托马斯B. 墨菲中心

托马斯B. 墨菲中心 for Public Service prepares our citizenry for a lifetime of responsibility and effective engagement in civic and democratic life.

墨菲中心 is a non-partisan, 教育, and community-engaged organization at the University of West Georgia that educates and inspires our students and community about real-world politics and promotes civic engagement through programs that are unique, 丰富, 和开放的. We equip people to better understand public affairs and government and on how they can be active leaders in local, 状态, 国家, 以及国际社会. 澳门新葡京官方网站与学生合作, 教师, and community stakeholders to address and affect political, economic and social challenges. 

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值

托马斯B. 墨菲中心 carries forth the legacy of Georgia’s longest serving Speaker of the 状态 House of Representatives. 托马斯B. Murphy was an advocate of societal change and influence through the mechanisms of governmental institutions, and he was a major proponent of civic engagement. 澳门新普京注册’s 墨菲中心 shares the values of not only Speaker Murphy but promotes an appreciation for the core values of America freedom, 自由, 正义, 平等, 礼貌, 和服务.

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目标和优先事项

墨菲中心 directs resources and emphasizes the following priorities:

  • Building a foundation in civic education and engagement
  • Promoting public awareness and knowledge on public issues and practical politics
  • Establishing a relationship with electoral politics
  • Focusing on professional and career development
  • Advancing the liberal arts education and research for the public good
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目标

墨菲中心

  • Organizes and coordinates Leadership澳门新普京注册, a student leadership initiative;
  • 主持一年一度的托马斯B. 墨菲系列讲座;
  • 指导学生实习;
  • Coordinates 教师 and visitor colloquia, 研讨会, and conferences to bring awareness to and support the development of community-based scholarship and political learning;
  • Helps raise the level of public awareness about and responsiveness to public issues;
  • Foster an understanding of ethics and social 正义;
  • Organizes and directs focused research on public issues and develops new models, 提供专业知识, creates linkages to support public impact activities, and helps initiate and guide public policy decision-making;
  • Collaborates with community organizations to define and prioritize the issues on which academic research focuses;
  • Offers funding opportunities for individual 教师 members, 游客, students and student organizations to subsidize community-based research and engagement activities.
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活动

许多公民, community and government engagement activities are administered through the 墨菲中心 for Public Service. The Center has organized and hosted forums on a wide variety of regional and 状态 issues. The Center’s current director has provided lectures on the life and political legacy of Speaker Murphy to different civic organizations and political gatherings throughout the 状态 of Georgia. 除了, the Center has sponsored student trips to the Georgia Capitol in order for students to witness the 状态’s legislative session in action. 墨菲中心 along with the department’s Political Science Club and the American Democracy Project has held voter registration drives before major elections.

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资源

The Murphy Public Center for Public Service utilizes the resources of the University of West Georgia’s Office of Public Service and Outreach as well as the Department of Civic Engagement and Public Service to fulfill its mission and objectives. It has offices in the University of West Georgia’s Pafford Hall and also in the Ingram 图书馆. 墨菲中心 for Public Service is currently housed in 大学学院 and is overseen by executive director Dr. Karen Owen, Assistant Professor of Political Science.

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联系

墨菲中心主任

Dr. 凯伦L. Owen, Interim Dean of 大学学院
Department of Civic Engagement and Public Service
TLC 3234
kowen@bbbitlf.net