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              Arizona State University College of Public Programs

Spring 2000
DIRECT OR'S MES SAGE

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changing of some deeply held convictions. Glacial is probably the word to describe the speed at which these will be processed. Fortunately, Dean Schneider is very supportive of these attempts. The School has started a cohort program with the City of Mesa. Mesa has guaranteed a class of 30 MPA students and we will be providing on-site classes at their civic center. We anticipate that this will be a model for other cities in the area. Our BIS Certificate program is wending its way through the University, with two undergraduate classes offered this spring both making. The Arizona Forum is an important component of public life in Phoenix. When the governing board of the Forum decided that it would be best provided by an academic institution, we were able to take advantage of that opportunity and assume the responsibility of providing and arranging programs. Our first will be this spring and will feature the New Economy. The other two components of the School also have had an outstanding fall. The Morrison Institute's work on the New Economy and its report on the quality of life in the metro area both received outstanding statewide coverage and have brought to the college and school a good deal of positive feedback. APEP graduated a class of 60 CPM students, and is in the midst of starting a very exciting "best-practices" project with five jurisdictions. They have also applied for grants ranging from training wardens to acting as NASPAA evaluation subcontractors. Finally, Lou Weschler has announced that he will be retiring after this Spring Semester. Lou's scholarship, dedication, service, humor, energy, and philosophy has made the School one of the best in the United States-it is rare that any one individual can make such a contribution. We will be planning some events to honor Lou, although there are very few things we can do that would be adequate. As the School enters the Spring Semester, I am very excited about its future prospects. I look forward to writing my next Director's report.

MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR
The first semester of this year was outstanding. The School of Public Affairs saw the continuation of several promising activities and initiated action in some different arenas. The results of these can be seen in our spring enrollments, which may be as much as 15 percent higher this year compared to last year. The entire staff is to be congratulated for the superb work that they have done that has resulted in this success. The movement of the Doctoral Program from the Graduate School to the School of Public Affairs is now complete, with ratification occurring at the Board of Regents meeting in January. The School is now beginning the next phase in integrating this program into our curriculum. At the December faculty meeting, the faculty, by acclamation, decided to request a change in title of the program from a DPA to a Ph.D. We also decided, again by acclamation, that the change in title would be made retroactive, and that those with DPAs would be able to switch to Ph.D.s. However, both of these changes require numerous College and University approvals, none of which are automatic and some will require some

Dr. Jeffrey Chapman

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FROM THE DESK OF THE MPA DIRECTOR
The Spring semester has started with some positive exciting developments. We are looking at a projected increase in our enrollment over last spring's. We are also anticipating offering the MPA program on site in the City of Mesa. The entire curriculum with the exception of PAF 502 will be offered in the facilities of the City of Mesa. This is the first time that the School has had an arrangement with a municipal government to offer the program on site. Looking back over our history, the School has always tried to locate course offerings at convenient locations in the metropolitan area. Prior to the construction of the ASU Downtown Center, we offered courses in the State Capitol complex. Faculty offered courses in the cafeteria, the Attorney General's Conference Room, the training rooms of the State Personnel Office, rooms in the Executive Tower of the State Capitol, and other locations. State officials were wonderful in assisting us in offering the course work. With the advent ASU Downtown Center, we had the opportunity to consolidate our Downtown Phoenix offerings in a very fine facility. The City of Mesa facilities are also first rate and the cooperation offered by officials of the City of Mesa has been excellent. In Dr, Chapman's column he mentions the Arizona Forum. As someone who worked with the Forum for approximately five years, I want to thank Larry Miller, the former president of the organization, and its membership for the confidence it has placed in the School of Public Affairs to continue to work with the spirit of the Arizona Forum's mission. The School of Public Affairs will continue to offer an excellent array of courses during the Summer, 2000. There are a total of eleven courses being offered during the summer. Nine of these courses are at the 500 level. This summer will see the first time on line offering of PAF 401, Statistics and we also will be offering two 500 courses at the ASU Downtown Center on an intensive schedule. We are pleased to be able to offer this variety of courses. It is a real opportunity for students to accelerate their progress through the MPA program. As always, we are interested in your suggestions about the program. If you have any comments about the program or if you have suggestions for electives you would like to see offered, please let me know.

APEP

MPA and DPA Updates Faculty , Pi Alpha Alpha, and ASPA Information Holiday Party and Alumni Updates SPAN and PAL Lab

Dr. Lawrence Mankin

Summer 2000 Schedule

ADVANCED PUBLIC EXECUTIVE PROGRAM
Last year, the Advanced Public Executive Program (APEP) established an Advisory Board to further strengthen the partnership between ASU and the practitioner community. Board members include top public executives from throughout Arizona, as well as Anne Schneider, Schneider Dean of the College of Public Programs and Jeff Chapman Director of the School of Public Affairs. The Board has already provided valuChapman, able suggestions on programming to meet the needs of public administrators and elected officials. The next Board meeting will be held on February 25, 2000. Board members include: State Government Terry Stewart, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections Elliott Hibbs, Director, Arizona Department of Administration Rita Pearson, Director, Arizona Department of Water Resources John Kelly, Director, Government Information Technology Agency City Government Dick Bowers, City Manager, City of Scottsdale Marty Vanacour, City Manager, City of Glendale Paul Nordin, Town of Fountain Hills Benny Young, Assistant City Manager, City of Tucson David Wilcox, City Manager, City of Flagstaff Frank Fairbanks, City Manager, City of Phoenix Patrick Sherman, City Manager, City of Show Low Gary Brown, City Manager, City of Tempe Joyce Wilson, City Manager, City of Yuma Cynthia Seelhammer, City Manager, Town of Queen Creek Cathy Connolly, Executive Director, League of Arizona Cities and Towns Steve Cleveland, City Manager, City of Goodyear County Government Jody Klein, County Administrator, Cochise County Dora Harrison, County Manager, Coconino County David Smith, County Administrator, Maricopa County Federal Government Terry Goddard, Director, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Arizona State University Jeff Chapman, Director, School of Public Affairs Anne Schneider, Dean, College of Public Programs Texas Texas Fire Service Institute APEP conducted its Fire Service Institute in Irving, Texas in November. Forty -one fire service professionals from the greater Dallas Metro Plex area attended the Institute. This five-day program, co-sponsored by the North Central Texas Fire Chiefs' Association, is designed to build professional capacity in government operations and relationships. Instructors were drawn from local government, Arizona State University, the fire chief community, and the private sector. This was APEP's second offering of the Institute in Texas. APEP has been offering an Arizona program and drawing participants from across the nation since 1992. Certified Public Manager Program Eighty public sector professionals became Certified Public Managers on December 9, 1999. At the graduation ceremony, they received a certificate signed by Governor Jane Hull and ASU President Lattie Coor. The CPM is a nationally recognized professional certificate program for government practitioners representing over 300 hours of instruction. These new graduates join nearly 700 Certified Public Managers in Arizona. APEP Web Page APEP's APEP's new web page has current information about each of its professional development programs. Included are a summary of each www.asu.edu/ certificate program and a schedule of classes for 2000. The address is: www.asu.edu/copp/apep For 965-4006 apep@as For more information on these and other professional development programs, contact APEP at (480) 965-4006 or apep@asu.edu.

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MPA GRADUATES
December graduates of the MPA program include: Karen Becketts Candace Cannistraro Mary Ellen Cunningham Jaime Daddona George Diaz David Dolendi Thomas Dorn Mark Escobedo Shirley Gunther Paula Hilby James Jayne Kimberly Kaan Joseph LaFortune Katheryn Morton Rachel Reidhead Derek Sandoval Jodi Selko Christopher Shawkey Prakorn Siriprakob Rayann Womack

MPA graduates celebrate with a smile!

Congratulations Graduates!

DPA STUDENT UPDATES
Fall of 1999 was a very productive semester for DPA students. The following students have successfully defended their dissertations and have earned the Doctor of Public Administration Degree: Charles Kime: Leadership in Organizations: A Paradigmatic Shift IN Thinking. N. Joseph Cayer, Chair. Chuck, who recently retired from the Phoenix Fire Department, is currently working as the coordinator of the School's Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies Program. Phyllis Edamatsu: Privacy Protection and State DNA Database Laws. N. Joseph Cayer and Ronald W. Perry, Co-Chairs. Cecilio Ortiz: Managing the Environment in the Caribbean: Assessing State Environmental Capacity in Puerto Rico. Alvin Mushkatel, Chair. Cecilio has accepted a position as the Program Coordinator/Manager for the Center for Environmental Resource Management at the University of Texas at El Paso. Cecilio is the third of our DPA graduates to go to work for UTEP. He joins Lynne Manganaro and Phyllis Edamatsu in his employment for the University. Gary Huish: Association Between Administrator Perceptions of Judicial Influence and the Structuring of Administrative Discretion. N. Joseph Cayer, Chair. Gary is currently employed as the Organizational Development Administrator for the Maricopa County Clerk of the Superior Court. He is also on faculty at the University of Phoenix, teaching graduate business classes, and teaching in the Human Resource Management Certificate Program. Other exciting DPA student news includes: Sharon Chanley has accepted an assistant professor position with the University of Illinois at Springfield in the Liberal Studies Program, beginning Fall 2000. Edward Martin will defend his dissertation , Welfare Policy, the Market, and Community on February 16th Pamela Mischen advanced to candidacy on February 2, 2000. Melinda Hollinshead advanced to candidacy on February 8, 2000. Robert Brem's article, "The Cassandra Complex: Complexity and systems collapse," was published in Morcol and Dennard's New Sciences for Public Administration and Policy: Connections and Reflections. Robert also recently presented his paper "Governance and the Red Queen: The impact of hyperculture upon the practice of democratic governance" at the 13th National Conference of the Public Administration Theory Network. New DPA Phyllis Edamatsu and committee Co-Chair, N. Joseph Cayer.

FACULTY INFORMATION
ing data on government risk communication in multi-cultural societies. He remains active on the Arizona Council for Earthquake Safety and the Arizona Domestic Preparedness Task Force. In 1999, Ron was given the Award for Outstanding Environmental Achievement by Region 9 of the Environmental Protection Agency, a Recognition Certificate by the National Partnership for Reinventing Government (Vice President Gore's Office) and the School of Public Affairs Award for Excellence in Service. McGaw and Chris Hiryak attended the NASPAA Conference, where issues regarding nonprofit organizations, distance learning, marketing, and diversity were explored.

Faculty members Heather Campbell, Bob Denhardt, Barbara Coyle McCabe, Janet Vinzant Denhardt, and Lisa DeLorenzo at this year's student orientation.

Zhiyong Lan and Kathleen Anders coauthored a paper "A Paradigmatic View of Contemporary Public Administration Research: An Empirical Test" which has been accepted for publication by academic journal Administration and Society. Miguel Montiel was recently appointed by ASU and Motorola as the first Motorola presidential professor in Community Revitalization, a position designed to foster applied interdisciplinary programs and partnerships in the Hispanic communities. Professor Montiel's position now resides in the Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies. Ron Perry continues to pursue his work in the areas of emergency management and public management. He is currently collect-

Barbara Coyle McCabe presented a paper titled, " Who Cares about State and Local Taxes: Public Opinion and Tax Change in Florida 1979-1997" at the 11th Annual Conference on Public Budgeting and Financial Management, October 7-9, 1999, Washington D.C. The paper was coauthored by Christopher Stream, University of Idaho. Barbara's article, "Special District Formation Among the States" was accepted for publication by the State and Local Government Review. Dr. McCabe and Christopher Stream will present a paper titled "Diversity and Change in State and Local Governments" at the 58th Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association Meeting. Jeff Chapman, Larry Mankin, Dickinson

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PI ALPHA ALPHA
The Pi Alpha Alpha National Honor Society for Public Affairs and Administration has many outstanding alumni doing great things in the public sector. If you are a former or current inductee of this national honor society for public affairs and administration, and have an interest in assisting the chapter president in strategizing about the future of this chapter, please call Steve McCance at (602) 604-1801 X242.

AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
The American Society for Public Administration has a diverse membership composed of more than 10,000 practitioners, scholars, teachers and students. ASPA is the largest and most prominent professional association in the field of public administration. This year's national conference will be held in San Diego, April 1-4. For information about the conference, or about joining ASPA, visit the national web page at http://www.aspanet.org. For information about the Arizona chapter, visit http://www.aspanet.org their web page at http://www.asu.edu/copp/publicaffairs/aspaaz/. http://www.asu.edu/copp/publicaffairs/aspaaz/

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School of Public Affairs Holiday Party
The School of Public Affairs held its Holiday Party on Friday, December 10, 1999 at McDuffy's in Tempe. Students of Public Affairs Network (SPAN) members provided assistance in planning and organizing the event. Over 40 cans of food were collected at the door as donations for the Salvation Army. Many students, faculty members, staff and guests attended and a great time was had by all. Santa Claus made a guest appearance to hand out door prizes which were awarded to six lucky party goers. All agreed this was a great way to end the semester and to kick off the holiday season.

SPAN officers Genevieve Winters, Joy Klein, and Toni Collins celebrate the holidays with a visit from Santa!

ALUMNI UPDATES
Dwight Vick has received a post-doctoral research fellowship at the University of New Mexico. Based at the Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse, and Addictions, he will join the research faculty in researching such topics as: effects of DUI laws, spirituality among alcoholics, and developing dual treatment programs for alcoholism and tobacco use. He will be teaching policy classes in the psychology and political science departments. Ramona Ortega-Liston (DPA alum) is a visiting faculty member at the University of Akron. She also had published   "Affirmative Action Policies and Workplace Discrimination: Perceived Effects on the Careers of Mexican Americans in Municipal Administration", Review of Public Personnel Administration, 19 (Summer 1999); 49-57. A second article, "Mexican American Professionals in Municipal Administration: Do They Really Lag Behind in Terms of Education, Seniority, and On-the-Job Training?" will soon be published in Public Personnel Management. Ramona presented a paper, "American Film: Perceptions of Public Programs, Public Policy, and Public Officials," at the Thirteenth Annual Conference of the Public Administration Theory Network in Ft. Lauderdale Florida. Her paper, "Can Mentoring Mean the Difference Between Success and Failure for Mexican American Professionals? -- A Research Note," has been accepted for publication by the Race and Ethnic Studies Institute at Texas A&M University. It will be published in an upcoming issue of the Journal of Public Management and Social Policy. Jerome Miller (MPA alum) has been promoted to Assistant Director of the City of Phoenix's Neighborhood Services Department. Marie Levie (MPA alum), Assistant to the City Manager in Longmont, CO and Brian Bosshardt (MPA alum), Management Assistant in Westminster, CO were married on October 23, 1999. Members of the wedding party included Kip Dernovich and David Beach (MPA alums). Frank Oviedo (MPA alum) is now the Assistant to the Director of Administrative Services for the City of Santa Clarita California's Department of Administrative Services. His duties include coordinating municipal bond financing, analyzing fiscal impacts of legislation, and citywide budget spending, monitoring sales tax revenues, administering the City's two cable franchises, and anything else that comes out of the director's office! Donna Dreska (MPA alum) was recently hired as the City of Chandler's second assistant city manager. She will share responsibilities in overseeing the City's seven departments and work on special projects. Siyung Jung (MPA alum) recently began a position working for the Department of School Management in Pusan Education Office. Dennis Garrett (MPA alum) is the new director of the Arizona Department of Public Safety.

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School of Public Affairs to Host 2000 Public Administration Teaching Conference
The School of Public Affairs will host the 24th Annual Conference on Teaching Public Administration in 2001. The conference provides an opportunity to share ideas on curriculum, pedagogy, and new technologies in teaching in public administration programs. Faculty and students from around the nation participate in the conference. N. Joseph Cayer represented the School at the 2000 conference hosted by Florida Atlantic University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. DPA student Robert Brem also participated as did DPA alumnus Jay Jurie who teaches at the University of Central Florida and former APEP Director Susan Paddock, now at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

STUDENTS OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS NETWORK
The Students of Public Affairs Network (SPAN) is an organization for the students of the School of Public Affairs and run by the students of the School of Public Affairs. SPAN meets regularly and plans such events as happy hours, guest speakers, and panel discussions. 1999-2000 officers are: Genevieve Winters, President Brent Yonkovich, Vice-President Joy Klein, Secretary Toni Collins, Treasurer For information on SPAN events and upcoming meetings, check out ASUSPAN (the School of Public Affairs listserv), contact the Student Services Office at 480-965-1037, or send an e-mail to SPAN@asu.edu.

PUBLIC AFFAIRS LAB
The following are the PAL hours for the Spring Semester of 2000: Monday: 8am-7pm Tuesday: 8am-5pm Wednesday 8am-7pm Thursday: 8am-5pm Friday: 8am-3pm Saturday 10am-2pm Sunday Noon-3pm If you have any questions about PAL, please contact Caroline Fernandez, Lab Coordinator, at 480965-0962.

School of Public Affairs students taking advantage of the excellent resources found in the Public Affairs Lab.

SUMMER 2000 COURSE SCHEDULE
i rst First Summer Session
SLN
67614 52841 54796 52735 54964 52135

May 30   June 29, 2000
Title
Statistics Public Affairs Public Affairs Economics Political Economy Political Management Practical Research Application in PA Staff J. Denhardt W. Aerni N. Alozie B. DeGraw/L. Blessing N. Alozie

Day
* TTh MW TTh FSSu MW

Time
*
5:40-9:30 PM 5:40-9:30 PM 5:40-9:30 PM 9:00 AM-5:00 PM 5:40-9:30 PM

Course
PAF 401 PAF 503 PAF 504 PAF 564 PAF 591 PAF 691

Instructor

Place
* LL 103 LL 103 LL 066 * LL 066

Second Summer Session
SLN SLN
73359 80584 80863 78232 75144

July 5   August 4, 2000
Title Title
Public Policy Analysis Staff Organization Change C. Kime/S. Parkes & Development Women, Politics, and Staff Public Policy S: The Internet Economy Public Entreprenuership

Day Day
MW TTh TTh TTh FSSu

Time Time
5:40-9:30 PM 5:40-9:30 PM 5:40-9:30 PM 5:40-9:30 PM 9:00 AM-5:00 PM

Course Course
PAF 505 PAF 529 PAF 548 PAF 591 PAF 591

Instructor Instructor

Place Place
LL 108 LL 112 LL 262 LL 108 *

Z. Lan D. Bowers

  

PAF PAF 401 Statistics is an Internet course. Class will meet Tuesday, May 30 at 5:40 PM. See http://asuonline.asu.edu for more information and to access the course. PAF PAF 591 Political Management meets June 2, 3, 4 and June 23, 24, 25, Friday to Sunday from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM at the ASU Downtown Center. PAF 591 Public Entrepreneurship meets July 7, 8, 9 and August 11, 12, 13, Friday to Sunday from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM at the ASU Downtown Center. Entrepreneurship

SUMMER 2000 ELECTIVES
PAF 529 Organization Change and Development   Explores the nature and management of organization change and development as a tool to achieve organizational goals; how to effect planned change; and the consequences of change on the organization. (Summer Session II, TTh) PAF 548 Women, Politics, and Public Policy   Exposes students to contemporary theoretical and practical issues concerning women, politics, and public policy. (Summer Session II, TTh) PAF 564 Political Economy   Develops a sophisticated understanding of the relationship between politics, economics and society as they apply to the administrative state. (Summer Session I, TTh) PAF 591 Political Management   Acquaints students with the concepts and skills that public executives and senior managers need for political leadership in governmental institutions and policy processes. (Summer Session I, FSSu) PAF Internet PAF 591 The Internet Economy   Focuses on the relationship between public policy and the internet industry. (Summer Session II, TTh) PAF Public PAF 591 Public Entrepreneurship   Introduces students to the concepts, techniques, and skills necessary for public administrators to succeed in today's world. (Summer Session II, FSSu) PAF 691 Practical Research Application in Public Administration   Provides a closer, more solid grounding of some key factors and methodologies necessary for becoming a successful social science researcher today. As a supplement to PAF 600, this is largely a hands-on, how-to-do course. (Summer Session I, MW)

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The SPA Newsletter is intended as a forum for exchange of information and ideas. We encourage individuals to submit material for review and possible inclusion in future issues. The SPA Newletter is sent to students, alumni, and friends of the School. To have your ideas, important news, or other information included in the next Newsletter, please contact Sandi Parkes by phone at (602) 965-1037, by e-mail at sandi.parkes@asu.edu, or by mail at : ASU School of Public Affairs Newsletter, ASU, Box 870603, Tempe, AZ 85287-0603.