September 18, 2017 Newsletter

  The Department of Political Science has a busy schedule for this fall semester.  We have many events planned and in the planning stages.  Two are taking place soon, and I want to feature them first and foremost.  Professor Pete Moore has returned from his Spring 2017 sabbatical, and will...

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September 25, 2017 Newsletter

  Happy autumnal equinox!  Those of us who have spent a few years in northeast Ohio will know how rare it is to have such lovely warm weather into late September.  I hope everyone has been able to enjoy it.  While you’re reading outdoors or simply lazing in the late...

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October 2, 2017 Newsletter

  On Monday, September 25, a vote on establishing an independent Kurdish state was held in the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq.  Turnout was relatively high, at a reported 72 percent, and 92.73 percent of those who voted supported independence, in response to the question “Do you want the...

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October 9, 2017 Newsletter

  This week the US experienced another mass shooting, unrelated to actual politics.  The shooting appears unmotivated by any political agenda; was not organized or advanced by any terrorist group; and sent no political message.  The shooting was “typical,” insofar as the shooter was male, using guns acquired legally; such information...

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Obama Foundation Fellowship

The Obama Foundation Fellows will be a diverse set of community-minded rising stars – organizers, inventors, artists, entrepreneurs, journalists, and more – who are altering the civic engagement landscape. By engaging their fellow citizens to work together in new and meaningful ways, Obama Foundation Fellows will model how any...

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January 30, 2017 Newsletter

Getting Established in the Semester.  As the semester gets under way, Senior Capstone arrangements are being confirmed by our faculty and by the students who have requested their advice as capstone directors.  Senior POSC majors who have not yet completed POSC396 and who intend to graduate this spring will...

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