And Your New Exec Board is...

Congratulations to our newly elected officers for the 2009 term!

President: Monique Hardin
Vice President: Joe Levin-Manning
Treasurer: Lindsey Garner
Secretary: Scott Gallisdorfer
Undergraduate Rep: Glenn McLaurin
Undergraduate Rep: Lauren Peterson

Stay in touch with PPMU. We have lots of activities planned for 2009! Send us an email at: emailppmu@gmail.com and learn how you can get involved!

PPMU December Elections

Interest Meeting

Monday, November 24th

5:00 PM

Abernethy 102

Please email spiro@email.unc.edu if you cannot attend this meeting.

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PPMU Elections

Thursday, December 4th

2:00 PM

Abernethy 102

Are you looking for a leadership position on campus that is flexible with your schedule, requires few hours a week, looks great on your resume, and allows you to make a real difference in the lives of your classmates?

If this type of leadership role sounds appealing, then you should take interest in joining the Public Policy Majors' Union (PPMU) Executive Board.

The current Executive Board is currently looking for students who are passionate about the Public Policy Major and who want to make the major more accessible, more enriching, and more exciting for students.

Anyone who is a declared Public Policy Major and NOT a Senior is qualified to become a member of the Executive Board. We are currently looking to fill the following positions starting SPRING 2009.

President:
- Moderates all PPMU meetings and sets the agenda
- Coordinates with the Roosevelt Institute and/or other student orgs
- Represents or appoints someone to represent PPMU in University activities such as UCS Advisory Board, Frank Porter Graham Lectureship, Lambeth Lectureship
- Meets regularly with the faculty advisor (currently Dr. Andrews) and student services manager (Lennis Carrier)
- Takes the lead for new activities when necessary

Vice-President:
-Assists the President in decision-making and appointments
-Chairs the Publicity Committee: sends emails and designates in-class announcements for upcoming events
-Potentially starts new projects

Secretary:
-Takes minutes at all PPMU meetings and emails these minutes out to all members -Responsible for much of PPMU's correspondence (reserving rooms, thank-you notes, requests for printing)
- Makes any rules and guidelines available to members
- Assists the President and other officers with their duties

Treasurer:
-Responsible for liaison between the Chairman and the PLCY Majors Union about funds needed for PLCY Majors Union activities and for appropriating those funds
- Chairs the Fundraising Committee
- Assists the President and other officers with their duties

Undergraduate Representative:
-Attends Faculty Meetings and provides crucial students input to curriculum decisions
-Represents the PPMU in campus-wide meetings

THE ENERGY CRISIS: HOW DID WE GET HERE AND WHERE DO WE GO?

The UNC Public Policy Majors Union, in conjunction with the Institute for the Environment, the Department of Public Policy, and the Roosevelt Institution, is proud to announce that UNC alumnus and energy entrepreneur Robin West will be speaking this Wednesday, November 19, 2008.

Who: Robin West, founding president of PFC Energy and chair of the board of the U.S. Institute of Peace

When: Wednesday, November 19, 2008

4:00 PM to 5:30 PM

Where:  Murphey 116

Why:  Mr. West, former Assistant Secretary of the Interior and current president of one of the world's largest energy consulting firms, has years of experience in government, entrepreneurship, and energy policy, and will share exciting insights into the current energy crisis.

Presenting Your Research and Effective Public Speaking!

The last workshop in the Policy Memo Workshop Series is TOMORROW!

Time: 5:00 PM

Location: Murphy 105

Dr. Maryann Feldman, one of our newest faculty members, will be leading the workshop on "Presenting Your Research and Effective Public Speaking". 

Maryann Feldman is the S.K. Heninger Distinguished Professor of Public Policy at UNC-Chapel Hill. Her areas of specialty are: innovation, entrepreneurship, higher education, and the commercialization of academic research, and the factors that promote technological change and economic growth. 

November 5th Election Debriefing

-------Election 2008 Debriefing! --------
Hosted by: The Roosevelt Institute and the UNC Public Policy Majors Union
Location: Campus Y Anne Queen Lounge, UNC Campus
Date: November 5, 2008
Time: 5:00 – 6:30 PM

On Tuesday night, we'll all know who won the Presidential, Gubernatorial, and Senatorial races. But how exactly did it happen? What voter blocs were the most influential? Why did (or didn't) North Carolina go blue? Come listen to three esteemed policy professionals give you their expert opinions (and perhaps emotional reactions) to the results of the 2008 Election! Bring a friend and your questions!

Featuring:

Daniel Gitterman, Ph. D – Assistant Professor of Public Policy, UNC-Chapel Hill
Pope "Mac" McCorkle –Political Consultant for Lt. Governor Bev Perdue, campaign issues consultant
Leroy Towns – Former Chief of Staff for Senator Pat Roberts of Kansas, Professor of the Practice of Journalism, Research fellow, Program on Public Life, UNC-CH

Policy Memo Workshop Starts Today!

The Policy Memo Workshop Series Starts Today!

Murphy 105

5:00 - 6:00
Policy Memo Structure
with Professor Christine Durrance

6:00 - 7:00
Effective Writing Style
with Graduate Students
Shana Judge and Jeff Summerlin-Long!

How Low Can You Vote?

 This November, there's more at stake than just the Presidential election! Learn more about races "down-ballot" from the presidential, gubernatorial, and U.S. Senate races through a series of candidate forums!

For the latest information on confirmed events and attendances, please click here

The How Low Can You Vote Series is sponsored by the Public Policy Majors Union and the Roosevelt Institute. Co-sponsors include Campus Y and the Student Government Town and External Relations Committee. 

Announcement: Memo Writing Workshops

Beginning Monday, October 27, the UNC-Chapel Hill Public Policy Majors Union will begin hosting weekly memo writing workshops.

Held in Murphy 105 from 5:00 to 6:00 PM, the schedule is as follows:

• October 27 Memo Structure (w/ Christine Durrance) and Effective Writing (w/ Jeff Summerlin-Long and Shana Judge)

• November 3 Cost-Benefit Analysis (w/ Jennifer Miller)

• November 10 SAS and STATA (w/ Ashu Handa)

• November 18 Presenting Your Research and Public Speaking (w/ Maryann Feldman)
  

2008 - 2009 Frank Porter Graham Lecture

Monday, September 22, 2008
Memorial Hall--Free Admission!
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

John McWhorter, a New York Sun columnist and senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, will discuss race and poverty in America at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

The free public talk at 7:30 p.m. in Memorial Hall will be the 2008-2009 Frank Porter Graham Lecture in the College of Arts and Sciences. The annual lecture brings a variety of viewpoints on poverty to campus.

McWhorter will speak on “History in the Making: What We Know About Poverty and What We Should Forget.” He will contest mainstream opinion about the causes of inner-city poverty in the late 20th century and suggest best-practice solutions that are not, in his words, “founded in a revolutionary intent.”

McWhorter writes and comments extensively on race, ethnicity and cultural issues for the Manhattan Institute in New York City, which supports and publicizes research on challenging public policy issues. His newest book, “All About the Beat: Why Hip-Hop Can’t Save Black America,” points beyond the “hip-hop revolution” to a brave new politics for black America, calling for a renewed sense of purpose and pride in black communities.

“John McWhorter is a straight-talker who has compelling things to say about race and class in America,” said John McGowan, Ph.D., director of UNC’s Institute for the Arts and Humanities and a member of the lecture selection committee. “He’s thoughtful, smart and opinionated. He’ll spark a great conversation on this campus about difficult topics.”

McWhorter’s book “Winning the Race: Beyond the Crisis in Black America,” was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work in Non-Fiction. McWhorter has appeared on national TV and radio shows including “Meet the Press,” “The O’Reilly Factor” and National Public Radio’s “Fresh Air.”

McWhorter, also a linguistics scholar, wrote “The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language,” on how the world’s languages arise, change and mix. The lecture honors the late U.S. senator and president of the University of North Carolina. It is made possible by a generous gift from Taylor McMillan, who graduated from UNC in 1960.

Sponsored by the James M. Johnston Center for Undergraduate Excellence, with co-sponsors Office of the Executive Director for the Arts, the Public Policy Majors Union, the Roosevelt Institute, and the Department of Public Policy.

Interest Meeting

Thursday, September 18, 2008
6:00 - 7:00 PM
Bingham 306

This is an invitation to attend a general body meeting for Public Policy majors and those interested in declaring. This is a great chance to socialize with your fellow majors, ask questions if you are considering majoring in PLCY, and get to know your Majors' Union Executive Board.

The meeting is going to be THURSDAY 9/18, at 6:00 PM in Bingham 306. (Bingham is the building facing lower quad, Lenoir side, facing Wilson Library.)

The Public Policy Majors' Union is made up of YOU! (declared Policy majors) --and the Executive Board is here to serve your needs. We want to meet and talk with you about the exciting projects that we are currently working on. We also want to hear your concerns and opinions about the major and current curriculum. Do you want to see something different in a certain core policy class? Would you like to see a class be offered at a different time? Is there a volunteer opportunity you would like to begin working on but need additional support? Finally, we are also looking for potential leaders to continue PPMU in the Spring after December elections.

2nd Annual Lambeth Lecture!

Come hear Hodding Carter, III deliver the 2008 Thomas Willis Lambeth Lectureship for Public Policy! The lecture is free and drinks and refreshments will be served on the patio after the lecture. 

Date: This Tuesday, September 16th

Time: 5:30 - 6:30 PM

Location: Gerrard Hall

This event is supported by the Department of Public Policy, Public Policy Majors Union, Roosevelt Institution, Parr Center for Ethics, Program on Public Life, State Government Radio, and UNC-TV. 

Check out the event on Facebook by searching "Lambeth Lecture"!

Nominate a Prof./TA for PPMU's Most Outstanding Teaching Award!

It’s that time of the year again, school’s almost out and I am sure most of you are looking forward to the summer! I wanted to let ya’ll know about an award that the Public Policy Majors Union gives out every year at graduation:

The Most Outstanding Teaching Award

This is an award from students, traditionally given to an outstanding public policy faculty member who has gone above and beyond the call of duty to interact with his or her students and enhance the learning process, in and out of the classroom. Take a moment to reflect and think about who you would like to nominate. Who has particularly challenged you? Who has forced you to think critically and defend your ideas? Who has supported you and encouraged your study of public policy? Who has made an impact on your college experience?

This year, we will be giving out two awards, one to an outstanding faculty member and one to an outstanding Teaching Fellow (TA/Graduate Student Teacher).

In the past, Faculty members have taken this award very seriously and they appreciate being honored, and we’re really happen to have the chance to honor an outstanding Teaching Fellow this year as well.

Even if you've had no interaction with the Majors Union this year, this is a great way you can recognize excellent teaching in our department. All Public Policy students from first-years to seniors are eligible to vote.

To vote, please use the survey monkey link below:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=7x_2f36VVVrQCtIPwJx2ZzSw_3d_3d

Please vote only once and nominate only one person for each award: Outstanding Faculty and Outstanding Teaching Fellow. Voting has already begun and will end at noon on Saturday, May 3, 2008.

Please contact Angela Lee at angelalee@unc.edu if you have any problems with the survey. Thanks!

Green Townhall Forum

Update: Hillary Clinton's Policy Adviser Dan Utech will also be joining us at this event.

Roosevelt Africa Conference

You are cordially invited by

The Roosevelt Institution at UNC

to the

Africa Policy Conference

Friday April 4, 4:30 pm – 7:00 pm

John Lindsay Morehead II Lounge & Room 039, Graham Memorial Building

For hors d’oeuvres with student organizations working in Africa followed by an address and Q&A with keynote speaker Will Okun

Saturday April 5, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm

Room 039, Graham Memorial Building

For policy presentations by Roosevelt Institution fellows, a catered lunch, and breakout discussions with professors and thought leaders

The conference prompt: “What are the most pressing issues we will face in relation to Africa in the next decade?”

The conference will answer this question through policy presentations from our fellows – on topics as diverse as access to primary education, desertification, and ungoverned spaces – and breakout discussions with professors and thought leaders.

Refreshments will be provided ● Business casual attire requested

RSVP to Meaghan Jennison: jennison@email.unc.edu or

Nick Anderson: nickanderson@unc.edu

PPMU Meet and Greet

This meeting is open to all Public Policy Majors and Minors.

• Come meet fellow majors!
• Free pizza and drinks!
• Share your experiences with the department and the major to help with a dept. internal review!
• Learn about upcoming PPMU events and how you can get involved!

Tuesday, March 25, 2008
7:00-8:00 PM
Dey 307

Brown Bag Lunch 2/28

Update Mar 25, 2008: All the slots for this lunch date have already been filled. Sorry. The March 6th and April 24th lunches still have some open slots.

The second lunch of the Brown Bag Lunch Series is this Thursday, February 28th, 2008. Mr. Hodding Carter, III will be speaking about immigration policy. His biography can be found here: http://www.unc.edu/depts/pubpol/cater_bio.html

These lunches are organized by Dr. Gail Corrado, Director of Undergraduate Studies for Public Policy. Lunches will be held Thursdays, from 12:30-1:30pm in the first floor conference room of Abernethy. Students will need to bring their own lunch. Spaces are limited, so hurry and sign up by emailing Dr. Corrado at gcorrado@email.unc.edu.

Future lunches will center around child advocacy, bankruptcy law, American Indians in NC, and much more!

Date: February 28, 2008 (Thursday)
Time: 12:30-1:30 PM
Location: Abernethy First Floor Conference Room
Sign up by emailng gcorrado@email.unc.edu

February Faculty Meeting

The faculty discussed the possibility of forming a small PhD program with the School of Government that would focus on applied research for state and local governments. The discussion has been ongoing since last December. The program would not divert Public Policy faculty’s resources, but there would be some areas of overlap with the PhD program in Public Policy. It would increase enrollment in some of the core courses and would offer the department an opportunity to grow. No decision was made on this issue.

The faculty also discussed the “UNC Tomorrow," a plan to engage UNC with North Carolina’s problems. This is a high profile plan with a business model of accountability. However, it is unclear how this will affect the department. The plan is not clearly linked to resources yet, and the department is already involved in such applied research.

Furthermore, the faculty discussed the Strategic Plan for the department that they will be working on in the coming year. They will be working on a mandated self-study process. In the coming months, the faculty will focus on and refine the central questions to be examined. There will also be an external review committee to evaluate the program, and the faculty will be able to invite people to participate in that committee. They will be putting together a slate of potential candidates in the next meeting.

Policy Internship Fair

INTERNSHIP WORKSHOP
February 18 - 22, 2008

Dr. Corrado, Director of Undergraduate Studies for Public Policy, is holding a Internship Workshop next week from February 18th- February 22nd, 2008. This workshop will help students locate and apply for a policy-related internship.

Public Policy majors and minors will be given first priority. Students from Roosevelt or those with a strong interest in or previous experience with public policy are also eligible for the workshop.

TO SIGN UP:
Students can sign up for one of the 12 thirty minute slots offered each day, beginning at 9am. Sign up by sending an email to gcorrado@email.unc.edu with "Internship" in the subject heading. Slots will be given out on a first-come, first-served basis.

WHAT TO BRING:
Students should expect to be there for at least 30 minutes. Students will need to bring their laptop, a hard copy of their resume, a writing sample, and completed worksheets (Email angelalee@unc.edu for the worksheets).

Brown Bag Lunch Series

BROWN BAG LUNCH SESSION
Thursdays, 12:30-1:30 PM
Abernethy, 1st Floor Conference Room

Interested in having lunch with policy professionals from a wide range of fields? Come to a Brown-Bag Lunch Session!

These lunches are organized by Dr. Gail Corrado, Director of Undergraduate Studies for Public Policy. Lunches will be held Thursdays, from 12:30-1:30pm in the first floor conference room of Abernethy. Students will need to bring their own lunch.

Spaces are limited, so hurry and sign up by emailing Dr. Corrado at gcorrado@email.unc.edu with the lunches that you would like to attend, ranked by preference.

The first lunch is this coming Thursday, February 14th, 2008.
Dr. David Heinen (NC Non-Profit) will be speaking about non-profit agencies in NC, their focus, and their needs. He'll also discuss how to secure an internship from a non-profit.


Future Lunches

February 28, 2008
Mr. Hodding Carter, UNC Public Policy. Mr. Carter will be discussing immigration policy.

March 6, 2008
Ms. M. Broun, Guardian Ad Litum, Member, Dispute Settlement. Ms. Broun will speak about child advocacy needs in NC and about dispute settlement as an alternative to litigation.

March 20, 2008
Adam Feibelman , Associate Professor of Law, will speak about the policy implications of bankruptcy law.

March 27, 2008
Dr. C. Kidwell, Chair, American Indian Institute. Dr. Kidwell will talk about the policy issues concerning American Indian tribes in North Carolina.

April 10, 2008
Ken Broun, Professor of Law, UNC. Mr. Broun will be speaking both about his experience as former mayor of Chapel Hill, about the book he is writing on Nelson Mandella.

April 17, 2008
[Open --- but potentially, Judith Labiner of the FDA remotely from DC]

April 24, 2008
Dr. Richard (Pete) Andrews, Chair of the Department of Public Policy. Dr. Andrews will be speaking about the state of public policy study at UNC.

Policy Tea with Saskia Sassen

Policy Tea Time

Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar

Professor Saskia Sassen,

Columbia University

February 4, 2008

4:00-5:15pm

Johnston Center for Undergraduate Excellence

(Graham Memorial Rm 011)

Please come take advantage of this opportunity to ask her about her work on globalization (including social, economic and political dimensions), immigration, global cities (including cities and terrorism), the new networked technologies, and changes within the liberal state that result from current transnational conditions. She is also giving a public talk at the Global Education Center from 8:00-9:00pm that evening. Her biography is below:

Saskia Sassen is at Columbia University, The Committee on Global Thought, after a decade at the University of Chicago. She is also a Centennial Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics. Her latest book is Territory, Authority, Rights: From Medieval to Global Assemblages (Princeton University Press 2006). She has just completed for UNESCO a five-year project on sustainable human settlement for which she set up a network of researchers and activists in over 30 countries; it is published as one of the volumes of the Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (Oxford, UK: EOLSS Publishers) [http://www.eolss.net ]. Other recent books are the 3rd. fully updated Cities in a World Economy (Sage 2006), A Sociology of Globalization (Norton 2007), and the co-edited Digital Formations: New Architectures for Global Order (Princeton University Press 2005). The Global City came out in a new fully updated edition in 2001. Her books are translated into sixteen languages. She serves on several editorial boards and is an advisor to several international bodies. She is a Member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a member of the National Academy of Sciences Panel on Cities, and Chair of the Information Technology and International Cooperation Committee of the Social Science Research Council (USA). Her comments have appeared in The Guardian, The New York Times, Le Monde Diplomatique, the International Herald Tribune, Newsweek International,Vanguardia, Clarin, the Financial Times, among others.

Career Panel

Ever wonder what you’re going to do AFTER you graduate?

C A R E E R

P A N E L

with UNC Alumni

Tuesday, January 29^th
6:00-8:o0 pm Phillips 367

Panelists from a wide variety of fields:
Health Policy Research
Business & entrepreneurship
Politics & Government

Science & ITS

Our panelists can tell you how they got where they are, & help you figure out how to get where YOU want to go!

Business casual dress, hosted by Public Policy Majors’ Union

Career Panel Guests

Remember, the Career Panel will be held from 6-8 PM on Tuesday January 29 in Phillips 367. Light refreshments will be provided. Bring a friend and any questions you have for our panelists!

Panelists include:

Carolyn Sexton, an outreach specialist with Health Check/NC Health Choice. Health Check/NC Health choice is an organization that works to provide children with health insurance, quality health care and prescription medications. More information at http://www.nchealthystart.org/outreach/index.html.

Nick Goettsch, a consultant with MAXIMUS. MAXIMUS is a firm that assists governments that want to manage programs better, secure additional federal funds, develop new policies, or procure new technologies. They offer services in Program Management and Operations, Consulting, and Systems. More information at http://www.maximus.com/corporate/pages/index.asp.

Tola Atewologun, a budget analyst with the Social Security Administration, an office of the federal government which manages the Social Security program. More information at http://www.ssa.gov/aboutus/.

Nathan West, a health policy researcher for RTI International. RTI is one of the world's leading research institutes and is located in Research Triangle Park. RTI offers innovative research and technical solutions to governments and businesses worldwide in the areas of health and pharmaceuticals, education and training, surveys and statistics, advanced technology, democratic governance, economic and social development, energy, and the environment. More information at http://www.rti.org/index.cfm.

John Hardin, Ph.D. , Deputy Director and Chief Policy Analyst for the NC Board of Science and Technology. The Board advises and makes recommendations to the North Carolina Governor, General Assembly, Secretary of Commerce, and Economic Development Board on the role of science and technology in the economic growth and development of the state. Dr. Hardin’s duties include research, analysis, and review of substantive policy issues and proposals and making presentations and recommendations that directly affect NC policy. Dr. Hardin is a graduate of UNC’s MA and Ph.D. programs and has been appointed an Adjunct Assistant Professor position in the Department of Political Science. More information at http://www.ncscienceandtechnology.com/.

Leslie Scott, Director of the Institute for Rural Entrepreneurship, part of the NC Rural Economic Development Center. The Institute for Rural Entrepreneurship works to stimulate and support the development of micro, small and medium-size enterprises in NC through its Microenterprise Loan Program, Capital Access Program, and other initiatives. More information at www.ncruralcenter.org .

Office Hours for Spring 2008

Spring 2008 Office Hours
9:00AM - 2:00PM
Abernethy 204A