Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Fed Event Room Correction for TODAY

ROOM CORRECTION Tuesday Policy Forum Presents MSPP Dean Don Kettl | "September 11 Plus 11: The Future of Homeland Security" | September 11

Monday, September 10, 2012

Election Dissection, Sept. 19th 6 PM, Stamp

September 19, at 6:00PM in the Stamp:

Election Dissection

A special event hosted by the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences and the Colonnade Society at the University of Maryland. You are invited to a program uncovering the psychology behind election ads, the constitutional boundaries of campaign financing and the opportunity to cast a few votes yourself. Government & Politics faculty will dismantle the political election process before your eyes. Enjoy an interactive evening featuring Congressman Dennis Cardoza ’82 in preparation for the November election.

Fed Event: Enviro Council Meeting - Wed. 9/12 @ 1:30pm

Good afternoon!

The first Enviro Council meeting of the year will be on Wednesday, September 12th at 1:30 pm in the Grad Student Lounge. Since this is right after PSGA's Lunch with the Deans, will be serving desserts!

If you can't make the meeting, but would like to be added to our email list to stay in the loop for future events and meetings, please send an email to msppenvirocouncil@gmail.com.

The Enviro Council is a student-led organization for students in the Environmental Policy specialization (including Energy Policy). Throughout the semester, we will be holding social events and networking events, including an Alumni panel. New this year, we will also be hosting a bi-weekly speaker series. The Enviro Council also serves as a forum through which students can discuss questions and concerns, and voice opinions about the future of the specialization.

We look forward to seeing you all on Wednesday!

Best,

Enviro Council 2012-2013

Molly Barg-Walkow, President

Meg Imholt, Katrina Rudyj, Seth Skyora-Bodie, Greg Willits, Susan Gore

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Fed Event: Tuesday Policy Forum Presents MSPP Dean Don Kettl | "September 11 Plus 11: The Future of Homeland Security" | September 11

"The Future of Homeland Security"


Tuesday Policy Forum
September 11, 2012
12:15-1:25 PM
1203 Van Munching Hall


Donald F. Kettl is Dean of the School of Public Policy and author of System Under Stress: Homeland Security and American Politics, second edition (Congressional Quarterly Press, 2007). He is also a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Prior to his appointment, Kettl was the Robert A. Fox Leadership Professor at the University of Pennsylvania and Professor of Political Science.
Professor Kettl is a student of public policy and public management and specializes in the management of public organizations. He has appeared on national television on shows including Good Morning America, the ABC World News Tonight, the CBS Evening News, CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360" and "The Situation Room," the Fox News Channel, as well as public television's News Hour and the BBC. He has testified frequently at congressional hearings in Washington and contributed to op-ed pages in major newspapers, including The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Newsday, and The Los Angeles Times. Since 1998, he has been writing a regular column for Governing magazine, "Potomac Chronicle," which is read by leading state and local government officials around the country.

Professor Kettl is the author or editor of a dozen books and monographs, including: The Next Government of the United States: Why Our Institutions Fail Us and How to Fix Them; On Risk and Disaster: Lessons from Hurricane Katrina; The Global Public Management Revolution; and Leadership at the Fed.

Two of his books have been co-winners of the Louis Brownlow Book Award of the National Academy of Public Administration for the best book published in public administration. He is the recipient of the Warner W. Stockberger Achievement Award of the International Public Management Association for Human Resources for outstanding contributions in the field of public sector personnel management (2007); the Donald C. Stone Award of the American Society for Public Administration for significant contributions to the field of intergovernmental management (2005); and the Charles H. Levine Memorial Award of the American Society for Public Administration, in recognition of contributions to research, teaching, and outreach (1998). In 2008, Kettl won the American Political Science's John Gaus Award for a lifetime of exemplary scholarship in political science and public administration.
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Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Fed Event: Development Circle, 9/19, 12:15 PM, 1203 VMH

Wednesday, September 19, 2012
12:15 pm- 1:20 pm
1203 Van Munching Hall

"The Secret War in the Sudan: Documentary and Discussion"
Featuring Allan Reed

Fed Event: 9/18, 12:15 PM- 1:30 PM, 1203 VMH

"Tuesday Policy Forum featuring Michael Svoboda"

Tuesday, September 18, 2012
12:15 pm- 1:30 pm
1203 Van Munching Hall


Michael Svoboda, Asst. Prof. of Writing, George Washington University environmentalism, religion and the climate change debate in the media, (Yale Forum on Climate Change and the Media)

Fed Event: 9/13, 12:15 PM, 1203 VMH

CISSM Forum: "The Soviet Biological Weapons Program: A History"

Thursday, September 13, 2012
12:15 pm-1:30 pm
1203 Van Munching Hall

"The Soviet Biological Weapons Program: A History", Milton Leitenberg, Senior Research Scholar