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School of Public Service Welcomes Its Largest Class Yet
Reflections on the popularity of service and
faculty the School of Public Service
Enrollment Stats at SPS
Faculty Profile: New Enrollment up 54%
William Calzaretta
By Megan Balderston and Simone Gourguechon Students Enrolled 2008 2009
The School of Public Service (SPS) welcomed 148 new Public Administration 17 57
students graduate students to its programs in September—over 50
percent more than last autumn, and the largest incoming
Public Service Management 61 33
Student Profile: International Public Service 18 35
class in the school’s history. The new class joins an
Caitlin Allen additional 140 students who started in prior quarters in Leadership & Policy new program 9
2009, and about 300 continuing students in seven degree Nonprofit Management new program 13
programs. With students and enrollment at record levels, the
School of Public Service is poised to educate and inform
chaddick
hay RESEARCH PRofilE: Ron Fernandes
Plan of Chicago
Hay Updates Fernandes awarded academic leave
Over 65 million people live in the rural the region receives—like maintaining trenches, and
villages of India where unpredictable planting trees and groundcover. Creating and maintaining
events and low rainfall, widespread these systems requires full community participation. For
deforestation, and lack of public Fernandes the central question is, “How do you get people
SPS Annual Lecture
Career Forum works infrastructure has put the to cooperate and build social capital that has been
long-term survival of Indian destroyed?” After the December 2009 study abroad trip,
farming communities on the line. Fernandes will remain in India for an academic leave
Since 2006, professor Ron Fernandes has led SPS (Winter and Spring of 2010.) He will interview stakeholders
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The employment outlook in both the nonprofit graduate school in larger and larger numbers,
and government sectors is promising. Recent these beliefs may drive the types of degree
reports project that as the Baby Boomer programs they choose.
generation begins to retire over the next ten The School of Public Service continues to
years, it will leave senior-level management accommodate these new students’ needs—and
SPS welcomed the largest incoming class in
positions without clear successors. The their goals. Over the last several years, faculty
the school’s history.
Partnership for Public Service’s “Where the have developed and revamped a number of
Jobs Are,” a publication about federal DePaul’s School of Public Service teaches degree programs to reflect societal changes,
government hiring, states that, “Federal practical skills using a values-focused including a new, practitioner-based Master of
agencies will be hiring more than 270,000 curriculum. Applicants for graduate school in Nonprofit Management; the MS in Leadership
workers for mission-critical jobs by end of 2009 are likewise interested in combining a and Policy studies that draws on field-based
September, 2012” (Partnership for Public passion in life with a practical career. Neil Howe and action research principles; and the Master
Service. Where the Jobs Are. 2009. and William Strauss, authors of a series of of Public Administration. These degrees join the
http://data.wherethejobsare.org/wtja/home). books about the Millennial Generation (those flagship SPS program, the MS in Public Service
Bridgespan Group, a nonprofit consulting born after 1982), state that Millennials believe Management, along with existing programs in
group, conducted a similar study of nonprofits, that solutions to the world’s problems “will take International Public Service, Health Law and
estimating that the industry will need over a substantial amount planning, work and Policy, and the joint JD/MS in Public Service
600,000 senior executives within the next 10 sacrifice. They see their generation as the key to Management. The growing student body at SPS
years (Pope, Tom. 2009. Where Are All the addressing these problems.”(Howe, Neil and understands the need for managers with diverse
Jobs? The NonProfit Times. April 15. Strauss, William. 2007. Millennials Go to and practical skills in an increasingly complex
http://www.nptimes.com/09Apr/npt-090415- College. 2nd ed. United States: LifeCourse and global society—and they know they are
1.html). Associates.) As Millennials begin to enroll in exactly the people to do the job.
students
Degree Candidate: Master of Science in michael and Diane Hora
Public Service Management Foundation Awards
Term of Study: First Quarter
Hometown: Milford, New Hampshire
We graciously thank the Hora
Foundation for its continued
PRofilE: Caitlin Allen support of SPS students.
Recently, six students received
It’s only been a few weeks since I started at I chose DePaul because the School of Hora Foundation scholarships
DePaul but I feel my program aligns perfectly Public Service offers high quality to cover the registration fee for
with my background and greater goals. the Academy of Management
In 2006 I graduated from Hobart and William
instruction and unique practical Annual Conference in August.
Smith Colleges with a degree in political science. experiences. Also, in Spring 2009 the Hora
Following graduation, I served as an Foundation granted students
AmeriCorps*VISTA member in Montana, and I am the Data and Communications Manager need-based funds for study
learned that the faces of poverty didn’t look so for Northwestern Settlement here in the Chicago abroad in Chiapas, Mexico.
different from mine. When my service ended I Wicker Park area. The organization provides
In June 2009, Stephanie
moved to Seattle where I worked with the opportunities for its community neighbors
Peddicord received the Hora
Annual Fund on issues of domestic violence. through crisis intervention, arts, youth and
Award for the Outstanding
The School of Public Service has impressed education programming. In my work, I focus on
Student Nonprofit Capstone
me with its supportive and challenging three areas: fundraising data and technology,
Paper for “Assessing the Impact
environment. I chose DePaul because SPS communications, and volunteers. My goal is to
of the Current Economic Crisis
offers high quality instruction and unique provide high-quality tools and thoughtful
on the Philanthropic Sector –
practical experiences—and, I have the great resources to colleagues, volunteers, and donors
An exploratory study of fund-
benefit of learning with so many invested, to support the work of the Settlement.
raising efforts and results at
engaged peers. In the future, I know my degree will highlight
nonprofit organizations in the
I work full time and attend class in the my experiences, provide new opportunities, and
Philadelphia metropolitan
evenings. I enjoy applying the theories and ultimately help me become a valuable asset to
region and the greater
concepts I learn in class to my job, shedding the public service sector.
Delaware Valley.”
new light on my routine.
ALUmNI Milestones • Terry William Gainer (MS ’76, JD ’80) • Guy Norman Maras (MS ’91)
U.S. Senate Sergeant at Arms, received an Honorary Doctorate of Guy was the winner of the Midwest Regional Burnham Plan 100
Humane Letters at the 38th Benedictine College Commencement Student Writing Competition from John Marshall Law School for
Exercise in Atchison, KS, where he also gave the commencement his article “The Plan’s the Thing, but the Devil Is in the Details:
address in May, 2009. Historical and Modern-Day Challenges to Implementing Daniel
Burnham’s Regional Vision for Chicago.”
• Ronald E. Harper (MS ’03)
Ronald received the Harlan Award for Academic Excellence, • Joseph Kearney (MS ’06)
honoring Rasmussen College employees who exemplify excellence Joseph was the winner of the Midwest Regional Burnham Plan
in their job performance. He is the coordinator for Rasmussen's 100 Student Writing Competition from John Marshall Law School
criminal justice program and also serves as the IL/WI Regional for his article “The Plan’s the Thing, but the Devil Is in the Details:
Coordinator for the National Partnership for Careers in Law, Public Historical and Modern-Day Challenges to Implementing Daniel
Safety, Corrections and Security. Burnham’s Regional Vision for Chicago.”
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study abroad
alumni
July 2009 marked the 10th year the School of Public Service and All
Hallows College collaborated to offer students an opportunity to take
class in Dublin, Ireland with Irish and American students. In Dublin,
we immersed ourselves in two classes, a 5k race, traveling and the 3
life and culture of Ireland. Ireland
With plans in place to study policy (MPS 452) and leadership
(MPS 521) during the summer session at All Hallows College, we (1) A sign that hangs at the famous
decided to fill our days with local activities. We learned of the July O’Conners Pub in Doolin.
15th 5k race hosted by the Business House Athletic Association
(2) The Ha'penny Bridge (offically
(BHAA) at Irishtown Stadium and decided this would be an Wellington Bridge after the 'Iron
opportunity to participate in local events. We contacted BHAA race Duke') was opened in 1816.
director Charlie Cronin and received an enthusiastic invitation to The bridge acquired its
participate and bring our classmates along. The race was one of the unofficial monniker from the toll
high points of almost a month in Ireland—two weeks taking classes paid to cross the river - one old
and a week and a half of travel. The classes and travel challenged us half penny.
to think about and see the world in new ways, while the race gave us (3) On the west coast of Ireland,
the opportunity to share our love of athletics with another culture. the Cliffs of Moher.
During our free time, we wandered the streets of Dublin and
(4) SPS students in the BHAA 5k
visited the costal towns of Ireland. We traveled by train to Limerick,
race, including authors Jenny
by bus across the countryside, and eventually landed at the Atlantic
and Emily front and center with
coast. Our travels included scenic and historical sites of Ireland—
race director Charlie Cronin,
Galway City Centre, Burren Bay, famine graves and WWII forts, and
left, and John Campion, right,
Bunratty Castle. We enjoyed fish and chips at O’Conners Pub in Director of Sustainability for ESB.
Doolin before heading to Cliffs of Moher. Local music, craic (good
(5) Bunratty Castle is a large tower
times), street entertainers, pints of Guinness and Bulmers completed
house in County Clare, Ireland.
our perfect days in Ireland.
Our studies ended with participation in the “Where People Count
Leadership Conference” at All Hallows College hosted by All Hallows 4 5
and SPS. We participated in the poster session on leadership and
attended four sessions on leadership topics. Our time in Ireland
ended with sounds of U2 playing live at Croke Park echoing
throughout campus as we packed up our rooms and prepared to
return to the United States.
“The orchestra and choir are much more than artistic studies. They are examples and schools of social life.
The Art of India To sing and to play together, means to intimately coexist.” — Jose Antonio Abreu
By Jessica W. Taylor
I will be participating in both the study abroad social, political, and economic change for the disadvantaged in a multicultural
classes that are going to India in December context. Many complex hurdles influence how effective and successful these
2009: Policy Design and Analysis (MPS 542) and organizations can be. I look forward to learning from people who are
Leadership and Management (MPS 521). I will addressing these challenges and applying these lessons to overcome similar
apply these experiences to my personal and obstacles in arts organizations.
professional interests of creating social change The policy class will help me understand how policies affect the people for
through the arts. Jose Antonio Abreu is an whom they are created. We will be examining the policy process at the state,
economist and musician who founded a system city and village level and will stay in the villages to gain firsthand experience
of youth orchestras in Venezuela to combat with the people who are implementing the policies. I hope to gain a diverse
material poverty. The success of his endeavors perspective when analyzing and creating policies in my professional work.
has inspired me to pursue similar interests in the The arts are a universal language that allows people across cultures and
U.S. The experience of studying abroad in India barriers to share their stories with each other. There are many ways that the
will help me understand how community development and social change arts can raise awareness of social disparities and help alleviate these issues. I
work in another country. hope to take my intimate experiences from India and employ them to improve
For the leadership class we will visit several organizations that were individual and collective circumstances through my passion for the arts.
created to serve the poor. Our studies there will focus on how leaders create
Plan of Chicago
• Chaddick Institute faculty and staff welcomed hundreds of
people to campus during the centennial anniversary of
Daniel Burnham and Edward Bennett’s famed Plan of
Chicago, for more than a dozen seminars, outings, and
roundtable discussions. Twenty-five faculty members and
more than 1,000 students took part in the celebrations.
Professor Ron Fernandes used the “Burnham Plan” as a
case study for his SPS course examining three-sector
collaboration. Professor Marco Tavanti studied Burnham’s
plan for Manila during his annual course in the Philippines.
alumni
hay project
Vincent on Leadership:
The Hay Project Team also presents workshops for SPS students in a series
called Meet, Learn, Lead. The first workshop on November 4, 2009 offered
leadership assessments and strategies for identifying servant leadership,
vision, and calling.
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