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UNC MPA Student Digest | June 6, 2025 |
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Save the Date: MPA Alumni Picnic
Join students, alumni, faculty, staff, friends, and their families for some tasty food and great conversation at the annual UNC MPA Alumni Kickoff Picnic.
When: August 23 5-7PM
Where: SOG- Knapp-Sanders Building Dining Room
RSVP: coming soon
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MPA Students Lead the University of North Carolina Association of Student Governments
Congratulations to outgoing ASG president Cameron Brown and incoming president Javier Limon for their leadership of the University of North Carolina Association of Student Governments. Both Brown and Limon are rising second-year MPA on-campus students. In their terms as ASG president, they have each served as the student member of the UNC Board of Governors.
| | Cameron Brown's swearing in to the UNC Board of Governors in May 2024 | | Javier Limon being sworn in to the UNC Board of Governors, May 2025 | |
Check out New Faculty Publications
Here are some summer reading ideas from your MPA Faculty!
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Introducing the 2025 MPA Immersion
Hear Crista Cuccaro introduce the 2025 MPA Immersion on Emergency Management: Theory, Practice, and Response.
The Fall 2025 MPA Immersion will be held at the School of Government October 9-11, 2025. The course is PUBA 744-001 in ConnectCarolina, and registration is now open. More details to come, but please make plans to attend!
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- SUMMER 2025 TERM:
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Online Classes: April 28- August 3
- FALL 2025 TERM:
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On-Campus Classes: August 18- December 3; exams December 5-12 - registration currently open
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Online Classes: August 18-November 23 -REGISTRATION OPENS JUNE 30. DETAILS TO FOLLOW!
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MPA Alumni Picnic: August 23, 5-7 pm, School of Government (invitation to come!)
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MPA Immersion: October 9-11
You may also find all calendar events on the MPA Intranet calendar or by adding "UNC MPA Student Calendar" on Outlook.
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BLUF (Bottom Line Up Front): Here's what you'll find below:
- Carolina Financial Well-Being Center
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June 7: Local Government Career Expos
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June 19: Chapel Hill-Carrboro Juneteenth Celebration
- Chapel Hill/Carrboro Pride Month Guide
- CivX Data to Decision Challenge
- Fall Class: PUBH 785 Community Engagement for Governance
- Free Statistical/Data Science Consulting
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June 29-July2: GFOA Annual Conference
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The Carolina Financial Well-Being Center's mission is to offer inclusive financial education, support basic needs, and empower individuals to improve their financial well-being, ensuring success for future generations. All UNC students are invited their workshops, resource library, or to meet with a Peer Financial Coach.
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THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 2025 | 4 PM – 8 PM
Carrboro Town Commons
Celebrate Juneteenth with the Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro! Join us for our annual community gathering, which will include live performances, history exhibits, and a market with art vendors and nonprofits. Enjoy local food, music, dancing, and a Kids Zone for the little ones
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Chapel Hill/Carrboro Pride Guide from the UNC LGBTQ+ Center
In or around Chapel Hill or Carrboro this June? Don't miss these events - find out more information and register at the corresponding links below!
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The third in the CivX for Smart Cities challenge series, the CivX Data to Decision Challenge, seeks innovative solutions that empower decision-makers to better handle, visualize, and utilize data within Digital Twin environments. The challenge aims to break down data silos, improve real-time decision support, and make these tools more accessible to non-technical stakeholders, helping to create robust and adaptable urban systems for the future.
All that is needed to enter is your 5-page white paper, and a 2-3 minute video to describe your solution!
Blue Clarity is administering this series of four Smart Cities-themed challenges on behalf of the Griffiss Institute. The first two challenges have recently been completed, focused on TAK/ATAK for first responder communications networks, and Enhanced Urban Communication Networks.
This NIST-funded challenge will reward the winning solution with a $20,000 Prize at a virtual Pitch Event held on June 18th, 2025, as well as an inclusion in the Winner's Circle event to be held at the Griffiss Institute in Rome, NY.
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Fall 2025 Course: PUBH 785 Community Engagement for Governance
3 Credit Elective Course
Instructor: Dr. Karl Johnson
Time: Friday, 9:05AM - 12:05PM
No Prerequisites
Description: This seminar style and practice-oriented course prepares students to understand the work of public health governance. Students will learn to distinguish between governing and administrative functions of the US and global public health systems, identify and describe the roles and responsibilities of organizational governing boards in assuring the health of populations, and understand the importance of working with non-health governing boards to secure vital conditions for health and well-being. With partner organizations, students will work to co-design and develop evidence-driven approaches to strengthen governance practices to better protect and promote population health outcomes.
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Free Statistical / Data Science Consulting
The UNC Department of Statistics and Operations Research announces the availability of free statistical / data science consulting in the Spring semester. 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 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 Dr. Zhengwu Zhang, Department of Statistics and Operations Research, UNC, CB 3260, Email: Zhengwu_zhang@unc.edu. Additional information is available at the web address:
https://stor.unc.edu/outreach/consulting/
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Join us from June 29–July 2, 2025, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC! Take advantage of 70+ CPE-accredited sessions, inspiring keynotes, and interactive leadership workshops designed to expand your expertise in government finance. Learn directly from leading experts, researchers, and practitioners, and bring invaluable insights back to your organization and community. Plus, network and connect with peers from across the nation and around the world through numerous social and collaborative events!
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