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Faculty Member Jeff Welty Advises Caution When Implementing Police Body Camera Initiatives
February 5, 2016
In a February 3 op-ed for The News & Observer, faculty member Jeffrey Welty urged law enforcement to balance privacy, transparency, and other issues when implementing police body camera programs.
SERVICE Mural Celebrates African American History in North Carolina
February 2, 2016
The SERVICE mural at the UNC School of Government, created in 2010, honors the Greensboro Four. On February 1, 1960, these North Carolina A&T State University students launched a nonviolent sit-in movement that spread to 54 cities in nine states in protest of racial segregation. The mural also celebrates the contributions of dozens of African Americans to North Carolina.
Faculty Member Charles Szypszak Honored with UNC Teaching Award
January 25, 2016
Following a rigorous selection process, Charles Szypszak has been awarded the prestigious 2016 J.
Public Service: A Family Affair
January 8, 2016
Allison Hawkins is a first-year Master of Public Administration (MPA) student at the School of Government. She was interviewed by MPA student Audrey Shore for Impact, the program's alumni newsletter. Her father, Translyvania County Commissioner Mike Hawkins, was interviewed separately.
Allison Hawkins: It started at the dinner table
UNC Undergraduate Scholarship Offered to Local Government Families
January 7, 2016
The Warren Jake Wicker Undergraduate Scholarship is awarded annually to a high school senior who has been accepted by and will be attending UNC-Chapel Hill as a freshman in 2020. The $1,000 award is offered to freshmen with at least one parent who has been continuously employed full-time by a North Carolina city or county government for at least five years prior to January 1, 2020.
Faculty Member Kim Nelson Appointed to Public Administration Review Editorial Board
January 4, 2016
Faculty member Kimberly Nelson has been appointed to the editorial board for Public Administration Review, a journal dedicated to the theory and practice in public administration.
ICMA's Top 10 Articles Feature Work of Leisha DeHart-Davis
January 4, 2016
The editors of ICMA's Public Management magazine have posted a list of favorite articles in 2015, and faculty member Leisha DeHart-Davis' article, "Improving Grievance Policies: N
Faculty Member David Ammons Gets Real About Performance Management
December 8, 2015
This article was first published in Public Management (PM) Magazine through the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) in Washington, DC. Click here for the original.
Constructing a Leadership Bridge: Military Leadership and Public Administration
December 3, 2015
by Jon Cheek
According to the 2012 US Census Bureau, there are more than 116,000 active-duty and 22,500 National Guard/reserve service members stationed across North Carolina, which amounts to the third largest military population by state in the country, following California and Texas.
What does all this mean?
Faculty Member Maureen Berner Blogs About Food Insecurity for Harvard Law and Policy Review
December 3, 2015
What if we could tackle childhood hunger, develop local businesses, and create community jobs in the summer at the same time? There are millions of dollars in local food system sales being left on table and millions of children who could be served by an established program, if we can only figure out a local meal distribution system that works.
Public Law and Public Administration
December 2, 2015
This article by Gini Hamilton originally appeared in the Winter 2015 issue of the North Carolina State Bar Journal.
A County Manager Takes an Unforgettable Trip to Paris
November 24, 2015
Mike Ruffin and his wife Robbie had finally taken the trip they had been planning for years: a whirlwind tour of European cities—London, Amsterdam, Rome, Venice, Florence, Innsbruck, Munich, Heidelberg, Boppard, Lucerne, and a final two nights in Paris. On their last night, Friday, November 13, they dined at a neighborhood restaurant and went back to their hotel, but not before a short walk to the Eiffel Tower and a cruise down the Seine River.
