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The School of Public Affairs is excited to announce a variety of events this spring. Please come and feel free to invite your contacts, colleagues, friends and family.
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SPA Adds New Faculty & Staff
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Andrew Romanoff, former Speaker of the House for the State of Colorado, has recently joined the School of Public Affairs as a Scholar-in-Residence. Romanoff will be helping to connect students with state government opportunities, assist with capstones, teach in the MPA program and work on various civic engagement initiatives. Romanoff recently finished his JD from the University of Denver and holds a BA from Yale and a MPP from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.
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The ICMA Graduate Management Internship in Performance Measurement is offered by the ICMA Center for Performance Measurement and provides over $41,700 in financial support over a two-year period. Incoming MPA/MPP students selected for this program will receive the knowledge, training, and real-world experience necessary to help them become local government leaders in performance measurement and management. Those selected for this program will begin working full-time as analysts during the summer prior to beginning their academic program. Analysts will work at ICMA’s headquarters in Washington DC for this summer period. They will continue working part-time during the fall and spring semesters of 2009/2010. Candidates will work for 20 hours per week throughout the academic year at their selected university.
To learn more and/or to receive full consideration, e-mail the following to zreynolds@icma.org by March 15, 2009:
- Resume;
- One-page letter of interest;
- Undergraduate transcripts (unofficial transcripts are acceptable);
- Contact information for up to three references and/or three letters of recommendation;
- One research paper, statistical/data analysis, or other document/project
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Brown Bag Lecture- Best Practices in HR: Hiring and Firing |
Date: Thursday, March 5th
Time: 11:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Place: Classroom 500, 5th Floor, 1380 Lawrence St, Denver, CO
Speaker: Kevin L. Jacobs
Kevin Jacobs, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Human Resources at UC Denver, will provide a practitioner’s perspective on effective public administration, focusing specifically on issues such as resumes and interviewing.
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Local Government Careers Panel |
Date: Thursday, March 12th
Time: Networking begins at 6:30 p.m., Program at 7 p.m.
Place: Old Chicago, 1415 Market St., Denver, CO
Speakers: Michelle Kivela, Deputy City Manager Lone Tree
Patrick Goff, Deputy City Manager Wheat Ridge
Gary Sears, City Manager of Englewood
Come learn about positioning yourself for a career in local government from experienced managers. Held in collaboration with the Emerging Local Government Managers group.
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CSI/Death Investigations Cadaver workshop (Students Only!) |
Date: Saturday, March 14th
Time: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Place: Exempla Good Samaritan Med. Ctr. at 200 Exempla Circle, Lafayette, CO
Registration: $40 - Contact brendan.hardy@ucdenver.edu for details and to register. Space is limited to 15 per session.
The workshop will cover:
1. Different causes & manners of death (concentrated on what is seen in the field)
2. The roles & responsibilities of the Police Officer
3. Scene documentation / photography / report writing
4. Coordination with the Coroner Investigator / Victim Advocate.
5. Attending an autopsy - a multidisciplinary approach / evidence collection / etc.
6. Viewing a human anatomical specimen – does include a human cadaver
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Metro City and County Managers Quarterly Meeting
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Date: Thursday, March 19th
Time: 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Place: Colorado Municipal League, 1144 Sherman St., Denver
Cost: $15 for lunch/meeting (cash or check only)
A great networking and educational meeting with the city managers of the metro Denver area. Please rsvp one week before event to annie.maclachlan@ucdenver.edu. |
Accelerated MPA students: March 15th – 21st
Traditional MPA, MCJ and PhD students: March 22nd - 28th
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Find us on Facebook! The SPA page will allow you to connect with current students and alumni.
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