As a tribute to Liam Rattray’s dedication to sustainability and urban agriculture, Generation Green is hosting the Liam Rattray Memorial Service Project at the Truly Living Well Center for Natural Urban Agriculture.
Liam grew up in Atlanta and was one of the city’s most promising young environmental leaders. In his sophomore year at Georgia Tech, Liam founded Students Organizing for Sustainability (SOS) and laid the groundwork for Tech’s campus garden, community supported agriculture program and sustainable dining committee. His reach extended well beyond the campus setting to community organizations that include Georgia …

Tyler “TJ” Kaplan, a fourth year undergraduate student in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts School of Public Policy, has been awarded the Eben Tisdale Public Policy Fellowship.
The fellowship consists of a $5,000 grant and a full-time, eight week public policy internship in Washington, DC with a high-tech company, firm or trade association, and weekly issues seminars hosted by Tisdale sponsors.
“I hope to gain an in depth understanding of how the lobbying process works in Washington, D.C. and establish a strong network of contacts there so that I can …

Aaron Levine’s National Science Foundation Career grant titled “Ethically Contentious Science and the Graduate School Experience”, was approved with a five year $650K project award!   The focus of the project is developing an understanding of how studying an ethically contentious field in graduate school affects students’ learning, their
development as scientists, and their transition to the scientific workforce.  NSF Career awards aim to integrate research and teaching.  Key research activities supported by the award include a series of qualitative interviews with early career scientists in ethically contentious fields and a panel survey of graduate students in both ethically contentious and less …

On Wednesday, May 30th, Liam Ratray’s family will be having an evening for Liam…
They have booked the retreat house @ Callanwolde Fine Art Center, 980 Briarcliff Rd N.E., Atlanta, GA, 30306 for the evenings activities.
The evenings activities @ Callanwolde will kick off @ 7:00PM, and wrap up by 11:00PM.
They will also be visiting Liam in the forest earlier that day, and those who wish to join are most welcome.
There are some thoughts of going to Little 5 Points before the Callanwolde event, again to remember  Liam around 6:00PM.
Ideas of what …

From the desk of Diana Hicks (Chair of the School of Public Policy):

Last week I attended the final client presentations of our undergraduate capstone class – PUBP 4010/4020 Public Policy Task Force.  The presentations were wonderful – very professional, very nice analyses that the clients found helpful.
So congratulations are first due to the three teams:
Team – Betsy  Kim, Haley Gillet, Jessica Sinclair, Kristine Priebe, Mike Starosto
Client – MS Society of GA
Project title – What Methods were used to regulate specialty tiers? What method is most feasible in Georgia?
Team – Zack Smith, …

Hello SPP Students:
Some of you have internships. Some of you are taking classes. Some of you are doing research. Whatever you’re doing this summer, here are some suggestions on how to maximize your summer:

Create/update your LinkedIn.com profile.
Join the Policy Innovation group on LinkedIn.com.
Start collecting recommendations from others for your LinkedIn.com profile.
Begin networking with alumni within our Policy Innovation group on LinkedIn.com.
Join appropriate professional associations.
Attend summer professional conferences.
Attend career fairs, such as the Atlanta Nonprofit Career Conference: http://content.opportunityknocks.org/2009/04/22/opportunity-knocks-announces-june-16-atlanta-nonprofit-career-conference/
Update your resume and career goals.
Post your resume on job search engines (see Clark Bonilla, Director of …

OPEN/CLOSE DATES:
Sep 01, 2011 to Dec 31, 2014
The Mexico Institute at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars seeks an intern each semester with an interest in, coursework related to, and/or experience working on Mexico. Applications are due:
 
Fall Internship: July 15
Spring Internship: November 15
Summer Internship: March 15
 
Internship Description
These internships are designed to provide the individuals selected with the opportunity for practical experience in an environment that successfully mixes academic study with public policy. Interns will gain valuable experience in a variety of projects such as conference organization, library and Internet …