Department of Political Science: Careers in Public Service Day
Welcome to the website of the "Careers in Public Service" Day, which will be held on the campus of the University of Central Arkansas on Wednesday, September 19, 2007! The primary purpose of "Careers in Public Service" Day is to raise awareness of career possibilities in the public and non-profit sectors and to provide UCA students with information on graduate programs in the fields of public administration, public policy, sociology, international studies, and political science.
Schedule - Wednesday, September 19th (12:00noon-5:00pm) - UCA Student
Center
12:00pm-1:10pm, SC 215A. Luncheon with keynote
speaker, John Selig, Director of the Arkansas Department of Human
Services. No cost for lunch but please RSVP
to Dr. Joseph Howard at jhoward@uca.edu
or Dr. Kim Hoffman at khoffman@uca.edu.
Space is limited.
1:15pm-2:25pm, SC 214A. Panel on the careers in the federal
government. Panelists include James Hedrick, Presidential
Management Fellow, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development;
Ronald Gill, Faculty Engineer, U.S. Department of Energy; Charles E.
Polk III, TSA Assistant Federal Security Director - Screening Operations
Little Rock Hub; Camron Doss, U.S. General Services Administration
Assistant Property Manager for the Ark-La-Tex Service Center; and
Samantha Cutler, Attorney, US Customs and Border Protection, U.S.
Department of Homeland Security.
2:30pm-3:40pm, SC 214A. Panel on careers in state/local government.
Panelists include Janet Miller Harris, Deputy Secretary of State, State of Arkansas;
Hon. Tab Townsell, Mayor of Conway; Patrick Ralston, Legislative
Analyst, Arkansas Bureau of Legislative Research; and Bryan Day, Assistant City
Manager, City of Little Rock.
3:45pm-4:55pm, SC 214A. Panel on careers with non-profit
organizations. Panelists include Anna Kay Williams, Trustee, Vice
President of Communications & Programs for the Charles A. Frueauff
Foundation; Hunter Goodman, Executive Director of the Arkansas Coalition
for Excellence; Samantha Huseas, Executive Director of the United Way of
Faulkner County; and Debra Robinson, Executive Director of the Faulkner
County Senior Citizens Program.
"Careers in Public Service" Day is sponsored by the
UCA College of Liberal Arts, UCA Department of Sociology,
and UCA Department of Political Science.
ALL UCA MAJORS ARE WELCOMED!
For more information regarding "Careers in Public Service" Day, please contact Dr.
Joseph Howard at 450-5637/jhoward@uca.edu
or Dr. Kim Hoffman at 450-5688/khoffman@uca.edu
in the Department of Political Science or contact Dr. Janet
Wilson at 450-5580/jwilson@uca.edu or Mr. Cliff Beacham at
450-5665/cliffb@uca.edu in
the Department of Sociology.
William J. Clinton School of Public Service, Little Rock, Arkansas