The Fall MPP orientation will be at Hatfield Marine Science Center (HMSC) again on Saturday, September 27.
The plan is:
7:30 am van pickup in Corvallis (for those interested) to take a 5 mile hike through a coastal old growth forest near Cape Perpetua.
11:00 am van pickup in Corvallis for those not participating in the hike for transit to HMSC.
11:00 am van transport for hikers to HMSC.
12:00 lunch at HMSC
1:00-3:00 MPP orientation
3:00-4:00 Tour of HMSC
4:00 vans return to Corvallis
Lauren Goschke, Elizabeth O'Neill and Yao Yin were selected and received scholarships to participate in the National Education for Women's Leadership Conference that is being held at Portland State University, June 19 to 24, 2008.
Stephanie Ogden has won the 2008 University Club of Portland Scholarship and the 2008 Oregon Lottery Scholarship.
Vince Adams has also won the 2008 Oregon Lottery Scholarship.
The following students admitted to the MPP Program for Fall 2008 have received Laurel's Scholarships (merit based tuition scholarships for Oregon residents): Paul Aljets, Alastair Green, Pamela Monnette, Margaret Ann Hamilton and Michael Campbell. Supplemental Laurel's Scholarship recipients include (merit based tuition scholarships for non-resident and second year students): Heather Bene, D'Anne Hammond, Aaron Phillips and Sarah Kopp.
Catherine Clark and Yao Yin delivered a whitepaper ("The Sustainability of Biomass Energy in the Pacific Northwest') at the Biomass Feedstock Partnership Workshop sponsored by OSU Sun Grant in Portland, Oregon, August 27-29, 2007 (the whitepaper is available below).
Stephanie Ogden, Yao Yin and new MPP student Namuun Batbold have been selected to participate in the 2008 International Comparative Rural Policy Studies Consortiuum (ICRPS) at the University of Missouri, June 2008.
Elizabeth O’Neill published a report on "Paid Maternity Leave for the Institute for Women’s Policy." She presented the findings of the report at a U.S. Congressional subcommittee during August, 2007. Elizabeth has also been appointed as a research assistant for the Research
Network on Gender Politics and the State.
Bridget Burns is the Chair of the Oregon Student Assistance Commission, having been appointed by Governor Kulongoski in January of 2006. She previously served on the State Board of Higher Education from 2003 to 2006 and currently works as a consultant for the Oregon University System. Bridget also served on the Oregon Citizens Commission on the Legislature, a 30-person commission evaluating Oregon governmental practices.
Pursuing an international track in the Masters in Public Policy, Melissa Braybrooks has taken advantage of opportunities, exploring a diverse range of internationally related policy sectors and topics while in the program. Melissa participated in the 2007 International Comparative Rural Policy Seminar (ICRPS), held in Solsona, Spain. The annual Rural Policy Consortium gathers Masters and PhD students, faculty, professionals and varying levels of government officials from Canada, Europe, the USA, and South America in an effort to strengthen communication among stakeholders of rural development; instigate dialogue between regions and countries with varying policy methods and implementation strategies; and introduce techniques, methodology, and tools that can support such comparative processes.
In the summer of 2007 Melissa took an internship with the Bulgarian NGO Bluelink in Sophia Bulgaria (http://www.bluelink.net/en/). The position required a range of multidisciplinary duties that were aimed at supporting the organizations objectives of offering a free virtual network to heighten communication, and participation among public, third sector, and governmental entities involved in issues of environment, sustainable development, democracy and civil society within Bulgaria.
In January 2008 Melissa will begin a fellowship with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) in Geneva Switzerland, working within the Economic Integration and Cooperation Division to assist in works on several policy projects in biomass in Russia, Indonesia & Malaysia.
In addition, Melissa has been offered a position with the Rome based Vision and Value Management Consulting organization, and its sister company Vision Think Tank, which offer a synergy of resources related to policy integration issues, such as risk assessment, territorial marketing and regional economic policies. Melissa’s particular project relates directly with her research in accession policy, specifically economic and entrepreneurial policy in the regions of South Eastern Europe.
Mel Braybrooks in Geneva, Switzerland
Graduates of the MPP program have found jobs as Research Analysts, Data and Policy Analysts, Program Managers, Public Economists, Environmental Consultants, Community Outreach Specialists, Development Specialists, Policy Advisors, Environmental Educators, and Program Analysts in such organizations as the Oregon Progress Board, U.S. Census Bureau, Oregon Employment Department, Oregon Administrative Services Department, Oregon Department of Business Services, Oregon Legislative Revenue Office, Oregon Housing and Community Services Department, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Mercy Corps, Rural Development Initiative, Oregon Poison Center, and Wirthy Environmental Consulting. Graduates have also went on to other graduate programs including law school (e.g., Columbia School of Law) and Ph.D. programs (e.g., University of Oregon's Sociology PhD program and OSU's Environmental Science PhD program).
2006 MPP graduate Alex Johnson has been appointed to the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as the Helsinki Commission. Alex is formerly a recipient of a Congressional Black Caucus Fellowship and currently is a policy advisor for U.S. Representative Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL).
2007 MPP graduate Sara Curiel, now the Community Development Coordinator for Rural Development Initiatives (a rural development nonprofit), recently received a $400,000 grant from the Northwest Area Foundation to continue her work on Latino Outreach in Rural Communities. Sara’s Latino Outreach program was initially developed with OSU Extension and the OSU Sustainable Rural Communities Initiative.
2007 MPP Graduate Chris
Buerger featured in the Graduate School's Spring 2007
Newsletter:
http://oregonstate.edu/dept/grad_school/gradNewsletter/chris_buerger.php
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| MPP Graduate Sara Curiel with Governor Kulongoski. Sara interned in the Governor's Office. | MPP Graduate Alex Johnson in Washington, DC as an intern with the Congressional Black Caucus. Alex was recently appointed to the Helsinki Commission. |
Cooperative and collaborative strategies are increasingly used to address some of most intractable natural resource problems in the west. What are the strengths and limitations of these new governance strategies? How do they operate within the existing local, state, and federal legal frameworks? When are they effective and when do they merely postpone hard decisions? And, what is there about existing institutions in the Western United States that seem to promote, sustain, or limit these new governance approaches?
Oregon State University and Washington State University held a Fall 2007 symposium to examine and advance our understanding of collaborative governance of environmental and natural resource issues in the Western United States. Drawing on the top researchers and practitioners in the field, the symposium generated provocative new ideas on collaborative governance in the West that will shape future research and practice in the field.For more information: http://ruralstudies.oregonstate.edu/CGSymp.htm
The MPP is part of a new five year Sustainable Rural Communities Initiative, which is comprised of faculty from five colleges seeking to redefine the relationship between Oregon State University and Oregon's rural communities. It is one of six initiatives singled out by the university as priorities for investment. As part of the initiative, the MPP developed a new Rural Policy concentration to train new rural leaders and to provide outreach and applied research opportunities for communities and students. The MPP works closely with the OSU Rural Studies Program in this effort (http://ruralstudies.oregonstate.edu/). Read more at: http://oregonstate.edu/leadership/strategicplan/news/ruralStory.html
