Hello Capstone students!
As promised, I’m following up with info about the student speaker you’ll be choosing for the MPA Hooding Ceremony on Friday June 10th.
Here’s how it works:
· With both the TG and PNAPP cohorts graduating, each gets to choose a speaker/ speakers who will speak for a maximum of 10 minutes total (no matter how many speakers are chosen).
· FYI the Tribal Governance has already finished their process and chose 2 speakers, so the 2 speakers will share their cohort’s allotted 10 minutes.
· The decision making process to choose the speaker is up to the cohort: you just need to decide on a process which will include any people who'll be graduating who are not in Capstone, so they can be involved and are eligible to speak as well.
· Your Capstone faculty are allotting time for you to organize this process during Capstone.
Student speaker guidelines:
· PNAPP cohort student speaker(s) has/have 10 minutes maximum
· Topic is their experience in the MPA program or another related topic.
· The speaker name needs to be sent to Jan Hays at haysj@evergreen.edu by Friday, May 20th.
· Speaker needs to email Doreen with a blurb for their Hooding Ceremony introduction at swetkisd@evergreen.edu by Tuesday, May 31st. Here are some sample intro blurbs from 2 recent speakers – could also mention Capstone project, other interests, etc:
· “The U.S. Navy brought me to Washington in 2002, and Evergreen to Olympia in 2006. While working for a local health care nonprofit, I discovered a passion for health care policy, and thus decided to pursue an MPA after completing my Bachelor's in 2010. I am privileged to come from a very supportive and well-educated family--my mom graduated from Law School in May, and I'm proud to share this milestone year with her.”
· “I grew up right down the road on the Westside of Olympia. I graduated from WSU in 2006 with a BA in Political Science and a 2nd major in Sociology. I have worked for the Department of Social and Health Services in the Central Budget Office for 5 years as a Senior Budget Analyst. My wife is graduating at the same time with her Master's in Evergreen's MIT program, and I am very excited/ proud of her for all the work she has done.”
Let me know if you have any questions - thanks much!
Randee
Randee Gibbons, MPP, MA | Assistant MPA Director
The Evergreen State College | www.evergreen.edu/mpa
gibbonsr@evergreen.edu | 360.867.6554
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