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.
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
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.”
Dr. Samantha Mosier published an article Sustainability and Climate Change with co-author Megan Ruxton titled, “Trust Issues: US Public Preferences for Entities to Protect the Environment.” The article focuses on a broad assessment of environmental institutional trust in the United States and identifies a set of demographic influences on trust including education level and race as robust explanatory factors.
Abstract: “Using an industry survey data source, this study evaluates which institutions and entities are considered by the United States population to be more trustworthy to protect the environment. The results indicate there is not a singular institution or entity that is overwhelmingly trusted by the public to protect the environment. Indeed, a significant portion of the population trusts no one to protect the environment. Level of education and race are the most consistent explanatory factors for what influences trust. Additionally, generation, partisan affiliation, and regional location also provide keen insights for variation in trust levels. The findings suggest a lack of trust among the American population that should be alarming for developing robust responses to environmental problems.”
France recently recalled its ambassador to the United States over the cancellation of a submarine deal by the Australian government, the latest controversy in what has been a sometimes fraught relationship between two old allies. The Onion looks at key events in the timeline of U.S.–France relations.
1778: France becomes America’s first ally during the Revolutionary War, cementing a friendship that will last as long as is convenient for the U.S.
1803: U.S. purchases Louisiana Territory from France after realizing it would be a great topic for fourth-grade presentations for centuries to come.
1815-1835: Nations peacefully coexist following years of failed warmongering.
1835: French intellectual Alexis de Tocqueville visits the fledgling U.S., famously observing that you don’t have to be crazy to live here, but it helps!
1884: France presents Statue of Liberty as gift to U.S. after Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Portugal say they don’t want it.
1944: Someone liberates someone, but who keeps track among friends?
1951: An American In Paris came out this year. So, you know, that’s something.
1954: U.S. graciously volunteers to pick up where France left off in Vietnam.
2012: U.S.–France relations peak during standing ovation of Kennedy High School’s production of Les Miserables.
2021: Emmanuel Macron furious after Australia leaves its submarine deal with France for a younger country.
Early registration – for special categories – begins Friday, Nov. 5.
For most students registration begins Monday, Nov. 8.
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 SEPT., 2021.
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You can find this number this 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). Do NOT use the “credits applied” – this number includes the classes you are currently enrolled in.
