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Registration for summer and fall classes starts soon after spring break.

• Early registration – for special categories – begins Friday, March 25.
• For most students registration begins Monday, March 28.

The day you can register depends on the number of credit hours you have completed PRIOR to this semester: The number of COMPLETED HOURS, as of Jan., 2022. 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:

Please prepare yourself by looking through your Degree Works record (remember, use FIREFOX for Degree Works!). Your adviser will reach out to you with more information, including your PIN.

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.

Students, you may be interested in NCDOT internship/apprenticeship opportunities to make a difference and gain hands-on skills.

They are recruiting for an intern and 4 apprentices who are interested in planning and public transportation to join our Integrated Mobility (IM) team. The IM team implements 21st century transportation solutions connecting bike and pedestrian paths to public transit. Students who are hired can expect to get exposure to all aspects of a transit system and to gain experience in public transportation operations.

The internship is based in Raleigh, NC and is open to students who are currently enrolled in a graduate level program. Students must apply at https://bit.ly/341HIcn by March 31, 2022.

The 4 apprenticeships are open to seniors graduating between Dec 2021 and May 2022. Apprenticeships are available in Boone, Durham, and Charlotte and will require a 12-month commitment. Students must apply at https://bit.ly/NCDOTIMApprentice by March 31, 2022.

For more information, please contact Chloe Fanelli, NCDOT Recruiter, cjfanelli@ncdot.gov (919-707-4439)

President Biden addressed members of Congress and the country last light in his first State of the Union speech. The speech lasted 62 minutes. Highlights included remarks about Russia and the Ukraine, inflation and COVID.

The official transcript of the speech is found here: https://www.whitehouse.gov/state-of-the-union-2022/

Spring 2022 8-week Block 2 classes begin today, Monday, Feb. 28. The last day to make schedule changes (adding or dropping courses) for this 8-week Block is Wednesday, March 22, at 5:00 pm.

MORE: Registration for Summer Sessions and Fall Semester 2022 begins on March 28. Start reviewing your Degree Works record!

Here are several of our 20 internship opportunities that are targeted to majors within the College of Arts and Sciences. The deadline for students to apply is March 7.  All job descriptions and applications can be found at https://rede.ecu.edu/engagement/2022-pfi-descriptions/

On Wed., Feb. 23, Dr. Hanna Kassab, along with POLS Majors Xavier Williams and Zachary Allen, hosted the department of political science table at the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Science’s “Mix and Mingle” event, held for potential incoming students.

BIG THANKS to Dr. Kassab, and especially to Xavier and Zachary!

Dr. Baekwan Park and Dr. Jody Baumgartner have been awarded the Oral Parks Memorial Best Faculty Paper Award for the 2021 North Carolina Political Science Association meeting, for their paper titled “The ‘Veepstakes,’ Social Science Style: A Statistical Model of Vice Presidential Selection In The Modern Era.”

Abstract: Using discrete choice analysis, this paper examines the 24 contested major party  vice presidential nominations from 1960 through 2020. The model factors in numerous demographic and political characteristics of the individuals on the presidential nominees’ short lists, including various measures of presidential ticket “balance.” The model identifies exposure in the national media, having served in national political office and bringing either gender or racial/ethnic diversity to the ticket are identified as positive factors in the selection of a presidential running mate, in addition to being younger and not having been a rival for the presidential nomination. Following this the analysis uses predicted probabilities to generate a post hoc forecast of the eventual vice presidential selection from the short list of potential candidates, correctly predicting 18 (75%). In the end the analysis represents a more scientific way than traditional journalistic guesswork to think about the veepstakes.

(The paper has since been published in Presidential Studies Quarterly). 

Political Science Faculty Friends: Pirates Vote will be hosting a virtual State of the Union Watch Party next Tuesday March 1, 2022 at 8:45 PM on Teams. We will have some live polls and discussion going on in the chat and we will also take attendance (if you would like to provide extra credit). More details through the link below.

https://engage.ecu.edu/event/7925146

Alex R. Dennis, MS | Assistant Director
Center for Leadership & Civic Engagement

dennisa15@ecu.edu  | 252-737-4988 | http://www.ecu.edu/clce/

Dr. Daniel Xu was invited as one of the several coauthors with international experiences and perspectives to contribute to a book on public emergency management strategies and governance for the COVID pandemic in selected OECD countries. The director of Chinese CDC wrote a preface for the book and the leading public health experts of China are listed on the book’s advisory board.

Dr. Xu submitted the manuscript in English, but in light of the targeted readership, in the end the editors decided to publish only the full text in Chinese with English abstracts.

Dr. Hanna Kassab of the department of political science was featured on WNCT News yesterday (Feb. 17), talking about how Russia’s invasion threat is affecting gas prices.

Watch here!