Fall Discussions Challenge Status Quo

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The department has offered two forums this fall. "Our Constitutional Right to Counsel: Why Public Defense Reform?" was the September forum and featured Maureen Dimin, who directs the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers' indigent defense reform efforts. "Changing Michigan: A U.P. Perspective" was the topic of the homecoming forum and had a panel of public policy professionals discussing needed change for the state.   View the "Changing Michigan" forum



News and Information

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Building Your Credentials

NMU’s Political Science and Public Administration Department's new graduate certificate in public management (CPM) program is under way. This program is designed with flexibility for the working professional in mind.  Program details

Students in D.C.

Unique, semester-long internships in the nation's capital are available to NMU students through a partnership with the Washington Center. The deadline to register for the Spring 2009 semester is Nov. 15. Internship details

William Clay Ford Speaks at NMU

William Clay Ford JrNMU students had the opportunity to meet William Clay Ford, Jr., the executive chairman of the Ford Motor Company Board of Directors and vice president of the NFL's Detroit Lions, when he was on campus Monday, Oct. 19. View the discussion



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