Events, Programs, Students and Alumni
The John Glenn School's delegate to the Council of Graduate Students (CGS), Abigail Bell, was awarded "CGS Delegate of the Year." She was recognized for her outstanding service to both her peers at the John Glenn School and colleagues on CGS. In her role, Abigail secured a competitive grant that made PASA's first annual banquet in February possible, traveled to Washington DC twice to lobby on behalf of graduate students at Ohio State, and connected Glenn students to a number of opportunities provided by CGS.
Zachary Green and Kathryn Grant - presented a poster at the Denamn Undergraduate Research Forum: “Resetting the table: An evaluation of macronutrient trends in UK food retailer product innovations.” The Denman Undergraduate Research Forum is an opportunity to showcase outstanding student research. More than 700 students presented their work this year. Zackary and Kathryn have a working paper — glenn.osu.edu/student-working-papers — and will help prepare a journal article to be submitted shortly.
Taylor Stepp was re-elected as Undergraduate Student Government president. He was the first unopposed USG president since 1966. He also is the first two-term president since 2002. PA major Josh Ahart, Stepp’s running mate, was elected vice president of USG. »Click here to read more.
Congratulations Best Practice Award Winners! The Ohio Association of Community Action Agencies (OACAA) along with the John Glenn School of Public Affairs gave five Community Action Agencies the Best Practice Awards, with one agency receiving two awards. The Best Practice Awards honor innovative and effective Community Action Agency programs that meet the needs of clients, families and communities by helping low-income people become more self-sufficient. »Click here to read about the winning programs.
Ben Weisbuch, who when he returned home from his honeymoon, collapsed and nearly died. Ohio Sate researchers discovered a gene mutation that caused Weisbuch’s health problems. »Click here to read the story.
Beth Trombold (MA ’10) to an open seat on the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio. Trombold was a longtime staff member for PUCO until last year when she became an assistant director at the Ohio Development Services Agency.
Sara Rinfret (MPA ’05) has had her first book published, “The Lilliputians of Environmental Regulation — The Perspective of State Regulators," that she co-authored with Michelle Pautz. The book will serve to advance the debate on the future of environmental regulation in the U.S. »Click here to learn more.
Congratulations to Roy Heidelberg, who successfully defended his dissertation, Accountability as an Instrument of Power: The Louisiana Broadband Technology Opportunities Program Grant and the Spaces of Public Affairs. Roy is on the faculty of Public Administration at Louisiana State University.
Congratulations to Judith Zimomra, (MPA’82), the city manager of Sanibel, Fla., on being named the Public Official of the Year by the News-Press Media Group. The award recognizes people and organizations that made a difference in Southwest Florida »Click here to read more
Glenn School Ph.D. student Hyungjo Hur has had as article published in the Asian Journal of Human Service. The article “Assessing Training System for Social Service Workers in South Korea: Issues and Policy Agenda” was co-authored by Professor Jaewon Lee of the Pukyong National University. »Click here to download the article.
After four years of playing sousaphone in the Ohio State University Marching Band, Jocelyn Smallwood will dot the “i” in Script Ohio. Jocelyn participated in the John Glenn Learning Community as a freshman, and has been an active member of the Civic Leadership Council ever since. »Click here to read more
WAIP alumni Aiesha White has internship at the White House »Click here to read more
See photos from the election night watch party sponsored by the John Glenn Civic Leadership Council and the Politics, Society, and Law Scholars. Over 200 students watched the results come in on the big screen TVs at Woody’s; played political trivial pursuit and a few were interviewed by CNBC.
Ohio Third Frontier Commission recently announced it is joining Battelle, Nationwide Children's Hospital, OhioHealth and Ohio State in funding the Central Ohio Entrepreneurial Signature Program. The $15.4 million program includes funding for a new collaboration between Ohio State and TechColumbus known as the Innovation Gateway, dedicated to helping launch high-growth startups based on Ohio State research and technology platforms. The Glenn School’s Battelle Center for Science & Technology Policy is helping to identify the most promising technologies to include for funding in the Innovation Gateway. »Click here to learn more
Dae Joong Kim, a Ph.D. student at the Glenn School, was selected as one of only three nominees for the Best Paper Award from the Association for Complexity Research and Education Network for his paper, Modeling the Complexity System of Individual Rational Behaviors Embedded in Network Structures: A Case Study of Public Sector Organization. He was provided a $1,000 research grant to present his paper at this year’s Korean Complexity Conference on November 24th in Seoul. » Click here to learn more.
Guy Worley, MA, ’91, honored by the Glenn School as the 2012 Outstanding Alumnus of the Year during the Welcome Home Alumni Reception. » Click here to read a Columbus Dispatch story on the award
Glenn School graduate Danielle Smith will be honored with the 2012 William Oxley Thompson Award at the Ohio State Alumni Award ceremony on Sept. 14, 2012. The William Oxley Thompson Award is presented to young alumni who have demonstrated distinctive achievement in a career, civic involvement or both. » Click here to learn more about Danielle Smith
Michelle Crandall, MPA ’93, is feature on the International City/County Management Association's ICMA website.
Each year the John Glenn School of Public Affairs invites alumni and friends of the school to gather in Washington, D.C., to honor an individual with an outstanding tradition of service in the public interest. The 2012 Excellence in Public Service award was given to NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden, Jr.. » Read more, watch a video of Bolden’s address.
Gregory Paxton, named Chief of Fire for Columbus.
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» Columbus Dispatch | Paxton moves into hot seat as city’s new fire chief
Public Affairs majors Taylor Stepp and Kevin Arndt were elected president and vice president of the OSU Undergraduate Student Government. Taylor has served as USG senator for the Glenn School for the last year and a half. Public Affairs freshman Tim Lanzendorfer was elected to replace him.
MPA student Chris Brunner's research into red-light runners caught on cameras shows many drivers are entering the intersection long after the light has gone red. His findings are featured in a Columbus Dispatch article. » Click here to read more.
Brunners' work was also cited in a Columbus Dispatch editorial and featured in an ABC6 story.
» Click here to read the editorial
» Click here to read the most recent Dispatch article
» Click here to see the ABC6 story
Steven Adams, a master’s degree student in the Glenn School spoke to a number of social-services providers in about the effect tax-increment-financing districts (TIFs) have on revenue from their respective property tax levies. Adams’ thesis suggests agencies with property tax levies will annually lose $31 per TIF for each person they serve over the life of the TIF. Read more
Glenn School alumnus Mike Champness writes about the work he did establishing Afghanistan's civil aviation system. » Read his story
Akron Beacon Journal | Gov. Kasich selects president of panel
Glenn School graduate, Randy Cole, named leader of powerful Ohio Controlling Board. »Read
The Glenn School has another senator in the building; Taylor Stepp will represent the school as a senator in the Undergraduate Student Government. »Read
Serbian leader at the Glenn School | Serbian Minister of Internal Affairs Ivica Dačić’s speak about Serbia — its history and its future. »Watch
Columbus Dispatch | President's speech draws mix of views at Ohio State »Read
The future of public administration | Three of the Glenn School’s faculty are publised in a special issue of Public Administration Review. »Read
Sen. Sherrod Brown's keynote address to the 45th anniversary of the Center for Slavic and East European Studies. »Watch
MA student Matthew Damschroder named director of elections for Secretary of State-elect Jon Husted. »Read
Ph.D. student Adam Eckerd is one of the 2010 ARNOVA (Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action) Emerging Scholar Award winners.
»Read about Eckerd »ARNOVA
Barbara K. Fergus Women in Leadership Lecture | Donna Brazile
The Lantern | OSU student recruits to work voting centers »Read
Battelle Center awarded $1.439 million in grants
Projects in systems modeling, data visualization and STEM innovation will benefit. »Read
New MPA/MBA degree
» A new dual-degree program will start in the Fall.
Working Paper Series
» Each week, a speaker is invited to give a presentation to the Glenn School.
Civility in Politics
» Watch a video of Rep. Ted Celeste and former Ohio Republican Party Chairman Bob Bennett discuss the civility in today’s political arena.
Networking Road Trip
» Glenn School graduate students packed into a van and drove to Washington D.C. to hobnob with alumni and possible employers.
Reunion
» African-American alumni of the Glenn School returned during All Decades African American Alumni Reunion
Public Service Award
» Michelle Rhee, chancellor of the D.C. Public Schools system, is the 2009 winner.
2010 Stanley Muroff Civil Liberties Forum
» Sen. Tom Daschle on the new health care reform legislation.
Woodward and Bernstein
» In a rare joint appearance, these legendary journalists discuss the future of journalism.
Mendoza 5k Run
» Watch a video about the run and find out you can help
Visitation Day
» Watch a slide show of accepted graduate students visiting the school.
Climate Change Policies' Impact on Ohio
» Glenn School part of Ohio State, Ohio University partnership to address climate change policies and their impact on Ohio
Climate Change and National Security forum
» Watch videos from the presentations.
» Stanley Muroff Civil Liberties Forum | 2009
Pulitzer Prize winner, Clarence Page, was this year's featured speaker.
» Obstacles and Opportunities | 2009 Rob Portman, former head of the OMB, talks about the stimulus package and the national economy.
Washington Policy Forum
To encourage collaboration and resource sharing among the many universities and other institutions that have a presence on Capitol Hill, the John Glenn School of Public Affairs and WISH (Washington Intern Student Housing) are hosting a speakers series. The events have attracted many of the Glenn School's alumni and friends in the D.C. area, many of whom are serving as mentors to the Glenn Fellows.
» Senator Sherrod Brown | 2009
» Congressman James Clyburn | 2009
The Importance of Public Service in Shaping America's Future
The John Glenn School of Public Affairs and the Ohio Telecom Association held a forum on the importance of public service especially during tough times at the Ohio Statehouse. The featured speakers were Sen. John Glenn and Robert Kennedy, Jr.
» "Want to make a difference? Be involved."
Parliamentary Development Project for Ukraine
» Democracy project expands to Crimea
Public Management Research Conference
» Read conference papers, see videos and photos
Team Building
Class of 2009
» Explore interactive graphics to see where 2009 class received their degrees
Kevin Teaford
» Captain named interim patrol leader
Lisa Patt-McDaniel
» Gov. Strickland appoints Lisa Patt-McDaniel as Director of Ohio Department of Development
Kevin Griffith
»Presidential Management Fellowship finalist
James Ramey
» MPA students wins planning innovation competition
Katchmar Day of Service | 2010
» Jerome Socolof on Jeopardy | 2009
Jerome Socolof, a graduate student in the Glenn School's arts policy and administration program had an Andy Warhol moment as a contestant on "Jeopardy.
