October 2023
Fall MPA Visitation Day
Friday, October 20th, 10am-5pm MPA Visitation Day Come and hear how we will prepare you for a career in the government and nonprofit sectors! Visitation day is an opportunity to get an inside look into our MPA program and get a feel for it before you begin. Both prospective applicants, as well as those already accepted, are encouraged to attend. Throughout this session you will learn about our MPA degree, as well as hear from faculty, students, and alumni of…
Find out more »SPIA Methods Colloquium
Tuesday October 24. 12:15-1:15pm. Baldwin 101B. • Elise Blasingame. “Whose Team Are You On? Evaluating Public Response to Native Policy Priorities”
Find out more »Ethics Week Lecture Featuring Gene Dodaro
Dodaro became the eighth Comptroller General of the United States and head of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) in 2010, when he was confirmed by the United States Senate. He was nominated by President Obama from a list of candidates selected by a bipartisan, bicameral congressional commission. He had been serving as Acting Comptroller General since 2008. Dodaro has testified before Congress dozens of times on important national issues, including the nation's long term fiscal outlook, efforts to reduce…
Find out more »November 2023
Item Drive for Bigger Vision of Athens Community Shelter
PADP will be collecting items such as clothing and toiletries to donate to Bigger Vision of Athens Community Shelter through the month of November. You can drop off items in our office (204 Baldwin Hall) or you can purchase directly off of their Amazon Wishlist, or donate money directly to their cause. You may wish to consider volunteering with them or providing a meal. The Bigger Vision of Athens community shelter is a 501(c)3 nonprofit homeless shelter serving people…
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Tuesday, November 7. 4-5pm. Pinnacle Room. • Joe Ornstein. “The text2data package: Large Language Models for text analysis”
Find out more »Public Administration & Policy PhD Program Info Webinar – November 8
Join us for an informational webinar about UGA's Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Public Administration & Policy. Hear from faculty, ask questions, lean about the program, and how to apply. Faculty member and PhD Program Director Dr. Katherine Willoughby will be there to answer all your questions. Register on our webpage by November 7 to receive the webinar link!
Find out more »CITS Global Decisions Lecture Series: Ann Norris on “Gender Equality in National Security”
The CITS Global Decisions Lecture Series presents Ann Norris, Senior Fellow for Women and Foreign Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations. She will discuss "Gender Equality in National Security." Ann Norris is a senior fellow for women and foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). Norris has more than two decades of experience working in Congress, for the executive branch, and at the local level on a range of national security issues with a particular emphasis on…
Find out more »PADP Fall Service Day
PADP Fall Service Day is Friday, November 10th! Please consider signing up to volunteer with us that afternoon. We will be e doing a Down & Dirty Cleanup with Keep Athens-Clark County Beautiful (KACCB). This organization is a nonprofit working with Athens-Clark County Unified Government. These projects typically consist of beatifying the land through something like trash pickup or working on a school playground/ trail/garden. I will be sharing the location and exact time with the group as soon as…
Find out more »PADP International Education Week Guest Speaker: Dr. Kilkon Ko
Join PADP as we celebrate International Education Week with guest speaker Dr. Kilkon Ko speak with us on Tuesday, November 14 at 9am (online). Dr. Ko’s presentation title is "Lessons Learned from Korean COVID-19 Response: Data Analytics Perspective." Register here to receive the Zoom link for the talk. As a professor at Seoul National University in South Korea, Dr. Ko’s research has a focus on Quantitative Analysis, Research Methods, Policy Analysis, Decision Making Theory, Chinese Administrative Reform and Corruption. Dr.…
Find out more »PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & POLICY PHD PROGRAM INFORMATION COFFEE HOUR – NOVEMBER 15
Join us for an informational coffee hour about UGA's Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Public Administration & Policy. Talk with faculty and current students. Ask questions, lean about the program, and how to apply. Faculty member and PhD Program Director Dr. Katherine Willoughby will be there to answer all your questions. We will be in Baldwin Hall Pinnacle Room (480) 3-4:30pm! Learn more on our website!
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