• The POLS undergraduate advisers for 2007-08 are Dr. Jeffrey Peake and Dr. Albert Dzur
• Dr. Shannon Orr is the Graduate Coordinator for the BGSU MPA program
• Welcome to Dr. Dion Farganis (Ph.D Univ. of Minnesota), our new tenure-track faculty member in Public Law. He will teach courses in US Constitutional Law, Judicial Process, and Political Theory.
• Welcome to Dr. Timothy Newman (Ph.D. Kent State), who will be a full-time instructor in American Politics in 2007-008.
• Mr. Jack Ford, former mayor of Toledo and now member of the Toledo School Board, will continue teaching in the Political Science department. His courses include State and

DATES AND EVENTS

• Academic Calendar for 2007-2008

LINKS OF INTEREST

BGSU links for MPA students

• BGSU Graduate College Documents and Forms (TDP forms, transcript requests etc..)
• Additional Assistantship Positions
• GradSTEP

INTERNSHIP and JOB SEARCHES

• National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Management (NASPAA) - Index of Internship links
• Idealist - Non-profit sector jobs
• Ubiquity - Environmental jobs and internships
• Federal Government
• Ohio Legislative Service Commission (12 month internship)
• Student Jobs. Gov
• State Department Internships
• Office of Management and Budget Graduate Internship Program
• Government Jobs in Ohio
• First Link (Central Ohio)

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

• Power Point resources from Microsoft

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

• National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration
• American Society for Public Administration
• American Evaluation Association
• American Political Science Association