SGPP Undergrad Newsletter
Table of Contents Important Dates
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Announcements
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Reminders
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University wide Dates & Deadlines click here. Important Dates & Deadlines to Know:
Summer Schedule of Classes available online
2/25/13
Professional Communication Workshop
2/27/13 @ 11:00
Peace Corps Speaker Chief of Staff Stacy Rhodes
2/28/13 @ 11:00
Freshmen Reorientation Deadline Click here to access the appropriate reorientation
3/5/13 by 4:00 PM
Spring Break
3/9-3/17
Priority Registration begins for Veterans, Honors Jr’s & Sr’s only 3/18-3/24/13 Begin Registering for Summer Classes for all students
3/18/13
Priority Registration begins for Seniors & Honors Soph.’s & Freshmen
3/25-3/31/13
Priority Registration begins for Juniors
4/1-4/7/13
Priority Registration begins for Sophomores
4/8-4/14/13
Priority Registration begins for Freshmen
4/15-4/21/13
Reimbursement Deadline for GRE Test Prep
30 days from registration
Reimbursement Deadline for Study Abroad Airfare
30 days from airfare purchase
Reimbursement Deadline for Internships Outside of Arizona Airfare
30 days from airfare purchase
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Announcements
SGPP is honored to present to our students Peace Corps Chief of Staff Stacy Rhodes. Mr. Rhodes has over 40 years of service with the Peace Corps and will be speaking to SGPP students on Foster Global Citizenship Day.
You are invited to attend his presentation and Q & A:
Thursday, 2/28/13 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM in SS 311 We encourage you to RSVP for this special event, lunch will be provided for those who RSVP!
http://sgpp.arizona.edu/content/sgpp-peace-corps-event Mr. Rhodes was sworn-in as Chief of Staff of the Peace Corps on September 14, 2009. Mr. Rhodes served as a Peace Corps Volunteer from 1968 to 1970, on the Bolivian Altiplano, at 13,000 feet in the Andes. He worked on community development and agriculture issues with local farmers. Mr. Rhodes brings four decades of international development experience to the Peace Corps. Most recently, he served in highly responsible positions at the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), Save the Children, and the Institute of International Education (IIE). At MCC, he was initially the managing director for Latin America and subsequently for compact development in all eligible countries. As director of HIV/AIDS programs at Save the Children, Mr. Rhodes established and supervised a new program addressing the impacts of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on children and youth, especially in Africa. As IIE’s vice president for global development programs, Mr. Rhodes directed and monitored development training and professional capacity-building programs. From 1978 to 2001, Mr. Rhodes was a career foreign service officer at the U.S. Agency for International Development. He served as mission director in South Africa (1998–2001) and for Guatemala and Central American programs (1994–98). During his distinguished USAID career, he also directed the Office of Central American Affairs in the Latin American and Caribbean Bureau and served in Haiti, Morocco, and Nepal. Earlier in his career, Mr. Rhodes also served as an attorney at the Department of State and in private practice at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver and Kampelman. Mr. Rhodes earned a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Occidental College and two master’s degrees, one in international relations from Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and the other in public policy from Duke University’s Sanford Institute. In addition, he a holds law degree from the School of Law (Boalt Hall) at the University of California at Berkeley.
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Announcements
SGPP Peer Mentor Positions Open! Apply today! Are you a junior or senior who has completed at least one semester at the University of Arizona? Do you enjoy working with other students? Are you looking for a great leadership opportunity? Apply to be a Peer Mentor for the School of Government and Public Policy! This is a paid position. Application deadline: Monday, March 4, 2013@ 5:00 p.m. We will be conducting interviews after Spring Break. For more details, please visit our website: http://sgpp.arizona.edu/peermentor
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Announcements
The School of Government and Public Policy is proud to announce the creation of a new major:
Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice Studies The Criminal Justice Studies major introduces students to the fundamental foundations of criminal justice spanning from crime initiation to systems of punishment. Students will have the opportunity to take an in-depth look at mental health law, juvenile justice systems, police, court and corrections management and operations as well as a host of other options. In addition, students will be exposed to traditional public administration courses that impart core skill sets such as leadership, ethics, public and nonprofit management, and formation of public policy. Upon receipt of their degree students will be prepared to think critically in an increasingly complex and politicized society. How do I declare this major? Fall 2013 Freshmen and transfer students will automatically be admitted to the major if they selected it on their application for UA admission. Current students may declare the major starting May 1, 2013. For more information please visit the SGPP website.
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Reminders Top Secret!: Academic Seminar Challenges to National Security in a Global Society It’s Your Generation
With growing threats from terrorist groups, transnational networks, and rogue states, the United States and allied countries must contend with a complicated set of direct national security challenges—from weapons-of -mass-destruction, nuclear proliferation, and terrorism, to natural resource constraints. These threats have emerged in, and are affected by, an environment of growing globalization, technological innovation, and shifting geopolitical and economic power. Such challenges have strained existing political, and operational norms in the United States and raised concerns about the emerging challenges and how to deal them. Through the guidance of a faculty director expert in national security issues, this program will examine how these changes impact the international arena as well as explore how the U.S. can best respond to the myriad uncertainties present in the world today. Abroad, the new challenges stemming from terrorism and asymmetric threats, dramatic demographic shifts, and the rise of new centers of power have stressed existing alliances, forged new marriages of convenience, and required reassessments of global power dynamics. In this context, the United States finds itself addressing national security threats across the globe as the sole superpower, with diminishing reach and leverage. Nowhere are these challenges more urgent for U.S. and international security as the new generation – your generation – confronts and changes the status quo and searches for more responsive regimes, not only in the Middle East and Africa, but also in potential other hotspots such as Asia.
**SGPP Juniors & Seniors apply today for SGPP funding for this seminar at http://sgpp.arizona.edu/content/top-secret-academic-seminar ** Deadline March 1st!
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Reminders
Attention SGPP
Graduates!!
May & August
The deadline to apply for May 2013 & August 2013 graduation is February 1st, 2013, after this date an additional fee applies. Click here for more details regarding the degree check process. Click here for commencement details.
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Academic Advising Info To see your Academic Advisor click here for their contact information. You can also schedule an appointment with your advisor by logging into SBS WiseAdvising here.
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