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volume I, issue 4

MASTER OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION NEWSLETTER
VOLUME I, ISSUE 4
April 8, 2004

Department of Political Science and Public Administration
Dr. Robert O. Schneider, Department Chair, Dr. Nicholas A. Giannatasio, Program Director

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Concentration in Emergency Management: I am pleased to announce that the Curriculum Committee, pending the approval of the Graduate Council, has approved the concentration in Emergency Management. Graduate Council will consider this concentration at their April 19th meeting.

New Special Topics Course for Fall: Tom McCarthy, MPA adjunct, will teach a Special Topics course called: “Labor Relations,” MPMS 512, Thursday evenings, 6:30-9:30. Tom is the chief of the Fayetteville Police Department and is currently teaching MPM 533, “Leadership and Change.” Please announce this schedule addition to your students and your advisees.

MPA Student of the Year: Katherine Bryant, a lieutenant in the Fayetteville Police Department will be the recipient of the “MPA Student of the Year” award. Katherine has a GPA of 4.0 and is scheduled to graduate in May. The “MPA Student of the Year” is awarded annually at the “Business Visions” dinner (May 4, 6:30 in the UC). This award is sponsored by Southeastern Regional Medical Center. Last year’s recipient was Junfeng (Suzie) Wang.

Pi Alpha Alpha: On April 29, we will induct the following students, alumni (GPA 3.7 and above), and faculty into Pi Alpha Alpha:

Students
Kristy Archer
Donna Brunson
Katherine Bryant
Christopher Davis
Ronald Gaskins
Michelle Lieneck
Gloria Locklear
Peggy Schaefer

Alumni
Lola Dial
Polly Elkins
John Gudauskas
Sandra Britt
Walter Brown
Morris Dickson
Lisa Kinlaw

Faculty
Richard Kania
Fran Fuller
Andreas Broscheid

May 2004 Graduates: Congratulations to the following students who have applied for May graduation:
Beth Alsobrook
Will Flagler
Charles Sessoms
Kristy Archer
Ron Gaskins
Labresa Cummings
Donna Brunson
Patrick Lewis
Rey Craig
Katherine Bryant
Michelle Lieneck
Peggy Schaefer
Christopher Davis
Gloria Locklear
Michael Evers

Summer Immersion Classes: Students who are interested in theses classes: Administrative Law (Giannatasio - May) and Strategic Management Seminar (Barbee – July) should be registering now. These classes fill up quickly. Since registration began on Friday, April 2, 22 students have registered for these courses.

Alumni News: We send out congratulations to the following alumni/students: Donna Brunson - May ’04 – has taken a new position as a Revenue Field Auditor for the North Carolina Department of Revenue, Tax Compliance/Examination Division.

Updated: Tuesday, May 6, 2008

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