ISP Update / April , 2008
GREETINGS
1. Hi Everyone.....just a reminder to urge you to remind your students to email in their entries to the 2008 ISP Annual Contest for BSW and MSW students and faculty very soon...for Rules, see Contest at http://www.statepolicy.org/contest/official-rules.html....Wednesday, May 7 is the final day by midnight. Entries are online this year only, so there will be no extensions due to postmark dates, etc. May 7 is it! BSW entries to Kathy Byers at Indiana University at kvbyers@indiana.edu, and MSW entries to Bob Schneider at Virginia Commonwealth University: rschneid@vcu.edu.
2.Visits to State Capitals totaled 6,899 in 2007. Visits this year (2008) are coming in slowly and the talley stands at:
Alabama:
Alaska: 0
Arizona: 0
Arkansas: 0
California:0
Colorado: 0
Connecticut:0
Delaware:0
District of Columbia: 0
Florida:0
Georgia:0
Guam: 0
Hawaii: 50
Idaho:0
Illinois: 0
Indiana: 0
Iowa: 0
Kansas: 70
Kentucky:0
Louisiana:0
Maine:31
Maryland: 0
Massachusetts:7
Michigan:0
Minnesota: 0
Mississippi:23
Missouri: 258
Montana: 0
Nebraska:15
Nevada: 0
New Hampshire: 25
New Jersey: 0
New Mexico:0
New York: 150
North Carolina:0
North Dakota:
Ohio: 0
Oklahoma: 0
Oregon: 0
Pennsylvania: 25
Rhode Island: 0
South Carolina: 0
South Dakota: 0
Tennessee: 0
Texas: 0
Utah:0
Vermont: 0
Virginia:150
Washington: 0
West Virginia:0
Wisconsin:45
Wyoming: 0
Total: 999
PLEASE REPORT YOUR NUMBERS OF STUDENT VISITS THIS YEAR!!! I KNOW WE HAVE MORE THAN THIS FIGURE WOULD INDICATE......
3. We are making a DVD that will have all six of the ISP videos on it. It is in production now and within a week or two, we should be ready to mail it to you. We decided to switch to DVD since that is where technology is and is going......I trust everyone will be able to find a way to still use the 6 videos, including our newest one, "Creating Change: Building a Legislative Coalition."
4. We will need some judges for the ISP contest in May. If you are interested, let me know by email and I will add you to the list and let you know.
5. Kathy Byers is making good headway with transition plans for ISP next year. Many volunteers have asked to be included in planning, in doing specific tasks, and helping ISP maintain its mission. If you want more info on this, please contact Kathy at:; kvbyers@indiana.edu
6. Don't forget ISP's Annual Meeting in Philadelphia during the APM of CSWE, Oct. 30-Nov 2. We will have a booth there, will hold our annual membership meeting, and give out our PhD Dissertation Award to Mr. Clark Peters of The University of Chicago.
Til later....all the best.....Bob Schneider and Kathy Byers
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