CORO Fellows Program | GSPIA

 

Yesterday was an exciting day! The President and CEO Greg Crowley- of the CORO Fellows Program based in Pittsburgh- along with Sarah Miller, Outreach Manager, gave their time to inform students of the wonderful opportunities with CORO. Here is a short run down of what you missed!

What is CORO?

CORO trains the civic leaders of tomorrow. CORO is a national program in multiple cities across the country- Pittsburgh, St. Louis, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York City.

How is this accomplished?

CORO aims to bring out the best in people and develop them professionally. They strive to build a more collaborative culture by providing leadership training to get people to the next level. This is done by engaging in a series of projects to support neighborhoods that really need help.

Main points are:

• address the achievement gap in school
• catalytic projects working across different sectors in the community- experienced-based learning and working with high stake-holders
• field-based leadership- realized through self awareness. A point was made that most people have a difficult time recognizing what they are good at and spend most of their time focusing on things they are not good. Self awareness training aims to change this way of thinking.
• Civic strategy- knowing people and having an action related approach

What do you take away? 

MINDSET and NETWORKING

Commitment?

CORO is a full-time nine month program. To get the most of CORO it is preferable to participate after graduation.
Fellows receive a monthly $1,300 stipend and no tuition fee is applicable
Fellows are able to defer their loan payments when participating in CORO
CORO, once again, is not limited to Pittsburgh, one can participate at any of its nation wide programs- St. Louis, New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles

Deadline?

January 23rd

Can't commit to a full-time program?

CORO has several part-time programs, too! Leaders in Learning, Women in Leadership, Next Neighborhood Leaders...

For more information on applying to CORO or to learn more about their part-time programs click here

 

Spring 2015 enrollment| GSPIA

It is that time of the year, it is time to start thinking about what classes to register for Spring 2015. Registration opened up today, and whether your enrollment date is today, tomorrow or sometime next week, it is important to stay informed as to what courses are offered and what best fits your professional endeavors.

 At a Career Services mentoring event a few weeks back Elizabeth McCabe, a GSPIA enrollment counselor, gave first year students useful advice for planning their second semester. Among several other points, she advised getting core classes out of the way especially for those planning on studying abroad. Mentors, on the other hand, got a chance to speak about course recommendations pertaining to their majors and mentorees followed up with questions. In addition, any hard skills classes- financial management, quantitative methods 2, GIS, grant writing, etc...- are highly recommended due to giving graduate students an edge in the job market.

Enrollment advice should not be limited to these few points and speaking to your enrollment counselor and faculty advisor will better prepare and lead you in the right direction. Two years is not very long and it is essential to plan accordingly.

Below is the list of courses for Spring 2015 which I am sure you have all seen (one more avenue won't hurt anyone).

 Public & Nonprofit Management

PIA 2023/3000 - INTERMEDIATE QUANTITATIVE METHODS

PIA 2101 - MANAGING EMERGENCIES AND DISASTERS 

PIA 2103 - MANAGING PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC AND NON-PROFIT SECTOR (required)

PIA 2108 - MATCHING MONEY WITH MISSION 

PIA 2109 - REBUILDING AND BUILDING US PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE

PIA 2124 - COMPARATIVE REGIONAL GOVERNANCE

PIA 2126 - STATE AND METROPOLITAN POLITICS AND POLICY

PIA 2140 - FINANCIAL PRACTICES FOR ECONOMICS AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY 

PIA 2170 - MANAGEMENT NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS 

PIA 2185 - STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT (required)

PIA 2189 - SEMINAR POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS 

PIA 2188 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES AND PRACTICES

PIA 2192 - ETHICS AND PUBLIC LIFE

PIA 2204 - GRANT WRITING AND FUNDRAISING

PIA 2208 - ENERGY PRODUCTION AND THE LOCAL ECONOMY

PIA 2220/3020 - ADVANCED SEMINAR: EVIDENCE AND INFERENCE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE AND PUBLIC POLICY 

PIA 2231 - CONTEMPORARY US ENERGY POLICY 

PIA 2232 - POLICIES FOR KEEPING PEOPLE HEALTHY AND SAFE

PIA 2335 - APPROACHES TO CONFLICT RESOLUTION

PIA 2410 - AMERICAN LEGISLATIVE PROCESS

PIA 2459 - POLICY APPLICATIONS OF GAME THEORY

PIA 2502 - GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

PIA 2527 - FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FOR NGOS AND NON-PROFITS

PIA 2587 - ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION 

PIA 2614 - LOBBYING AND ADVOCACY (DC Semester)

PIA 2615 - LAW-MAKING SEMINAR (DC Semester)

PIA 2715 - GIS FOR PUBLIC POLICY 

PIA 2730 - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND FOCUS GROUPS (1.5 credits)

PIA 2732 - LOG FRAME AND DEVELOPMENT PLANNING (1.5 credits)

PIA 3393 - COMPARATIVE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

PIA 2096 – CAPSTONE SEMINAR – Financing NGOs for Development (if not used toward capstone requirement)

PIA 2096 – CAPSTONE SEMINAR – Project Design and Evaluation: A Workshop on Development (if not used toward capstone requirement)

PIA 2096 – CAPSTONE SEMINAR – Management Consulting in Nonprofits (if not used toward capstone requirement)

Policy Research & Analysis

PIA 2023/3000 - INTERMEDIATE QUANTITATIVE METHODS (required)

PIA 2101 - MANAGING EMERGENCIES AND DISASTERS 

PIA 2124 - COMPARATIVE REGIONAL GOVERNANCE

PIA 2188 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES AND PRACTICES

PIA 2189 - SEMINAR POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS 

PIA 2192 - ETHICS AND PUBLIC LIFE

PIA 2208 - ENERGY PRODUCTION AND THE LOCAL ECONOMY

PIA 2220/3020 - ADVANCED SEMINAR: EVIDENCE AND INFERENCE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE AND PUBLIC POLICY 

PIA 2231 - CONTEMPORARY US ENERGY POLICY 

PIA 2232 - POLICIES FOR KEEPING PEOPLE HEALTHY AND SAFE

PIA 2302 - POLITICAL ECONOMY OF THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL SYSTEM

PIA 2383 - POLITICS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

PIA 2388 - INTERNATIONAL LAW AND POLICY

PIA 2410 - AMERICAN LEGISLATIVE PROCESS

PIA 2421 - FORMAL POLITICAL THEORY 2

PIA 2429 – WAR ON DRUGS

PIA 2459 - POLICY APPLICATIONS OF GAME THEORY

PIA 2502 - GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

PIA 2587 - ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION 

PIA 2614 - LOBBYING AND ADVOCACY (DC Semester)

PIA 2615 - LAW-MAKING SEMINAR (DC Semester)

PIA 2707 - URBNZ & SUSTNBL DVLP INT'L CNTXT

PIA 2715 - GIS FOR PUBLIC POLICY 

PIA 2730 - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND FOCUS GROUPS (1.5 credits)

PIA 2732 - LOG FRAME AND DEVELOPMENT PLANNING (1.5 credits)

PIA 2740 - PLN & ANAL SUSTAINABLE REGIONS

PIA 3050 - QUALITATIVE RESEARCH: DESIGN AND METHODS

PIA 3303 - ADVANCED SEMINAR: IN SECURITY AND INTELLIGENCE 

PIA 3395 - FIELD SEMINAR: DEVELOPMENT THEORY

PIA 3393 - COMPARATIVE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

PIA 2096 – CAPSTONE SEMINAR – Project Design and Evaluation: A Workshop on Development (if not used toward capstone requirement)

Urban Affairs and Planning/Urban & Regional Affairs

PIA 2101 - MANAGING EMERGENCIES AND DISASTERS 

PIA 2109 - REBUILDING AND BUILDING US PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE

PIA 2124 - COMPARATIVE REGIONAL GOVERNANCE

PIA 2126 - STATE AND METROPOLITAN POLITICS AND POLICY

PIA 2140 - FINANCIAL PRACTICES FOR ECONOMICS AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY 

PIA 2188 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES AND PRACTICES

PIA 2208 - ENERGY PRODUCTION AND THE LOCAL ECONOMY

 PIA 2231 - CONTEMPORARY US ENERGY POLICY 

PIA 2232 - POLICIES FOR KEEPING PEOPLE HEALTHY AND SAFE

PIA 2429 – WAR ON DRUGS

PIA 2502 - GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

PIA 2520 - FOOD SECURITY: AGRICULTURE & RURAL DEVELOPMENT 

PIA 2587 - ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION 

PIA 2614 - LOBBYING AND ADVOCACY (DC Semester)

PIA 2615 - LAW-MAKING SEMINAR (DC Semester)

PIA 2707 - URBNZ & SUSTNBL DVLP INT'L CNTXT

PIA 2715 - GIS FOR PUBLIC POLICY (required)

PIA 2730 - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND FOCUS GROUPS (1.5 credits)

PIA 2732 - LOG FRAME AND DEVELOPMENT PLANNING (1.5 credits)

PIA 2740 - PLN & ANAL SUSTAINABLE REGIONS (required)

PIA 3395 - FIELD SEMINAR: DEVELOPMENT THEORY

PIA 2096 – CAPSTONE SEMINAR – Policy Planning in Developing Countries (if not used toward capstone requirement)

PIA 2096 – CAPSTONE SEMINAR – Governance and Planning: Open Data for Homestead and West Homestead (if not used toward capstone requirement)

Energy & Environment / Development Planning & Environmental Sustainability

PIA 2023/3000 - INTERMEDIATE QUANTITATIVE METHODS

PIA 2101 - MANAGING EMERGENCIES AND DISASTERS 

PIA 2109 - REBUILDING AND BUILDING US PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE

PIA 2126 - STATE AND METROPOLITAN POLITICS AND POLICY

PIA 2140 - FINANCIAL PRACTICES FOR ECONOMICS AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY 

PIA 2188 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES AND PRACTICES

PIA 2208 - ENERGY PRODUCTION AND THE LOCAL ECONOMY

 PIA 2231 - CONTEMPORARY US ENERGY POLICY 

PIA 2232 - POLICIES FOR KEEPING PEOPLE HEALTHY AND SAFE

PIA 2356 - MODERN IRAN

PIA 2375 - CHINA IN THE WORLD

PIA 2383 - POLITICS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

PIA 2388 - INTERNATIONAL LAW AND POLICY

PIA 2440 - RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY

PIA 2459 - POLICY APPLICATIONS OF GAME THEORY

PIA 2502 - GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY (required)

PIA 2520 - FOOD SECURITY: AGRICULTURE & RURAL DEVELOPMENT 

PIA 2572 - EARNINGS AND EMPLOYMENT IN THE THIRD WORLD

PIA 2614 - LOBBYING AND ADVOCACY (DC Semester)

PIA 2615 - LAW-MAKING SEMINAR (DC Semester)

PIA 2707 - URBNZ & SUSTNBL DVLP INT'L CNTXT

PIA 2715 - GIS FOR PUBLIC POLICY 

PIA 2740 - PLN & ANAL SUSTAINABLE REGIONS

PIA 3395 - FIELD SEMINAR: DEVELOPMENT THEORY

Security & Intelligence Studies

PIA 2101 - MANAGING EMERGENCIES AND DISASTERS 

PIA 2231 - CONTEMPORARY US ENERGY POLICY 

PIA 2303 - SECURITY AND INTELLIGENCE STUDIES (required)

PIA 2305 - FOREIGN POLICY AND DIPLOMACY 

PIA 2323 - INTELLIGENCE PERSPECTIVES ON THE COLD WAR ERA 

PIA 2336 - STRATEGIC INTELLIGENCE IN INTERNATIONAL SECURITY STUDIES

PIA 2340 - SPACE AND NATIONAL SECURITY 

PIA 2354 - HISTORY OF AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE

PIA 2356 - MODERN IRAN

PIA 2365 - TRANSNATIONAL CRIME

PIA 2366 - INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

PIA 2375 - CHINA IN THE WORLD

PIA 2379 – INTRO TO CYBERCRIMES

PIA 2383 - POLITICS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

PIA 2388 - INTERNATIONAL LAW AND POLICY

PIA 2389 - CRIMINAL OPERATIONS IN THE CYBERWORLD

PIA 2412 - ANALYZING CRITICAL INTERNATIONAL SECURITY CHALLENGES

PIA 2429 – WAR ON DRUGS

PIA 2432/3303 - ADVANCED SEMINAR: IN SECURITY AND INTELLIGENCE 

PIA 2440 - RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY

PIA 2459 - POLICY APPLICATIONS OF GAME THEORY

PIA 2520 - FOOD SECURITY: AGRICULTURE & RURAL DEVELOPMENT 

PIA 2614 - LOBBYING AND ADVOCACY (DC Semester)

PIA 2615 - LAW-MAKING SEMINAR (DC Semester)

PIA 2715 - GIS FOR PUBLIC POLICY 

PIA 2742 - HUMANITARIAN CRISIS

PIA 2096 – CAPSTONE SEMINAR – GSPIA/NCFTA Workshop on Cyber Security (if not used toward capstone requirement)

PIA 2086 – CAPSTONE SEMINAR – Terrorism (if not used toward capstone requirement)

International Political Economy

PIA 2025 - MICROECONOMICS 1 (if not used toward core)

PIA 2027 – MACROECONOMICS (if not used toward core)

PIA 2023/3000 - INTERMEDIATE QUANTITATIVE METHODS

PIA 2140 - FINANCIAL PRACTICES FOR ECONOMICS AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY 

PIA 2188 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES AND PRACTICES

PIA 2208 - ENERGY PRODUCTION AND THE LOCAL ECONOMY

 PIA 2231 - CONTEMPORARY US ENERGY POLICY 

PIA 2302 - POLITICAL ECONOMY OF THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL SYSTEM

PIA 2356 - MODERN IRAN

PIA 2365 - TRANSNATIONAL CRIME

PIA 2366 - INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

PIA 2375 - CHINA IN THE WORLD

PIA 2379 - INTRODUCTION TO CYBER CRIMES 

PIA 2383 - POLITICS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

PIA 2388 - INTERNATIONAL LAW AND POLICY

PIA 2399 - INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ORGANIZATIONS 

PIA 2440 - RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY

PIA 2459 - POLICY APPLICATIONS OF GAME THEORY

PIA 2502 - GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

PIA 2510 - ECONOMICS OF DEVELOPMENT 

PIA 2520 - FOOD SECURITY: AGRICULTURE & RURAL DEVELOPMENT 

PIA 2572 - EARNINGS AND EMPLOYMENT IN THE THIRD WORLD

PIA 2587 - ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION 

PIA 2614 - LOBBYING AND ADVOCACY (DC Semester)

PIA 2615 - LAW-MAKING SEMINAR (DC Semester)

PIA 2707 - URBNZ & SUSTNBL DVLP INT'L CNTXT

PIA 2740 - PLN & ANAL SUSTAINABLE REGIONS

PIA 2742 - HUMANITARIAN CRISIS

PIA 3395 - FIELD SEMINAR: DEVELOPMENT THEORY

PIA 2096 – CAPSTONE SEMINAR – The EU and the Future of Economic Regionalism (if not used toward capstone requirement)

Human Security

PIA 2023/3000 - INTERMEDIATE QUANTITATIVE METHODS

PIA 2101 - MANAGING EMERGENCIES AND DISASTERS 

PIA 2188 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES AND PRACTICES

PIA 2208 - ENERGY PRODUCTION AND THE LOCAL ECONOMY

 PIA 2231 - CONTEMPORARY US ENERGY POLICY 

PIA 2232 - POLICIES FOR KEEPING PEOPLE HEALTHY AND SAFE

PIA 2307 - HUMAN SECURITY (required)

PIA 2356 - MODERN IRAN

PIA 2365 - TRANSNATIONAL CRIME

PIA 2366 - INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

PIA 2375 - CHINA IN THE WORLD

PIA 2383 - POLITICS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

PIA 2388 - INTERNATIONAL LAW AND POLICY

PIA 2399 - INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ORGANIZATIONS 

PIA 2429 – WAR ON DRUGS

PIA 2459 - POLICY APPLICATIONS OF GAME THEORY

PIA 2502 - GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

PIA 2520 - FOOD SECURITY: AGRICULTURE & RURAL DEVELOPMENT 

PIA 2572 - EARNINGS AND EMPLOYMENT IN THE THIRD WORLD

PIA 2587 - ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION 

PIA 2614 - LOBBYING AND ADVOCACY (DC Semester)

PIA 2615 - LAW-MAKING SEMINAR (DC Semester)

PIA 2707 - URBNZ & SUSTNBL DVLP INT'L CNTXT

PIA 2740 - PLN & ANAL SUSTAINABLE REGIONS

PIA 2742 - HUMANITARIAN CRISIS

PIA 2096 – CAPSTONE SEMINAR – Project Design and Evaluation: A Workshop on Development (if not used toward capstone requirement

NGOs & Civil Society

PIA 2023/3000 - INTERMEDIATE QUANTITATIVE METHODS

PIA 2101 - MANAGING EMERGENCIES AND DISASTERS 

PIA 2103 - MANAGING PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC AND NON-PROFIT SECTOR

PIA 2104 - FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT 

PIA 2108 - MATCHING MONEY WITH MISSION 

PIA 2117 - PROGRAM EVALUATION 

PIA 2140 - FINANCIAL PRACTICES FOR ECONOMICS AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY 

PIA 2170 - MANAGEMENT NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS 

PIA 2185 - STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT

PIA 2188 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES AND PRACTICES

PIA 2204 - GRANT WRITING AND FUNDRAISING

PIA 2232 - POLICIES FOR KEEPING PEOPLE HEALTHY AND SAFE

PIA 2335 - APPROACHES TO CONFLICT RESOLUTION

PIA 2365 - TRANSNATIONAL CRIME

PIA 2388 - INTERNATIONAL LAW AND POLICY

PIA 2399 - INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ORGANIZATIONS 

PIA 2459 - POLICY APPLICATIONS OF GAME THEORY

PIA 2502 - GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

PIA 2520 - FOOD SECURITY: AGRICULTURE & RURAL DEVELOPMENT 

PIA 2527 - FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FOR NGOS AND NON-PROFITS

PIA 2572 - EARNINGS AND EMPLOYMENT IN THE THIRD WORLD

PIA 2587 - ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION 

PIA 2614 - LOBBYING AND ADVOCACY (DC Semester)

PIA 2615 - LAW-MAKING SEMINAR (DC Semester)

PIA 2707 - URBNZ & SUSTNBL DVLP INT'L CNTXT

PIA 2730 - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND FOCUS GROUPS (1.5 credits)

PIA 2732 - LOG FRAME AND DEVELOPMENT PLANNING (1.5 credits)

PIA 2740 - PLN & ANAL SUSTAINABLE REGIONS

PIA 2742 - HUMANITARIAN CRISIS

PIA 3395 - FIELD SEMINAR: DEVELOPMENT THEORY

PIA 2096 – CAPSTONE SEMINAR – Financing NGOs for Development (if not used toward capstone requirement)

PIA 2096 – CAPSTONE SEMINAR – Project Design and Evaluation: A Workshop on Development (if not used toward capstone requirement)

PIA 2096 – CAPSTONE SEMINAR – Management Consulting in Nonprofits (if not used toward capstone requirement)

PIA 2096 – CAPSTONE SEMINAR – Policy Planning in Developing Countries (if not used toward capstone requirement)

Governance and International Public Management

PIA 2023/3000 - INTERMEDIATE QUANTITATIVE METHODS

PIA 2101 - MANAGING EMERGENCIES AND DISASTERS 

PIA 2103 - MANAGING PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC AND NON-PROFIT SECTOR

PIA 2124 - COMPARATIVE REGIONAL GOVERNANCE

PIA 2126 - STATE AND METROPOLITAN POLITICS AND POLICY

PIA 2189 - SEMINAR POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS 

PIA 2185 - STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT

PIA 2192 - ETHICS AND PUBLIC LIFE

PIA 2366 - INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

PIA 2388 - INTERNATIONAL LAW AND POLICY

PIA 2459 - POLICY APPLICATIONS OF GAME THEORY

PIA 2502 - GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

PIA 2520 - FOOD SECURITY: AGRICULTURE & RURAL DEVELOPMENT 

PIA 2587 - ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION 

PIA 2614 - LOBBYING AND ADVOCACY (DC Semester)

PIA 2615 - LAW-MAKING SEMINAR (DC Semester)

PIA 2707 - URBNZ & SUSTNBL DVLP INT'L CNTXT

PIA 2740 - PLN & ANAL SUSTAINABLE REGIONS

PIA 3393 - COMPARATIVE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Once again, make an appointment with your enrollment counselor and/or faculty advisor if you are uncertain about anything!

Don't forget to check your enrollment date and time. Login to your Pitt account, go to Student Center- Self Service- Enrollment- Enrollment Dates- Spring 2014-2015 and voila! You have successfully found your enrollment date and time.

- Career Services

#TipTuesday

Hello fellow GSPIAns!

Considering these next few weeks will be nothing but studying for midterms and/or writing papers, here is a good read I stumbled upon on US News. Although we aren't necessarily in the workplace, I am sure it can be applied to our experience at GSPIA.

Click here to access full article

Preview:

5 Habits That Boost Your Workplace Effectiveness

1. Don’t start your day with email

2. Master the details

3. Harness group brainpower

4. Take a 15-minute breather

5. Expect interruptions

- Career Services

 

Spring Term in D.C.

Washington D.C. Program Spring 2015


Considering the D.C. program? Every year GSPIA offers students the opportunity to spend the Fall semester in D.C.- students get first-hand experience AND their foot-in-the-door in Washington. This is invaluable experience that should be extended to more students. For such reason, GSPIA is now offering a Spring term in D.C.

What is this NEW Law and Policy Program taking place in Spring 2015? The rumors are true- there is now a D.C. program available in the Spring. This program will be administered jointly with the Pitt Law School and the Washington Center. The LPDC is designed for students who are interested in working at the intersection of law and policy with a focus on advocacy and the lobbying process.
Participating GSPIA and Law students will enroll in courses that take advantage of the location by having a GSPIA alum, Ali Bonebrake and Pitt law professor Elena Baylis, as instructors. Students will engage in internships providing hands-on DC experience.  Course requirements will be oriented toward building skills desired by employers in this field.  Our expectation is that students planning to launch their careers in Washington will find this spring term program especially attractive as a means of making a smooth transition to life in the capital.

Skills? Crucial communication skills needed to work in Washington- learning how to be succinct and to the point when speaking with high-level officials.

Worried about money? Dean Keeler will provide $1000 funding to participating students.

Why should I participate? Second years interested in working in Washington will easily be able to work through the summer, make more connections, and possibly find a job. First years will gain insight on what it takes to work in Washington.

Did we mention...? There's a practicum that complements the internship and gives students 3-credits. Essentially, yes, you are getting credit for your internship. (We all know that internships are normally ZERO credits.)

It's the first time it's offered? Correct! This means that participating students will be, as Dean Keeler stated, "the pioneers of the Law and Policy Program" that will one day look back and remember that they were the first group to have ever been a part of it. This could be you...

                             Meet the instructors

Alison Bonebrake  

  

Director, Federal Government Affairs at Sanofi

Washington, District Of Columbia (Washington D.C. Metro Area)
Pharmaceuticals

 Click here to view her LinkedIn account

Elena Baylis

 Associate Professor at University of Pittsburgh Law School, Washington Center

Washington, District Of Columbia (Washington D.C. Metro Area) 
Higher Education

 Click here to view her LinkedIn account



                                            Course Descriptions

Lobbying and Advocacy

In this course, students will learn core knowledge and skills required for lobbying and advocacy work. Students will meet with guest speakers and mentors who are lobbyists, will practice lobbying skills through exercises and assignments, and will produce policy writing samples. This course will focus primarily on lobbying in the federal legislative context; it will also address the federal agency context to a lesser extent.

Law-Making Seminar

This seminar explores the processes of federal law-making and public policy development. A primary purpose of the seminar is to enrich students’ understanding of law-making and policy development by focusing on a series of case studies concerning particular laws and policies and introducing information about the relevant political dynamics, bureaucratic systems, and other real-world factors. Thus, in addition to studying written materials, students will talk with Washington-based attorneys and others who are experts in the relevant fields.

                                                     Location 

The Washington Center - 2025 M Street NW

GSPIA’s office in the new University of Pittsburgh Washington Center is located in the “Golden Triangle” just a short walk from Dupont Circle. The Washington Center features state-of-the-art videoconferencing capabilities that connect our D.C.-based staff, adjunct faculty, and alumni with all of us at the GSPIA office complex in Pittsburgh. 

                                           Application information

Applications are due October 15th! 

About 5 students will be in D.C. this Spring! Get your applications in today!

Don't have one? Contact Career Services

Best of luck!