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Operation PSA: The Action Learning of Curiosity and Creativity APPENDIX C Transcript of the Undergraduate PSA Presented at the Teaching Public Administration Conference, May 31-June 8, 2008 How did you learn about public administration Respondent #1: I learned about it from the former mayor of Grand Rapids who had made the comment that people weren’t learning civics anymore, so, I got interested. Respondent #2: I learned about it from one of my advisors who suggested it since I wanted to work with nonprofits. My actual major is public relations, but he suggested public and nonprofit administration for my minor. Respondent #3: I learned about it at my community college, Muskegon Community College, when I went and talked to my advisor and she suggested public administration would be needing a lot of solid educated individuals to fill the careers in upcoming years. What does public administration mean to you Respondent #1: It means making a difference in the lives of people around you and in your community. Respondent #2: For me it means having the knowledge to know how I can best effect the change when I start working with a nonprofit. Respondent #3: Public administration to me is everything in society… everything in society that sometimes gets overlooked if people don’t understand something and to do the research into it, it’s basically everything and how everything runs. Do you think you’re in the right field and why Respondent #1: Absolutely, without a doubt. There is no other field that I can find that offers such a way to have a hands-on impact on everybody’s daily life. Respondent #2: I would say I’m definitely in the right field now. Respondent #3: Definitely, public administration is for me. I think Grand Valley has a really, really good curriculum and I know that I would like to bring my experience, my education, and my research into the field and give a very interesting approach to the ethics and everything that needs to be installed in public administration. How important is public administration and do we really need this field Respondent #1: Public administration is critical to our lives, as I had mentioned. We really do need this field and particularly at the undergraduate level like we are. It is one thing to talk about it as an academic and it’s another thing to actually go out there and impact the lives of people. Respondent #2: I think public administration is really important and, after 380 Journal of Public Affairs Education
Operation PSA: The Action Learning of Curiosity and Creativity taking this class, I can’t imagine if our cities and our government were run by people who didn’t know, at least, the basics and hopefully more then the basics, which is what we are learning. Respondent #3: I think public administration is really important. My master’s degree that I’m going to get from Michigan State is in health care administration and I think that it’s an upcoming career that many people need to be educated in to make, formulate, decisions — educated decisions. What was your most memorable public administration class and why Respondent #1: I’ll say both of the public administration classes I am taking right now. I’m taking PA 270 and PA 307, which is local politics. This class is fascinating because we get to really apply what we’re learning to our own situations rather then just textbook knowledge. Local politics is fascinating to me because I’ve never had a course that has gone quite so focused on something so personal. Respondent #2: This is the only one I’ve taken it, but it’s been really memorable, because, in addition to learning the theories, I know how to apply them now. I think that’s really important. Respondent #3: I would have to say this one. This is my second one I’ve taken. I took PA 360, which is the nonprofit, um, public administration approach, organizational approach, and this one. I mean, to learn everything in a fun manner and to be able to put all of the seriousness that needs to go into the field and to watch Happy Feet and relate that to public administration was really, really, really cool. It really made a difference and you can make a difference in society. Journal of Public Affairs Education 381
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