Jody Baumgartner

Registration for spring 2022 classes has already begun. When YOU register depends on the number of credit hours you have completed PRIOR to this semester – in other words, The number of COMPLETED HOURS you have, as of SEPT., 2021. The schedule is below:

You can find the number of completed hours by checking DegreeWorks. The number you are looking for is the “overall credits,” listed below your minor (in the right hand column, at the top). See the picture below:

Other information about registration can be found here: https://registrar.ecu.edu/students. It’s a good idea to spend a couple of minutes looking through this information – LOTS of questions answered here!

If there are other questions, please contact your adviser.

During the American Revolution, the Continental Congress passes a resolution stating that “two Battalions of Marines be raised” for service as landing forces for the recently formed Continental Navy. The resolution, drafted by future U.S. president John Adams and adopted in Philadelphia, created the Continental Marines and is now observed as the birth date of the United States Marine Corps.

Today, there are more than 200,000 active-duty and reserve Marines, divided into four divisions stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina; Camp Pendleton, California; New Orleans, Louisiana; and Okinawa, Japan. Each division has one or more expeditionary units, ready to launch major operations anywhere in the world on two weeks’ notice. Marines expeditionary units are self-sufficient, with their own tanks, artillery, and air forces. The motto of the service is Semper Fidelis, meaning “Always Faithful” in Latin.

FROM: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/birth-of-the-u-s-marine-corps

“News” from the satirical website, “The Onion”: Andrew Yang Developing New Fourth Party After Failing To Gain Support With Third Party

“RIVER VALE, NJ—Calling for an end to the partisan squabbling that had long held the nation hostage, politician and entrepreneur Andrew Yang told reporters Thursday that he was building a new fourth party after failing to gain traction with his recently founded Forward Party.

“This country is moving too far left, too far right, and too far forward, which is why I’m proud to announce the Breakthrough Party,” said the former presidential candidate, urging voters who were fed up with the Democratic Party, Republican Party, and Forward Party to join him in his new venture to return sanity to American politics in a way even his own third party had not.

“My experience founding the Forward Party over these past few weeks tells me we need a fourth way; a way that can make meaningful progress on issues Americans care about, rather than spouting platitudes like our three major parties. It’s time to live up to this country’s ideals. It’s time for a breakthrough.” At press time, Yang had announced immediate plans to sever ties with the Breakthrough Party and form a fifth unnamed party that would help cut through the noise of U.S. politics.”

From: https://www.theonion.com/andrew-yang-developing-new-fourth-party-after-failing-t-1847957168

Join the Center for Leadership and Civic Engagement next Wednesday, November 10 2021 at 4:00 PM, in the Main Campus Student Center, Room 307, for a discussion on how to run for political office.

The session is designed to help students consider the possibility of a future run for political office and the steps to take in that process! Guests will include Tucker Middleton, Senior Vice President at Putnam Partners, a marketing and campaign firm in Washington, DC and an ECU alum, as well as Dr. Baumgartner.

Free food, free stuff!

See https://engage.ecu.edu/event/7159364.

The following are some Election Day updates, as of 7:00 a.m. 11/3, taken from several sources (not cited here) on the Web: 

In “New Jersey, Republican Jack Ciattarelli [holds] a slight lead over incumbent Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy, but the race [is still] too close to call. … Democratic incumbent Gov. Phil Murphy and Republican Jack Ciattarelli are separated by just a few thousand votes.”

In Virginia, “Republican Glenn Youngkin has defeated Democrat Terry McAuliffe in the race for governor in Virginia, according to a call from the Associated Press” at about 12:45 a.m.

In other closely watched races, Minneapolis voters “rejected a ballot measure to overhaul policing drafted amid the national fury over George Floyd’s murder.”

There’s never too much information about this subject! Please check to see if your adviser has emailed you about registration in the past couple of weeks – if you don’t know who your adviser is, you can find out on Degree Works.

If (and only if) you can’t find an email with instructions about registration, reach out to him or her, asking for guidance.

The following Political Science majors have been formally nominated for membership into ECU’s Chapter of The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi.  We congratulate these students for their accomplishments!

Rachel Davis
Sebastian FormyDuval
Morgan Fried
Whitney Morrisette
Peyton Paschke
Alessia Corsi
Meredith Ferreri
Attie Giles
Katherine Gryson
Harrison Johnson
Seth Lemon
Ethan Norris
Abby Sullivan

The last day to withdraw from a full term block (regular semester length) class is November 1 by 5 pm.

If you are enrolled in a 2nd block (8-week) course, that deadline to withdraw is Nov 11 by 5 pm.

To withdraw from a class, send an email to your adviser containing the following:

• Your full name
• Your Banner ID
• The full course CRN (not just the name)

He or she will then forward this to the registrar.

Dr. Baumgartner, with co-editor Terri Towner, has published a new book titled The Internet and the 2020 Campaign.

From the back cover: “Although many developments surrounding the Internet campaign are now considered to be standard fare, there were a number of newer developments in 2020. Drawing on original research conducted by leading experts, The Internet and the 2020 Campaign attempts to cover these developments in a comprehensive fashion. How are campaigns making use of the Internet to organize and mobilize their ground game? To communicate their message? How are citizens making use of online sources to become informed, follow campaigns, participate, and more, and to what effect? How has the Internet affected developments in media reporting, both traditional and non-traditional, of the campaign? What other messages were available online, and what effects did these messages have had on citizens attitudes and vote choice? The book examines these questions in an attempt to summarize the 2020 online campaign.”

See it on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3C5ZFmr