UAS/MPA
ON-LINE NEWSLETTER
April, 2006 ---- Vol. 8 No. 8---Jonathan Anderson, editor
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- Registration Reminders
- Statistics Prerequisite
- MPA Commencement
- Travels
- Miscellany
1. REGISTRATION REMINDERS
Registration is currently under way for Summer and Fall classes. Rather than repeat everything, please see the March Newsletter on the MPA site for course information. http://www.uas.alaska.edu/mpa/newsletter/05-06/mar.html
The main reminders are
- Get registered
- Order your summer class texts ASAP.
- Preregister for Fall to maintain your computer access through the summer
Amendment to PADM 675 Book Requirements.
There is an additional required text.
How to Prepare, Stage and Deliver Winning Presentations by Thomas Leech ISBN 0814472311
How to Win Friends and Influence People and Getting to Yes are now recommended, but not required.
Kathy DiLorenzo offers this description of her course PADM 671 The Public Manager and the Policy Process offered this summer:
This course explores the process by which the interests of individuals are converted into public policy. Emphasis will be placed on the role of the public administrator as a democratic facilitator. The environment of public administration and public policy is a complex realm of competing values, and it is the responsibility of managers to understand this environment and provide the information and avenues necessary to create an inclusive and open process for addressing the public interest. With an emphasis on dialogue and other tools of communication we will explore how public policy is analyzed and held accountable within the current cultural, social, economic and political environments.
2. STATISTICS PREREQUISITE
Anyone who needs the Statistics prerequisite should be aware of the web based classes offered by Joe Liddle out of UAS-Sitka. He will teach STATS 273 this summer (and next Spring). He will also teach STATS 107 this fall. Both classes satisfy the MPA statistics prerequisite.
3. MPA COMMENCEMENT
Monday night May 8 from 6-7 pm we will hold our broadcast MPA Commencement. Our special guest speaker is Kevin Ritchie, Executive Director of the Alaska Municipal League, former State Director of Personnel, former City Manager of Juneau and current adjunct faculty for the MPA program.
This year we have ten graduates to congratulate. They have all done an incredible job and are great role models for all of us. Way to go, guys--
Sara Beaber-Fujioka - Sitka
Catherine Buckler - Whitehorse
Bryan Dailey - Kodiak/Washington DC
Brian Glander - Kodiak
Tom Howard - Fairbanks
Mark Jaqua - Juneau
Mollie Kabler - Sitka
Jeananne Lindstrom - Carcross
Holly Norwood - Kenai
Brady Scott - Juneau
Please join us live online May 8 by connecting to http://uatv.alaska.edu.
4. Travels
I had the opportunity to visit students in Anchorage, Kenai and Seward this month. It was great to visit and get acquainted. Next month Kathy DiLorenzo will be in Fairbanks May 22-26. I plan on making a longer site visit trip in June where I will visit Whitehorse, Delta, Fairbanks, Palmer, Anchorage, Kodiak and Dillingham. I trust I will be able to meet with a number of you.
(maybe Justin won’t stiff me next time….)
5. Miscellany
- ALUMNI!!! Please send me information on your job and contact info for posting to our Yearbook!!!
- Everyone write me to share what you are doing.
- View previous Newsletters on the MPA Website.
- Help us track down MPA alumni- let me know of your contacts.
- Please let me know if you wish to be removed from this list
