My Life in Bloomington ～ Graduate Student Study Abroad Program (GSSAP) Li-Chuan, Liu July 24, 2007~ May 31, 2008

Outline  Academic –Study –Resources –Conference SRSA (Southern Regional Science Association) MPSA (Midwest Political Science Association) –Project (NPO)  Life –Housing –Transportation –Art and Sport –Four Seasons –Special Event  Travel –Yellow Stone National Park –Chicago –New York –Washington D.C.

About SPEA  Best Graduate Schools (Public Affairs, Ranked in 2008) RankNameScore 1Syracuse University Syracuse, NY 4.5 2Harvard University Cambridge, MA 4.3 2Indiana University Bloomington Bloomington, IN 4.3 4Princeton University Princeton, NJ 4.1 4University of Georgia Athens, GA 4.1

About SPEA  Smart policy. Sound science. Stronger communities.  This is the place for fearless problem-solvers. You care about your community, your country, your world. You want to make a difference at the leadership level and you want a career that fulfills your passion for improving the planet.  Ph D. Programs: –Public Affairs –Environmental Science –Joint Ph.D. in Public Policy

Academic  Study –V680 Research Design and Method (David A. Reingold) Leading discussion Research design critique Research proposal presentation –V524 Civic Society In Comparative Perspective (Leslie Lenkowsky) –V521 Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector (Kirsten A. Grønbjerg ) Bi-weekly Journal Project (consists of three smaller projects selected from eleven possible ones )

Resources  Library/SPEA Library –Books, Article and Online Full-text Journals –Delivery –Professional Software –IT Training & Education  Writing Tutorial Services –Ballantine Hall 206 –Herman B Wells Library –Academic Support Centers

Conference  SRSA (Southern Regional Science Association) –47th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC March 27-30, 2008  MPSA (Midwest Political Science Association) –66th MPSA Annual National Conference, Chicago, April 3-6, 2008 –“A Correlation Analysis of Civil Culture and Socioeconomic Development In Taiwan”

Indiana NPO Project nbjerg/#Courses_on_the_Web f/index.php  The project began in June 2000 and has produced a substantial body of research results. It includes five major phases: –Developing a Comprehensive Database of Indiana Nonprofits (ongoing) –Profiling the Indiana Nonprofit Sector (in process) Indiana Nonprofit Capacity Assessment (in process) –Community Profile Analysis (in process) –Supplementary Data Sources on Indiana Nonprofits (ongoing) –Study of Nonprofit Networks & Development of Curricular Materials (in planning stage)

NPO Infrastructure  The primary scholarly organization in NPO –Association for Research on Nonprofit Organization and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) Philadelphia Sheraton City Center Hotel on November 20-22, 2008 –Poster: "Perception Enhancement for Civic Society with Nonprofit Organizations in Taiwan~ What People think About Nonprofit Organizations?" (Ming-Shen Wang, Li-Chuan Liu) –Oral: "Do Organization Characteristics and Activities Influence Organizational Capacity? ~An Analysis for Indiana’s Nonprofit Sector“ (Li-Chuan Liu, Kirsten A. Grønbjerg) –International Society for Third-Sector Research (ISIR)  Research center –Independent Sector –National Center for Charitable Statistics

Life~ Housing  Apartment: Tulip Tree 1015 –2 bedroom –$ 382/month

Life~ Transportation  City Bus  Campus Bus  Buy a Car –1998 Honda ULX 、 102,500 miles

Life~ Art and Sport (1/2)  IU Auditorium –Theatre and Drama  Musical Arts Center (MAC) –Jacobs School of Music  Museum –IU Art Museum –Mathers Museum

Life~ Art and Sport (2/2)  SRSC (Student Recreational Sports Center)  Football –Indiana vs. Purdue  NBA Baseball –Pacers (Indy) vs. Pistons (Detroit)

Four Seasons

Special Event (1/2)  What is democracy? ~What does Democracy look like?

Special Event (2/2)  Taiwan Week

Travel~ Yellow Stone National Park  Bloomington (Indiana)→ Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa→ Illinois, Indiana  4379 miles(= Kilometer)

Travel~ Chicago  November 19-23, 2007  66th MPSA Annual National Conference, Chicago, April 3-6, 2008

Travel~ New York  December 19-26, 2008

Travel~ Washington D.C.  Indiana→ Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, Washington D.C.

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