Carolina MPA Student Digest 4/1/22: |
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Carolina MPA Calendar
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April 4-8: Graduate Student Appreciation Week (online students - check your snail mail! local students - check your email!
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April 6: How to Negotiate a Job Offer Panel with Dr. Teshanee Williams, 12:15-1:15 pm (details below)
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April 11: Earned Income Tax Credit Research Brown Bag with Dr. Whitney Afonso, 12-1 pm, online (details below)
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April 29: The Bureaucrats' Ball (details to follow)
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May 2: May term starts (online)
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May 6-8: Spring Graduation Events
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How to Negotiate a Job Offer
Location: Knapp Sanders 2603 & via Zoom
Date: April 6th @ 12:15 – 1:15pm
According to the National Association of Colleges and Employers, the gender inequity gap starts at the beginning of a graduate’s career. Whether you have a job offer or are preparing for the job market or are preparing for an annual review, you need to have the confidence to speak up and ask for what you are worth.
Join us for an interactive panel discussion that will allow you to learn how to navigate conversations related to salary increase, start date, benefits package, etc.
The panel will be moderated by Dr. Teshanee Williams with guest speakers from UNC University HR and alumni currently working in Nonprofit and Local Government positions.
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The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is a program that is designed to benefit low- and moderate-income working families and is one the largest anti-poverty programs in the United States. However, an estimated 20 percent of households that are eligible for the EITC fail to claim it. In this presentation, Whitney Afonso will discuss why EITC take-up matters, some of the ways to increase take-up identified in the previous literature, and her own research on how state-level EITCs may help increase take-up.
The purpose of this presentation is to learn a bit more about how research topics like this one fit into the diversity, equity, and inclusion realm. We'll learn about why Afonso is interested in the topic, how she partnered with an expert at the Internal Revenue Service to begin this work, and about next steps in her research.
The event will take place in a hybrid format:
Room 2603, Knapp-Sanders Building
and via Zoom
Meeting ID: 961 1871 9920
Passcode: 905588
Whitney Afonso is an associate professor at the School of Government. Afonso’s research focuses on state and local public finance with an emphasis on local sales taxes. In addition to her traditional research and teaching, she engages with elected officials and practitioners within North Carolina. She is the liaison for the NC Local Government Budget Association. She also has served on the executive committee of the Association for Budgeting and Financial Management since 2018. Afonso won the Burkhead Award for best manuscript published in Public Budgeting and Finance in 2015 and the Curro Award for best student paper in 2010. Afonso earned her bachelor's degree from Vanderbilt University, completed a master's program at Texas A&M University, and earned her PhD from the University of Georgia.
This event is intended primarily for the School of Government community, including faculty, staff, students (plus prospective students), and alumni.
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ncIMPACT examines issues around our state including education, jobs, healthcare, and others. Host Anita Brown-Graham and her team from the UNC School of Government bring the listening, learning and leading that create conversations, going into the communities that are tackling these problems head on. Talking to the people on the ground, Brown-Graham identifies ways in which they are positively affecting others and making changes, while examining if these innovative solutions can be applied in other communities across the state.
PBS North Carolina is partnering with the UNC School of Government, with sponsorship by UNC Health, for this compelling series.
Watch ncIMPACT Fridays at 7:30 PM on PBS NC and the PBS Video app. Watch online or on the PBS VIdeo app anytime.
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Dr. Jacobson's on-campus PUBA 710 section was recently spotted outside the School of Government moving water in various vessels.... any guesses on the reason? |
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University & Beyond Events |
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April 5: Abbey Speaker Series: Journalism and Democracy
- Heels Care Network Hosts Mental Health Seminars
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April 7: How to be an Antiracist Researcher
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April 4-8: Imagine Liberation With Pride Week
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April 21: A Conversation with Former Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch
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April 21: Managing a State Response to a Global Pandemic
- 2022 Marc Holzer Public Performance Symposium
- Technology and Positive Behavior Goals Research Study recruiting Students
- Concert Singers of Cary (NC) Board of Directors Openings
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May 19-20: APPAM Institutional Member Forum: Effective Cross-Sector Collaboration: How to Identify and Launch Partnerships for Impact
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We often hear that democracy requires a free press, but what exactly is the role of the media in 21st-century America?
Should journalists strive to be objective? Is an internet connection the only requirement for the job? How has the decline of local news and the nationalization of media impacted American democracy? Can anything be done to reverse this trend?
On April 5th at 5:30 p.m., the UNC Program for Public Discourse and Duke University’s Polis: Center for Politics bring together journalists from local and national publications for “Journalism and Democracy,” a hybrid Abbey Speaker Series event about journalism’s role in promoting and maintaining democratic values.
Panelists:
· McKay Coppins, staff writer at The Atlantic who recently published an exposé detailing the purchase and closure of local newspapers by financial firms and its impact on the communities they serve
· John Hood ‘88, president of the John William Pope Foundation and a syndicated columnist covering politics and public policy in North Carolina
Moderator:
· Molly Worthen, contributing opinion writer for The New York Times and an associate professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
All Abbey Speaker Series events are free and open to the public.
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The Heels Care Network at UNC hosted its “Mental Health, Spirituality and Faith: How Do They Connect?” event on Monday — the first in a series of mental health seminars that will be held this semester.
The Heels Care Network is a University platform that seeks to help UNC students find resources including therapists, peer support and free guides about managing mental health in college. The University launched it last month.
Amy Johnson, vice chancellor for student affairs, said that the creation of the network and the ongoing mental health seminar series was inspired by student feedback gathered during the UNC Mental Health Summit on Nov. 15.
The subject of next month’s seminar has yet to be announced by the Heels Care Network, but it will once again be free for all interested students. Participants can RSVP through the Network's website.
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Antiracist researchers combat inequality and racism by conceptualizing, implementing, and disseminating research that dismantles racism, oppression, discrimination, and structural inequalities. This presentation offers participants an opportunity to learn how to engage in antiracist research by presenting a counter-narrative to the traditional conceptualization and implementation of research with Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC). During our time together, the panelists will:
- define antiracist research
- offer unique principles for conducting antiracist research
- present challenges the antiracist researcher will encounter
- offer practical recommendations
Our panelists include:
We would greatly appreciate any help you could provide to promote this event to faculty, staff, and students who may be interested. Would it be possible to circulate this opportunity with the appropriate audiences and share the information with relevant internal listservs and newsletters?
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Imagine Liberation with Pride Week |
The LGBTQ Center is excited to announce that this year’s Pride Week at Carolina will be held from April 4-8, 2022. The theme, “Imagine Liberation,” is inspired by Afrofuturism. One definition of Afrofuturism, by Ytasha Womack, is “an intersection of imagination, technology, the future, and liberation.” While we have all been impacted by the heaviness of the events of the current moment and the previous year, we want to call forward visions and imaginings of what our collective liberation might look, sound, and be like.
Is your organization or department planning events for Pride?
Submit them here and we'll add them to our Pride Week calendar!
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April 21, 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm – in person or via Zoom
FedEx Global Education Center, Nelson Mandela Auditorium
301 Pittsboro St.
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
Mark your calendars for the evening of April 21, 2022! Marie Yovanovitch, former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan, will speak to the Carolina community as part of Diplomacy Week hosted by the Office of the Vice Provost for Global Affairs.
Yovanovitch has served in multiple senior government positions during her 33-year diplomatic career. She retired from the State Department in 2020 and is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and a non-resident fellow at Georgetown University. She has received multiple awards, including the Presidential Distinguished Service Award (twice), the Secretary’s Diplomacy for Freedom Award, the Trainor Award for Excellence in the Conduct of Diplomacy, and the PEN/Benenson Courage Award. She’s also the author of a new memoir, “Lessons From The Edge”
Whether you join us in-person at the Nelson Mandela Auditorium in the FedEx Global Education Center, or virtually via Zoom, please let us know how you plan to attend.
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Recruiting research participants: Are you interested in how AI can support wellness behaviors? Come talk to our AI avatar! We are recruiting students to join our research study, "Technology and Positive Behavior Goals", which investigates how AI avatars can help people incorporate wellness behaviors into their daily life. Participating takes approximately 2 hours over 4 days, including two ~30-minute visits to our lab in Davie Hall. You can earn $25 for participating. Read below for more study information. To sign up, complete the interest survey here or scan the QR code in the attached flyer.
What’s Involved?
The study takes ~2 hours over 4 days. You will visit our laboratory twice, two days apart, and complete surveys before each session.
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First online survey (~30 minutes)
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First appointment (30 minutes): In our lab, you will watch a short video and interact with our AI avatar named Ellie
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Second online survey (~30 minutes)
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Second appointment (30-35 minutes): In our lab, you will complete a series of tasks and meet another student
Compensation
You can earn $25 for participating in this study. In order to be eligible for compensation, participants must complete at least the first survey and lab session. After that, compensation will be pro-rated based on completion of each step of the study, following the schedule below:
- Introductory survey + first laboratory session: $5
- Additional at-home survey: $6
- Second laboratory session: $6
- Complete data payment (if all steps complete): $8
- Total compensation = $25
Participants will receive compensation in cash at the end of the study.
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Background
The United States – and the world – face a range of seemingly intractable domestic and global challenges. Perhaps more than ever before, addressing interdependent problems requires collaboration across the public, nonprofit (philanthropic, education), and private sectors. Each sector has expertise, resources, and authority. Achieving cross-sector partnership requires practical insights on when, where, why, and how cross-sectoral action can be effective. This APPAM forum will explore opportunities for designing, implementing, and measuring the outcomes of cross-sector collaboration. We aim to foster communication among researchers who advance knowledge, funders who invest in solving problems, and policymakers and practitioners who apply knowledge and resources to improve the economic and social well-being of communities, the nation, and the world.
The panelists and participants will represent diverse group of individuals from across sectors and from scholarly, philanthropic, policy, and practice communities.
Location + Format
APPAM is excited to host the first in-person Institutional Member Forum since 2019! Please join us in Chapel Hill, North Carolina for this event. There will are no virtual participation opportunities at this time. Please note the session locations before arriving:
- The Thursday evening and Friday morning events will take place on The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus. Link to Google Maps and addresses below.
- The Friday afternoon lunch and events will take place just a short walk away at The Carolina Inn. Link to Google Map and address below.
Registration
Registration is free but space is limited.
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