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Melissa Stone will be honored at Distinguished Teaching Awards ceremony on April 28
04/19/08 Faculty and Fellows Humphrey community news University of Minnesota Events
Associate Professor Melissa Stone, director of the Public and Nonprofit Leadership Center and area chair for public and nonprofit management, has been named a 2008 recipient of the University of Minnesota’s Distinguished Teaching Award. This prestigious award honors outstanding contributions to post baccalaureate, graduate, and professional education and honorees are inducted into the Academy of Distinguished Teachers. Stone joins Professor Ragui Assaad, who received this award in 2005, and Associate Professor Deborah Levison, who received this award in 2006.
Stone will be honored at an awards ceremony on Monday, April 28, at 3:30 p.m. in Memorial Hall at the McNamara Center. The Distinguished Teaching Awards are sponsored by the University of Minnesota’s Senate Committee on Educational Policy, the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, and the University of Minnesota Alumni Association.
Register to attend at www.alumni.umn.edu/2007-08DistinguishedTeachingAwardsEvent.
School Change Exchange blog launches!
04/18/08 Faculty and Fellows Humphrey community news Staff Students
School Change Exchange joins Policy Catalyst, By the People, and Smart Politics as the fourth Humphrey Institute research center blog.
School Change Exchange begins its life as the primary publicity platform for the Center for School Change's (CSC) new outreach initiative aimed at educating students and parents about the educational opportunities made possible via Post Secondary Enrollment Options (PSEO).
Leading CSC's blog efforts are program director Laura Bloomberg, center staff members Naima Bashir and Sheena Thao, and a diverse and talented group of current and former PSEO students who will publish essays and multimedia pieces relating their own experiences studying as a college student while still in high school.
All of these blogs have been created using the University of Minnesota's UThink system and can be found in one central space—the Humphrey blog digest, located at the memorable (and almost pronounceable!) URL blog.hhh.umn.edu. From the Humphrey blog digest, you can subscribe to each of the research centers' RSS news feeds (click the preceding link to learn how to use RSS feeds), read the latest stories from each of the research center blogs in one place, and access the internal Humphrey community blogs, Institute Insider from Humphrey communications and An Affair to Remember by the Public Affairs Student Association.
Additionally, you can subscribe to Humphrey Institute In the News for a daily digest of media appearances made by Institute faculty, staff, and students, maintained by the Institute's communications office.
Proposed standards may get pushback from nonprofits 04/15/08 Faculty and Fellows In the News
Melissa Stone is referenced in this article for her role in developing new accountability measures for the Charities Review Council. Claire Topp, a Dorsey & Whitney partner, chairs the committee overseeing the Accountability Standards Project. The 11-member committee includes Gloria . . .Beginning and advanced blog training sessions 04/17/08 Humphrey community news
MPP candidate Graham Lampa, Humphrey blogging initiative project lead, will host blog training sessions (beginning to advanced) the week of Monday, April 28, for anyone interested. Please RSVP to Graham by e-mail for each session you plan to attend. If . . .Growing Housing Worries Leads to McCain Shift 04/18/08 Faculty and Fellows In the News
Professor Larry Jacobs is quoted in this story about Sen. John McCain's changing views about the government's role in the foreclosure crisis. Lawrence Jacobs, a political scientist at the University of Minnesota, said McCain must have recognized he was “poorly . . .Political scholar Larry Diamond will talk about democracy on April 29 04/19/08 Humphrey Institute Events
Political scholar Larry Diamond, a senior fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, will talk about his new book, The Spirit of Democracy, from noon to 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 29, in Cowles Auditorium. One of America’s preeminent experts on . . .Hill Fellow symposium with Charles M. Denny, Jr., on April 29 04/19/08 Humphrey Institute Events
Charles M. Denny, Jr., the 2007–08 Louis W. Hill, Jr., Fellow in Philanthropy, will conclude his one-year fellowship with a public presentation of his research on corporate philanthropy and citizenship. All are welcome to the Hill Symposium from 4:30 to . . .Race and privilege workshop with PASA on April 24 04/19/08 Humphrey community news
The Public Affairs Student Association (PASA) will host this month's Thursday's at Three gathering from 3 to 5 p.m. on April 24 in Freeman Commons. PASA representatives will facilitate a workshop about race and privilege. Students, staff, and faculty members . . .Flowers in the atrium April 21-25 04/19/08 Humphrey community news Students
This week's flowers in the atrium are courtesy of the Public Affairs Student Association (PASA) to celebrate staff appreciation day on April 24. . . .Staff Appreciation Day on April 24 04/19/08 Faculty and Fellows Humphrey community news Staff Students
The Public Affairs Student Association (PASA) will host Staff Appreciation Day from 12:30 to 2 p.m. on Thursday, April 24, in the atrium, to say thanks to all Humphrey Institute staff and faculty members. All are welcome to attend. . . .Congratulations to Humphrey award recipients 04/19/08 Humphrey community news
Several annual Humphrey Institute awards were given out at the spring banquet on April 11, 2008. Congratulations to the following recipients: AICP Award for outstanding planning student: Jessica Horning Lukermann Award for service to the planning community: Aly Pennucci TA . . .Environment roundtable about global climate models on April 24 04/19/08 University of Minnesota Events
The University's Institute on the Environment will host a round table discussion about "Challenges of Climate & Land Use and Land Cover Change Modeling at a Regional Scale" from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday, April 24, in Room . . .Melissa Stone will be honored at Distinguished Teaching Awards ceremony on April 28 04/19/08 Faculty and Fellows Humphrey community news University of Minnesota Events
Associate Professor Melissa Stone, director of the Public and Nonprofit Leadership Center and area chair for public and nonprofit management, has been named a 2008 recipient of the University of Minnesota’s Distinguished Teaching Award. This prestigious award honors outstanding contributions . . .Harry Boyte will talk about "Civic Agency and the Reporter's Role" on April 28 04/19/08 Humphrey Institute Events
What is civic agency? How do you tell stories about community-based activism? Senior Fellow Harry Boyte, co-director of the Center for Democracy and Citizenship, will talk about "Civic Agency and the Reporter's Role" from 12:45 to 2 p.m. on Monday, . . .Events this week - April 21-28
Subscribe to Humphrey Institute Events to receive upcoming Humphrey events in your personal calendar—automatically! For further instructions, see the Humphrey blog index's how-to section.April 21 | Local Government Innovation Awards
2–5 p.m., Cowles AuditoriumThe Public and Nonprofit Leadership Center, in collaboration with the Association of Minnesota Counties, the League of Minnesota Cities, and the Minnesota School Boards Association, will host the second annual Local Government Innovation Awards from 2 to 5 p.m. on Monday, April 21, in Cowles Auditorium. The awards program recognizes outstanding cities, counties, and public schools that have used inventive practices to improve local services. The awards ceremony is free and open to the public.
April 21-22 | “Making Communities Work: Leadership Across Public, Private, Nonprofit, and Geographic Boundaries”
Senior Fellow Tim Penny will headline the 2008 Center for Integrative Leadership conference, “Making Communities Work: Leadership Across Public, Private, Nonprofit, and Geographic Boundaries,” April 21-22 at the Humphrey Institute. Registration for the two-day event is $80 per person. Find out more online at www.extension.umn.edu/MakingCommunitiesWork or contact Joyce Hoelting at 612-625-8233.
April 22 | Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne will talk about politics and religion
Noon–1:30 p.m., Humphrey Forum (rescheduled from earlier in the spring)Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne will talk about his new book, Souled Out: Reclaiming Faith and Politics after the Religious Right, from noon to 1:15 p.m. on Tuesday, April 22, in the Humphrey Forum. All are welcome. The program is sponsored by the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance.
April 22 | Global policy workshop
12:45-2 p.m., Stassen Room (170 HHH)The Freeman Center for International Economic Policy will sponsor a global policy workshop with visiting history professor Taner Akcam from 12:45 to 2 p.m. on April 22 in the Stassen Room (170 HHH). Akcam will talk about "Contemporary Politics of Turkey and the Armenians." All are welcome. Refreshments will be served.
April 28 | Panel discussion on diplomacy and democracy building
6 p.m., Cowles AuditoriumThe Humphrey Institute will co-host a panel discussion on diplomacy and democracy building around the world at 6 p.m. on April 28 in Cowles Auditorium. The program is presented in partnership with the National Democratic Institute, International Republican Institute, and the American Academy of Diplomacy - will reveal what it takes to promote and sustain democracy abroad. Ambassadors and on-the-ground personnel from such regions as the Middle East and Latin America and Yemen will give first-person accounts of their work and its challenges. The program is free and presented in partnership with the Minnesota International Center. Registration is requested at (612) 625-5002.
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