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School of Public Policy Graduates Follow Their Passions
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More than 300 School of Public Policy (SPP) students will graduate in 2009, and many will either continue or start a career in public policy. Careers in academia and health care policy are two fields in which SPP graduates will follow their passions.
Paul Weissburg received his PhD in public policy in January 2009. With his dissertation titled “Shifting Alliances in the Accreditation of Higher Education: On the Long-Term Consequences of Delegation of Government Authority to Self-Regulatory Organizations,” it’s no surprise his passion is in higher education...
David Zook, who is receiving a master's degree in public policy with a concentration in governance systems and policy management this May, was awarded the first Ovarian Cancer National Alliance (OCNA) Rhonda Oziel Policy Fellowship. This one-year fellowship, named after an OCNA founder, was created to give graduate students who have a passion for public policy and health care reform a chance to be on the front lines advocating for change on Capitol Hill.
Zook will work directly with the senior public policy director at OCNA to advance the organization's policy priorities, including increasing federal funds for ovarian cancer research, improving health care practice, and expanding the national ovarian advocacy movement.
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May 7, Washington Post
‘There's a strategy here -- that is, to create a buzz that this is the guy who's willing to make his presence known,’ said Mark Rozell, a professor of public policy at George Mason University. ‘He's trying to say he's the alternative candidate, the true competitor to the one who seems to be attracting most of the attention.’...
May 6, WTOP Radio (103.5 FM)
Stephen Fuller, director for the Center for Regional Analysis at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., says in the short term, that equates to 10 percent of the job growth in the county in 2009...
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Honors, Appointments |
Professor Jack A. Goldstone has been invited by the Phi Beta Kappa Society to be a PBK Visiting Scholar for the 2010–11 academic year. The PBK Visiting Scholar Program nominates 12 scholars per year, chosen from all academic fields, to give...
John Paden, Clarence Robinson Professor of International Studies, will receive an honorary degree of doctor of humane letters from his alma mater...
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PhD 2005 alumni Gordon Shockley and Peter Frank, and Mason Vice President for Research Roger Stough edited Non-Market Entrepreneurship: Interdisciplinary Approaches, which was published in December 2008 by Edward Elgar.
Professor Zoltan Acs and PhD student Joseph Sany wrote “The Cases of Muhammad Yunus, Grameen Bank and Bill Gates, Microsoft” for the book Measuring the Social Value of Innovation, which is...
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Associate Dean Jonathan Gifford will participate as part of a panel discussion at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation event: Smart Roads, Smart Cars: How IT is Transforming Transportation. The panel will discuss policies Congress and...
Professor Wayne D. Perry presented “Will Nuclear Arms Reduction Policy Deter or Dissuade Proliferation?: New Multi-Player Models May Help Structure the Answer” at the Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center conference...
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May 15
School of Public Policy Convocation
7:00pm
Fairfax Campus, Center for the Arts
May 16
University Graduation Ceremony
10:00am
Fairfax Campus, Patriot Center
May 18
Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Defense:
Brad Keller
"Higher Education and Employment:
An Examination of How Support for Higher Education Can Improve the Potential for Long-Term Economic Performance"
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Fairfax Campus, Finley Building, Room 119, Large Conference Room
Contact Beth Eck, eeck@gmu.edu
May 18
ICP Program Open House
6:00pm
Arlington Campus, Original Building, Room 251
Register Now
May 26
Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Defense:
Wayne Lavender
"Worldview and Public Policy: The Relationship Between Worldviews and the Military Curse"
11:00am - 1:00pm
Arlington Campus, Original Building, Room 246
Contact Beth Eck, eeck@gmu.edu
May 27
Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Defense:
Jill Rough
"Is the Abrams Doctrine Valid? Exploring the Impact of Army National Guard Mobilization on Public Support for the War on Terror"
11:00am - 1:00pm
Arlington Campus, Original Building, Room 245
Contact Beth Eck, eeck@gmu.edu
June 1
SPP Summer Session Begins
http://summer.gmu.edu/
June 2
ODKM Program Open House
6:00pm
Arlington Campus, Original Building, Room 329
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July 21
SPP Summer Session Ends
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