Southern Consortium of
University Public Service Organizations

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Overview
Southern Growth Policies Board has partnered with the Southern Consortium of University Public Service Organizations (SCUPSO) to improve the quality of policy-making and government management in the region. Southern Growth and SCUPSO collaborate to produce toolkits, publications and teaching aids that are used by SCUPSO member institutions in providing training and counsel to more than 35,000 local, state and regional government and nonprofit leaders each year.

Organized in 1979, SCUPSO supports university-based public service institutes in their efforts to assist state and local governments on a range of contemporary issues of importance. SCUPSO facilitates networking, information exchange, and collaboration among its 40 member institutions.

SCUPSO's 2013-2014 Officers are:

• President: Donna London, Director, The Jim Self Center on the Future, Strom Thurmond Institute, Clemson University
• Vice President/President-Elect: Brian Dabson, Associate Dean, Truman School of Public Affairs, University of Missouri

 

Strategic Focus

• Improving policy making by providing credible research and evaluation information.
  
  
• Improving government management practices through research, training and technical assistance.
  
  
• Developing leadership skills among city, county, state and regional government and nonprofit leaders.

Upcoming Meetings/Webinars

SCUPSO 2013 Fall Director's Meeting
October 8-9, 2013
Washington, DC

SCUPSO 2014 Annual Conference
April 23-25, 2014
Chapel Hill, NC

Past Meetings

SCUPSO 2013 Annual Conference
April 10-12
Baltimore, MD

• Agenda
• Presentations:
  • Initiative to Streamline Government
  • Project Management
• Conference Meeting Minutes and Notes:
  • Business Meeting Minutes
  • Leadership Discussion
  • What's New Discussion
• Links to Resources Mentioned in Conference Sessions:
  • How Universities Approach Public Service
    • Public Affairs Programs and the Changing Political Economy of Higher Education
      
      
  • Reporting to Clients
    • Neighborhood Nexus
    • The Burruss Institute

 

SCUPSO 2012 Fall Directors' Meeting
September 24-25
Charlotte, NC

• Agenda

SCUPSO 2012 Annual Conference
April 2-4
Biloxi, MS

• Agenda
• Presentations:
  • Implementing and Institutionalizing CompStat in Maryland
• Rick Duke, Director, Trent Lott Center for Excellence in Economic Development
  and Entrepreneurship, University of Southern Mississippi
• Mark LaSalle, Director, Pascagoula River Audubon Center
• Moby Solangi, Executive Director, Institute for Marine Mammal Studies
• Joe Sumners, Director, Economic & Community Development Institute, Auburn
  University
• Mark Weinberg, Director, Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs,
  Ohio University

 

SCUPSO 2011 Directors' Fall Meeting
October 12-13
Washington, DC

 

SCUPSO 2011 Annual Conference
April 6-7
Charlotte, NC

• Directors' Business Meeting Minutes
• Conference Session Highlights

 

SCUPSO 2010 Directors' Fall Meeting
October 7-8
Washington, DC

 

SCUPSO 2010 Annual Conference
April 7-8
Knoxville, TN

 

SCUPSO 2009 Director's Spring Meeting
March 31-April 2
Clemson, SC

 

Webinars

SCUPSO Members Discuss Leadership Development via Webinar

Leadership development was the focus of a January 24, 2013 webinar focused on strengthening connections between members of the Southern Consortium of University Public Service Organizations (SCUPSO) who are involved in leadership development work. The webinar began with a profile of the leadership development work at the University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center, and continued with a discussion of how institutes and centers are adapting to a new generation of learners. Presenters included:

• Deborah Roberts, Professor, Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service, University of Virginia
• Macel Ely, Training Specialist, Institute for Public Service, University of Tennessee

Click here to download a PDF of the PowerPoint presentation.

 

SCUPSO Members Discuss Rural Entrepreneurship via Webinar

Rural entrepreneurship was the focus of a November 8, 2010 webinar that brought together members of the Southern Consortium of University Public Service Organizations (SCUPSO). Highlights of the webinar included an opening presentation on the importance of rural entrepreneurship, followed by an overview of rural entrepreneurship programs at two SCUPSO member institutes:  the CREST program in Tennessee and the Center for Entrepreneurship at Ohio University. Featured speakers included:

• Monica Doss, former Director of Entrepreneurship, Kauffman Foundation and President, Council for Entrepreneurial Development
• Michael Wilcox, Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Tennessee
• Beth Phillips, Economic Development Specialist, Institute for Public Service, University of Tennessee
• Lynn Gellermann, Director, Center for Entrepreneurship, Ohio University

Click here to listen/view the presentations.
 (Note: there will be about 4 minutes of silence at the beginning of the recording. You can use the tool bar to fast forward to the starting point.)

Click here to download a PDF of the PowerPoint presentation.

 

 

For more information on the Southern Consortium of University Public Service Organizations, contact Linda Hoke at lhoke@southern.org.