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JUNE 2010
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Annual
Conference Alert: OMB Speaker. Hotel Rates. Program Ads. Sponsorships.
NASPAA and the Annual Conference Program Committee are working hard to bring the best conference yet.
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The 2010 conference is hosted by the University of Nevada at Las Vegas. Detailed
information about the conference will be available soon; however, we have one confirmed speaker for our opening plenary;
Shelley Metzenbaum, Associate Director for Personnel and Performance Management at the Office of Management and Budget. You do not want to miss what Ms. Metzenbaum has to say
at this session as NASPAA has been working with her on improving graduate student pathways into the federal government.
The conference rates for this year's annual conference in Las Vegas, September 30 - October 2, 2010 are now available on our website,
http://www.naspaa.org/principals/conference/conference.asp. Please register now. If you have questions about registration, please contact Monchaya Wanna at
wanna@naspaa.org. We continue to remind you that the
$89 room rate at the Rio All Suite Hotel expires on July 26, 2010. Don't miss out on
this excellent rate for the conference. After July 26, the rate will be $179 per night.
Also, the rates for the ads and our exhibit booths are available. If you are going to purchase an ad for this year's program, please send them camera-ready in black and white in PDF format to Jackie Lewis at
jlewis@naspaa.org. The back page of the conference program has been sold, but that page ad is always in color. The inside front cover (new), and the inside back cover are also sold; however, we have plenty of pages available for the inside of the conference program.
We also have three sponsorships that are available: Gold -
$5,000 - Thursday Luncheon and full page ad in the
conference program; Silver - $4,000 - conference bag with school/program name and logo on it and one half page ad in the conference program;
Bronze - $3,000 - NASPAA 40th Birthday Party, plus one half page ad in the conference program. The
fourth sponsorship - Platinum - $6,000-Friday Night's
Reception, has been sold. We encourage you to take advantage of one of these sponsorships to highlight your school or program. For further information about our
sponsorships, please contact Scott Talan at talan@naspaa.org.
We look forward to seeing you in the fall.
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| Attention!
June 30 Deadline for Nominations for Awards
NASPAA has several awards that we
present to worthy recipients at our annual conference. These awards
are:
- Annual Dissertation Award
- Whittington Excellence in Teaching Award
- NASPAA/ASPA Distinguished Research Award
- Alfred M. Zuck Public Courage Award
- Pi Alpha Alpha Student Manuscript Award
(Masters
and Doctoral)
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Barbara Rua, University
of Connecticut, receives Pi Alpha Alpha Best Master's Student
manuscript Award.
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The deadline for nominations for these awards is June 30, 2010. We encourage you to send in your nominations before this deadline.
We want to remind our PhD and DPA directors to send in the names of your students that have been awarded a PhD or DPA for academic year July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010. This list will be published in the PATimes Supplemental issue, so don't delay in sending this information to Jackie Lewis at
jlewis@naspaa.org.
If you have questions about any of the above awards,
contact Jackie or go to
http://www.naspaa.org/principals/awards/awards.asp.
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| 2010-2011
NASPAA Call For Executive Council Nominations |
Dear NASPAA Community:
In late July, the NASPAA Nominating Committee will be recommending a slate for
the 5 new members of the Executive Council,
the Vice President of the Council,
The Nominating Committee welcomes all recommendations for nominations from NASPAA member schools. Recommenders should note that Council positions require a
significant commitment of time and effort on the part of the individual and his or her home
institution.
This year the Committee would also like to draw attention to their desire for nominations of individuals with skills of particular interest to NASPAA: federal affairs, budgeting and finance (the Treasurer position is drawn from Council membership), IT and database design, human resources, nonprofit management, and grant-writing and fundraising.
This is a time of great opportunity for NASPAA, as we implement the new accreditation standards, launch a data warehouse, and advocate for change in federal hiring of graduate students. The committee is looking in particular for nominees possessing enthusiasm and dedication to public service and the advancement of public affairs education!
The Vice President serves one year as Vice President, then one year as President, and a final year on the Executive Committee of the Council as Immediate Past President. Executive Council members serve a three year term, and the Council meets twice a year, in the Spring in Washington DC, and at the Fall NASPAA Conference. At the Council’s discretion it may meet more frequently, and/or via conference call.
Council members are expected to attend every
meeting.
The Nominating Committee seeks to put together a slate that is representative and diverse, in terms of types of programs represented, geographic location, race and gender, and diversity broadly defined. One member of the Council must also hold membership on COPRA. However, it should also be noted that all Council members serve as individuals, and are expected to consider the best interests of NASPAA and its member institutions.
Individuals wishing to make recommendations to the Nominating Committee should send an email to the chair, Marv Mandell, at
mandell@umbc.edu
by
July 14, 2010.
Further information about NASPAA’s Executive Council can be found at
http://www.naspaa.org/about_naspaa/staff/exec.asp
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| Summary
of NASPAA 2010 Internship Program Survey |
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NASPAA conducted an Internship survey in late March, 2010 in order to obtain more updated information regarding the practice and management of internship programs offered by MPP/MPA programs. The Survey was sent to 276 NASPAA institutional contacts and 156 responses were received, yielding a response rate of 56 percent. The survey finds that internships continue to be a nearly universal feature of MPA/MPP programs, and NASPAA schools are demonstrating increasing sophistication in their internship policies and operations. Most are providing significant supervision and evaluations of interns, and are combining that with papers or other assignments to reinforce students' on-the-job learning. Programs seem to be applying internship waivers judiciously, typically looking for at least 2 years of public service experience before doing so.
For detailed description of the survey findings and various program description, please
click
here.
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For other related questions or further inquiries, please send a message to
zhai@naspaa.org.
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| Humphrey MPP
at NASPAA for Summer Research
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| NASPAA welcomes
Paul Teicher as this summer’s NASPAA graduate intern. Paul is studying for a Masters in Public Policy at the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota, where he is concentrating in Education Policy and Advanced Policy Analysis. While at NASPAA, he will be working on projects addressing fiscal strain on public affairs schools across the country, and examining the needs of nonprofit employers when hiring our graduates. |
Paul Teicher
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NASPAA Offering
Schools Free Marketing Consultation
www.NASPAAToolkit.org
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NASPAA
has been doing marketing consultations with select schools to help them
find the best mix of outreach and communication to prospective students. There are plenty of items/tools to use from the NASPAA Marketing Toolkit including the ready-to-use ads, social networking sites and web videos. Almost every tool is free and ready-to-use.
If your program would benefit from this advice and assistance, NASPAA is offering specialized consultation for your school at no charge.
This is done over the phone after NASPAA staff has reviewed your
school's website, marketing effort and goals.
To schedule a consulting call, please email: Marketing@naspaa.org.
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| Online Accreditation System/
Eligibility Process |
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NASPAA announces the new online accreditation system.
It has gone live for those programs piloting the new Standards and for programs submitting their Eligibility applications! If your program would like to submit your Eligibility application
by August 15th and have not been contacted by NASPAA with instructions on how to do so, please contact us at
copra@naspaa.org. To view highlights of the new online accreditation system in screenshots,
click
here.
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| A New
Accreditation Section Website has Launched |
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A new accreditation section of the NASPAA website
has launched. The website features enhanced navigation and is designed around the new standards and guidance. NASPAA staff hope you
will find the new layout helpful and look forward to your feedback.
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| ICMA Academic Award Goes to Marv
Hoffman |
The Stephen B. Sweeney award recognizes an academic leader who has made a significant contribution to the formal education of students pursuing careers in local government. ICMA applauds Marvin K. Hoffman, professor and director, MPA Program, Appalachian State University, North Carolina, who is this year’s recipient.
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Marvin
Hoffman |
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HAVE NEWS? SOMETHING TO SHARE OR TELL OTHERS?
If you have news (about your school or program, faculty changes,
new courses, a new book, a news story etc) we would be glad to publish it in Public Enterprise.
Please prepare the text to be as ready for publishing as possible by writing a headline about your news along with a short paragraph or two describing it.
If you have a URL or web address that has further information please include it along with contact details if appropriate.
Send your news item to: PublicEnterprise@naspaa.org
by the 1st of each month for inclusion in the upcoming issue.
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