MPA New Student Orientation
September 16, 2006
Location: Seminar II, C1107
Theme: Archipelagos of Public Service

8:30 am	Check-in and coffee (photos taken of each student)

9:00 am	Welcome and introductions 
(Cheryl Simrell King, MPA Director and Ted Whitesell, MES Director)

9:15 am	Guest Speaker: Daniel Kemmis, author of "This Sovereign Land"
(MES students will depart after the guest speaker)

9:45 am	Break

10:00 am	Introduction to Learning Communities & New Student Introductions
(Cheryl Simrell King, MPA Director, Mary McGhee, Associate MPA Director, Mike McCanna, Associate MPA Director)

11:30 am	Lunch (box lunches provided)
	(Tribal Governance track students will depart for class after lunch)

12:30 pm	Campus Resources Information Exchange

1:30 pm	Program overview (MPA faculty)

2:00 pm	Seminar:  Kemmis, D. (2001). This Sovereign Land: A New Vision for Governing the West. Island Press. ISBN: I-55963-842-7, meet in Sem II C2109 & Sem II C2107

3:00 pm	Alumni panel, Sem II C1105