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 Special Events
2005
Student Day
Saturday, April 2
Each
year during its national conference, ASPA plans a day of activities
especially for students. On Saturday, April 2, ASPA will hold its
2005 Student Day with two tracks: one geared for MPA students, a second
for doctoral students. The MPA track will feature university
career directors who will discuss job hunting strategies. A group
of career professionals will also be on hand to review individual
résumés and cover letters. The doctoral track will
cover key issues, such as:
- Navigating the doctoral
program
- Choosing a dissertation
topic and writing the dissertation
- Getting published
- Preparing the vitae
- Job opportunities in the
public sector
- Finding an academic job
- What happens after getting
a job
Opening
Plenary - A Shot at the American Dream
Saturday, April 2
5:30-7:00pm
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The 1996 welfare bill
sent 9 million women and children streaming from the rolls. For his new
book, American
Dream, Jason DeParle spent seven years charting the impact
of the welfare revolution on three Milwaukee families. His talk will
assess their journey from welfare to low-wage work, in economic and
social terms.
DeParle is a senior writer at The New York Times and a frequent
contributor to The New York Times Magazine.
A graduate of Duke University, DeParle won a George Polk Award in 1999
for his reporting on the welfare system and was a two-time finalist for
the Pulitzer Prize.
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Plenary Session - The Next Government of the United States: Challenges for Performance in the 21st Century
Sunday, April 3
10:30am-12:00pm
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Donald F. Kettl, Stanley I. Sheerr Endowed Term Professor in the Social Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania's Fels Institute of Government, will engage in a discussion on key challenges for government agencies with leaders of two major: ASPA Executive Director Antoinette Samuel and Jocelyn Souliere, President of the Institute of Public Administration of Canada. |
Elliot Richardson Lecture
Monday, April 4
10:00-11:30am
| Since taking office in
1998, Comptroller General David M. Walker has worked
tirelessly to improve the performance of government programs and to
transform
GAO–including a change in its name to the Government Accountability
Office. |
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Donald C. Stone Lecture
Monday, April 4
4:00-5:30pm
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Listen
as Patricia Ingraham, Distinguished Professor of Public Administration at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, honors Stone's memory through a lecture reflecting his varied interests and contributions to the field. |
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