NEWS & VIEWS - SUMMER 2009
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Let's have dinner! |
Ben Marcy (MPP ’06)
Alumni should be the force that brings the Humphrey community of leadership together. Alumni have the stories of experience and wisdom to share, especially with students who are learning here and preparing to lead anywhere.
You have insight that can help guide students through their studies and prepare them to lead. Here’s your opportunity to make it happen.
A student movement is preparing for an exciting new year of connecting all aspects of the Humphrey School and developing a strong community. They want you to be a part of this effort.
With the help of student services, we are working together to create a series of small alumni-sponsored potluck dinners for students throughout the year. We invite you take the opportunity to sponsor and lead a truly Minnesota-style event.
Not only is this a chance to talk about your policy interest but the story of the challenges you’ve faced reaching where you are now. These evenings will be an opportunity for honest, humorous, and serious exchange.
Let’s go to a cost benefit analysis:
Cost:
A few hours of time in the evening
Food to share (you could make it yourself or purchase –we won’t tell)
Benefits:
A chance to discuss your policy interests
An opportunity to tap into student talent
A way to network with fellow alumni through the alumni services
An evening to reminisce about your time at the Institute
I challenge you to step up and make this investment. If you are interested, contact Alumni Relations. I look forward to a positive response and the great dialogue we will have.
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News from the alumni board |
Scott McMahon (MPP ’03), president, Humphrey School Alumni Board of Directors
Farewell to alumni board members
Bernadine Joselyn (MPA '00) and Jim Mulder (MA '82) who both leave the alumni board this month after serving two three-year terms. Bernadine served as president in 2005 to 2006 and as a liaison to the Institute's advisory council. Additionally, she serves as a regional member on the Univerisity of Minnesota Alumni Association national board. Jim has been the Institiute's official liaison the Alumni Association's national board since 2004.
Their leadership and dedication to the board and its work have been inspirational. They will be missed. Thank you for your exceptional service, Jim and Bernadine.
Humphrey Alumni Scholarship: A new name to meet new challenges
To build on the strength of our long-standing commitment to students and help them meet the funding challenges they face, the Humphrey School Alumni Board of Directors unanimously voted at the April 2009 meeting to change the name of the Alumni Tuition Grant Program (ATGP) to the Humphrey Alumni Scholarship.
The new name, which will take effect on July 1, 2009, reflects the total financial need of students today—which is far more than simply tuition—and offers an opportunity to increase scholarship support. Watch for more information in this newsletter and on the Institute’s website throughout the year. The annual scholarship fundraising campaign will run from July 1 to June 30, 2010, with scholarships awarded to “Humphrey Alumni Scholars” next spring.
Because of the generosity of so many of you who gave to the ATGP this year, the 2008—2009 campaign reached the second-highest total since the program began almost 20 years ago. This will provide direct support to help 10 Humphrey students continue their studies in the coming academic year. It also demonstrates what we can do as alumni and friends of the Humphrey School, even in challenging times.
Since 1990, more than $500,000 in gifts and pledges have been made to the ATGP to help Humphrey students meet the rising costs of tuition and fees. Yet, those costs continue to rise at an accelerating rate. Today, tuition alone is nearly four times what it was in 1990.
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Congratulations 2009 - 2010 ATGP recipients |
Sara J. Fleetham (MPA ’08)
Maren C. Anderson (MPP ’08)
Ashley N. Edwards (MPP ’08)
Megan J. Evans (MPP ’08)
Lucas G. Hollenkamp (MS-STEP ’08)
Anissa N. Hollingshead (MPA ’08)
Kristen E. Rau (MPP ’08)
Rose Teng (MURP ’08)
Alison M. Wallingford (MPP ’08)
Cynthia H. Yuen (MURP ’08)
Special thanks to the selection committee, spearheaded by professors emeriti John Adams and Jim Jernberg (MA ’57), for their concise and thoughtful review of the many applications.
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Public Affairs Student Association |
A new Facebook group for current students and former PASA members has been created. This is a great way for experienced alumni to help current leaders navigate difficult student leadership issues. Join today.
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Mentor corner |
As new students join the Institute this fall, we look forward to getting the 23rd year of the mentor program underway. The Humphrey School alumni board, a mentor-matching committee, and Institute staff work together each year to create meaningful matches between students and mentors.
We want you!
Local alumni are invited to join the Domestic Mentor Program (DMP), which matches local mentors with students interested in domestic policy.
In this program, students and mentors access a list of available DMP mentor profiles online. Our incoming students pick DMP mentors based on the similarity of professional interests. The matching committee will then either match the student to one of his/her choices or recruit additional mentors with needed skill sets.
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The DMP blog
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The blog is a place to view mentor and student bios and communicate online with students. The blog is password protected so all correspondence and biographies are secured for program members only.
Temporarily access the blog:
User name: hhhcs
Password: mentor
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How to be a mentor
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Review the Mentor Program web site for program expectations and the timeline of events. Fill out the mentor enrollment form and hit the submit button! If you do not have a current profile, peruse 2008 mentor profiles here.
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To participate, please sign up by Friday, June 26
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We look forward to another terrific mentor program this year. If you have any questions about the program, please feel free to contact any of the mentor program staff members:
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Michelle Potter-Bacon, Alumni & Employer Relations
612-625-0750
Lynne Schuman, Director of Career Services
612-625-2847
Jane Vega, Career Services Assistant
612-624-3800
Hope to see you back on campus this fall!
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Career Services |
Heinz College at Carnegie Mellon University survey: Gender wage gap
Carnegie Melon requests your help in a first-of-its-kind study of graduate students' attitudes toward learning how to improve their negotiation skills.
Research has shown that public policy/administration/international affairs graduates who are willing and able to negotiate their job offers secure appreciably higher salaries than graduates who do not. But, until now, no research has been done on students' willingness to learn how to improve their negotiation skills. This can disadvantage career services offices when they helpadvise students how to successfully navigate their career entry and progression.
This important study, led by the Heinz College at Carnegie Mellon University, will explore factors that (en)discourage students from taking negotiation coursework that is or may be offered to improve their individual negotiating skills. To make the results of the study useful, it is important that as many students and alumni as possible complete the survey. Therefore, because a high response rate is vitalt to a successful study, we strongly encourage you to log on today to the link below leading to the brief online survey.
While responses will be both anonymous and confidential, aggregated results will be shared with your school to help them improve their curriculum planning and student advising.
Please take the survey here. It will take you only about five minutes to complete the survey. We thank you in advance for helping us collect data that we hope will be used by your school to help you in your career!
Martin Black
Director, Career Services, School of Public Policy & Management
H. John Heinz III College -- Carnegie Mellon University
cs77@andrew.cmu.edu
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Alumni notes |
Do you wonder what your classmates and fellow Humphrey School alumni are doing these days? Click here to find out.
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Institute social networking sites
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The Humphrey School alumni and student group on LinkedIn allows alumni, current students, and friends of the college to network with each other and with each others' networks beyond the Institute and the University of Minnesota. The Humphrey School group continues to grow with 17 million worldwide users of LinkedIn. The basic service is free of charge.
Humphrey School alumni and students group
Create a personal profile on Facebook and connect with Humphrey School and University of Minnesota students and alumni. Note the various groups, which include message boards, Institute events calendars, and more. Free of charge.
Humphrey School groups
Alumni
Students
D.C. Diaspora
MS-STEP
Career Services
Public Affairs Student Association
Related groups
Professional Public Service: The MPA & MPP Degrees
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Calendar |
Keep informed about public events at the Institute. View upcoming events or sign up for the events listserv.
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Update your contact information |
Have you moved or changed jobs? Have you got a new e-mail address or telephone
number? We would like to know! Update your information.
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Past issues of News & Views |
Read past issues of News & Views on the alumni web site.
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Ways to get involved |
Interested in getting involved at the Humphrey School? Tell us how you would like to be engaged.
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Submit news for next issue |
Do you have news to share with your classmates? Please submit entries for the next issue of the alumni newsletter by May 15, 2009.
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