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delivers training program in Shanghai, China - Professors Walter
Broadnax and David Van Slyke traveled to Shanghai, China to
deliver a senior-level management training program from April 20 and April 24.
The Shanghai
Administrative Institute (SAI) hosted the program as part of a larger
training initiative for Shanghai government officials including
sixty-five senior and middle-level officials from city and
sub-district agencies. |
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Maxwell welcomes the 2009 National Security Management Course
(NSMC) - The 2009 National Security Management
Course (NSMC) will be in residence for two weeks at Syracuse
University’s Maxwell School beginning April 26. |
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IDB delegation attending workshop at Maxwell - High
level staff from the Inter-American Development Bank’s regional
offices throughout Latin America and the Caribbean will visit
the Maxwell School April 26 – 28 for a public sector reform
workshop.
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Xueyi Chen defends her dissertation - Xueyi Chen,
Executive Education Program's Program Manager for China Programs
has successfully defended her Ph.D. dissertation on April 16th,
2009.
The title of her dissertation was "Issues Obtrusiveness in in the
Agenda-Setting Process of National Network Television News".
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PGPPM program participant awarded gold medal - Alok
Mishra, a participant of the 2007 Post-Graduate Programme in
Public Policy and Management (PGPPM) program, was recently
awarded the Gold Medal at the 34th IIMB Convocation Function by
former Chief Justice and Chairman NHRC, M. N. Venkatchalliah. |
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EMPA student Benar Azez adds to the Executive Exchange series
with his latest presentation on Iraq - Thank
you to Mr. Benar Azez, current EMPA AmidEast/Fulbright student from
Iraq, for his wonderful presentation on “New Iraq, New Hope”. This was the latest presentation of the Executive Exchange series,
held on Wednesday April 8. |
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EMPA Alumni recognized for her achievements - Ms.
Pamela Heintz, our EMPA alumni has been recognized for her
outstanding work as the Director of the Mary Ann Shaw Center for
Public and Community Service (CPCS). Chancellor Cantor and
Syracuse University has named Pam the Associate Vice President
for Engagement in the Division of Academic Affairs. |
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Leaders for Democracy Fellows Return to Maxwell -
For the third consecutive year, the Maxwell School will host a
group of emerging leaders from across the Middle East and North
Africa for five weeks, beginning March 15. |
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Ketcham gives the first Executive Exchange presentation of the
semester - She gave us great perspective and
information in regards to "Relating to the Media: A Look Through
the Television Lens" for people wishing to get their messages
out to the public through the media. |
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alumni presents paper on Budget reform and global governance in
Marrakech, Morocco - Executive Education alumni
Carmen Apaza presented a paper at the 10th International
Conference for Budget Reform and Global Governance held in
Marrakech, Morocco, January 22 to 24, 2009. |
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Welcome New Students! - Executive Education would like to
welcome fifteen new EMPA students! Orientation was held
Wednesday, January 7th and classes started Monday, January 12th.
Our fifteen students represent Korea, India, China and the
United States. |
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Exed students graduate - On Monday, December 1st
Executive Education bid a farewell to eighteen EMPA students.
The December Graduation Event was held at the University
Sheraton with guest speaker Professor Larry Schroeder. |
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Facilitating Conflict Resolution Forums a Fulfilling Experience
for Fellow - Muskie Messenger features EMPA student
Shams Mustafayeva, a Muskie fellow, facilitating a Conflict
Resolution Forum |
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Alumni Conference in Marrakech, Morocco
- On December 15 - 17 the Leaders for Democracy Fellows second
annual Alumni conference will take place in Marrakech, Morocco.
28 of the 42 Fellows who attended the LDF program at the Maxwell
School in 2007 and 2008 will attend. |
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Maxwell School Dean Mitchel Wallerstein has announced a new
director of the School’s Executive Education Program -
Long standing director, Bill Sullivan is assuming a new position
as assistant dean for external relations. Steve Lux will replace
Bill Sullivan as director of Executive Education Program. |
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Environmental Finance Center participates in Environmental
Finance Conference in Bengaluru - Sara Pesek,
Director of the EPA Region 2 EFC at SU, participated in the
“Environmental Financing of Global Public Goods – State of Art
and Future Challenges” Conference held at the Indian Institute
of Management - Bangalore. |
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Maxwell Welcomes PGPPM Participants from India -
Executive Education runs a seven-week program entitled “Issues
in Public Policy: The U.S. Perspective” as part of the Post
Graduate Programme in Public Policy & Management (PGPPM) at the
Indian Institute of Management – Bangalore (IIMB). |
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Executive Education Welcomes Delegation from India’s National
Police Academy - Executive Education hosted a
delegation of officers from the National Police Academy in
Hyderabad, India. Maxwell is currently in negotiations to
develop midcareer training programs for senior officials in
Indian Police Service. |
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2008 International Journalists Program - This is
the third year in which the Maxwell and Newhouse Schools will be
co-hosting international journalists as part of the State
Department’s Edward R. Murrow Program for International
Journalists. In the past, the University has hosted journalists
from North African and the Middle East. This year, twelve North
African journalists will be visiting the Syracuse campus, along
with three interpreters. |
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Exed bids farewell to the 2008 IDC students
- Executive Education and MAX Courses bid farewell to 16
undergraduate students and one administrator from the
Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) at Herzliya, Israel on September
19. |
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Students and staff have an introductory gathering at South
Campus
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The new and continuing students of the Executive Education Program
Office gathered on Wednesday, September 10, at the Inn Complete on the
South campus. It was great seeing families meeting families! And of
course, the students met each other in an informal situation on a
beautiful early fall evening. |
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Exed pleased to announce year three of the LDF program
- The U.S. Department of State's Middle East Partnership
Initiative (MEPI) and the Maxwell School of Citizenship and
Public Affairs, Syracuse University, are pleased to announce
year three of their Leaders for Democracy Fellowship Program
(LDF). |
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Israeli students from IDC arrive for the Policy, Politics, and
Conflict Student Exchange Program - Executive
Education and MAX Courses is pleased to be hosting 16
undergraduate students and one administrator from the
Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) at Herzliya, Israel as part of a
student exchange program. |
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Exed is hosting members of the Shenzhen City government
- Executive Education is hosting 23 officials from the Shenzhen
City Government as part of the Maxwell-China Partnership Program
for the Public Service Management Training Program. |
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“The Battle for World Opinion” -
Executive Education’s National Security Studies Director,
William Smullen, has published an article that addresses the
question of America’s standing in the world. The article
appeared in the March 2008 issue of Thememschwerpunkt. |
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Welcome to our New and Continuing Class of 2008! -
We are welcoming 68 new students this semester from many parts
of the world. This year there are representatives of the
countries of Russia/Armenia, Azerbaijan, South Korea, India,
Latvia, Peru, Japan, Benin, Botswana, and Iraq, as well as the
United States. |
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DCP Students graduate with dual degrees - On August
1, our Defense Comptroller Program students completed their dual
degrees of both an MBA and the Executive MPA with a graduation
event at the Whitman School. |
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Welcome Executive Education's Newest Citizen! - On
Wednesday July 29th, Caroline Tong, Ph.D. became a United States
Citizen along with 40 others from 24 countries. U.S. District
Court's Senior Judge Frederick Scullin Jr. administered in
Syracuse NY. |
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National Security Studies in Action - As part of a
Joint Leadership Program Seminar conducted by the Office of the
Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), a team assembled as
part of the National Security Studies (NSS) Program presented a
two-day simulation in Washington, D.C. in July for 23
participants representing many of the 16 intelligence agencies
in the federal government. |
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Master in Social Science (MSSc) Students attend two week residency at
Maxwell School - For two weeks in July, the
Executive Education Programs welcome the MSSc students to the
Maxwell School for a two week Residency from July 14—July 25. |
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Over 100 Mid-Career Indian Administrative Service Officers
Complete the Phase IV Program - Senior officers
within the Indian Administrative Service, attended the Phase IV
program that took place in April, May and June of this year. The
program took place at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy
of Administration, an Indian government research and training
institute on administration and public policy. |
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Tsinghua University’s School of Public Policy and Management
wins award for its Executive Masters of Public Administration
(EMPA) program - Tsinghua University’s School of
Public Policy and Management (SPPM) received one of Tsinghua
Unviersity’s forty first-prize awards for its Executive Masters
of Public Administration (EMPA) program.
Tsinghua University’s EMPA and Maxwell jointly organize a two-week
program on “international public administration”. |
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Joint program completed in Korea - The Maxwell
School has just completed a joint training program with the KDI
School of Public Policy and Management for a delegation of over
100 senior officials from the Government of India. |
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Leaders for Democracy Fellows complete their 12 week program
- Graduation ceremonies were held on June 6th for the twenty
Fellows from 10 countries in the Middle East who participated in
the Leaders for Democracy Fellows program.
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Congratulations to our newly graduated Executive MPA and
Certificate Students! - Around twenty EMPA and
Certificate graduates took part in the Maxwell Convocation on
May 10, 2008. The event took place in the Grant Auditorium of
the Law College and began at 2pm. Catherine Gerard, our
Associate Director was the Convocation speaker. A number of
colleagues joined the festive event to cheer on their friends.
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Dean Mitchel Wallerstein visits China, meets with E-MPA and
Executive Training graduates in Beijing and Shanghai
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As part of Dean Wallerstein’s recent visit to China, he met with
graduates of the Executive -Masters of Public Administration
degree program in Beijing. During his trip to Shanghai, he met
with a number of government officials who completed a program at
Maxwell in the Fall of 2005.
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NSS hosts 41 participants for the National Security Management
Course 2008 - The 2008 National Security Management
Course was in session from April 27 to May 9 at the Maxwell
School of Syracuse University. This year’s course featured 41
participants from across the United States and abroad.
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Leaders for Democracy Fellows head to Washington, DC
- The twenty Fellows from 10 countries in the Middle East who arrived at
the Maxwell School on March 17th as part of the Leaders for Democracy
Fellows program (funded by the U.S. Department of State's Middle East
Partnership Initiative) headed to Washington DC this past weekend. |
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Phase IV Program in India - Maxwell School’s
Executive Education Program and the Center for Public Policy at
IIM Bangalore welcomed 114 Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
officers to an 8-week policy analysis and public management
training program. |
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EMPA student Xiaoping Liu presents at the Executive Exchange
Program - On March 4 at Executive Exchange EMPA
student Xiaoping Liu presented "Developing Adaptive Leadership".
Xiaoping discussed the changing world the need for adaptive
leadership. She recounted from her own experiences in China and
the UN mission to explain the importance of adaptive leadership. |
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Exed to Host 20 Emerging Leaders from Middle East -
Twenty emerging leaders from 12 countries in the Middle East
arrived at the Maxwell School today as part of the Leaders for
Democracy Fellows program funded by the U.S. Department of
State's Middle East Partnership Initiative. The program, now in
its second year with plans for a third underway. |
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EMPA/DCP student Victor M. Castillo wins the Major Henry Ofeciar
Award for Leadership - The award, presented to the
DCP student who has displayed leadership qualities, selfless
support to other students, and support and participation in the
Whitman, was awarded to current EMPA/DCP student Victor M.
Castillo on February 1, 2008. |
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Welcomes Spring 2008 EMPA Students - Executive
Education would like to welcome the Spring 2008 EMPA students to
Maxwell! The six new students have widely diverse backgrounds
and are wonderful additions to the EMPA program. |
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Alumni Conference in Cairo
- On December 10 - 12 the Leaders for Democracy Fellows first
annual Alumni conference will take place in Cairo Egypt. 17 of
the 22 Fellows who attended the LDF program at the Maxwell
School in 2007 will attend. |
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Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore (IIMB) visits Maxwell
- IIMB
and Maxwell are jointly developing the Phase IV program for the
Government of India. Professor Gopal Naik and Professor Chiranjib
Sen visited Maxwell for a three-day retreat to plan the 2008 Phase
IV program. |
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Metropolitan Government and the Maxwell School ink MoU
- The purpose of the program is to offer selected Seoul
Metropolitan Government mid-career civil servants the
opportunity to complete an Executive Master of Public
Administration (EMPA). |
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delegation from Ministry of Personnel, China visits Maxwell
School - In response to the People Republic of
China's interest in reform, a senior level delegation from the
Ministry of Personnel is visiting the United States us to learn
more about our civil servant systems, performance management,
and ways in which our government provides services to government
employees and the public at large. |
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Indian Officials Participate in Korea Exposure Visit
- Maxwell partnered with the KDI School of Public Policy and
Management to host a delegation of IAS officers in Korea for two
weeks. |
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Shenzhen City Government Training Program Concludes
- The Shenzhen City Government Delegation completed their study
program on Rule of Law and Oversight in City Governance. The
group spent three weeks in Syracuse and then a full week in
Albany, NY and Washington DC. |
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Students from Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Complete their
Program - Sixteen students from IDC completed their
program with a final presentation at the Maxwell School on
October 5th. |
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Delegation from the Shenzhen City Government attends program on
Rule of Law and Oversight in City Governance - The
Executive Education department hosted a delegation of officers
from the Shenzhen City Government in August and October as they
attended a program on Rule of Law and Oversight in City
Governance. |
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Executive Education works with the Korean Development Institute
- Meetings were held in Seoul to plan a program that will bring
over 100 senior Government of India officials to Korea to study
their civil service system. |
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