Back-to-School

SAPA Updates, Week 2

Ama Nyame-Mensah

We hope everyone had a fantastic first week back! Below you will updates for this week:

–Friends and Family Welcome Picnic: All SPPA students, faculty, staff, and their families are invited to attend the Friends & Family Welcome Picnic. The picnic will begin at 4:30PM on Friday, September 7th, 2012 at the Norma B. Handloff Park, 1000 Barksdale Road, Newark, DE 19711. The picnic is a unique opportunity for new students to meet current SPPA faculty, staff, and students. Please feel free to bring a dish to share!

**Contact Diana Simmons at 302‐831‐1687 or sppa@udel.edu if you have any questions.

–NVPA Info Meeting: On Tuesday, September 4th New Visions for Public Affairs, which is the student-led journal of SPPA, is holding an information meeting in Graham Room 187. The meeting will begin at 5:30PM. To view the program agenda for the meeting, please click here.

–Interest Meetings for Study Abroad: On Tuesday, September 4th there will be two interest meetings for Study Abroad Trips being held in 2013 (Winter and Spring). The two interest meetings will begin at 5:30PM in Graham Hall Room 185.

  • Winter 2013: Romania Trip. Tentative Dates for the trip are: January 11, 2013-January 25, 2013
  • Spring 2013: Poland Spring Break Trip. Tentative Dates for the trip are: March 20, 2013-March 30,2013.

To view additional information, updates, and upcoming events, please view our second weekly mailer here.

Thanks.
SAPA Board

 

 

 

SAPA Welcome – Fall 2012

Ama Nyame-Mensah

Dear fellow SPPA students,

The Student Association of Policy and Administration (SAPA) would like to welcome you, or welcome you back, to the University of Delaware’s School of Public Policy and Administration (SPPA). SAPA is the official student association of SPPA. Some of SAPA’s commitments to the SPPA student body include:

  • Advocating on behalf of all SPPA students,
  • Providing social and networking opportunities to SPPA students, and
  • Engaging constructively in the community to help improve administration and the development of policy at the local, regional and national level.

All SPPA students are automatically members of SAPA. We encourage each and every one of you to play an active role in SAPA by attending our events and meetings. By engaging in SAPA events and attending meetings you will be able to find out what is happening on campus and in the community.

To learn more about SAPA, join us for our first General Meeting on Friday, September 21st at 5:45 PM in 187 Graham Hall. If you are unable to make our September General Meeting, stop by one of our other events listed on the weekly mailer. To view our weekly mailer, please click here.

Have a great semester!

Sincerely,

SAPA Board
(Nathan Roby, Kathryn Lonczewski, Cimone Philpotts, Ama Nyame-Mensah, Rachel Linstead- Goldsmith, Allison Rice, Jennifer Lazo, Jennifer Nichols, Matthew Parkhurst, and David Barnes).

SPPA New Graduate Student Orientation – Fall 2012

Ama Nyame-Mensah

The SAPA Board would like to remind new and returning SPPA students that on Monday, August 27th, 2012, SPPA is hosting its annual New Graduate Student Orientation. The event will begin at 10:15AM in Room 106 of the Composite Center.

The day’s program includes:

  • A Welcome from the Interim Director,
  • Academic Program Orientations,
  • Research Center/Research Assistantship Orientations,
  • Lunch, sponsored by SPPA,
  • University Safety Training and more!

To view SPPA’s Fall 2012 Orientation Program Agenda click here.

We look forward to meeting new students and welcoming back some familiar  faces!

–SAPA Board

 

 

 

SAPA’s Back-to-School Checklist

Ama Nyame-Mensah

SAPA Board members are extremely excited to meet all of the new SPPA students as well as welcome back the familiar faces. Whether you have questions about obtaining a parking permit, or how to login to your UDSIS account to view your financial statements, we hope to guide you through your transition to Grad-Life at UD.

Check out SAPA’s Back-to-School Checklist here, and SAPA’s Guide to Life at UD here.

Have questions? Post them to the SAPA Facebook page, or leave a comment.

See everyone soon!

–SAPA Board