My Life in Bloomington～ Graduate Student Study Abroad

Program (GSSAP)

Li-Chuan, Liu July 24, 2007~ May

31, 2008

Outline Academic

– Study– Resources– Conference

• SRSA (Southern Regional Science Association)

• MPSA (Midwest Political Science Association)

– Project (NPO)

Life– Housing– Transportation– Art and Sport– Four Seasons– Special Event

Travel– Yellow Stone

National Park– Chicago– New York– Washington D.C.

About SPEA Best Graduate Schools (Public Affairs, Ranked in 2008)

Rank Name Score1 Syracuse University

Syracuse, NY4.5

2 Harvard University Cambridge, MA

4.3

2 Indiana University Bloomington

Bloomington, IN

4.3

4 Princeton University Princeton, NJ

4.1

4 University of Georgia Athens, GA

4.1http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/grad/pad/search

About SPEA Smart policy. Sound science.

Stronger communities. This is the place for fearless

problem-solvers. You care about your community, your country, your world. You want to make a difference at the leadership level and you want a career that fulfills your passion for improving the planet.

Ph D. Programs:– Public Affairs– Environmental Science– Joint Ph.D. in Public Policy

Academic Study

– V680 Research Design and Method (David A. Reingold)

• Leading discussion• Research design critique • Research proposal presentation

– V524 Civic Society In Comparative Perspective (Leslie Lenkowsky)

– V521 Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector (Kirsten A. Grønbjerg )

• Bi-weekly Journal • Project (consists of three

smaller projects selected from eleven possible ones )

Resources

Library/SPEA Library– Books, Article and

Online Full-text Journals– Delivery– Professional Software– IT Training & Education

Writing Tutorial Services – Ballantine Hall 206– Herman B Wells Library– Academic Support

Centers

Conference SRSA (Southern

Regional Science Association)– 47th Annual Meeting,

Washington, DC March 27-30, 2008

MPSA (Midwest Political Science Association)– 66th MPSA Annual

National Conference, Chicago, April 3-6, 2008

– “A Correlation Analysis of Civil Culture and Socioeconomic Development In Taiwan”

Indiana NPO Project

http://www.spea.indiana.edu/gronbjerg/#Courses_on_the_Webhttp://www.indiana.edu/~nonprof/index.php

The project began in June 2000 and has produced a substantial body of research results. It includes five major phases:– Developing a

Comprehensive Database of Indiana Nonprofits (ongoing)

– Profiling the Indiana Nonprofit Sector (in process)

• Indiana Nonprofit Capacity Assessment (in process)

– Community Profile Analysis (in process)

– Supplementary Data Sources on Indiana Nonprofits (ongoing)

– Study of Nonprofit Networks & Development of Curricular Materials (in planning stage)

NPO Infrastructure The primary scholarly organization in NPO

– Association for Research on Nonprofit Organization and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA)• Philadelphia Sheraton City Center Hotel on November

20-22, 2008 – Poster: "Perception Enhancement for Civic Society with

Nonprofit Organizations in Taiwan~ What People think About Nonprofit Organizations?" (Ming-Shen Wang, Li-Chuan Liu)

– Oral: "Do Organization Characteristics and Activities Influence Organizational Capacity? ~An Analysis for Indiana’s Nonprofit Sector“ (Li-Chuan Liu, Kirsten A. Grønbjerg)

– International Society for Third-Sector Research (ISIR)

Research center– Independent Sector – National Center for Charitable Statistics

Life~ Housing Apartment: Tulip

Tree 1015– 2 bedroom– $ 382/month

Life~ Transportation City Bus Campus Bus Buy a Car

– 1998 Honda ULX 、102,500 miles

Life~ Art and Sport (1/2)

IU Auditorium– Theatre and Drama

Musical Arts Center (MAC)– Jacobs School of

Music Museum

– IU Art Museum – Mathers Museum

Life~ Art and Sport (2/2)

SRSC (Student Recreational Sports Center)

Football– Indiana vs.

Purdue NBA Baseball

– Pacers (Indy) vs. Pistons (Detroit)

Four Seasons

Special Event (1/2)

What is democracy? ~What does Democracy look like?

Special Event (2/2)

Taiwan Week

Travel~ Yellow Stone National Park Bloomington (Indiana)→

Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa→ Illinois, Indiana

4379 miles(=7177.2 Kilometer)

Travel~ Chicago November 19-23,

2007 66th MPSA Annual

National Conference, Chicago, April 3-6, 2008

Travel~ New York December 19-26,

2008

Travel~ Washington D.C. Indiana→ Ohio,

Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, Washington D.C.

Thank youFor your listening