• Country-Representation: Greece
• Participation fee: approx 250 to 300 $ (includes Hotel, Flight, Fees).
• 2 Credit Hours of GA Tech credit
• expected Workload 5-6h per week from now, up to 10h/week in month leading up to conference
• Conference dates: March 28 – April 01
• only 2 spots left
• take-in ASAP

We look for candidates that take participation seriously and who are very reliable.

If you are interested, please send an email that includes a paragraph about your interest and/or experience to Professor Kirk Bowman at kirk.bowman@inta.gatech.edu.

First I want to say how excited and proud I was to see that 10 PUBP students applied this year to the college’s premier Student Advisory Board!  These students play a very important role as the voice of you; their peers, at both the College level and within the schools Undergraduate Curriculum Committee.  They also serve as the college’s Ambassadors at all major functions and special events.  Please join me in congratulating the THREE PUBP Students selected to the SAB:

Steven Waugh PUBP
Austen Edwards PUBP/INTA
Michael Tallini HTS/PUBP

There were a lot of great applicants this year and I truly hope any PUBP member that was not selected will apply in the future and find opportunities to get involved with the school and the Ivan Allen College.

Points of Light Institute (www.pointsoflight.org), is the largest national volunteer service and civic engagement network in the country.  Points of Light Institute is looking for one or two graduate interns to help with policy analysis related to federal government policy on volunteer service and civic engagement.  The office is located just across from the Georgia Tech campus on Means Street, one block off of Marietta.  See below for position details:

This is a paid, part-time position, but the specific number of hours to be determined.  Looking for someone to begin in Spring 2010, with possible extension through Summer and Fall 2010.

Responsibilities include,  researching and writing on best practices and national policies related to volunteer service and civic engagement; Helping to plan and execute “thought leadership” events;  Aiding in the development and implementation of a 3-year action campaign aimed at increasing the impact of volunteer service.

Qualified applicants would have experience with secondary research, writing, policy analysis.  Should have basic office skills and knowledge of Word, Excel and PowerPoint.  Bring a desire to learn, ability to take initiative and have volunteer experience.

Graduate students preferable, but would consider a well qualified and highly motivated undergraduate student.

To apply,  send your resume, cover letter and brief writing sample to David Ray at dray@pointsoflight.org.  Students can visit www.pointsoflight.org and www.handsonnetwork.org to learn more.

Congratulations to Kristie Champlin and Nick Wellkamp!  These two BSPP seniors were selected as finalists for the 2009 Rhodes Scholarships.  Only 200 students nationwide were invited to interview this weekend for this prestigious award, and we’re proud that two BSPP students were among them.  (Brandon Kearse, a former ME undergraduate now in Tech’s masters in city planning, and whom we’ve seen in several public policy courses, was Tech’s third Rhodes finalist this year.)

Although they weren’t among the 32 students from the US who were selected this weekend, we’re happy to be associated with these three students whose hard work and outstanding character were recognized.  They might not be headed to Oxford this year, but we know great things are coming to all three!!

Andy McNeil (BSPP ’01) has moved to Morris, Manning, & Martin LLP, where he is an associate in the firm’s Intellectual Property and Technology Litigation Practices. He focuses on trademark prosecution (foreign and domestic), counseling and litigation for clients both large and small, including several Fortune 100 companies.  He also is a coach for the GT Mock Trial team.

Jennifer Pitner/Hiromoto (BSPP ‘02) lived and worked in Orlando from 2002-2004 as a planner for the City of Winter Garden as a planner and started her MPA with Florida Tech.  Her husband, Thomas Hiromoto (ME ‘01) was relocated through his job at Lockheed Martin to Dallas, TX, where Jennifer has been working for the City of Dallas since ‘05.  She was a senior planner in current planning (zoning changes and board of adjustment) and was promoted to chief zoning planner in the building inspection office last December.  She supervises zoning plans examiners, arborists, and sign inspectors that review building permits.  “It sounds boring, but it’s incredibly challenging,” she says.  She and Thomas have a dog named Maggie.

Brian Oxford (BSPP ’03) is a Project Development Officer for the Community Affordable Housing Equity Corporation in Raleigh, NC, where he does financial modeling and analysis for low income housing tax credit and historic rehabilitation tax credit developments. He says, “Work has been great so far and I’m learning a lot.”

Chris Calvi (BSPP ’04) is a Senior Business Development Manager for Shopzilla, Inc., in California.

Michael Handelman (BSPP ’05) went on for a masters in public policy at Harvard, and is back in Atlanta as a banking and policy analyst for the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.

Aaron Rader (BSPP ’05) is Project Engineer/Construction Representative for the US Army Corps of Engineers in Kabul, Afghanistan. He says that “the last 7 months here have definitely been the most interesting of my life.”

Emily Atkinson (BSPP ’05) is the Director of Legislative Research and Policy for the North Carolina Retail Merchants Association.

Michael Ng (BSPP ‘05) is a second-year law student at UC Davis in California.  He interned at the Environmental Law Institute in Washington D.C. last summer, will be externing at the California Attorney General’s Office (Environmental and Natural Resources Division) next semester, and will be interning at U.S EPA Region 5 Office in Chicago this upcoming summer.  After school, he will pursue a career in public interest/environmental law

John Putrich (BSPP ‘06) has moved back to the Atlanta area to start a new job as Environmental Health and Safety Advisor with United States Compliance Corporation, which performs Environmental Health and Safety Services for industrial and automotive clients.  John’s work includes OSHA and EPA compliance programming and inspections.

Summer McWilliams (BSPP ’06) is in Tallahassee, in the second year of the masters portion of  a Master’s/PhD program in sociology at Florida State.  She’ll be wrapping up her thesis and completing her master’s in the spring semester. Her areas of concentration are social psychology and aging. After completing her doctorate, Summer is planning for a job in academia.

Steven Monnier (BSPP ’06) graduated from the University of South Carolina School of Law and passed the bar exam in Georgia.  He is employed at HunterMaclean Exley and Dunn, P.C., a law firm in Savannah specializing in corporate law.  Steve is working in the business litigation department.

Read about how the Academic Senate approved new policies related to concerns about inconsistent practices among faculty members related to finals week and the week preceding exams.

GT | Newsroom

Dear PUBP Students:

Do you value good teaching? Is there someone at Georgia Tech who has been especially helpful to you as a learner or who has inspired you? If so, in the spirit of the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, consider sending this person a brief note.

Saying “thanks” helps faculty and TAs know that teaching matters at Georgia Tech.

Just click on the website below to “Thank a Teacher” at Georgia Tech.

http://www.cetl.gatech.edu/thankateacher/

Dr. Joyce Weinsheimer
Associate Director for Faculty Development
Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning

DOING AN INTERNSHIP THIS SPRING??! – PLEASE CONTACT ELIZABETH.
Please provide all the details, where, what, credit, pay, etc.
I will then give you further instructions as needed.

STILL WANT TO DO AN INTERNSHIP? – There is still time to find an internship for the spring and the summer! We have have added plenty of new postings to the IVAN (http://www.advising.iac.gatech.edu/career-services/the-ivan/login.php) recently including:

* March of Dimes, Georgia Chapter
* Georgia Council for International Visitors
* Technology Association of Georgia
* Center for Nonproliferation Studies
* Berlin Atlantic Capital, Communications Infrastructure Group
* Georgia Republican Party…just to name a few!!

Getting an internship, even if it’s just a few hours each week or just for a three or four months, will help you figure out what career you want to pursue and could also lead to a higher starting salary because you’ll have experience on your resume. You can get academic credit for internships and often pay too.

Thank you

We’re looking for students who are passionate about technology, and want to spend the summer diving headfirst into Internet policy. Students from all majors and degree programs who posses the following qualities are encouraged to apply:

* Demonstrated or stated commitment to Internet and technology policy
* Excellent academic record, professional/extracurricular/volunteer activities, subject matter expertise
* First-rate analytical, communications, research, and writing skills
* Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and efficiently, and to work smartly and resourcefully in a fast-paced environment

Fellows will receive a stipend of $7,000 for 10 weeks during the summer of 2010 (June-August). Exact dates of the fellowship will be worked out by the fellow and host organization. Applications are due by midnight on Monday, December 28, 2009. Students who are accepted into the program will be notified by Friday, February 12th, 2010. To learn about our application process, click here.
http://www.google.com/policyfellowship/

Program Overview (see below)

Fellows will have the opportunity to work at public interest organizations at the forefront of debates on broadband and access policy, content regulation, copyright and trademark reform, consumer privacy, open government, and more. Participating organizations are based in either Washington, DC, San Francisco, CA , Ottawa or Toronto, Canada and include: American Library Association, Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic, Cato Institute, Center for Democracy and Technology, Citizen Lab, Competitive Enterprise Institute, Creative Commons, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Future of Music Coalition, Internet Education Foundation, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, Media Access Project, National Hispanic Media Coalition, New America Foundation, Progress and Freedom Foundation, Public Knowledge, and Technology Policy Institute.

Students, there seems to be some remaining confusion about prerequisites and corequisites for the BSPP core. Here’s what you need to know.

For PUBP 2010, PUBP 2030, and PST 2020: You need POL 1101 or equivalent (usually either AP credit or INTA 1200) as a PRErequisite

For PUBP 3020 (Applied Political Economy) and PUBP 3030 (Policy Analysis): In the future we will require as prerequisites all of the following: PUBP 2010, PUBP 2030, PST 2020, and ECON 2106. HOWEVER, because of the transition to the new core curriculum and our desire to give everyone the opportunity to stay on track for graduation, for Spring 2010 ONLY you may take PST 2020 as a COrequisite. (If you’ve been here for a while and already had PST 2068, you should not take PST 2020; PST 2068 will substitute for the pre/corequisite for PUBP 3020 and 3030.)

— However, because of the way the computer registration system works, we will need to issue an individual permit to PUBP 3020 or PUBP 3030 if you’re using the PST course as a co-requisite. Send a request for a permit through the SPP Overload Request system on our webpage, but also send an email to barke (with your 9xxxxxxxx number) so we can expedite the permit.

For PUBP 4600 (Senior Seminar): You should be in your final two semesters under the old curriculum system! You should have as pre- or co-requisites all of your other core courses under the prior system, including Research Methods (PUBP 3110 under the old system, 3130 under the new system) and Statistics (PUBP 4113). Those under the new system will not take PUBP 4600 (instead, you’ll take PUBP 4010 and PUBP 4020 in your final year).

And remember that a grade of C or better is required in all BSPP core courses!

In short, for those of you in the new curriculum, below is the general plan. Again, the only exception is that for students taking PUBP 3020 and/or PUBP 3030 in Spring 2010 ONLY, PST 2068 will count as a prereq or PUBP 2020 will count as a corequisite.

• *POL 1101 or equivalent is prerequisite for Political Process

• All 2xxx core courses are prerequisites for Policy Analysis and Applied Political Economy

• Policy Task Force has Policy Analysis, Applied Political Economy, Statistics, and Research Methods as prerequisites