In-Career MA Info Sessions

Are you ready to earn your MA in Public Policy but don’t think you can juggle classes and work? Come to one of our In-Career MA information session to learn about our flexible masters program where you can maintain your full-time job, taking classes during evening hours; or you can take a year off work to complete the program full-time in one year. Information sessions are Tuesday, June 4th, 2013 from noon to 1pm and Wednesday, June 5th from 5:50 to 6:30pm. Both sessions will be held at Page Hall, LEC, Room 130.

http://glennschool.osu.edu/prospective/info_sessions.html

Dana McDaniel, Dublin Deputy City Manager and Glenn School Alumni wins Lifetime Achievement Award

The Intelligent Community Forum, a New York-based think tank dedicated to studying the use of information and communications technology to create the community of the 21st Century, announced it will award Glenn School Alumni Society Board member Dana McDaniel (MPA ‘90) its third-ever Lifetime Achievement Award at their annual Summit in New York on Friday June 7. 

NEW STUDY BY OHIO STATE PROFESSORS FINDS “MEDICAID IS BROKEN ARGUMENTS” NOT VALID

The Medicaid program is not perfect. It can be better. But, the argument that Medicaid is such a broken system that it is better to be uninsured than to be on Medicaid is not supported by the evidence. 

In a new study by William D. Hayes, director of Healthcare Reform for the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, and Professor Anand Desai of the John Glenn School of Public Affairs at The Ohio State University, looks at the debate regarding Medicaid expansion. They have found that critics of Medicaid expansion have selectively taken the work of credible scholars with seemingly sound analyses to make the counter intuitive claim that the Medicaid system is so broken that it is better to be uninsured than to have Medicaid coverage.

In their paper, “Medicaid Outcomes: better than being uninsured and comparable to private coverage?” Hayes and Desai conclude that when properly comparing people on Medicaid to people with other sources of health coverage, the general and inevitable conclusion is that having Medicaid coverage is better than being uninsured, including: better access to care, lower rates of unmet health needs; reduced financial burden, less stress; improved mental health status and even reduced rates of death. Medicaid coverage can also be comparable to private coverage on many, though not all, measures. They further find Ohio’s Medicaid program performs better than that in most states and has results on some measures that are similar to or better than private pay in Ohio and better than the national private pay and the national state Medicaid average.

For more information on the study please contact William D. Hayes, Director, Healthcare Reform for the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, 614.736.0102, william.hayes@osumc.edu 

To learn more, go to:  glenn.osu.edu/research/policy/medicaid-outcomes

 

After a two-year process, the Glenn School’s Alumni Society is now officially chartered by The Ohio State University Alumni Association. Congratulations to all on the Alumni Board and its committee members and thank you for all the hard work it took to make this happen.

Congratulations to Dr. Ken Kolson on being named a Fulbright U.S. Scholar

Congratulations to Dr. Ken Kolson, the Director of the Washington Academic Internship Program, who will spend next spring semester as a Fulbright U.S. Scholar in Lithuania. Kolson will be teaching in the department of public administration at the University of Siauliai, a regional university with about 9,000 students.

The Fulbright Program is a program of highly competitive, merit based grants for international educational exchange for students, scholars, teachers, professionals, scientists and artists, founded by United States Senator J. William Fulbright in 1946. Under the Fulbright Program, competitively selected U.S. citizens may become eligible for scholarships to study, conduct research, or exercise their talents abroad and citizens of other countries may qualify to do the same in the United States.

Whatever Happened To The Economy?

Professor Jason Seligman is part of a National Public Radio story by Alan Greenblatt called “Whatever Happened To The Economy?” Jobs and the economy dominated political discussion during the election year, but have since been forgotten. Even before the current outbreak of scandals, it was clear Washington preferred to talk about other issues.  

After six year leading the John Glenn School of Public Affairs, Dr. Charles Wise is stepping down as director this summer. To honor all he has done to make the Glenn School what it is today, the staff and faculty of the school held a reception at Page Hall, Thursday evening, May 9, 2013. Glenn School alumni, colleagues from around The Ohio State University and from Indiana University came to toast Dr. Wise. Ohio State presented him with an engraved clock and the faculty and staff of the Glenn School gave him a commissioned oil painting of Page Hall.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/glennschool/sets/72157633448212427/

As part of her Glenn School graduate assistantship with Franklin County Commissioner Marilyn Brown, Estera Pirosca (MPA ’13), interviewed immigrants who settled in the county. The stories Estera wrote about the people she met has been turned into a book, “Portraits of Immigration: Journeys Toward Belonging”. Commissioner Brown is holding a book launch party Thursday, May 30, 2013, 5:30-7p.m. at Kegler Brown - 65 E State Street, Suite 1800, Columbus 43215.  RSVP by May 18th to estera.pirosca@franklincountyohio.gov or call 614-525-5553
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As part of her Glenn School graduate assistantship with Franklin County Commissioner Marilyn Brown, Estera Pirosca (MPA ’13), interviewed immigrants who settled in the county. The stories Estera wrote about the people she met has been turned into a book, “Portraits of Immigration: Journeys Toward Belonging”.

Commissioner Brown is holding a book launch party Thursday, May 30, 2013, 5:30-7p.m. at Kegler Brown - 65 E State Street, Suite 1800, Columbus 43215. 

RSVP by May 18th to estera.pirosca@franklincountyohio.gov or call 614-525-5553

John Glenn documentary premiere

Over 200 alumni and friends of the John Glenn School of Public Affairs got to see a sneak peek of a new documentary on the extraordinary life of Sen. John Glenn, Tuesday, April 30, 2013.

Using archival footage and interviews with Senator Glenn, lawmakers, journalists, and historians, the documentary is an inspiring look at Glenn’s incredible career. From a war pilot to being the first American to orbit the Earth to his days in the Senate, and at 77 years of age becoming the oldest person to go into space, the viewer is transported to the pivotal moments in John Glenn’s life when he put country before self.

Produced by WOSU Public Media, the documentary and will air on the Big Ten Network and PBS Stations nationwide.

Each year the John Glenn School of Public Affairs Learning Community and the John Glenn Civic Leadership Council hold dinner to celebrate another successful school year and to honor outstanding participants in the program.

The John Glenn Civic Leadership Council is the school’s undergraduate student organization. The CLC seeks to promote, broaden, and cultivate civic engagement and leadership among college students and focuses on four distinct areas: policy, academics, service and community. 

The John Glenn Learning Community is a co-curricular program sponsored by the Ohio State University’s John Glenn School of Public Affairs and Office of University Housing. The Learning Community allows first-year students with an interest in public service and policy to live together in the residence halls. As an undergraduate student, you will spend an average of only 15-20 hours a week in the classroom. It is important that where you live and spend the balance of your time is a friendly and supportive environment, both academically and socially. 

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