Office Communication Top Ten List: Entry #4

This is the fourth entry in our “Top 10″ list for you to consider when communicating with our office and applying. Number 4 – Thoroughly review our FAQ Page When it doubt about something my recommendation is first to check out our admission FAQ page.  Don’t get me wrong, we love to answer email and…

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SIPA Professor Awarded Charles Merriam Award

We are pleased to announce that SIPA Professor Michael Doyle has won the 2009 American Political Science Association (APSA) Charles Merriam Award. This award recognizes “a person whose published work and career represent a significant contribution to the art of government through the application of social science research.” Professor Doyle is the Harold Brown Professor…

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Incoming Students: Employers Represented

Last week I put up a post listing the universities/colleges our incoming MIA, MPA, and MPA-DP students attended.  I thought it might be of interest to do the same thing with most recent employers. This list does not include every single incoming student and some students worked for the same employer.  The list is also…

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Office Communication Top Ten List: Entry #3

This is the third entry in our “Top 10″ list for you to consider when communicating with our office and applying. Number 3 – Avoid copying several parties on the same email and avoid long emails. I understand the temptation to copy four or five different parties on the same email, but most often this…

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What I Did this Summer: Entry #1

John Hughes is a second-year MIA student that will be working in our office this year.  At SIPA we have no summer courses and the specific reason for this is that we want our students to go out and get professional experience.  We want them to build on their first year in the classroom, develop…

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