PPOL Students:

Time for another Update.  Real quick: Today is the Sociology Department’s monthly brown bag lunch at noon in Fretwell 480 (conference room).  You’re invited!

Here’s what’s happening in this Update:

1--Career Expo

2--Nonprofit Grant Money

3--Clogg Award to ICPSR

4--Health Paper Competition

5--Former NC Chief Justice on Campus

6--Latino Conference on Campus

7--ARNOVA Paper Proposals Deadline

8--MCRSA Conference

9--Visualization Conference

10--Meeting with the Chancellor

11--Student News

12--Jobs

1--Career Expo

Career Expo Spring 2006 job fair is coming up on Wednesday, March 29^th, from 9:30-3:00pm in the Barnhardt Student Activities Center (SAC). It is for full time as well as internship opportunities for students interested in large businesses, manufacturing, government, health and human services, and corporate environments in the region. The Expo job fair is open to all students and alumni of UNC Charlotte, career exploring as well as job seeking.  Students should bring their student i.d. cards to check in, dress professionally, and bring plenty of resumes.  Employers and graduate/professional schools attending the fair can be found at www.career.uncc.edu. 

2--Nonprofit Grant Money

The Institute for Nonprofits is starting a new round of funding to support graduate student research on or related to nonprofit organizations.  I hope you will consider submitting a proposal.  Proposals will be due on April 6, 2006.

Purpose:  The Institute seeks to encourage graduate student research on nonprofits.  A broad range of research areas concerning nonprofits is appropriate, including: governance and leadership; organizations; ethics; collaboration, networks, and coalition building; management; evaluation; fundraising; social enterprise; human resources including volunteers; altruism; philanthropy; foundations; history; regulation; accountability; faith-based initiatives; advocacy; civil society; community social capital; and marketing and public relations.  Proposals for funds to assist research on other topics concerning nonprofits will be fully considered.

Eligibility:  All students currently pursuing a graduate degree at a University of North Carolina system college or university are eligible to apply for these funds.  Master’s thesis research, doctoral dissertation research, and other graduate student research are eligible for support.  Research projects in their early and advanced stages are eligible.

Request:  You may request up to $500.  Funds must be expended between July 1, 2006 and  May 31, 2007.  All legitimate research expenses will be considered except payments to the principal investigator and consultant services.  Items for which funds may be used include:  travel to collect data; travel to present results*; purchase of data; incentives to increase participant response rates; research supplies; equipment not otherwise available (characterize as research supplies in your budget); other costs of data collection (e.g., survey costs); transcription services; other services relevant to data collection or analysis not otherwise available.  If you have questions about items for which funds may be used, please contact me.  Please provide a full explanation of your request in your budget.

If you are interested, let me know and I will forward the full announcement and the application form (very simple form to apply).  Addition information is available at:  http://www.chass.ncsu.edu/nonprofit/research/research.html.

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3--Clogg Award to ICPSR

The Clogg award is a waiver of Program Scholar fees to attend the FOUR and/or EIGHT-week ICPSR Summer Program. The scholarship will be awarded to a limited number of ADVANCED graduate students in Ph.D. programs.  Applications for the award should be addressed to:

Clogg Scholarship Award (Political Science)

ICPSR Summer Program

P.O. Box 1248

Ann Arbor, MI 48106

An Application should include:

(1) a Summer Program Application form

(2) a Vita

(3) a cover letter from the student explaining why he/she wants to attend the program and how this will aid in completion of the Ph.D.

(4) a faculty (presumably a member of the methods section) letter endorsing the student

(5) deadline for Application is April 28, 2006.

Program brochures and applications can be requested from the ICPSR Summer Program office, 734/763-7400, or via e-mail at sumprog@icpsr.umich.edu.  For those with access to the World Wide Web, the brochure and application are in the ICPSR Homepage, http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/sumprog/.

For those just interested in possibly attending: 

2006 ICPSR Summer Program

The web site for the 2006 ICPSR Summer Program is now operational. You can use this path to find out more about the Program, courses, and also apply and register. www.icpsr.umich.edu/sumprog/

4--Health Paper Competition

The Health Services Research Academy is sponsoring the Student Paper Award.  This is open to undergraduate and graduate students.  If interested, you can submit an outstanding paper related to health, maximum 35 pages. Co-authored papers are allowed if the student is the first author and did the majority of the writing.  Submit Papers to: J. Dienemann, Adult Health Nursing, UNCC, 9201 University City Blvd, Charlotte, 28223 (no email entries for student papers) by April 7, 2006. 

So, any of you with health-related papers should throw in for this award.  It is excellent exposure to a great hiring network, and I believe there is a monetary prize that goes along with the exposure.

5--Former NC Chief Justice on Campus

Just-retired NC Chief Justice, I Beverly Lake will speak on campus at 3:00 on April 3^rd in the McKnight Auditorium. 

McKnight Auditorium.  Rumor is that since he has now retired, he will be letting it all out.

6--Latino Conference on Campus

The UNC Charlotte Urban Institute cordially invites you to its First Annual Regional Issues Conference on April 24, 2006. The conference is entitled The Changing Face of the New South: Latinos in the Greater Charlotte Region.  This day-long event will explore facets of Latino immigration and settlement in the Piedmont.  Given the dramatic growth of the Latino population in our region and the recent public policy discussions on this issue, we felt that this was a timely topic.   It is our hope that this conference will create awareness, provide context, and foster dialogue.”  This event will be located at the UNC Charlotte Student Activity Center and is open to the public.  Seating is limited, so early registration is encouraged.  Conference registration prior to April 1^st is $35 per person ($15 for students) and includes a continental breakfast, lunch, and a networking reception.  Registration after April 1^st is $55 per person.  Need-based conference scholarships are available.  Additional information RSVP instructions are available at:  http://www.ui.uncc.edu/.

7--ARNOVA Paper Proposals Deadline

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

The 35th Annual ARNOVA Conference

Voluntary Action and Government:

Interdisciplinary and International Perspectives on Nonprofit Organizations, Philanthropy, and Public-Private Relations

Chicago, Illinois, USA

November 16-18, 2005

Nonprofit and philanthropic organizations in the United States and abroad face tough challenges that affect everything from their management to their mission, from resources to demands, from accountability to technology.  "Natural" disasters, war, disease, poverty, inequality, religious and ethnic conflict, and rising expectations feed public demand for philanthropy and nonprofit service.  Yet funds do not become easier to find.  Across the world and throughout the United States, these realities spark debate about capacity, resources, coordination, legitimacy, and accountability, and the roles of nonprofits, philanthropy, government, and the market.  Chicago, where we meet this year, will provide us with an excellent location to discuss these matters.  The City of Broad Shoulders is known for creative, and sometimes provocative, private-public partnerships in fields ranging from school reform to race relations to economic development.   

As nonprofit organizations face these challenges, ARNOVA's meeting brings multi-disciplinary, inter-sectoral, and international perspectives to bear on both current and continuing issues, like:

-adopting new technology yet protecting privacy?

-managing the continuing turnover of leadership and the accommodating the varying outlooks of successive generations? 

-assuring that the nonprofit labor force becomes more inclusive AND more effective? 

-what are the current roles for the volunteer?

-Reconciling demands for local control with the federal centralization of government funding and the growing importance of the market? 

-ramifications and responses to likely cuts in federal funding? 

ARNOVA's annual conference welcomes participation from researchers in any academic discipline, and from nonprofit organization executives, from foundation and association staff, from consultants, from policymakers.  Graduate students are very welcome.  Proposals can address the topics suggested above, focusing on the entire sector or on specific nonprofit sub-sectors (health, education, social services, religion, arts, culture, and recreation).  Proposals can also address such topics as civil society, voluntarism, advocacy, or a range of management issues.  They may also address the relations between sectors, government sponsorship, public funding, and regulation of nonprofit organizations and philanthropy.  Or any related topic.

The Program Committee will assemble conference sessions from proposals for individual papers, for complete panels of 3 or 4 papers, and for colloquies or roundtables of at least 3 individuals.   Many group sessions will include a mix of practitioner and disciplinary perspectives.  The Committee also intends to invite participation from policymakers, staff, administrators, think tank analysts, international representatives, and media commentators, and others.  It seeks volunteers to chair or serve as discussant for particular sessions.  And it welcomes ideas for mini-plenary sessions or keynote speakers and topics.

To submit a proposal or contact the Program Committee, go to www.arnova.org/.

8--MCRSA Conference

Deadline for MCRSA / IMPLAN Conference is April 1

The Mid-Continent Regional Science Association is teaming with the IMPLAN National User’s Conference to host their annual / biennial conferences June 8-10, 2006 in Indianapolis, Indiana.  This is the second call for regular papers and for students to participate in the M. Jarvin Emerson Student Paper Competition.  All persons wishing to submit an abstract or session proposal are encouraged to do so electronically via e-mail to John Leatherman at mcrsa@agecon.ksu.edu by April 1, 2006.  The deadline for students wishing to participate in the paper competition also is April 1, 2006.

Information can be found at the MCRSA Website:
<http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/mcrsa/annual_conference.htm>

9--Visualization Conference

Symposium on the Future of Visualization

On May 1 and 2, 2006, the Charlotte Visualization Center will host the Symposium on the Future of Visualization. This will be an event of national importance with leading visionaries in the field of visualization presenting their views on the next big things in research and development in this burgeoning field. In addition, attendees will see demonstrations of the latest visualization tools, tour the Charlotte Visualization Center, see initial work from our new DHS Regional Visualization and Analytics Center, and meet colleagues from business, government, and academia.

10--Meeting with the Chancellor

All graduate students are invited and encouraged to attend an open forum with the new university chancellor.  This is your opportunity to have your voice heard on campus.  He forum will take place in McKnight Auditorium in the Cone Center on Tuesday, March 28^th, from 4:15-6:00pm.  All graduate students are invited.

BOSTON CITY COUNCIL – CENTRAL STAFF

RESEARCH DIRECTOR

Under the supervision of the Staff Director, the Research Director will be responsible for:

·        Tracking and researching information relative to issues before the city council, including legislation from federal, state, and municipal governments and bureaucratic agencies; media reports; and scholarly statistics; and

·        Contacting managers in the private and public sectors to obtain insight into contemporary social and legal issues. 

·        Strategizing with Councilors on how to promote their policy objectives to constituents, colleagues, and government officials.

·        Drafting legislation and reports resulting from research undertaken for Councilors or Council committees; and

·        Coordinating all research projects undertaken at the request of Councilors or Council committees; and

·        Providing staff support for assigned committees, including scheduling committee hearings, working with Programming Manager to ensure successful broadcast, attending hearings and preparing notes and committee reports, drafting or revising legislation at the request of committee members; and

·        Maintaining the city’s municipal reference library; and

·        Performing other duties as assigned by the Council or Staff Director.

 

Qualifications:

·        Master’s Degree in public policy/administration or related field

·        Working knowledge of Massachusetts General Laws, City of Boston charter provisions relating to City Council and Mayoral powers and duties, City of Boston Ordinances and zoning regulations is preferred

·        Demonstrated research, oral, and written communication skills

·        Excellent interpersonal skills and attention to detail

·        Experience with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access), Internet research tools

·        Boston residency required upon hire

Salary Range:  $45,000-$60,000

 

Dr. David Swindell, Assoc. Professor & Director
Ph.D. in Public Policy Program
3040 Colvard Bldg.
9201 University City Blvd.
University of North Carolina-Charlotte
Charlotte, NC 28223
(704) 687-4532 (Office)
(704) 687-3497 (Fax)

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