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Announcements - Spring Semester 2007

January 26, 2007

Jim Barnes, IUB, has been named to a panel of the National Academy of Public Administration that has been asked by the Department of the Interior on behalf of several other federal agencies to provide an Assessment of Institutional Options for Developing and Reporting National Environmental Indicators. The Government Accounting Office earlier had recommended that the federal government take a number of steps to develop a national system of environmental indicators that is reliable, trusted, and relevant. The Academy panel will critique a "white paper" that provides a basis for informed decisions by assessing existing capabilities and needs, identifying feasible institutional options, and evaluating the options based on sound criteria.

The V362 and V525 nonprofit management courses developed and taught by Beth Gazley, IUB, were featured on a new IUB Web page, "Teaching and Learning at Indiana University." The Web site is located at http://teaching.iub.edu/showcases.php?nav=showcases.

Les Lenkowsky, IUB and IUPUI, was recently interviewed by “FLIP,” Foundations Leaders in Philanthropy, a growing “social networking” site, aimed at young professionals in the nonprofit sector, particularly fund-raisers. Its sponsor is Changing Our World, a NY-based philanthropic services company. The interview is available at http://flip.onphilanthropy.com/flip/.

February 9, 2007

SPEA was well-represented on the doctoral thesis examination panel of Angel Saz-Carranza, ESADE Business School, Center for Public Management, Barcelona, Spain, January 22. Three of the five professors included Robert Agranoff (IUB Emeritus/Ortega y Gasset-Madrid), Xavier Ballart (SPEA MPA 1988/Visiting Professor, 2000) Professor at Autonoma-Barcelona, and Manuel Villoria (SPEA graduate student/1992-1993, Visiting Professor, 2005) Professor, Juan Carlos I University, Madrid. Saz-Carranza's study was of U.S. immigration networks.

IU Kokomo’s School of Public and Environmental Affairs and the City of Peru conducted a Public Service Ethics Workshop on Thursday, January 18, at the Peru City Hall. The workshop examined ethical standards of conduct for senior/middle managers in government, business, and nonprofit organizations. “Responsible administrators must be able to act in ways consistent with their role as guardians of the public good and trust,” said Professor of Public Affairs Robert Dibie, IUK, workshop coordinator and assistant dean of SPEA at Kokomo. Administrators serving at local, state, and federal levels—as well as senior police officers, sheriffs, and their deputies—found the workshop lessons relevant to their duties according to their evaluation of the event. The ethics workshop examined legal, moral, and public safety aspects of unethical work behaviors, ranging from distrust and favoritism to theft and falsifying information. It also explored how a leader’s personal values can influence his or her staff, Dibie said. “A leader’s personal integrity, fairness, and honesty can dynamically transform the level of public service provided by entire departments and organizations.” Peru Mayor James Walker, an IU Kokomo SPEA Advisory Board member, arranged the workshop location. Having faculty from IU Kokomo SPEA present the workshop “adds substantial credibility,” to the training, Walker said. “SPEA faculty are educators who conduct a lot of research in public affairs and management. “It’s always good to improve and re-educate yourself, to see if you’re continuing to do things right and make sure that your decisions are sound,” the mayor said.

Beth Gazley, IUB and Laura Littlepage, IUPUI were recently awarded a $25,000 research grant from the Indiana University Center on Philanthropy to study Volunteer Management Capacity and the Organizational Impacts of Service Learning.

The Institute for Family and Social Responsibility has received $10,000 in funding from the South Korean Civil Service Commission. Dr. Aelee Shon is a visiting scholar at SPEA from South Korea's Ministry of Gender Equality and Family. She will work with Maureen Pirog, IUB, conducting research on child support enforcement and family policy until August 2007.

Orville Power, IUB, has been appointed the First Executive Director of the Indiana Municipal Managers Association (IMMA).

February 23, 2007

Jim Perry, IUB, returned to Bloomington in early February from five months at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, where he has been Senior Postdoctoral Fellow at the Public Management Institute. His appointment at KU Leuven runs through the end of the summer. He will continue to do research on public service motivation with colleagues from Leuven, other European countries, and the U.S. during this time. On March 1, he begins a semester appointment as Fulbright Distinguished Lecturer at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea. He will be working on two books and additional research on public service motivation during his stay at Yonsei University.

Stephen J. Ziegler, IPFW, was interviewed by Sharon Valentine for National Public Radio (WFIU-Bloomington), on February 16, 2007.

March 9, 2007

During Spring Break, Randall Baker, IUB, will be traveling to Europe for the launch of his 14th and latest book: The Future Isn't What it Used to Be. The formal launch will be on March 15th, which may not be auspicious in public affairs terms since it is the “Ides of March”, which Julius Caesar ignored at considerable cost when he went to the Senate. The book deals with theories of change, and whether our social and political institutions can absorb the rapidly accelerating increase in the pace of change, and focuses on the process, rather than the phenomena, of change. It will also be the subject of a Fulbright Summer Institute this August.

March 23, 2007

Lois R. Wise, IUB, was interviewed regarding the impact of diversity on local government for Swedish National Television on March 22.

Stephen Ziegler, IPFW, was awarded a $10,000 Research Grant as principal investigator on “The Demedicalization of Death: How the Swiss Model of Assisted Suicide Could Change the Way We Die,” through the 2007 Faculty Research Support Program, IU Office of the Vice Provost for Research. 

April 6, 2007

2007 Teaching Awards at IUB were presented March 25 to: Barry Rubin and Henry Wakhungu for graduate teaching, Ron Hites and Terry Usrey for undergraduate instruction; Dave Allen and Mark Bennett as adjunct faculty; and Milena Neshkova, PhD teaching. Trustee Teaching Awards were presented to Beth Gazley, Michael McGuire, Vicky Meretsky, and Terry Usrey.

Burney Fischer, IUB, and Sarah Corbin, MSES, were awarded a 2007 $1,500 IU Active Learning Grant "Developing a Campus Field Experience for “E162 Environment and People."

Monika Herzig, IUB, and “Acoustic Project” are celebrating the release of their fourth CD on ACME Records with support by an Individual Artist Grant from the Indiana Arts Commission. The new compilation entitled “What Have You Gone and Done?” features music by Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, John Lennon, Cole Porter, Dizzy Gillespie, and originals by Monika Herzig. Performers include Monika Herzig (piano), Frank Smith (bass), Kenny Phelps (drums), Carolyn Dutton (violin), and Peter Kienle (guitar). The title is based on a poem by Pulitzer Prize-nominated writer Norbert Krapf, which captures Herzig’s past and present as a performer, educator, and social activist. The new CD is now available at TIS Music Shop, Barnes & Nobles, and CDBaby.com.

Eric Wright, IUPUI, is acting as co-chair for a major project for the state of Indiana. At the request of FSSA, the university established a workgroup that will identify and evaluate policy options to rebuild the health care system in Indiana. The full story appears in the Indianapolis Star at:
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070322/LOCAL/703220490.

April 20, 2007

Earl R. Jones, IUN, has been named as a Co-Chair by the Executive Committee of the Planning and the Black Community Division for the 2007 PBCD Conference to be held in Gary from August 8-11.

Sheila Suess Kennedy, IUPUI, participated in a Roundtable on "Scholarship and Activism" on Friday, April 13, at the Midwest Political Science Association meeting in Chicago.

May 4, 2007

Victoria Beck, IUE, received the Student Choice Award for Full-time Faculty Member. Dr. Beck was recognized for her dedication in the classroom, her assistance and growth of student organizations, and her creation of events and activities to increase student learning and better prepare them for work in the field. The award was presented at Indiana University East Student Recognition Dinner held on Friday, April 13 at IU East. The event is held to recognize the accomplishments of students involved in leadership roles, student organizations and community service and to recognize select faculty members for outstanding teaching and service.

Christopher Craft, IUB, is the newly elected vice president of the Society of Wetland Scientists (SWS). SWS is a 3500-member international organization dedicated to fostering sound wetland science, management, and education. Chris will be installed as vice president at the annual meetings June 10-15 in Sacramento, CA and will become president of the Society in 2008.


Les Lenkowsky, IUPUI and IUB, will be participating as a judge for the Social Entrepreneurship Award program of the Manhattan Institute in New York City on May 14. This is a nationally known contest that honors innovative “social enterprises.” He will be traveling to Australia on May 19th as the Helene Waislitz Fellow at the Asia-Pacific Centre for Philanthropy and Social Investment at Swinburne University of Technology, in Melbourne, where he will be spend five weeks lecturing on philanthropy throughout Australia.


Michael McGuire and Beth Gazley, both IUB are finalists and recipients of a $5,000 development grant for a syllabus competition. The Networks and Public Management Syllabus Competition is sponsored by the Smith Richardson Foundation. The competition seeks course syllabi on teaching networks and public management."


Robert Ramsey, IUE, received the Horizon Award at the Honors Day Convocation held at Richmond, Indiana’s Civic Hall Performing Arts Center on April 22, 2007. Dr. Ramsey was recognized for his impressive integration of teaching, service, scholarship, experiential learning, and community engagement. IU East’s Chancellor David J. Fulton presided over the program, and was also the keynote speaker. The Horizon Award was established in 1997 to recognize faculty members who demonstrate excellence in the classroom.