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Student Interns Meet Board Chair

Mary Lukens, recent chair of the NMU Board of Trustees, met with the student interns she help send to the Democratic and Republican National Conventions when she was on campus for one of the board's fall semester meetings. Lukens worked with the NMU Political Science Department to place students with national media, as well as on the staffs of both major parties. She also provided financial support for the internships. Read more about the student interns' activities at the conventions.

Student Interns Meet Board Chair

Democratic & Republican National Convention Interns

Mary Lukens, recent chair of the NMU Board of Trustees, met with the student interns she help send to the Democratic and Republican National Conventions when she was on campus for one of the board's fall semester meetings. Lukens worked with the NMU Political Science Department to place students with national media, as well as on the staffs of both major parties. She also provided financial support for the internships. Read more about the student interns' activities at the conventions.

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Building Your Credentials

NMU’s Political Science and Public Administration Department's new graduate certificate in public management (CPM) program is under way. This program is designed with flexibility for the working professional in mind. Program details

Students in D.C.

Unique, semester-long internships in the nation's capital are available to NMU students through a partnership with the Washington Center. The deadline to register for the Spring 2009 semester is Nov. 15. Internship details

Model U.N. Experience
If you’re interested in international affairs, have you heard about NMU’s Model United Nations Club? The club represents various global countries at regional, national and international competitions. The group earned three awards at the fall convention in Chicago. NMU’s Model United Nations Club is now preparing to compete at the Midwest Model U.N. event in St. Louis on Feb. 18-21. If you’re interested in joining, get details by e-mailing nkenok@nmu.edu. You can learn more about the Midwest competition at http://www.mmun.org.

Model U.N. Experience

If you’re interested in international affairs, have you heard about NMU’s Model United Nations Club? The club represents various global countries at regional, national and international competitions. The group earned three awards at the fall convention in Chicago. NMU’s Model United Nations Club is now preparing to compete at the Midwest Model U.N. event in St. Louis on Feb. 18-21. If you’re interested in joining, get details by e-mailing nkenok@nmu.edu. You can learn more about the Midwest competition at http://www.mmun.org.

Great Lake Symposium
Three expert panelists presented Great Lakes Symposium: Politics and Policy of Protecting the Great Lakes during the fall semester. The panelists were David Dempsey, journalist and author of Great Lakes For Sale: From Whitecaps to Bottle Caps; Ken Sikkema, national expert on water and environmental issues, policy expert and former senate majority leader; and Tom Baldini, former chairman of the International Joint Commission. View the event via streaming video or click here to download Baldini’s PowerPoint presentation.

Great Lake Symposium

Ore boat in Lake Superior

Three expert panelists presented Great Lakes Symposium: Politics and Policy of Protecting the Great Lakes during the fall semester. The panelists were David Dempsey, journalist and author of Great Lakes For Sale: From Whitecaps to Bottle Caps; Ken Sikkema, national expert on water and environmental issues, policy expert and former senate majority leader; and Tom Baldini, former chairman of the International Joint Commission. View the event via streaming video or click here to download Baldini’s PowerPoint presentation.

Political Review Magazine
Do you have an idea for an article for the upcoming issue of Political Review? Or would you like to write an article? The Political Review is a student-written and operated magazine sponsored by the NMU Political Science and Public Administration Department. The Review comes out once a semester unless is publishes additional special editions, as it do prior November’s 2008 elections. Click here to learn more about the Political Review.

Political Review Magazine

Do you have an idea for an article for the upcoming issue of Political Review? Or would you like to write an article? The Political Review is a student-written and operated magazine sponsored by the NMU Political Science and Public Administration Department. The Review comes out once a semester unless is publishes additional special editions, as it do prior November’s 2008 elections. Click here to learn more about the Political Review.

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