Commencement
PPA students' commencement ceremony is at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, May
21, 2004 at Hornet Stadium. Graduates should be there no later than
6:30 p.m. Please go to the University's
commencement website to sign up, find out about attire, and more.
The department strongly encourages those who are graduating to participate.
Give your family and friends a chance to congratulate you on a job well
done!
Student
Research Competition
The Eighteenth Annual Student Research Competition will be held locally
on Saturday, March 6, 2004. All currently registered undergraduate and
graduate students are eligible. Alumni/alumnae who received their degrees
in spring, summer, or fall 2003 are also eligible.
Entry forms are available at the Office of Research & Sponsored Projects (2nd floor, River Front Center, 278-7381. Up to ten CSUS student papers will be submitted to the Statewide Student Research Competition at California State University, Northridge to be held on April 30 and May 1, 2004.
Center for Collaborative Policy
The Center for Collaborative
Policy will host a seminar by Dr. Barbara Gray on March 19th
at 1:30PM till 3:30PM in the Oak Room at the student union. Her
topic is "Understanding and Overcoming Frame-Based Barriers to
Intractable Conflicts."
Seating is limited so we need RSVPs for those planning to attend and to notify folks of any changes. Please RSVP to Jodie Monaghan at the Center, 445-2079 or jmonaghan@ccp.csus.edu.
Dr. Gray's bio: "Dr. Barbara Gray is Professor of Organizational
Behavior and Director of the Center for Research in Conflict and Negotiation
in the Smeal College of Business at The Pennsylvania State University.
Dr. Gray's research covers the following areas: negotiations, organizational
change, intergroup conflict, diversity and multiparty alliances. Her
research focuses on interpersonal and intergroup conflict and methods
for promoting resolution of conflicts. She is the author of over 60
articles and books. Her book Collaborating: Finding Common Ground for
Multiparty Problems, (Jossey-Bass, 1989) is a classic that covers alliance-building
among businesses, government, labor and interest groups to solve problems.
Another book, Making Sense of Intractable Environmental Conflict: Concepts
and cases (Island Press, 2003) investigates intractable environmental
conflicts. In addition to environmental negotiations, she has studied
negotiations of joint ventures between firms in the U.S. and Peoples
Republic of China and the adoption of new technology by new product
teams."
Spring Department Office Hours
Monday through Friday: January 26 - May 21, 2004
8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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CSUS Public Policy Working Paper Series
Those interested in contemporary public policy issues should check the
list of working
papers available at the MPPA website. For more information contact
the department
at (916) 278-6557.
