April 2008

UIC-PASA to Participate in Chicago Cares Serve-a-thon

March 2008

MPA Student Awarded Student Leadership Award

February 2008
Alumni Appreciation Award to Richard Ciccarone
ILCMA Awards PA Students Winter Conference Scholarships

January 2008
CUPPA Receives Gift from MPA Alum

December 2008
Two PA Faculty Release Books
Welch and Ponomariov Receive NSF Grant
Publications, Conferences, and Presentations

November 2008
CUPPA Alums Win University Awards
Hendrick and Mossberger Receive Chicago Community Trust Grant
Hendrick Chairs Conference
Hendrick Gives Advice to Dan Hynes
Alumni Career Center Site Launched
Publications, Conferences, and Presentations

Events
2008 Public Administration Program Open Houses
PASA Alumni Panel Series - Non-Profit Organizations
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April 2008
UIC-PASA to Participate in Chicago Cares Serve-a-thon
PA students will volunteer for the upcoming Chicago Cares Serve-a-thon on Saturday, June 14. The Serve-a-thon is the largest day of service in the city, joining 8,000 volunteers who will register to make Chicago a better place by painting, planting, building and beautifying at schools throughout the city. PASA is seeking additional students (incoming Fall 2008 students are welcome!) to join the team and volunteer on June 14th. The registration deadline is Monday, June 9th. Visit the PASA team page to join or make a donation

March 2008
MPA Student Awarded Student Leadership Award
MPA student Kara Pennoyer has been awarded a University of Illinois Alumni Association's 2008 Student Leadership Award. Since 1972, the University of Illinois Alumni Association has honored exceptional graduates for their contributions as leaders of various societies, groups and organizations at UIC. This year only 57 of nearly 5,000 graduates will be receiving this award. Kara will presented this prestigious award at the University of Illinois Alumni Association Leadership Awards Dinner on Thursday, March 13, 2008. UIC Provost Michael Tanner will be giving the keynote address.

February 2008
Alumni Appreciation Award to Richard Ciccarone
Richard Ciccarone, president and CEO of Merritt Research Services, will receive the CUPPA Alumni Appreciation Award from the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs (CUPPA) Alumni Association of the University of Illinois at Chicago.

"Rich is a renowned expert in municipal finance, credit ratings, and financial management and is often relied upon by media for his expertise in municipal bonds. He was instrumental in founding the National Federation of Municipal Analysts in 1983, having served as president in 1984. He also clearly understands the value of alumni involvement," wrote CUPPA Interim Dean Michael Pagano in nominating Ciccarone. Pagano expressed appreciation for Ciccarone's offering internships in his offices, guest lecturing in CUPPA classes, securing scholarship funds, and sponsoring a national conference on budgeting and financial management hosted by the CUPPA Public Administration Program in 2004.

"He also secured a gift of financial data sets spanning several decades on debt issued by government and non-profit institutions from AIG Global Investment Group. The value of the initial investment in this data set by AIG was well into the tens of thousands of dollars. It will be priceless to faculty and students doing research in this area," Pagano wrote.

Ciccarone serves on the board of the Civic Federation of Chicago. In his hometown of Hinsdale, he is an elected member of the village's Board of Trustees, chairman of its administration and community affairs committee, and a former member of its plan commission. He serves on the boards of the Hinsdale Theater Foundation and is a past president of the Committee of One Hundred. He holds a BA degree from Miami University in Ohio and a dual masters degree in public administration and urban studies from the University of Akron.

The award will be presented on Feb. 29 at a private celebration. All proceeds from the event will support educational and career development for CUPPA alumni and students.

ILCMA Awards PA Students Winter Conference Scholarships
Each year, the Illinois City\County Management Association Board of Directors offers four scholarships for the 2008 winter conference to students enrolled full-time in a graduate program leading to an MPA degree. We are pleased to announce MPA students Kara Pennoyer and Kristina Wallig have been awarded scholarships to attend the ILCMA Winter Conference in Springfield. The conference will be held from Feb. 20 - 22, 2008 at the Hilton Hotel. Kara and Kristina will join ILCMA members, local government professionals from throughout Illinois, at the winter conference.

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January 2008
CUPPA Receives Gift from MPA Alum
Conrad Pomykala, MPA 91, and his wife, Dr. Ginevra Ciavarella, DPH '05, recently donated $10,500 to CUPPA as portion of their gift to UIC to support programs in the colleges of UPPA, Liberal Arts and Sciences, and the School of Public Health. These colleges are, in their words, near and dear to us. Conrad has been an employee of the university since 1975 and currently works in Physical Plant Services as a locksmith. He is a member of MENSA, the high IQ society, and runs ultra marathons in his free time. Thanks to Conrad and Ginevra for supporting CUPPA students!

December 2008
Two PA Faculty Release Books
PA Associate Professor Karen Mossberger's Digital Citizenship: The Internet, Society, and Participation has been published by MIT Press and PA Assistant Professor Sharon Mastracci's Emotional Labor: Putting the Service in Public Service is about to be released by M.E. Sharpe, Inc.

Welch and Ponomariov Receive NSF Grant
The National Science Foundation awarded PA Associate Professor Eric Welch and Postdoctoral Research Associate Branco Ponomariov $170,000 to study "Patenting Behavior of Academic Scientists and Engineers: A Micro-level Analysis of the Factors that Determine the Production of University Patents."

Publications, Conferences, and Presentations
Feeney, Mary K. Staying Late: Comparing Work Hours in Public and Nonprofit Sectors. Public Management Research Conference, Tucson, AZ. October 25-27, 2007.

Feeney, Mary K. Red Tape in Contracting: The Contrary Views of Public Managers and their Private Consultants. Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Washington, DC. November 8-10, 2007 with Barry Bozeman.

Barry Bozeman and Mary K. Feeney. 2007. Toward a Useful Theory of Mentoring: A Conceptual Analysis and Critique. Administration & Society 39: 719-739.

Karen Mossberger presented a paper at the Third Karlstad Seminar on Studying Political Action, in Karlstad, Sweden, October 19, 2007, "Who Is Mobilized by the Internet? Online and Offline Political Participation," by Karen Mossberger, Caroline Tolbert, and Daniel Bowen. She was also invited to speak at a Workforce Development Forum hosted by Microsoft Community Affairs at their Redmond, Washington headquarters on November 28, 2007. Mossberger spoke about evidence on the benefits of Internet use at work for less-educated workers, as well as recent evidence on digital inequality, from her recent co-authored book. Other speakers at the forum include a deputy assistant secretary for the U.S. Department of Labor, and representatives from the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce and workforce development programs in Seattle-King County and New York. Mosbberger also received a contract in September from Oxford University Press for The Oxford Handbook of Urban Politics, to be edited by Karen Mossberger, Susan E. Clarke (University of Colorado-Boulder), and Peter John (University of Manchester).

SRL staff participated in the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research (MAPOR), held November 16-17 in Chicago: Geon Lee presented a paper titled: Is Cultural Context a Matter in Reporting Errors? : A comparison of Self-Reported and Measured Weights and Heights. Tim Johnson gave the MAPOR Pedagogy Hour lecture: Culture and Survey Behavior.

Professor Eric Welch gave four conference presentations: Gender Differences in Benefits to Social Capital: Access to Professional Networks for Men and Women Scientists in Six Fields, Association of Public Policy and Management Annual Conference 2007, with J. Melkers. Science Hierarchies and Networks: Structural Determinants of Resources Critical for the Success of Men and Women Academic Researchers, Public Management Research Conference 2007, with J. Melkers. /Technical, External and Internal. Dimensions of E-Government Performance: A National Study of Health and Human Services Agencies, Association of Public Policy and Management Annual Conference 2007, /with /S. Pandey and W. Wong. Gender Differences in Reaction to Transit Safety Measures and Service Attributes: An Analysis of Passengers Perceived Train Safety in Chicago, Association of Public Policy and Management Annual Conference 2007, with N. Yavuz.

November 2007
CUPPA Alums Win University Awards
Veronica Arreola, MPA 2003, Assistant Director, Center for Research on Women and Gender, Women in Science and Engineering Program - 2007 UIC Woman of the Year

Nadia Alami, MPA 2006, Construction Project Coordinate, Building Maintenance - UIC Award of Merit

Elizabeth Budzik, MPA 2004, Assistant to the Director, Epidemiology and Biostatistics - UIC Award of Merit

Charmaine Daniels, MPA 2004, Associate Director of Customer Service, OBFS - UIC Award of Merit

Angela Prazza, MPA 2007, Associate Director, International Center for Futures and Derivatives - Inspire Award, Luminary Award

Hendrick and Mossberger Receive Chicago Community Trust Grant
Rebecca Hendrick and Karen Mossberger of the Public Administration program received a $50,000 grant from Chicago Community Trust for the project "The Role of Local Governments in Delivering Human Services in the Chicago Metropolitan Area."

Hendrick Chairs Conference
PA Associate Professor Rebecca Hendrick was the conference chair for the 19th annual conference of the Association of Budgeting and Financial Management, held in Washington, DC Oct 25-27. She is chair of the executive committee of this association and the conference will be in Chicago next year.

Hendrick Gives Advice to Dan Hynes
PA Associate Professor Rebecca Hendrick has been reappointed by State of IL Comptroller Dan Hynes to the Illinois Local Government Advisory Board.

Alumni Career Center Site Launched
The CUPPA Alumni Career Center website is now officially up and running.
The site includes listings for jobs in both the Urban Planning and Public Administration fields, and is accessible to all alumni. We will update the page regularly with new jobs, so please check back often for new career opportunities! The Alumni Career Center website can be accessed at http://www.uic.edu/cuppa/AlumniCareerCenternew.html.

Publications, Conference, Presentations

Eric Welch:
The ISO 14001 Environmental Management Standard in Japan: Results from a National Survey of Facilities in Four Industries, /Journal of Environmental Planning and Management/ (with Y. Mori).

End User Acceptance of Alternative Fuel Vehicles in Du Page County, Illinois. /Environmental Behavior/ (with K. Khovanova and K. Johns).

Gender Differences in Network Participation and Access for Scientists in Six Fields: Preliminary Evidence, Science and Technology Research Conference, Atlanta 2007, with J. Melkers.

The Dynamics of Scientists Collaboration Networks: Differences in gender and rank, Science and Technology Research Conference, Atlanta 2007, with B. Jacob and B. Ponomariov.

Social and Human Capital Determinants of Academic Entrepreneurship in Science and Engineering Fields, Science and Technology Research Conference, Atlanta 2007, with M. Haller.

Rebecca Hendrick: presentation to the Government Finance Officers Association on the topic Does Local Government Fragmentation Affect Local Spending?

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Events

Ongoing
2008 Public Administration Program Open Houses
These events are designed to introduce the program and answer questions about admission requirements, financial aid opportunities, career placement services or any other PA matters of interest. Of course, you are welcome anytime to simply come in and visit our facilities and meet program faculty, current students, and college administrators.

The next Open House will be scheduled for Fall 2008. Check back for exact dates and times. All prospective students are welcome to contact the program for a campus visit with a faculty advisor and/or sit in on a class this summer.

April 2008
PASA Alumni Panel Series: Non-Profit Organizations
PASA invites all PA students to a Panel Series event on Friday, April 18th @ 6:00-7:30pm. Former CUPPA alumni discuss their professional experience and insights about working in non-profit organizations. Light refreshments to be served.

WHEN: Friday, April 18th @ 6:00-7:30pm
WHAT: PASA Alumni Panel Series: Non-Profit Organizations
WHERE: Room 2232 ADH
412 S. Peoria, Chicago, IL 60607

For questions about the event, please email Basia at bwrobel@uic.edu. To join the Public Administration Student Association (PASA), email uicpasa@gmail.com.

SAVE THE DATE:
APRIL 18: PASA Panel Series - Non-Profit Organizations , Friday, April 18, 2008, 6-7:30pm., Room 2232 ADH
MAY 9: CUPPA Commencement, Friday, May 9, 2008, 10:00 a.m., UIC Forum

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