SGPP Undergrad Newsletter

Important Dates 1

Announcements 2-8

Reminders 9-13

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Summer Schedule of Classes available online 2/25/13

Professional Communication Workshop 2/27/13 @ 11:00

Peace Corps Speaker Chief of Staff Stacy Rhodes 2/28/13 @ 11:00

Freshmen Reorientation Deadline

Click here to access the appropriate reorientation

3/5/13 by 4:00 PM

Spring Break 3/9-3/17

Priority Registration begins for Veterans, Honors Jr’s & Sr’s only 3/18-3/24/13

Begin Registering for Summer Classes for all students 3/18/13

Priority Registration begins for Seniors & Honors Soph.’s &

Freshmen

3/25-3/31/13

Priority Registration begins for Juniors 4/1-4/7/13

Priority Registration begins for Sophomores 4/8-4/14/13

Priority Registration begins for Freshmen 4/15-4/21/13

Reimbursement Deadline for GRE Test Prep 30 days from registration

Reimbursement Deadline for Study Abroad Airfare 30 days from airfare

purchase

Reimbursement Deadline for Internships Outside of Arizona

Airfare

30 days from airfare

purchase

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Announcements

SGPP is honored to present to our students Peace Corps Chief of Staff Stacy Rhodes.

Mr. Rhodes has over 40 years of service with the Peace Corps and will be speaking to

SGPP students on Foster Global Citizenship Day.

You are invited to attend his presentation and Q & A:

Thursday, 2/28/13 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM in SS 311

We encourage you to RSVP for this special event,

lunch will be provided for those who RSVP!

http://sgpp.arizona.edu/content/sgpp-peace-corps-event

Mr. Rhodes was sworn-in as Chief of Staff of the Peace Corps on September 14, 2009. Mr.

Rhodes served as a Peace Corps Volunteer from 1968 to 1970, on the Bolivian Altiplano, at

13,000 feet in the Andes. He worked on community development and agriculture issues with

local farmers. Mr. Rhodes brings four decades of international development experience to

the Peace Corps. Most recently, he served in highly responsible positions at the Millennium

Challenge Corporation (MCC), Save the Children, and the Institute of International Educa-

tion (IIE). At MCC, he was initially the managing director for Latin America and subse-

quently for compact development in all eligible countries. As director of HIV/AIDS pro-

grams at Save the Children, Mr. Rhodes established and supervised a new program address-

ing the impacts of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on children and youth, especially in Africa. As

IIE’s vice president for global development programs, Mr. Rhodes directed and monitored development train-

ing and professional capacity-building programs.

From 1978 to 2001, Mr. Rhodes was a career foreign service officer at the U.S. Agency for International De-

velopment. He served as mission director in South Africa (1998–2001) and for Guatemala and Central Ameri-

can programs (1994–98). During his distinguished USAID career, he also directed the Office of Central

American Affairs in the Latin American and Caribbean Bureau and served in Haiti, Morocco, and Nepal. Ear-

lier in his career, Mr. Rhodes also served as an attorney at the Department of State and in private practice at

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver and Kampelman.

Mr. Rhodes earned a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Occidental College and two master’s degrees, one

in international relations from Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and the

other in public policy from Duke University’s Sanford Institute. In addition, he a holds law degree from the

School of Law (Boalt Hall) at the University of California at Berkeley.

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SGPP Peer Mentor Positions Open! Apply today!

Are you a junior or senior who has completed at least one semester at the University of Arizona?

Do you enjoy working with other students?

Are you looking for a great leadership opportunity?

Apply to be a Peer Mentor for the School of Government and Public Policy!

This is a paid position.

Application deadline: Monday, March 4, 2013@ 5:00 p.m.

We will be conducting interviews after Spring Break.

For more details, please visit our website:

http://sgpp.arizona.edu/peermentor

Announcements

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Announcements

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Announcements

The School of Government and Public

Policy

is proud to announce the creation

of a new major:

Bachelor of Science in

Criminal Justice Studies

The Criminal Justice Studies major in-

troduces students to the fundamental

foundations of criminal justice spanning from crime initiation to

systems of punishment. Students will have the opportunity to take

an in-depth look at mental health law, juvenile justice systems,

police, court and corrections management and operations as well

as a host of other options. In addition, students will be exposed to

traditional public administration courses that impart core skill sets

such as leadership, ethics, public and nonprofit management, and

formation of public policy. Upon receipt of their degree students

will be prepared to think critically in an increasingly complex and

politicized society.

How do I declare this major?

Fall 2013 Freshmen and transfer students will automatically be admitted

to the major if they selected it on their application for UA admission.

Current students may declare the major starting May 1, 2013. For more

information please visit the SGPP website.

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Announcements

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Reminders

With growing threats from terrorist groups, transnational networks, and rogue states, the United States and

allied countries must contend with a complicated set of direct national security challenges—from weapons-of

-mass-destruction, nuclear proliferation, and terrorism, to natural resource constraints. These threats have

emerged in, and are affected by, an environment of growing globalization, technological innovation, and

shifting geopolitical and economic power.

Such challenges have strained existing political, and operational norms in the United States and raised con-

cerns about the emerging challenges and how to deal them. Through the guidance of a faculty director expert

in national security issues, this program will examine how these changes impact the international arena as

well as explore how the U.S. can best respond to the myriad uncertainties present in the world today.

Abroad, the new challenges stemming from terrorism and asymmetric threats, dramatic demographic shifts,

and the rise of new centers of power have stressed existing alliances, forged new marriages of convenience,

and required reassessments of global power dynamics. In this context, the United States finds itself address-

ing national security threats across the globe as the sole superpower, with diminishing reach and leverage.

Nowhere are these challenges more urgent for U.S. and international security as the new generation –

your generation – confronts and changes the status quo and searches for more responsive regimes, not only

in the Middle East and Africa, but also in potential other hotspots such as Asia.

**SGPP Juniors & Seniors apply today for SGPP funding for this seminar at

http://sgpp.arizona.edu/content/top-secret-academic-seminar **

Deadline March 1st!

Top Secret!: Academic Seminar

Challenges to National Security in a Global Society It’s Your Generation

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Reminders

Attention SGPP May & August Graduates!!

The deadline to apply for May 2013 & August 2013 graduation is February 1st, 2013, after this date an

additional fee applies.

Click here for more details regarding the degree check process.

Click here for commencement details.

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Academic Advising Info

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