SLU Public Policy Studies

Public Policy graduate students will find the software application EndNote helpful in building bibliographies for papers while at SLU.  EndNote has both Windows & Macintosh versions available. Here is a brief description:

Bibliography software that allows users to import citations from online bibliographic databases, organize references, images and PDFs, and create bibliographies.

Thankfully SLU has made this software available for free to students.   Click here at see the SLU software download page.

University City’s Community Development Department seeks an entry-mid level professional planner to provide services for a variety of long and short range planning activities and administer the City’s Zoning Code.

Requires 4-year related degree + 3 yrs related experience; excellent customer service, Microsoft Office & GIS and organizational, analytical and research skills.

Salary Range $40,968- $52,284 plus excellent benefits. View detailed job description & print employment application at www.ucitymo.org or apply at 6801 Delmar, HR Department.

Click here to view current openings at the University of Texas Dallas.

A special meeting/new students orientation for the masters program will be held on Monday, August 24th from 4:30-7:00 pm. Pizza and sodas will be provided. This event is a formal way to interact with faculty and fellow masters students, obtain information vital to your academic journey, and prepare for the upcoming academic year.

Please note there is mandatory attendance at this event for all new students.  For continuing students, attendance at this event is strongly suggested as we will be going over comps, capstones, etc. In addition to faculty, we are inviting people from different parts of the university who can be helpful to you as you work on your degree. Directors of the masters programs will briefly introduce themselves as will other faculty and staff persons and give you the opportunity to ask questions.

“Business” part of the meeting (introductions, hand-outs, etc.) 4:30–6:00

“Fun” part (Pizza and socializing)  6:00-7:00

Location: Tegeler Hall, room 207

The Department of Urban Studies and Public Administration, in the College of Business and Public Administration at Old Dominion University, invites applications for a tenure-track position at the assistant professor level. The Department offers a NASPAA-accredited MPA program and a Ph.D. in Public Administration and Urban Policy.

The minimum requirement for this position is completion of the Ph.D. degree in Public Administration, Urban Policy or related field by August 2010. Preference will be given to candidates with demonstrated potential in research and publications. Field of specialization is open, although research and teaching interests in one or more of the following are particularly welcome: Public Policy, Emergency Preparedness/management, Ethics, Military/strategic affairs, Non-Profit Management, Public/Administrative Law, and Administrative Theory.

Old Dominion University is a state-supported, Carnegie Doctoral/Research-Extensive University with over 23,000 students. The University is located in Norfolk, Virginia, the hub of the Hampton Roads metropolitan area with a population of approximately 1.6 million. As a major recreation area known for its beaches, historical landmarks, and the Chesapeake Bay, the Hampton Roads Region also profits from its proximity to Washington, D.C., Williamsburg, and the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Federal, state, and local governments represent approximately a third of the region’s total employment. Boasting the largest naval base in the world, Hampton Roads also accommodates major Army and Air Force commands.

Candidates should forward in printed format (1) letter of application indicating research, teaching, and service interests, (2) evidence of teaching effectiveness such as student evaluations or reflective statement of teaching philosophy, (3)a statement of willingness to engage the public sector, and (4) the contact information of three references to Chair, Department of Urban Studies and Public Administration, College of Business and Public Administration, Old Dominion University, Suite 2084 Constant Hall, Norfolk, VA, 23529. Applications will be accepted through October 1, 2009. For more information please email searchuspa@odu.edu.

Qualified women and minorities are strongly encouraged to apply. Old Dominion University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

The first Fall 2009 event of the SLU Urban Planning Association (SLUUPA) will be held Friday, August 28th from 5:30pm to 6:30pm.  At this meeting we’ll elect officers and talk about events and/or guest speakers the members would like to see in the coming year.  The meeting will be in Tegeler Hall – the room number to be announced next week.

We are seeking test preparation instructors for our GRE and SAT classes. These are part-time positions with classes once per week on Sundays. We seek intelligent, charismatic instructors who have both top test scores and excellent teaching skills. Our company has a social mission to provide top caliber test preparation courses at a value price. Team Sherwood is committed to the social responsibility of accessible test preparation courses: Everyone deserves to put their best score out there.

Salary: $30.00 per hour for GRE and/or SAT classroom instruction.

Qualifications

• Education: Current graduate or professional student (Ph.D. (or equivalent), Master’s, J.D.); or Completed Ph.D. (or equivalent), J.D., or Master’s degree.
• Test Scores: Top-tier test scores on one of the following: GRE, GMAT, LSAT, SAT, or ACT.
• Teaching Experience: Have taught at least one university semester/quarter class. Prior university teaching experience is required.
• Quantitative and Verbal Skills: Must have BOTH excellent math and verbal/writing skills. Sherwood Test Prep Instructors teach the entire course.
• Consistent Sunday Commitment: We seek team players who are flexible and can teach on consecutive Sundays throughout the entire year. We only take off four weekends per year (those corresponding to): Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s. Instructors can teach from 3 to 6 hours per weekend.

Summary

If interested, please send your (1) Cover Letter, (2) Resume/Vita, and (3) Test Scores to: employment@sherwoodtest.com Interviews and hiring are to commence immediately.

Teaching test preparation is a fun and rewarding experience. As an instructor you will have the opportunity to help bright, high-achieving students achieve their goals and dreams of entering their first choice Universities and programs. We hire good people who are intelligent, compassionate, honorable, and dependable. All test prep instructors are respectfully treated as faculty members and are afforded autonomy and latitude in the courses they teach.

At Sherwood Test Prep, our work is to help others.

Sherwood Test Prep, Inc.

www.sherwoodtest.com

employment@sherwoodtest.com

Environmental Intern for Jewish Environmental Initiative (JDEI), a Committee of the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC)

The Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) is the public affairs arm of the organized Jewish community. JCRC informs, collaborates, advocates and mobilizes the community to take action to address issues of importance to both the Jewish and general communities. JCRC is seeking a student to work as an Environmental Intern to work with its environmental committee, known as the Jewish Environmental Initiative (JEI). JEI works to encourage all members of the Jewish community to take an active role in caring for the earth by providing education, advocacy and resources to Jewish groups and sponsoring events in the larger community promoting environmental issues. The intern should be available to work 10 hours a week during the Fall 2009 semester.

The Environmental Intern would potentially be involved in a variety of projects. The work would most likely include helping to plan events scheduled to take place in the Fall of 2009 focused on the environment. These events include working in conjunction with a national effort entitled “Fighting Poverty With Faith: A Week of Action” (FPWF). The FPWF effort for 2009 will focus on green jobs and the need to promote green pathways out of poverty. JEI will be putting on a local event as part of this effort. The intern’s role would include helping to mine existing relationships with organizations JCRC/JEI has worked with in the past and helping to discover potential new relationships with organizations we have not worked with previously. Outreach will be needed to secure co-sponsors for the event and to secure agencies, private businesses, and educational institutions to work with JCRC/JEI on this event.

In addition, the intern will have the opportunity to help get a new environmental program up and running for JEI. We are in the process of forming a teen JEI group that would involve teens planning environmental activities and preparing presentations throughout the community on the importance of living in an environmentally conscious way. The intern will work with the steering committee of this new group and help in the planning of its activities and programs.

Other activities of the intern could include doing environmental research to assist us in our advocacy work on the environment and assisting in applying for grants to help fund the work of the committee. The intern will be supervised by the JCRC’s Director of Domestic Issues/ Social Justice.

Gail Wechsler

Director of Domestic Issues/Social Justice

Jewish Community Relations Council

12 Millstone Campus Drive

St. Louis, MO 63146

w (314) 442-3894

gwechsler@jcrcstl.org

www.jcrcstl.org

The JCRC is a beneficiary agency of the Jewish Federation.