Distinguished Alumni Council Chair Srikant Sastry (MPA’88) (center) and other alumni met with students to discuss community engagement and public affairs. This panel was part of the celebration of the dedication of the Paul H. O’Neill Graduate Center.Dorian Davis (MPA’17) was one of the student speakers at the dedication of the Paul H. O’Neill Graduate Center. The ceremonies, including remarks by O’Neill and IU President Michael McRobbie, were held in the First Floor Commons of the new building.To celebrate SPEA IUB’s continuing #1 MPA ranking and to have a reason to bring a moose into the O’Neill Center, we threw a Chocolate Moose ice cream party. Executive Associate Dean Michael McGuire (Ph.D.’95) is with the Indiana Memorial Union moose mascot.This is the advertisement for the new stage production by Tavis Smiley (BSPA ’03). Death of a King focuses on the final year of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life before his assassination in 1968. The multi-media production will visit 40 cities on the 2018 tour, which commemorates the 50th anniversary of King’s death.Jack Bobo (MSES/JD’96) (right) meets with students as part of the Distinguished Alumni Council’s annual meeting, held in November on the Bloomington campus.Members of the Distinguished Alumni Council (from left) Rodney Hopkins (BSPA ’80), Ellen Annala (MPA’85), and Claudia Cummings (MPA’94) get updates on developments at both schools as part of their annual meeting.
