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This Tuesday, 10/29, SAPA has two events for you! Our annual Fall Bake Sale will be from 9 am until 3 pm. Check out the flyer above for more details!

Additionally, we will be having our second general meeting of the semester- 4:45 pm in Graham 185!

Hope to see you at both events!

GENERAL: SAPA’s next General Meeting will begin at 5:45PM on Thursday, May 2^nd in Graham Hall, Room 187. See everyone there!

Community Service Committee (CSC):

• Relay For Life: SAPA’s UD Relay for Life team has recruited 12 team members thus far! Additional members of the SPPA Community are encouraged to sign up and participate on our team. If you are unable to participate, we will gladly accept donations. (Directions to register as a team member or donate can be found here).
• Upcoming Events: CSC would like to see the SPPA Community participate more in our events! For more information about CSC events this Spring, please click here.

For more updates, please take a look at our twenty-ninth weekly mailer here.

Thanks.

SAPA Board

GENERAL: SAPA would like to thank everyone who attended our April Meeting last night! Our next General Meeting will begin at 5:45PM on Thursday, May 2^nd in Graham Hall, Room 187. See everyone there!

SAPA Community Service Committee (CSC): On Monday, April 15^th, SAPA’s CSC will hold its next meeting. The meeting will begin at 5PM in Graham Hall’s Student Resource Room (Graham Hall, Room 189).

Newark Spring Community Clean Up: Grab your family and friends and come make Newark beautiful! Join the SAPA Community Service Committee at the City of Newark Municipal Building (220 South Main Street, Newark, DE 19711) on Saturday, April 20^th at 9AM and get an early start to your Earth Day celebrations. Trash bags and a snack will be provided to all who help (T-shirts will be given to the first 200 volunteers). Complimentary brunch will also be provided to volunteers after the event! Please contact Matt Parkhurst (mpark@udel.edu) or Kelly Smith (kelsmith@udel.edu) by April 16^th if you are interested in participating in this event.

SAPA Bake Sale, Volunteers Needed: On Monday, April 15^th, SAPA will be hosting its Annual Spring Bake Sale fundraiser. To ensure that the event is successful, we are asking the SPPA Community to help support SAPA by contributing a baked item to our bake sale or volunteering during the event. If you would like to volunteer during the event, please sign up here. To contribute goods to the sale, please email Cimone Philpotts (cimonep@udel.edu).

The Graduate Student Forum¾Call for Poster Presentations: The Graduate Student Forum is now accepting poster abstracts for its 2013 Forum. Submit abstracts online via: http://tinyurl.com/GradForum2013-CallforPosters by 10PM on April 12^th. Presenters will be notified via email by April 15^th, 2013. Please email gsg.events.udel@gmail.com with any questions.

For more updates, please take a look at our twenty-seventh weekly mailer here and our twenty-eighth weekly mailer here.

Thanks.

SAPA Board

Below you will find updates for this week:

SAPA General Meeting: SAPA would like to thank all of the 2013-2014 Officer Candidates and students who attended our March meeting last night! Our next meeting will be held on Monday, April 8th in Graham Hall, Room 176. See everyone there!

Community Service Committee Meeting: The Community Service Committee will be hosting a meeting on Monday, March 11th at 5PM in the Student Resource Room (Graham Hall, Room 189). All are welcome to attend.

2013-2014 SAPA Elections: Election Day is less than one week away! Click here to meet the 2013-2014 SAPA Officer Candidates.

UDANCE 2013 Donations: Are you interested in contributing monetary donations to fight childhood Cancer while helping SAPA secure funds to continue to support student development in SPPA? Allie Rosenberg, a SPPA 4+1 MPA candidate, has pledged to help raise funds for UDance (http://udancedelaware.org/) and match select funds donated to UDance by SPPA faculty, staff, and students to SAPA. To make an online donation, please click here, then click on the button that says, “make an online donation to support me!”. The donation period ends this Sunday so donate away!

New Castle County Job Fair: On Wednesday, March 6^th from 10AM to 2PM, a job fair will be held at the Embassy Suites (654 S. College Avenue, Newark, DE). U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons as well as U.S. Representative John Carney will host the event. Representatives from government agencies, private sector organizations, staffing agencies, and more will be in attendance.

College of Arts & Sciences (CAS) Career Networking Night: It’s not too late to register for CAS’ Career Networking Night, which will begin at 6PM on Thursday, March 7^th, in the Trabant University Center’s Multipurpose Room A&B (17 West Main Street, Newark, DE 19716). Please RSVP for the event by March 5^th. For more information about CAS’ Networking Night, or to register for the event, please click here.

SAPA Bowling Social, ‘Strikes for SAPA’: Join SAPA for a night of bowling on Tuesday, March 12^th from 10PM to Midnight! The bowling event will take place at the Brunswick Blue Hen Lanes (501 Newark Shopping Center, Newark, DE 19711).Tickets to the event will cost $7 in advance, and $10 at the door. To purchase tickets, please contact Cimone Philpotts (cimonep@udel.edu), Kelly Smith (kelsmith@udel.edu), Rachel Linstead-Goldsmith (linstead@udel.edu), Jennifer Nichols (jennmnic@udel.edu), Stephen Ottinger (ottinger@udel.edu), or Diana Simmons (dwalls@udel.edu). You can also join the event on Facebook here!

Messick Scholar Inaugural Event: The School of Public Policy and Administration would like to invite you to join us in congratulating Maria Aristigueta on her appointment as the Charles P. Messick Professor of Public Administration. The event will begin at 6:30PM on Thursday, March 21^st at the Courtyard Marriott (200 New London Road, Newark, DE 19711). RSVP for this event by March 15^th to sppa@udel.edu or call 302-831-687. For more information about the inaugural event, please click here.

For more updates, please take a look at our twenty-fourth weekly mailer here.

Thanks.

SAPA Board

Below you will find updates for this week:

SAPA General Meetings: Join SAPA next Monday (3/4) for our second General Meeting of the Spring Semester! The Meeting will begin at 5:30PM in Graham Hall, Room 176. Other SAPA General meeting dates this semester are: Monday, April 8^th (Graham Hall, Room 176); and Thursday, May 2^nd (Graham Hall, Room 187). All meetings begin at 5:30PM. See you there!

SAPA 2013-2014 Elections: Tomorrow is the last day to submit nominations for Officer positions in SAPA! If you would like to nominate a student for an Officer Position, please send an e-mail message to sapassociation@gmail.com with the following information:

• The nominee’s full name;
• The title of the position(s) you wish to nominate the candidate for; and
• The nominee’s email address.

For more information about this year’s election and/or to view available SAPA Officer position duties and responsibilities, please visit https://sites.udel.edu/sapa/2013-2014-elections/.

Proposed Amendments to SAPA Bylaws: During this year’s SAPA elections, SPPA students will be asked to vote on a proposed set of amendments to SAPA Bylaws.  The last major review and amendment of the SAPA Bylaws occurred on March 2^nd, 2012. Please click here to review the updated Bylaws and a copy of the March 2^nd, 2012 Bylaws. SAPA welcomes your feedback, and invites you to share your thoughts or ask questions by emailing sapassociation@gmail.com. We encourage you to familiarize yourself with these changes and vote this spring!

Open House Happy Hour: Join SAPA in welcoming new faces to campus! This Friday (3/1), SAPA will be hosting a happy hour at Kildare’s Irish Pub (45 E Main St Newark, DE 19711) to welcome potential students to the SPPA family! The event will begin at 5PM, and food will be provided. Join the event on Facebook here!

SAPA Basketball Outing: Join SAPA to watch your Fighting Blue Hens Men’s Basketball Team take on George Mason University on Saturday, March 2^nd, at 2pm in the Bob Carpenter Center! This event is open to all students (full and part-time), along with families of students.  Ticket prices will range from $12 to $15. If you are interested in attending, please email Matt Parkhurst (mpark@udel.edu) by Thursday, February 28^th to confirm your attendance and to let us know how many people you will be bringing to the event. You can also join the event on Facebook here.

College of Arts & Sciences (CAS) Career Networking Night: On Thursday, March 7^th, UD’s CAS welcomes you to attend a Career Networking Night, where you will be able to connect with notable leaders and alumni from the nonprofit sector, government agencies, research organizations, and more! A preparatory Networking Workshop will take place at 5PM in Rooms 209 – 211 of the Trabant University Center, and the main Career Networking Event will begin at 6PM in Trabant’s Multipurpose Room (A&B). Please RSVP for the event by March 3^rd, 2013. For more information about CAS’ Networking Night, or to register for the event, please click here.

For more updates, please take a look at our twenty-third weekly mailer here.

Thanks.

SAPA Board