Pam Parish, Political Science, Public Administration, EPP and Global Studies student is UWGB May 2016 Outstanding Student!

2016_05_14-commencement-8235-167x250Congratulations to Pam, who joins many other Political   Science students, honored by our school for their outstanding academic and service to the community record. Pam has also received Chancellor Medallion recognition and was featured in “Hired Before Graduation” profiles. For more details, please visit this site. Very proud of you, Pam!

Our alumni study at premier global universities

One of our best and brightest alums, Anthony Sirianni (May 2015), writes from Beijing, China, about his experience in the graduate program (Environmental Science) at Beijing Normal University: “China has been a nonstop learning experience inside and outside the classroom. I now understand why a global community perspective was emphasized during undergraduate courses, such as Comparative Politics. My current classmates hail from 90 plus different countries, but our nationalities are the only difference among us. We are affected by the same issues, share common values, and even grew up on similar childhood stories. This opportunity has completely changed my interpretation of global issues and the strategies to remedy them.”

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Please check out Phoenix Talks, Part of the 2014-2015 Common Theme of Being Involved in Public Life

Organized by Aaron Weinschenk (PEA and Political Science) and Kim Desotell (Director of Development), these talks brought former alumni, who are now passionate practitioners working in the fields of education, non-profit management, local government and environmental protection.

For Phoenix Talks on Education, please click here

For Phoenix Talks on Non-Profits, please click here.

For Phoenix Talks on Environmental Protection, please click here.

For Phoenix talks on City Government, please click here.

Professor Weinschenk’s two new book projects

Aaron Weinschenk, an assistant professor of political science in the Public and Environmental Affairs academic unit, has signed a book contract with Routledge Press. The book will focus on electoral politics in the United States and will be published next year. But this is not the only book project prof. Weinschenk is working on. He will also have a chapter on electoral politics in Wisconsin included in Swing State Politics and Presidential Elections, which will be published by Lexington Books in 2015.

Professor Staudinger wins prestigious national grant from National Endowment for Humanities

Congratulations are in order for our colleague, Alison Staudinger, who has just been awarded $22,000 grant to work on the develpment of the course on the Role of Work in Human Life, a first-year seminar on the changing nature of work throughout history, with consideration of its economic, political, and personal importance. Prof. Staudinger’s application was considered carefully during the NEH review process, which includes peer review along with deliberation by the National Council on the Humanities and the Office of the Chairman. The proposal garnered strong positive reviews and was subsequently funded! Congratulations from all of us, prof. Staudinger!
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Marleigh Fielder Attends National Legislative Conference for Habitat for Humanity

Our own Marleigh Fiedler will be traveling to Washington DC on February 10-17, 2014 to participate in Habitat on the Hill, a legislative conference sponsored by Habitat for Humanity International. Mike Stearney, campus advisor for H4H, shares this with us:
“The conference presents an amazing opportunity for Marleigh to engage in education, lobbying and advocacy around the issue of affordable housing for low income citizens.

Marleigh has participated in Habitat for Humanity here at UWGB since her freshman year. She has participated in three winter break service learning trips and is currently an officer of the student organization. She was part of a small team of students that completely organized and led the most recent trip to Raleigh, NC the first week of January 2014. Her commitment to this organization and this cause is deep and sincere.

Marleigh is one of only 15 students from across the nation that was given a scholarship to attend this conference. Marleigh is pursuing a double major in Political Science and Public Administration.”

We are all very proud of Marleigh and hopeful that this is just the beginning of a wonderful career ahead!

Danny Mueller, Political Science and History major, presents his research project as part of Posters in the Rotunda

Danny was one of the six UWGB undergraduate students who presented their research projects to Wisconsin legislators and interested public as part of tenth Posters in the Rotunda event. Danny’s research on the German media coverage of US presidential election drew on content analysis of hundreds of articles appearing in 6 leading German newspapers during 2012 presidential campaign. For more details please click here.

Professor Dallas Blaney a VIP Media Guest at Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week

As a winner of the blogging contest “Engage: The Water-Energy Nexus” held by UAE’s Masdar organization, Political Science professor Blaney was invited to participate in the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week in January 2013. Selection committee noted that prof. Blaney’s “post demonstrated a thoughtful, well-researched response to the prompt, and stood out among the more than 70 submissions we received.” As a part of the recongnition, the organizers took care of all travel and accommodations expenses. Congratulations from all of us!

Professor Blaney will be giving a luncheon speech soon. Please be on a look-out for the email invitation to that event.