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The
SPP POLIgraph: Learning the Truth about Alison
M. White, SPP Alumni Chapter President
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The SPP POLIgraph is a brief interview that reveals
the
"truths" about a School of Public Policy
(SPP) faculty or staff member, student, or alumnus.
As president of the SPP Alumni Chapter, what are you most
excited about in the coming year for the chapter?
We're trying to kick things up a notch! We want to provide
even more opportunities for alumni to connect with their
favorite faculty members, the Arlington Campus, and current
students, and, of course, to demonstrate their continuing
support for the school.
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Travel
Time:
At What Cost?
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What
is a shorter commute to work worth
to you? Stephen Fuller, director,
and John McClain, deputy director,
of the Center for Regional Analysis (CRA) conducted
a study of Northern Virginia commuters in summer 2006
that looked at this question.
CRA administered
two surveys—one to workers in the
Fredericksburg, Virginia, region—about
60 miles south of Washington, D.C.—who
commute north to destinations inside the
Beltway and a second survey directed at
commuters who reside in Prince William
and southern Fairfax counties and commute
to the Washington and the close-in suburbs.
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SPP
Students and Alumni Learn about the Competitive
Edge
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On September 18, School of Public Policy (SPP) students
Sarah Bonner, David Lee, Jitesh Singh, Marinela Arresi,
David Olave, and Jessica Arnold, and alumni Gemal Brangman,
Edythe Artman, and Judy Lao served as volunteer staff
at the U.S. Department of Commerce’s inaugural
Summit on American Competitiveness at the Ronald Reagan
Center in Washington, D.C. The
summit highlighted America’s need to advance strategies
to keep the United States on the competitive edge
in the 21st-century worldwide marketplace.
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Sunday, Sept. 30, Richmond Times-Dispatch
"'Can his sons succeed without the guidance of
the famous father, whose force of personality and staggering
energy led others to call him the father of the religious
right?' said Mark Rozell, a political
analyst at GMU...
Sunday, Sept. 30, Boston Globe
Professor Janine Wedel wrote an op-ed piece
about the Iraq War and role of private contractors...
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| Awards,
Honors, Appointments |
Professor
Philip Auerswald was
named one of the three inaugural recipients of Mason's
new Mason Emerging Researcher, Scholar, Creator Award.
Professor
Ramkishen Rajan was
appointed by India's National Institute for Public
Finance and Policy and Ministry of Finance's Department
of Economic Affairs to the Capital Flows and their
Consequences Research Program that aims to provide
new insights into Indian macroeconomic policies.
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Accolades…
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| Presentations |
Professor Susan Tolchin will
speak on October 22 at 8 p.m. as part of the university’s
Vision Series. Her lecture, "A World Ignited:
The Origins and Effects of Global Anger on America," explores
the surge of hatred that has swept the world in the
past decade...
Associate Dean Roger Stough participated
in numerous presentations in Europe, Asia, Australia,
and the United States from the end of August through
October 2007...
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Presentations…
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October
16
Department of Transportation Information Session
6:00
- 7:30pm,
Arlington Campus, Original Building, Rm 250
October 16
Disarming Terror: On the Trail of an Arms-Trade Magnate
Sponsored by TraCCC
3:00pm, Arlington Campus
Original Building, Rm 244
October 19
Second Annual Brown Bag Lunch on Careers in International Trade
Sponsored by SPPSA
12:15 - 1:45pm
U.S. Department of Commerce, Rm 7826
October 22
Department of Homeland Security Information Session
Sponsored by SPP Career Services
6:00 - 7:30pm,
Arlington Campus
Original Building, Rm 244
October 22
Vision Lecture Series with Susan Tolchin "A World Ignited:
The Origins and Effects of Global Anger on America"
8pm, Fairfax Campus
Center for the Arts,
Concert Hall
October 23
SPPSA sponsored lecture "Peacekeeping and Conflict Negotiation
in Moldova/Transdniestria"
Speaker: Ambassador William Hill
6:00 - 7:20pm, Arlington Campus
Original Building, Rm 329
October 24
Combating Modern-Day Slavery in Russia
Sponsored by TraCCC
2:00pm, Arlington Campus
Original Building, Rm 329
October 25
Doctoral Student Research Workshop
2:30 - 4:20pm, Arlington Campus
Original Building, Rm 256
October 27
SPP Advanced Writing Skills Workshop
9:00am until 3:00pm
October 30
Is Everything Coming up Roses? Georgia's Battle with Organized Crime and Corruption
since the 2003 Revolution
Sponsored by TraCCC, 12:30
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Events…
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