December 6, 1999
The Communicator is
the official program newsletter serving the students of the Graduate Programs
in Public Policy and Administration
and International Affairs
at California State University, Sacramento.
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DIRECTOR'S CORNER
Well, we've almost made it to the end of the semester, the end of the year, the end of the millennium (although you quantitative types may want to keep debating whether 2000 is the first year of the new millennium, or the last year of the old millennium!!) Here's a few suggestions for the end of 1999 and the beginning of 2000:
1) Sign up for PPA and IA classes. Use CASPER. Sign up early and often! Remember, the Hornet Bookstore only orders as many copies of class texts as students enrolled in the class as of the end of December. This invariably results in some students not having books for the first several weeks of class. Sign up now, and buy your books as early as possible.
2) Do all of us a favor. Don't drink and drive over the holiday season (or any time else, for that matter). Especially PPA students who are supposed to ANALYZE such statistics, not become one.
3) I know there is a lot of pressure this year with cramming for finals, completing term papers and projects, and squeezing in holiday celebrations. Remember, there is light at the end of the tunnel, and a long semester break. Spring semester classes begin on January 26, 2000. Until then, keep on studying, finish up those papers and projects, relax a little over the break, and come back refreshed for a great new semester.
The only big changes that we have made for the Spring semester are in the PPA program. In the Spring, Dr. Tim Hodson, Director of the Center for California Studies will be teaching the PPA 260 course, Working with Legislatures; Dr. Michael Semler will be teaching PPA/GOVT 284, Urban Politics and Policy; and I will be teaching PPA 230, Public Budgeting and Finance.
Happy New Year!!
Bob Waste
IA & PPA Director
We welcome your contributions to the Communicator! Make announcements, share your good news, reflect on your academic and professional achievements, or submit an article. Contact the Director, Bob Waste, or the Department Secretary, Suzi Byrd, (916) 278-6557, in the PPA/IA Department Office.