personal development. See the available titles at https://carolina.overdrive.com/.
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MLK Celebration Events Announced |
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UNC-Chapel Hill’s 2021 Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Week, which honors the bridge-building legacy of Dr. King, Jr., kicks off on Jan. 17 and includes events that highlight the intersectionality of diversity, equity, inclusion and social justice. The annual MLK University/Community Banquet will provide the traditional start to the week of activities highlighted by the MLK Keynote Lecture and Awards Ceremony, a student service effort and other opportunities for cross-cultural and intergroup dialogue. All events—held virtually this year—are designed to celebrate and educate the UNC-Chapel Hill community about the legacy of Dr. King, Jr., using the theme “Presence of Justice.”
The MLK week of events at Carolina is co-led by the MLK Student Planning Committee, comprised of representatives from Black Student Movement; Carolina Indian Circle; Carolina Union Activity Board (CUAB); Carolina Women’s Center; Diversity and Inclusion’s Student Access and Success Committee; Fraternity and Sorority Life’s Interfraternity Council and Panhellenic Council; Graduate and Professional Student Federation; LGBTQ Center; Mi Pueblo; MADO (Student Government’s Multicultural Affairs and Diversity Outreach Committee); Student Life and Leadership and the University Office for Diversity and Inclusion.
MLK University/Community Banquet – Sunday, Jan. 17, at 6 p.m. Now in its 36th year, the Banquet is hosted by the MLK, Jr. Corporation, in partnership with the University Office for Diversity and Inclusion. North Carolina Superior Court Judge Carl Fox will deliver the keynote. In 2005, the Honorable Judge Fox became the first Black judge in his Orange-Chatham County district. Judge Fox will be joined at this event by several other prominent community leaders. In addition, the MLK High School Senior scholarships, Citizenship and Bridge Builders awards will be presented. Tickets are $20. To purchase tickets, please go to mlkpc-ch.org. For additional information, please contact the University Office for Diversity and Inclusion at 919-843-6086 or diversity@unc.edu.
The MLK Lecture and Awards Ceremony – Tuesday, Jan. 26, 6-7:15 p.m. The event, celebrating its 40th year, will include the presentation of the MLK UNC Scholarship for UNC juniors and MLK Unsung Hero awards. Announcement of the keynote speaker, as well as registration information, will be available at diversity.unc.edu/mlk in mid-December.
This message is sponsored by: University Office for Diversity and Inclusion
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Food is one of the most universal and ubiquitous human experiences. It’s so commonplace that many of us rarely think about the broader political and ethical contexts behind it.
But after taking the “Southern Food Studies: Food and Race in America” course taught by American studies instructor Kelly Alexander this fall, some Carolina students are thinking twice about the food on their forks. Read more here.
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The North Carolina Center for Nonprofits is hosting our annual Conference for North Carolina Nonprofits next week, focusing on nonprofit resiliency as we continue to face so many community, environmental, and cultural challenges.
Because the conference is virtual and there are sessions and features on all aspects of nonprofit management, leadership, and best practices, it’d be a great and varied learning opportunity for those interested in the nonprofit sector. We have special registration rates starting at $69 for young professionals (i.e., students).
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The North Carolina Political Science Association (NCPSA) and the North Carolina Public Administration Alliance (NCPAA) invite you to submit a paper or panel for our 2021 joint conference. Due to the developing health impacts of COVID-19 we will be holding a virtual conference this year. The conference will be held on February 26, 2021.
We are excited to offer this conference in a virtual format. We hope it provides a venue for greater participation from institutions throughout the state, with a low-cost option for faculty, students and practitioners across North Carolina. We hope that you encourage your undergraduate and graduate students to submit proposals as well. This conference provides a welcoming and intimate format for feedback and collaboration. Conference panelists will present research papers and posters from political science, public administration, public policy, and other related fields.
We encourage submission of papers, panels, or posters that consider the results of the 2020 elections. These may include turnout, the gender gap, the racial/ethnic gaps, protests, court rulings, state laws, mail-in ballots, COVID-19, and battleground states.
This year we are also excited to offer project workshops as a place for you to develop research project ideas with advice and ideas from conference attendees. These workshops will provide a space for a rich exchange of ideas to strengthen research.
To submit a proposal for the conference, please go to: https://forms.gle/1KxBYfPcAhrfd8RL8. All proposals must be submitted no later than January 8, 2021. Registration includes a one year membership to NCPSA, admission to the 2021 conference, and consideration for the conference annual paper awards. The registration deadline for the conference is January 29, 2021. If you have any questions, please email the conference chair, Dr. Elizabeth Wemlinger at elizabeth.wemlinger@salem.edu. |
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Nominations Open for Boka W. Hadzija Award |
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The Graduate School is happy to announce that we are currently accepting nominations for the 2021 Boka W. Hadzija Award for Distinguished University Service by a Graduate or Professional Student. This annual award recognizes a graduate or professional student who has been judged the most outstanding in character, scholarship, leadership, and service to the University and broader community. Nominations are due by 5:00PM on Friday, February 1, 2021.
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