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Congratulations New CUPPA Alumni Board
A record number of board members were elected to the CUPPA Alumni Association board of directors on June 6, 2006 for one-year terms.
Helene Berlin,
MUPP ’01 (Board Secretary)
Analyst
Applied Real Estate Analysis
Steve Bitter, MPA ’93
Analyst
US Dept. of Homeland Security/TSA
Eve Ali Boles, MUPP ‘92
Assistant Director
UIC Institute for Math and Science Education
Kirby Burkholder, MUPP ‘98
Director of Real Estate Consulting
Illinois Facilities Fund
Tara Childs, MPA '06
Nancy Cohen, MPA ’90
Associate Director of Development
UIC College of Engineering
Peter Czubak, MPA ‘02
City of Chicago, Department of Streets and Sanitation, Bureau of
Forestry
State of Illinois, Department of Financial and Professional Regulation,
Division of Professional Regulation - Athletics
Marcus Davis, MUPP ’05
GIS Analyst
Grubb & Ellis Chicago
Abraham Deletioglu, MUPP ’03
Property Manager
Lee Deuben, MUPP ’05
Housing and Community Development Planner
Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission
Mark Dwyer, MUPP ’97
Grants Coordinator, City of Oak Park
Anne Fuller, MPA ’06
Survey Research Laboratory, UIC
Matthew Hickey, MUPP 01
Assistant Vice President
National City Community Development Corporation
Noah Temaner Jenkins, MUPP ’95 (Immediate Past President)
Consultant
Temaner and Associates
Catherine Kannenberg, MUPP ’00
Capital Planner
Metra
David J. Kralik, MUPP ’03
New Starts Project Leaders – STAR Line, Metra
Peggy Laemle, MUPP ’01 (Board Treasurer)
City of Highland Park Department of Community Development
T. Abraham Lentner, MUPP ‘05
Coordinator of Technical Assistance Programs
City Design Center
University of Illinois at Chicago
Carrie Makarewicz, MUPP ’01 (President)
Senior Research Analyst
Center for Neighborhood Technology
Rebecca Mix, MPA ’02
Production Manager
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Patrick Murphey, MUPP ’02
Berwyn Development Corporation
Johanna Nyden, MUPP ’06
Intern
SB Friedman and Co.
Courtney Owen, MUPP ’04
Vedder, Price, Kaufman, and Kammholz
Joshua Price, MPA ’05
Policy Compliance Analyst
Chicago Housing Authority
Elvira Reyes, MUPP ’03
Planning Associate
Archdiocese of Chicago
Bob Rice, MUPP ’01 (Vice President/President-Elect)
Associate
Community Development Trust
Al Riley, MUPP ’78, AICP
Principal Planner, Cook County Office of Capital Planning;
Rich Township Supervisor;
Adjunct Professor, Division of Business and Public Administration,
Governors State University
Joseph Selbka, MPA ’01
The Law Offices of Joseph P. Selbka
Jennifer Tammen, MUPP ’99
Director of Planning
Norwood Builders
Andrea Traudt, MUPP '06
Homeownership Development Coordinator
Bickerdike Redevelopment Corporation
Audrey Wennink, MUPP ’04
Transportation Analyst
Cambridge Systems
Norm West, MUPP ’05
NEPA Reviewer, US EPA
Sarah K. Wiebenson, MUPP '06
Todd Wolcott, MUPP '03
Director of Building Development
Latin United Community Housing Association
http://www.uic.edu/cuppa/alumni/index.html.
Attend CUPPA Alumni Association Board Meetings!
All board meetings take place from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in CUPPA Hall, Room 110, 412 South Peoria Street, Chicago, IL. Call 312.996.2569 or email cuppalum@uic.edu to RSVP.
Tuesday, September
26, 2006
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Tuesday, June 5, 2007 (annual meeting and election)
Mark your calendars for upcoming alumni events. Watch your mail and
the alumni website for more information:
September: CUPPA Alumni Family Outing at Garfield Park
December 6: Annual Holiday Party
January – May: Spring Speakers Series (professional development
for PA and UPP alumni)
February – CUPPA Alumni Appreciation Award announcement
Have You Subscribed to the CUPPA Alumni Listserve?
The CUPPA Alumni listserve is an email list allowing for widespread
distribution of information pertinent to UIC CUPPA graduates of public
administration
and urban planning and policy. List posts include job announcements,
current events,
college announcements and events, awards, and miscellaneous news
and information you can use everyday! To join, email cuppalum@uic.edu with your current
business and contact information and request addition to the alumni
list.
Bring your family to lunch with the CUPPA Alumni Association in Garfield
Park
On Sunday, September 17, at 12:00 noon, the CUPPA Alumni Association
will meet for lunch in the Garfield Park picnic grove. You will
have a chance
to hear about
the park's history and development, attend the Farmer's Market,
or visit the conservatory. Watch for more information coming
soon or
visit www.uic.edu/cuppa/alumni.
Save the date:
CUPPA alumni holiday party, Wednesday, December
6, 2006
Class Speakers! We need you!
For the fourth year in a row, the CUPPA Alumni Association is
working with Public Administration and Urban Planning and Policy
professors
to feature
our alumni
during the capstone and professional development courses in the
Masters programs.
Please consider coming back to campus to speak to students
about your own career path and experiences. Presentations
run from
15 to 20 minutes
generally
during
an evening class followed by Q&A from the students.
We currently have over 1600 CUPPA alumni from 1977 through today.
If you are interested in speaking, please email cuppalum@uic.edu or call
312.996.2569
with
your desire to speak along with your updated contact information
including current title, place of employment, and specialty areas.
(If you have
already spoken
to one of our classes, no need to get in touch - we'll call you
again!)
Thank you to the over 100 alumni who have already spoken to our
students!
Alumni: Where are they now?
MPA: Master of Public Administration
MUPP: Master of Urban Planning and Policy
PPA PhD: Doctor of Philosophy, Public Policy Analysis
James S. Lemonides (MUPP ‘77)
was honored by the UIC Alumni Association, who selected him for
a "City
Partner" award in 2004. In addition, he observed his 25th year with his
agency, the Greater North-Pulaski Development Corporation, in March 2006. He
expects to complete his Masters in Organizational and Counseling Psychology degree
at the Adler School of Professional Psychology this fall. His daughters, Alexandra
and Christina, are both doing well at Ohio Wesleyan and Syracuse Universities.
James’s wife, Sophia, passed away in 2002 after
a four-year battle with breast cancer.
Elaine Soloway (MUPP ’77)
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CUPPA Alum Pens Memoir of 1940’s Chicago Childhood
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Elaine
Soloway, MUPP ’77, has authored a memoir, The Division Street
Princess – a coming-of-age story of a girl, a store,
and an immigrant Chicago neighborhood (Syren Book Co., May, 2006).
In addition to her educational background, Soloway was formerly
press aide to Mayor Jane Byrne and communications director for
School Superintendent Ruth Love. Elaine Soloway is a public relations consultant and |
freelance writer whose essays have appeared in many publications including New York Times Money & Business, Chicago Tribune WomanNews, Chicago Jewish News, and others. Her long career in public relations has focused on housing, health care, and economic development. Soloway lives
in Chicago’s Irving Park neighborhood with her husband Tom
and golden retriever Buddy, and has two daughters and two grandchildren.
Both daughters began their careers in the Chicago theatre scene
and are in the entertainment industry: Faith is a musician and
producer of rock operas who also works in a violence prevention
program with the Boston public schools. Jill lives in Los Angeles
and was a writer on the HBO series, Six Feet Under, and
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Jim Borman (MUPP ’83)
will complete his Master of Arts in Education with a special
education concentration from National-Louis University in March.
William A. Cook (MPA ’83)
is employed as the manager of hospital services
and transportation for the New Jersey Blood Services
division of the New
York Blood Center located
in
New Brunswick,
NJ. As for his writing, he has five books published
including, "Waite
Hoyt - A Biography Of The Yankees School Boy Wonder" and
most recently, "The
Louisville Grays Scandal of 1877." Currently,
he is writing the manuscript for his forthcoming
book, "The Life & Times of August Garry
Herrmann." The
work on Herrmann is an epic tale of organized baseball's
first governing body, the National Commission,
and of urban machine
politics in Cincinnati
in the
early 20th century.
Scott McNally (MPA ‘84)
was recently named head of children's services programming at
the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago. From 1976 through 2003, McNally
served
in a
variety of positions at
the Albany Park Community Center in Chicago, before becoming
the assistant executive director. He helped administer a budget
of nearly
$6 million
and
supervise a
staff of more than 100 employees at 16 locations. Most recently,
he was the director of children and adolescent services of the
Chicago Youth
Centers where he directed
Head Start, child care, and youth programs, with a combined budget
of more than $4 million.
Patricia Fahy (MPA ’85)
a current resident of Albany, NY is a consultant on workforce
and training issues, most recently for the Workforce Development
Institute
and the
National Commission
for Education and the Economy (NCEE). In December 2005, she completed
a four-year term as a citywide elected member of the Albany Board
of Education.
While
on the School Board, Pat successfully championed adoption of
a District-wide pre-K
plan to serve all age-eligible children in the Albany schools,
as well as championed the need for early academic intervention
and for
state
funding for charter schools.
Pat is a founding member of the grassroots coalition, PASS (People
Advocating Small Schools), formed in 2001 to revive and rebuild
Albany schools and
is
a current member of the Board of Directors for the Albany Boys
and Girls Club.
She is a member of the Steering Committee for the Albany-Colonie
Chamber of Commerce Capital Leadership Class and was a past participant
in the
program. She was a
Senior Policy Analyst for the Program Development Group of the
New York State Assembly from 1999 to 2002. Pat is married to
Wayne Bequette,
professor
of
Chemical Engineering at RPI, and they have two children attending
the Albany Public Schools.
She is presently taking PhD education courses at the University
of Albany.
Toni Henle (MUPP ’85)
is the director of workforce development policy at Women Employed,
a non-profit organization that works for the economic advancement
of women.
Women Employed
works on policy change that promotes access to high-quality postsecondary
education and training for low-income adults and to ensure the
availability of support
services like financial aid and other supports that help people
stay in school and complete their programs.
Geetam Tiwari (MUPP '85, PPA '87)
associate professor of transport planning at Indian Institute
of Technology, Delhi, appears in the May 8, 2006 issue of TIME.
Geetam
is featured as
part of the TIME-CNN International-Shell program, Principal Voices.
As one of
eleven
Principal Voices in the areas of environment, urbanization, corporate
responsibility, and economic development, she shares her views
on urban transport policy
challenges in Indian cities. More details can be found at http://www.principalvoices.com/2006/voices/.
As part of the Principal Voices program, CNN International is
also airing one-minute
clips encapsulating Geetam's views.
Wendy Siegel (MUPP ‘87)
continues as a partner and founder of Millennia Consulting, LLC.
Millennia provides organizational development, management, research,
and policy
analysis services
to the public, nonprofit, and philanthropic sectors. The firm
is growing and Wendy is excited about work they are doing locally,
nationally
and
in Latin America.
Her husband, Kevin Limbeck, continues as the executive director
of Family Focus, Inc., a social service agency in Chicago. Her
son,
Nicholas (20),
is a junior
at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, her daughter, Nina
(18), is a senior at Whitney Young High School, and her step-daughter,
Emily (26),
lives
and works
in Chicago.
Maureen Hellwig, (PPA Ph.D. ‘93)
was recently appointed senior director of programs at Erie Neighborhood
House, a
135 year-old settlement house at 1347 W. Erie Street. She provides
oversight and assistance with strategic planning for programs
in early childhood,
after school, youth, adult education, technology education, advocacy,
and leadership
development. The Erie Neighborhood House has 125 employees and
a $6.7 million dollar budget. She can be reached at mhellwig@eriehouse.org.
Odeh Al Jayyousi (PPA Ph.D. ‘93)
For the last 12 years Odeh has been working in academia. He was
promoted to full professor and was Dean of Research in 2003.
Recently, he
has been working as
the regional director in The World Conservation Union (IUCN).
John M. Lowe (PPA Ph.D. ‘93)
has been named chairman of the Emerson Hospital Board of Directors
in Concord, Mass. Dr. Lowe is associate professor and director
of the graduate
program
in health care administration at Simmons College, where he has
taught for twelve
years. He teaches health care quality, health systems and operational
and project management. He serves as principal investigator on
a project funded
by the National
Center for Health Care Leadership to incorporate leadership competencies
into health management curricula.
Dr. Lowe also works in the area of community health,
addressing such issues as teen pregnancy, domestic
violence and adolescent
health.
He co-authored
a study
of post-9/11 mental health and substance abuse
services for adolescents in Somerville, Mass.,
consulted with
the Women’s
Health Network to improve breast and cervical cancer
screening for uninsured women
in Massachusetts,
and co-directed
school-based
health center needs assessment projects in Boston and Fall River,
Mass.
Terrence Moore (MPA '94)
[PHOTO]
received the Model Administrator Award from the Chicago Chapter
of the American Society of Public Administration on Friday, May
5 at
the group's
annual meeting.
Moore currently serves as city manager of Las Cruces, NM.
Caryn Stancik (MPA ‘96)
is the vice president of Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council.
Cinda K. Lester (MUPP ’98)
passed the planning and architecture licensing exams in 2000
and 2001 and started her own firm - 12/12 Architects & Planners
- in 2003. Since then, she moved to Downers Grove,
completed a variety of residential,
commercial and religious
architectural and planning projects, taught architecture
at College of DuPage, had a son (Cooper, 1/04),
started teaching architecture
and interior design
at Westwood College in Woodridge, and just recently
had a daughter
(Kellar, 9/05).
She can be reached at cinda@1212architects.com.
Dena Al-Khatib (MUPP '99)
left Bickerdike Redevelopment Corporation, on March 6, 2006 after
6.5 years. Dena started a new job as senior loan/program officer
for the
Chicago Community
Loan Fund, a non-profit, community development financial institution
that provides predevelopment, construction, working capital and
mini-perm loans
for community
development projects serving low-income residents and disadvantaged
communities. Her main duties are marketing, loan underwriting,
and technical assistance.
Brendon Cunningham (MUPP ‘99)
is currently a senior planner for the city of Key West, FL.
Alan Mamoser (MUPP ’99)
accepted a position with Southeast Environmental Task Force in
the Hegewisch Neighborhood. The Task Force is a non-profit organization
leading environmental
initiatives throughout the Calumet region in Illinois and Indiana.
Joseph Bornstein (MUPP ‘00)
was recently was married in January of 2006 and attends Loyola
University Chicago at night to pursue his law degree. He presently
is employed
by the Chicago Park
District in the Capital Construction Department.
Paula Freeze (MUPP ‘00)
is a stay-at-home mom of a two and one half year old and a one
year old. She also serves as the editor of the newsletter for
the Illinois
Chapter
of the American
Planning Association.
Deepa Sanyal (MUPP ’00)
currently works for the National Trust for Historic
Preservation in the Southern Region. She works
in a small rural community
in Southern Virginia,
which
also has a strong industrial history of textiles
and furniture. The three-year project
she is working on is called the "Martinsville and Henry County Rural Heritage
Development Initiative," which focuses on
three key areas including historic preservation,
commercial
revitalization
and heritage tourism.
Cheryl Wilson (MUPP ‘00)
is a Regional Lending Manager for Washington Mutual Bank. She
does affordable housing finance (construction and permanent lending
and
bond/LIHTC) in
IL, TX and CO for Washington Mutual Bank.
Patrick Bayard (MUPP ’01)
works with the Sara Lee Foundation as a program officer for the
Community Initiatives Program.
Nicholas Bianchi (MUPP '01)
currently works as a program coordinator for the Chicago Federation
of Labor
Workers Assistance Committee. He manages workforce development
programs that assists laid-off workers, allows them access to
training programs,
and obtain
new positions with Chicago-area manufacturing companies. Prior
to this position, Nick worked to promote youth voting in Wisconsin
during
the
2004 Presidential
campaign and was producing a yet to be completed short documentary
video on the old Cook County Hospital building.
Timothy Butler (MUPP ’01)
recently joined Jones Lang LaSalle's Development and Asset Strategy
practice. The
team creates value for clients by selling development rights
for vacant or under-utilized owned assets, raw land, and air
rights.
The team boosts
development
value for
acquisitions and achieves premium sales prices for dispositions.
The well rounded
group of professionals also creates innovative development, urban
regeneration, and
asset utilization strategies.
Andrew Sheils (MPA ‘02)
works with the Office of Emergency Management and Communications
in Chicago.
James A. Brown (MUPP ‘03)
has been the community development director in the Village of
Lemont since August, 2005.
Gina Caruso (MUPP ’03)
is currently working as a financial planning analyst
with the City of Chicago Department of Planning
and Development. Gina
is in charge
of
the special
service area (SSA) program, the TIF-funded Small
Business Improvement Fund (SBIF) program,
and other special projects. She recently co-authored
an
article with Rachel Weber entitled "Getting the Max for the Tax: An Examination of BID Performance
Measures" in the International Journal of Public Administration. Gina lives
in the Edgewater Glen neighborhood on Chicago's north side. While not doing urban
planning, Gina creates ceramic bowls cast from a pregnant woman's belly, called "BellyBowls".
Check out her website at www.bellybowl.com.
Cynthia Hansen (MPA ’03)
started a new position as public relations manager for Chicago
Public Radio (WBEZ 91.5 FM) in November, 2005. Prior to this,
she was the
communications manager
for Planned Parenthood/Chicago Area.
Sarah A. Fleming (MUPP ‘04)
is a planning manager at the Greater North Michigan Avenue Association
and has been managing a large project involving updating North
Michigan Avenue
by the
Numbers, the economic and demographic overview of the area.
Bill Neuendorf (MUPP ‘04)
was appointed director of community and economic development
for the Village of Morton Grove in August, 2005. According to
Bill, Morton
Grove
is currently
seeing a good deal of redevelopment, including numerous teardowns
and home additions to its post-WWII housing stock. It has two
active tax
increment
redevelopment
districts and a newly elected village board who appears committed
to responsible stewardship in the revitalization of the commercial
districts
and the creation
of a transit-oriented neighborhood near the Metra commuter station.
Bill is very happy to play a leadership role in this phase of
the village's
history.
Roseann OLaughlin (MUPP ‘04)
moved to the position of transportation planner at _________.
She also has been appointed to the APA-Illinois Chapter board.
Catherine Sanders (MPA '04)
lives
in Austin, TX with her husband, Jason, and currently serves as a hall
director
at the University of Texas at Austin. She is completing course
work on her PhD in higher education administration and can be reached
at cat.sanders@gmail.com.
Antrole King (MPA ’05)
is the client relations manager for ACS Education Services. Previously,
he was with the Illinois Designated Account Purchase Program
(IDAPP) for more
than 19
years.
Sarah Rothschild (MUPP ’05)
is currently employed as program coordinator
in CUPPA’s
Great Cities Institute, in the Professional
Education program where she
is responsible for
marketing
and fundraising. Professional Education
provides numerous on-line and some on-site
courses
for nonprofit organizations,
such
as the Certificate
in Nonprofit
Management
and Master Grantwriting.
In Memoriam
Lauren Allen (MUPP ’81)
passed away in February, 2006 of pancreatic cancer. Lauren earned her
bachelors degree from UIC and returned to campus to earn a masters degree
in Urban Planning and Policy. She joined the Ph.D. program in Educational
Policy and Administration at UIC in 1998. Earlier, she had worked at
the Woodlawn Organization and at the Cross City Campaign for Urban School
Reform. At the time of her death, Lauren was preparing her dissertation
proposal on teacher stress under education reform. She was teaching a
section of ED 200 for the Policy Studies Area and serving as a research
assistant for the STEP-UP project.
Seongsoon Yun (PPA Ph.D. ‘92)
passed away in November, 2005. After completing his PhD at UIC, he returned
to Korea and rose to become second in charge at KOTI, the Korean Transportation
Institute. He returned to the United States and worked in Florida as
a consultant before again returning to Korea to assume a faculty position,
his lifelong goal.
Barbara Elaine Weeks (MUPP ’93)
passed away after a long-term illness in June, 2005. Barbara was employed
as adjunct instructor in Project Management, Chicago Architectural History
at Herrington Design College in Chicago. She was also a former project
manager at the Chicago Park District and a member of Women in Planning & Development,
Women in Government, Friends of Downtown, and the Project Management
Institute. Barbara volunteered as a docent and tour director for the
Chicago Architecture Foundation and volunteered for the Chicago Transit
Authority as a market researcher and surveyor. She was a longtime active
member of the Lakeshore Ski Club, energetic bicyclist and walker, and
a member of the Fourth Presbyterian Church.
William F. Cecil (PPA Ph.D. ’99
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William Frederick Cecil, 1926-2005, United States Navy, active duty 1944-1969 of Lake Forest and formerly of Libertyville passed away at his home in August, 2005. Bill was a 1947 graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology. Following college, he served as an officer in the Navy for 25 years obtaining the rank of commander. After retiring from the Navy, he began a second career with the International Division of Abbott Laboratories, from which he retired in 1990. After Abbott, Bill went back to school, receiving his PPA Ph.D from UIC. His thesis focused on the Chicago area's declining role as location for major manufacturing firms' corporate headquarters. Bill was a former marathon runner and enjoyed skiing and biking. Internment took place at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. |
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| Carrie Makarewicz, MUPP ’01, received the UIAA Constituent Leadership Award from UIC Chancellor Sylvia Manning and UIAA President Loren Taylor. | Conrad Pomykala, MPA 91, received the UIAA Constituent Leadership Award from UIAA President Loren Taylor. |
The University of Illinois Alumni Association presented
two CUPPA alumni with the 2006 University of
Illinois Constituent Leadership Award. Conrad
Pomykala, MPA 91, one of the founding board members of the CUPPA
alumni
association constituent group and was recognized for his outstanding
contribution over the years to the alumni board. Though he stepped
down from the board in 2003 to pursue other
volunteer activities, his leadership
on such issues of great importance as board bylaws, will live long
into CUPPA Alumni Association history. Conrad
also served as liaison to the
Chicago Constituent Alumni Advisory Board and was the CUPPA representative
on the Constituent Management Committee. Conrad remains in touch
with the CUPPA Alumni Board and serves informally
as our UIC campus ambassador.
Conrad said, “I still feel that I've gotten more value and enjoyment
out of my decades of volunteer time with the Alumni Association than "they" have
gotten out of me; I guess that's what makes it a "win-win" deal.
I'm happy that my efforts (with friends) to found and nurture the CUPPA
and LAS constituent groups at UIC together with my work on the UIAA Constituent
Management Committee has been so valued, since I've never been in a position
to advance any of these programs in a corporate/networking/mentoring sort
of way.”
Carrie Makarewicz, MUPP 01, current CUPPA-AA board president, was recognized
for her dedicated service to the alumni group. As president, she facilitated
relationships among alumni, faculty, staff, and students in many valuable ways
and she has played an instrumental role in the institutionalization of our
CUPPA Life-long Learning Day and annual Spring Speakers Series. She serves
on and attends almost every committee meeting of the board and represents the
board each time she is called upon by the college and the university.
“I'm greatly appreciative this award but I must accept it on the
behalf of the entire board since everything we do is always a group effort. The
CUPPA
Alumni
Association is a great network of dedicated, creative, and energetic people.
Being a part of it has helped me to stay in touch with my classmates and
to meet several new alumni, which has been great for sharing career information
and for
making contacts I can call for work questions. And, it keeps me involved
with CUPPA and all the great research and projects the professors and centers
are
doing,” Carrie said.
CUPPA
Alumni Honor Federal Executives
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| Jack Hetrick received the CUPPA Alumni Association Appreciation Award on behalf of the Chicago Federal Executive Board at a reception on March 3, 2006. Public Administration Associate Professor Jim Thompson and CUPPA Alumni Association President Carrie Makarewicz presented the award. | Members of the Chicago Federal Executive Board attended the CUPPA Alumni Association Appreciation Award reception on March 3, 2006: Caption Richard Postera, commanding officer, Naval Station Great Lakes, Henry Valiulis, director of administration, Railroad Retirement Board, Jack Hetrick, director, Edward Hines, Jr. Hospital, Carrie Makarewicz, CUPPA Alumni Association president, and Martin Baumgaertner, regional director/chief administrative judge, Merit Systems Protection Board. |
The
Chicago Federal Executive Board has received
an alumni appreciation award from the CUPPA
alumni association. The award recognizes individuals
and groups
for dedication to public administration and urban planning and policy
and contributions to the development of the college's students
and alumni.
The CFEB, an organization of the most senior officials of federal agencies
serving Chicago and 13 surrounding counties, promotes community partnerships,
communication, cost efficiencies and service delivery among the agencies.
A long partnership between the board and UIC's graduate program in public
administration has benefited students, faculty and federal employees, said
Robin Hambleton,
dean.
" With CFEB's help, we've established three certificate programs specifically
for federal employees, some of whom have gone on to pursue a master's degree
in public administration at UIC. They bring valuable insight to the classroom," Hambleton
said.
" The CFEB has been very supportive of the college for many years. In particular,
since 1999, its members have raised funds to grant two annual $2,000 scholarships
to UIC planning students," said Carrie Makarewicz, president of
the college's alumni association board.
Jack Hetrick, chair of the Chicago Federal Executive Board, accepted the
award on the organization's behalf at a private gathering hosted by the alumni
association
board on March 3.
CUPPA Alum Receives City Partner Award
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Magoon, president and CEO of Children’s Memorial Medical Center, received the 2006 UIC City Partner Award. The UIC City Partner Award was established in 1993 by UIC alumni volunteers and staff to recognize alumni who have gone on from UIC to contribute to the vitality of the Chicago metropolitan area in a special way. Previous CUPPA Alumni recipients of the UIC City Partner Award include Peter Skosey, MUPP '93, James Lemonides, MUPP '77, Erma Tranter, MUPP '78, and Maria Teresa Ayala, MUPP '86. | |
| CUPPA Alumnus Patrick Magoon, MUPP ’79 and CUPPA Dean Robin Hambleton attended the UIC City Partner Award Reception on February 3, 2006. |
CUPPA Students Recognized for Superior Performance
and Education
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| Chicago Federal Executive Board Scholarship Award: Shadia Nassar, MPA | Chicago Federal Executive Board Scholarship Award: Marguerite Whitmore, MPA |
City
of Chicago Mayor's Fellow: Jennifer Burkhardt,
MPA
City of Chicago Mayor's Fellow: Nadia Shams, MPA
City of Chicago Mayor's Fellow: Suzanne Carlson, MPA
City of Chicago Mayor's Fellow: Crispina Ojeda, MPA
Diversifying Higher Education Faculty in Illinois Fellowships: Emily Tapia,
MUPP
Diversifying Higher Education Faculty in Illinois Fellowships: Leonor Vanik,
MUPP
Founders' Forum Fellowship American Society for Public Administration: Kseniya
Kovanova, PA PhD
Thelma Jackson Scholarship Award: Sean Terry, MUPP
Rob Mier Memorial Award: Matthew Jacobson, MUPP
Outstanding Graduate Student of the Year Award Chicago Chapter of the American
Society for Public Administration: Daniel Weiske, MPA
Outstanding Student of the Year Award American Planning Association: Sarah
Klipfel, MUPP
Trkla Scholarship: Geoff Moen, MUPP
Trkla Scholarship Runner-Up: Amanda Eichelkraut, MUPP
UIAA Student Leadership Award: Tara Childs, MPA
UIAA Student Leadership Award: Noel Henderson-James, MUPP
U.S. Presidential Management Fellow: Amanda Eichelkraut, MUPP
U.S. Government Accountability Office's Professional Development Program:
Ryan Siegel, MUPP
UPPSA
Rolls Up Its Sleeves in New Orleans
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The view of the devastated Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans from the Industrial Canal Bridge reminds observers that the United States is not immune to devastation and property-loss at the hands of natural disaster. After three months of planning by 2005-2006 UPPSA President Noel Henderson-James and Vice President Geoff Moen, thirteen members of UPPSA traveled to New Orleans during UIC’s Spring Break to witness the aftermath of Katrina and assist in recovery efforts. The group, subsidized by tuition differential funding from the College of Urban Planning and Public | |
Affairs and the Urban Planning and Policy Program, departed Chicago on Saturday, March 18 and returned home in the early morning hours of Saturday, March 25. After
a fifteen hour van ride, UPPSA spent the
first two days touring the Crescent City,
surveying the damage left by Katrina and
speaking to faculty and students of Dillard
University affected by the storm. Tuesday
through Thursday the students worked with
the Episcopal Church of the Holy Comforter,
assisting in the massive cleanup project. |
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Monday of the trip began with a bus tour of heavily damaged neighborhoods conducted by Dan Etheridge from the City Center of Tulane University. Etheridge’s tour included both the Lower Ninth Ward, symbol of the disaster’s discrimination, as well as the heavily damaged, predominantly white, middle-class Lakeview neighborhood. With assistance from Dillard Chaplain Gail Bowman, the CUPPA students had a chance to interview members of the university’s faculty |
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body to learn how the hurricane and flooding
had changed their lives. The UPPSA members
also dined with Bob Becker, father of CUPPA
alum Amanda Becker, MUPP ’05, and
CEO of City Park in New Orleans. Becker
shared maps and photos detailing how the
flooding impacted different portions of
the city and related his experience meeting
with Dutch flood experts to discuss best
practices. The students went to work on select projects from the Church of the Holy Comforter who coordinated UPPSA’s efforts. According to Henderson-James, local congregations are performing the majority of recovery work while FEMA seems hamstrung by red tape. The CUPPA students spent the remainder of the week gutting three homes in three different flood damaged neighborhoods. UPPSA Member BeLara Bryant enthusiastically summed the group’s experience, “This is just us, really making it happen, and I felt proud that we were not only representing CUPPA but that we were representing our families and the Midwest and the East Coast and whatever you affiliate yourself with.” |
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