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My Life in Bloomington ～ Graduate Student Study Abroad Program (GSSAP)

My Life in Bloomington ～ Graduate Student Study Abroad Program (GSSAP). Li-Chuan, Liu July 24, 2007~ May 31, 2008. Outline. Life Housing Transportation Art and Sport Four Seasons Special Event Travel Yellow Stone National Park Chicago New York Washington D.C. Academic Study

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My Life in Bloomington ～ Graduate Student Study Abroad Program (GSSAP)

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  1. My Life in Bloomington～Graduate Student Study Abroad Program (GSSAP) Li-Chuan, Liu July 24, 2007~ May 31, 2008

  2. Outline • Life • Housing • Transportation • Art and Sport • Four Seasons • Special Event • Travel • Yellow Stone National Park • Chicago • New York • Washington D.C. • Academic • Study • Resources • Conference • SRSA (Southern Regional Science Association) • MPSA (Midwest Political Science Association) • Project (NPO)

  3. About SPEA • Best Graduate Schools (Public Affairs, Ranked in 2008) http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/grad/pad/search

  4. About SPEA • Smart policy. Sound science. Stronger communities. • This is the place for fearless problem-solvers. You care about your community, your country, your world. You want to make a difference at the leadership level and you want a career that fulfills your passion for improving the planet. • Ph D. Programs: • Public Affairs • Environmental Science • Joint Ph.D. in Public Policy

  5. Academic • Study • V680 Research Design and Method (David A. Reingold) • Leading discussion • Research design critique • Research proposal presentation • V524 Civic Society In Comparative Perspective (Leslie Lenkowsky) • V521 Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector (Kirsten A. Grønbjerg ) • Bi-weekly Journal • Project (consists of three smaller projects selected from eleven possible ones )

  6. Resources • Library/SPEA Library • Books, Article and Online Full-text Journals • Delivery • Professional Software • IT Training & Education • Writing Tutorial Services • Ballantine Hall 206 • Herman B Wells Library • Academic Support Centers

  7. Conference • SRSA (Southern Regional Science Association) • 47th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC March 27-30, 2008 • MPSA (Midwest Political Science Association) • 66th MPSA Annual National Conference, Chicago, April 3-6, 2008 • “A Correlation Analysis of Civil Culture and Socioeconomic Development In Taiwan”

  8. Indiana NPO Project • The project began in June 2000 and has produced a substantial body of research results. It includes five major phases: • Developing a Comprehensive Database of Indiana Nonprofits (ongoing) • Profiling the Indiana Nonprofit Sector (in process) • Indiana Nonprofit Capacity Assessment (in process) • Community Profile Analysis (in process) • Supplementary Data Sources on Indiana Nonprofits (ongoing) • Study of Nonprofit Networks & Development of Curricular Materials (in planning stage) http://www.spea.indiana.edu/gronbjerg/#Courses_on_the_Web http://www.indiana.edu/~nonprof/index.php

  9. NPO Infrastructure • The primary scholarly organization in NPO • Association for Research on Nonprofit Organization and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) • Philadelphia Sheraton City Center Hotel on November 20-22, 2008 • Poster: "Perception Enhancement for Civic Society with Nonprofit Organizations in Taiwan~ What People think About Nonprofit Organizations?" (Ming-Shen Wang, Li-Chuan Liu) • Oral: "Do Organization Characteristics and Activities Influence Organizational Capacity? ~An Analysis for Indiana’s Nonprofit Sector“ (Li-Chuan Liu, Kirsten A. Grønbjerg) • International Society for Third-Sector Research (ISIR) • Research center • Independent Sector • National Center for Charitable Statistics

  10. Life~ Housing • Apartment: Tulip Tree 1015 • 2 bedroom • $ 382/month

  11. Life~ Transportation • City Bus • Campus Bus • Buy a Car • 1998 Honda ULX 、102,500 miles

  12. Life~ Art and Sport (1/2) • IU Auditorium • Theatre and Drama • Musical Arts Center (MAC) • Jacobs School of Music • Museum • IU Art Museum • Mathers Museum

  13. Life~ Art and Sport (2/2) • SRSC (Student Recreational Sports Center) • Football • Indiana vs. Purdue • NBA Baseball • Pacers (Indy) vs. Pistons (Detroit)

  14. Four Seasons

  15. Special Event (1/2) • What is democracy? ~What does Democracy look like?

  16. Special Event (2/2) • Taiwan Week

  17. Travel~ Yellow Stone National Park • Bloomington (Indiana)→ Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa→ Illinois, Indiana • 4379 miles(=7177.2 Kilometer)

  18. Travel~ Chicago • November 19-23, 2007 • 66th MPSA Annual National Conference, Chicago, April 3-6, 2008

  19. Travel~ New York • December 19-26, 2008

  20. Travel~ Washington D.C. • Indiana→ Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, Washington D.C.

  21. Thank youFor your listening

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