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Fall, 2013
MATH and STATISTICS BOOTCAMP is coming August 23-24, 2013! This 12-hour hands-on boot camp is geared for mid-career public affairs and administration practitioners and MPA students who want to strengthen essential research, quantitative (math/descriptive statistics), qualitative (case-study) methods, and Excel skills to improve confidence and performance in the workplace and in MPA courses.
The registration deadline is Tuesday, August 20th. The cost is $200 per registrant. For more information, access our flyer or registration form.
Summer 2013
The Summer, 2013 issue of our School newsletter is hot off the virtual press. The content includes:
Spring 2013
There's lots of terrific news among the School's current and soon-to-be PhD alumni. Shannon Portillo (2008) will be returning to her Jayhawk roots to join us as an assistant professor in the School of Public Affairs and Administration in the fall. Plus, all five of our graduating doctoral students have landed tenure track positions that will begin in the 2013-2014 academic year:
- Erin Borry is headed to the University of Alabama at Birmingham;
- Alisa Moldavanova is off to Wayne State University in Detroit;
- Zach Mohr will join the faculty at University of North Carolina, Charlotte; and
- Linda Williams is headed to Arizona State University.
- Angela Paez Murcia will return to Colombia, South America to her position as Professor of Law at the Universidad de La Sabana.
Congratulations to all!
In addition to Shannon Portillo (see note above), the School is delighted to welcome two other new faculty members! Arriving for the fall 2013 semester will be Assistant Professor Rachel Krause and Assistant Professor Bradley Lane. Dr. Krause's expertise is in the field of environmental policy, particularly as it relates to urban governance and management. Dr. Lane specializes in travel behanior, policy and planning issues in urban transportation.
Winter 2013
The March, 2013 issue of our School newsletter is hot off the virtual press. The content includes:
School Director and Associate Professor Marilu Goodyear served as the chair of a panel that reviewed the operations of the Government Printing Office during the fall of 2012. The panel's report, "Rebooting the Government Printing Office," was released in February by the National Academy of Public Administration. The report includes a total of 27 findings and 15 recommendations on how the GPO can best position itself in the digital age and ensure access to government documents at a time when demand for printed documents is decreasing. This article offers more information about the panel's review, and the full report can be acccessed here.
Associate Professor Holly Goerdel has had an article, "Politics versus Risk in Allocations of Federal Security Grants," published in Publius: The Journal of Federalism. Dr. Goerdel applied distributive political theory to determine whether politics or risk better determines government spending across four grant programs purposed for homeland security. In the article she tests a model of security funding with data from U.S. states from 2004 to 2006. The findings support politics over risk when programs are designed to award universal benefits to elected officials, such as with fair-sharing policies. However, she found that risk explains funding when programs award narrow, particularistic benefits, such as with urban security initiatives. A key conclusion is that fair-share strategies in grant politics can actually produce unfair allocation outcomes in the area of security. Further, she finds that protecting status quo formulas is in the interest of political actors, especially if they might otherwise lose opportunities to secure resources for constituents (state and local governments) in a distressed economy.
The School's faculty took to the air in 2012 to share their research and connect with colleagues all over the world. Read about their globetrotting adventures and learn about some of their current research interests in this article, exerpted from our most recent newsletter.
Our very own Ray Hummert is one of 11 ICMA Credentialed Managers recognized by the Credentialing Advisory Board of ICMA for an excellent 2012 annual report. As described on the ICMA website, every ICMA member in service to local government, whether credentialed or not, commits to 40 hours annually of professional development (Tenet 8 of the Code of Ethics). What distinguishes Credentialed Managers and Candidates is their commitment to plan for continuous personal improvement, to reflect upon their professional development activities, and to document their learning for peer review. In their reports, Credentialed Managers and Candidates clearly identify the professional development needs they sought to improve over the past year and then focus on what they learned. They provide at least one concrete example of something learned from each professional development activity. Yay, Ray for this recognition!
Governor designates January 2013 as Certified Public Manager Recognition Month Kansas Governor Sam Brownback signed a proclamation on December 19th, encouraging all Kansans to recognize certified public managers for their commitment to enhancing the quality and availability of government service. The CPM program, available through the School's Public Management Center, has been training public managers for 20 years. |
THANKS TO THE MANY ALUMNI who have contributed to The John and Carol Nalbandian Scholarship in honor of the countless contributions the Nalbandians have made in the field of local government over their careers. Thanks to all of you, the Scholarship has reached the $30,000 required for full endowment and we are able to begin using it to support students. Read more about the fund and about John and Carol's work in our December 2012 newsletter. If you haven't contributed yet, we invite you to help us continue to grow the Scholarship. Follow this link to make a tax-deductible donation through the KU Endowment Association.
Our Public Management Center (PMC) received won the top award in the category of Workplace Learning and Performance (WLP) through Design and Development from the Kansas City Chapter of the American Society for Training and Development (KC-ASTD). The 2013 Best Practices award was given jointly to the PMC and the City of Kansas City, MO for the Ethics Training project the organizations developed in partnership with support from MARC. The training reached over 3,000 City employees in 132 sessions between November 2011 and April 2012. Bravo to Jonathan Morris, the Public Management Center's Curriculum and Delivery Manager, and to all of the PMC instructors who made this project possible in such a compressed time frame! Congratulations also to Gary O'Bannon, Director of Human Resources for the City of Kansas City, MO and Rebecca Lahann of KCMO's Education and Development Division!
The December, 2012 issue of our School newsletter is hot off the virtual press. The content features all kinds of good stuff, including articles on:
Fall 2012
For those who can never get enough, there are several new ways to keep up with the happenings at the School. You can find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/kuspaa and on Twitter at www.twitter.com/kuspaa. And if that weren't enough, check out the growing collection of videos on our YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/KUPublicAdmin.
The City of Olathe's supervisory training program, developed in partnership with our Public Management Center, was one of this year's 111 Bright Ideas recognized by The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government. The program's focus is to apply the city's vision,
values, and mission to the role of the supervisor. Several initiatives
were included in the training curriculum design in order to increase participant
engagement and retention.as well as to more strongly link classroom learning to
improved workplace performance and prepare employees to adapt to
emerging needs.
The fall 2012 issue of our School newsletter is hot off the virtual press. The content features all kinds of good stuff, including articles on:
Welcome to Dr. Curt Wood who joins us as an affiliate faculty member. Curt earned his MPA at KU in 1980 and then spent 20 years in city government in Kansas, working in Salina, Hays, Pratt and Manhattan before entering the doctoral program in political science at KU. After completing his Ph.D., Curt joined the public administration faculty at Northern Illinois University and has become well regarded for his excellent teaching skills. He has retired from NIU and he and his wife have returned to Kansas--we are delighted that he'll be sharing some of his time with us. In this photo, Curt poses with his dissertation advisor at Dr. Frederickson's retirement banquet in April 2012. Photo thanks to Randy Edmonds. |
Welcome to Rebecca Nesbit who has joined our faculty this fall as an assistant professor! Dr. Nesbit earned her MPA at Brigham Young University and received her Ph.D. in public affairs from the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University, with a specialization in nonprofit management. Her research explores issues of philanthropy, volunteerism, public policy and management in the nonprofit sector with a focus on volunteer programs, volunteers' characteristics and motivations, and volunteer management in public and nonprofit organizations. Her work has appeared in the journals Public Administration Review, the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Nonprofit Management and Leadership, and Administration & Society. |
Our School has had the distinct privilege of hosting Bob O'Neill, president of the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) during the week of September 24-28. Bob is on sabbatical from ICMA this fall to reflect on the future of local government; we're one of only two public administration schools he's visiting to engage with researchers and practitioners to inform this process. Click here to read more about his visit.
Congratulations to Professor John Nalbandian who will receive the Chancellor's Club Career Teaching Award this fall! The award is presented annually to a senior KU faculty member who exemplifies the University's commitment to outstanding teaching.
Distinguished Professor George Frederickson will serve as the honorary chair of the 2013 American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) annual conference! The conference will be held March 15-19 at the New Orleans Riverside Hotel and will focus on Governance and Sustainability: Local Concerns, Global Challenges. For more information about the conference, visit www.aspanet.org.
Assistant Professor Jacob Fowles is one of twelve scholars chosen from a national pool to participate in the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) and the Lumina Foundation Academic Fellows Program. This prestigious selection allows Dr. Fowles a unique opportunity to influence the national postsecondary education agenda by evaluating critical research to elevate the current policy discourse in Washington, D.C.
Associate Professor Holly Goerdel was awarded a research sabbatical for the fall 2012 semester. She is working on a book-length project on the lessons of wartime contracting for public managers.
Summer 2012
Recent MPA program graduate BRIAN HANDSHY (2012) has been named a 2012 Presidential Management Fellow. Fewer than one percent of applicants are selected to take part in this prestigious program, which matches outstanding graduate students with federal leadership opportunities and employment. Click here to read the full article regarding Brian's accomplishment.
Back in April we celebrated Dr. George Frederickson with a "Festschrift,", a conference that brought together academicians to reflect on his contribution to the field of public administration. The day ended with a wonderful banquet attended by George's family, colleagues, former students and academic colleagues. All those who know him won't be surprised to hear that George managed to find a fabulous and humorous way to honor his guests--attendees received a George Frederickson bobblehead! In mid-May Ray Hummert traveled to San Antonio and brought his bobblehead along for the trip. This shot shows George enjoying the San Antonio nightlife. We've received many requests from alumni who'd like to acquire a George of their own, but, alas, these were a limited edition. |
Spring 2012
School Director Marilu Goodyear will be chairing a National Academy of Public Administration panel to review the U.S. Government Printing Office. The review will update past studies of GPO operations and will offer recommendations for additional cost-savings opportunities.
Many of the School's faculty and staff attended the 2012Transforming Local Government Conference in Kansas City. On Tuesday, April 17 we presented a pre-conference together with our partner CH2M Hill focused on building collaborative relationships across organizations. We then spent the rest of the week attending sessions on innovative programs happening local governments across the US and connecting with the dozens of KUCIMATs in attendance. On Wednesday evening the TLG program included a speakeasy event in the exhibit hall complete with some flappers and gangsters in attendance. Those who know our graduates will not be surprised to learn that several were among those in costume adding to the authentic feel. At right, soon-to-be grad Justin Pregont and John Nalbandian pause for a photo shoot with KUCIMAT flappers Melissa Mundt and Danielle Dulin. |
The Public Management Center side of the house is currently wrapping up a contract to provide ethics training to most of the staff in the City of Kansas City, Missouri—over 2.500 people. Jonathan Morris is leading the project with instructional assistance from other PMC staff and contract instructors. The 3 ½ hour class combines traditional classroom elements with clicker technology to engage participants in interactive learning while also gathering data about course effectiveness. |
Dr. George Frederickson was honored with a conference and banquet on April 13th. The occasion gave colleagues, friends and family members a chance to reflect on the many contributions he's made academically and personally over the years as his retirement approaches in December 2012. The Lawrence Journal World ran this story on George as part of the "16 Things I've Done" series that features KU faculty and staff.
Dr. Marilu Goodyear has been recognized with the 2012 Kathleen McCluskey Fawcett Woman Mentoring Women Award! This award is given each year by the KU Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center to a woman student, staff or faculty member who has demonstrated outstanding commitment to the supporting and mentoring of women at the University of Kansas. Women staff and faculty in SPAA joined together with staff who have worked with Marilu in other departments at KU to nominate her, noting that "in her 16 years at KU, Marilu has held leadership roles in the KU Libraries, in Information Technology and in Public Administration. In each of these roles she has worked to reach out to the women working around her and share her knowledge and insights in ways that help others grow skills and identify opportunities for their personal and professional development." Congratulations, Marilu--and thank you! | |
Marilu with Kathleen McCluskey Fawcett whose contributions to mentoring KU women were honored with the creation of this award. |
Professor John Nalbandian is one of 16 men who were selected for KU's 2012 Men of Merit poster. The project recognizes men at the University who positively define masculinity through challenging norms, taking action and leading by example while making contributions to the University and/or the community. This is the fourth year of the project, which aims to increase awareness of the importance of education and involvement in men's lives, inspire campus men to take an active role in their college experience and provide role models and mentors for men to be successful. The Masculinities Symposium and the Men of Merit poster are projects of the KU Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center. It's exciting to have Marilu and John honored in the same year by the Center for their contributions to the KU community. Congratulations! |
We're #1! The US News and World Report has just released their ranking results for Best Graduate Schools. The SPAA is ranked #1 again as the top graduate school for City Management and Urban Policy (click here to see the list) and jumped forward two spots in Public Management Administration to rank as #5 (click here for that list).
Our March, 2012 newsletter is hot off the (virtual) press! Check it out to find out about upcoming SPAA events, to learn about a new student-created resource to benefit both current and prospective students, faculty achievements and research, and so much more. Let us know what you think of the new look and if there are features you'd like to see in the next issue. |
MPA student Brian Handshy has been selected as a 2012 Presidential Management Fellow! The highly competitive program offers Fellows a path into leadership roles in the federal government along with professional development support to support the setting and reaching of career goals. Brian's background include service in a variety of roles in the U.S. Navy, and since August 2011 he has been part of the Kansas Governor's Executive Fellowship Program. Congratulations, Brian!
On February 9-11, the School welcomed a dozen visitors to campus from the Executive Leadership Institute (ELI) sponsored by the National Forum for Black Public Administrators (www.nfbpa.org). The Institute is conducted by NFBPA in cooperation with several universities where the participants spend 3-5 days, one university per month. KU has been part of ELI for the past six years.
Are you new to a supervisory role or feeling like your supervisory skills need some fine-tuning? Our 3-day class, The Heart of True Leadership: Supervisory Training for the Public Workforce, can support your efforts or those of new supervisors on your team. The class will be offered June 19-21in Topeka and September 18-20 in Overland Park. Follow this link to learn more.
This spring the School of Public Affairs and Administration co-hosted the Transforming Local Government (TLG) Conference, put on by the Alliance for Innovation. It took place in Kansas City, Missouri on April 18-20. Additionally, there was a free, one-day pre-conference on April 17, focusing on public-private collaboration and co-sponsored by the School and CH2M Hill. The TLG conference served as the Kansas and Missouri city/county management conference for 2012. |
Fall 2011
Professor John Nalbandian and Noel Rasor, Assistant Director of the Public Management Center, spent November 13-15 in Bentonville, Arkansas with cohort 3 of America's Leaders of Change (ALOC). ALOC is a program of the National Urban Fellows, with KU serving as the academic partner. ALOC is an executive leadership program that brings together about 50 accomplished participants from underrepresented groups to engage in personal and professional development, develop enriched knowledge of public service leadership and enhance capacity for life-long coaching and networking. John presented on "Values, Politics and Administration" as part of this first group meeting, and other KU faculty will present to the group in 2012. The meeting took place in Bentonville because Wal-Mart serves as the leading sponsor, so the trip also included a fascinating tour of the Wal-Mart headquarters and a trip to the stunning Crystal Bridges Museum.
Summer, 2011
We are excited to announce that we have established a partnership with CH2M Hill, one of the nation's leading providers of governmental services, to focus on three areas of mutual interest: educating emerging local government leaders in new strategies for service delivery; developing leaders and collaborative capacity in local government organizations; and conducting research on excellence in public-private collaboration. Click here to read more about this partnership.
Holly T. Goerdel, associate professor of public administration, has been named assistant managing editor of the Journal of Homeland Security & Emergency Management. The journal is published by Berkeley University Press and provides information and insights on homeland security and emergency management by featuring contributions from authors with essential knowledge and experience in a broad array of professions, including emergency management, engineering; political science/public administration/policy analysis, decision science, and health and medicine. Congratulations, Holly!
We are thrilled to announce that Rosemary O'Leary will be joining our faculty in the 2013 Spring semester as the Edwin O. Stene Distinguished Professor of Public Administration! In 2007, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences honored O'Leary with its Alumni Distinguished Achievement Award. She holds bachelor's, law and master's in public administration degrees from KU, as well as a doctorate from the Maxwell School of Syracuse University.
We're now enrolling for our next Emerging Leaders Academy! This professional development program, offered through the Public Management Center, is targeted to promising, non-managerial staff to help them prepare for positions of greater responsibility. The next class will be held in Lawrence starting in early September, with participants meeting twice per month through January. ELA is a succession planning initiative designed to complement and support your in-house programs to make sure you have skilled people in the pipeline to carry on your organization's work as baby boomers retire. The work we do in the public sector is too important not to plan for tomorrow's leadership. Learn more about ELA at www.kupmc.org/programs/ela.
Interested in a public service career but not sure what path to take? Members of the 2011 MPA graduating class have created a series of videos to help you learn about city management. They interviewed practicing city managers while attending the ICMA conference last fall and asked them to reflect on their experiences in the profession. The series of videos they created is available on a new "What is city management?" page in the Career Resources area of our site. Thanks to Matt Monedero, Justin Pregont, and Paul Lampe for their efforts!
Another summer means we've welcomed another group of City & County Leadership intern-option students to campus while the second year intern-option group has scattered across the region and country for their full-time internships. We'll have information up on the website soon about the incoming class, but meanwhile click here to see where the second-years have landed for their positions.
Welcome to the new University of Kansas School of Public Affairs and Administration! As of July 1, the department has become a School within the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. This change was a recommendation of our external review in 2008 and, after much careful planning and with the support of the Provost and Kansas Board of Regents, we are now a School. Overall the change won't have too many effects on day-to-day operations, but will greatly enhance our ability to remain competitive as a top program in public affairs. Read more about this change at http://www.news.ku.edu/2011/july/1/schoolofpublicaffairsandadmin.shtml.
The Department was well-represented by both faculty and doctoral students at the June 2-4 Public Management Research Association conference held at the Maxwell School in Syracuse.
- Student Erin Borry presented her paper, "Ethical Climate in the Public Sector: Its Influence on Red Tape and Rule Bending."
- Student Cullen C. Merritt presented a poster at the Doctoral Poster Session on his work entitled "Predicting Executive Turnover in Public Organizations."
- Dr. Leisha Dehart-Davis presented her paper, "Rule Formalization and Rule Effectiveness: Further Explorations into the Construct Validity of Red Tape."
- Dr. Heather Getha-Taylor presenter on her current work with Ricardo S. Morse, University of North Carolina, "Leadership Development for Local Government Executives: Balancing Existing Commitments and Emerging Needs."
- Dr. Holly Goerdel presented her paper, "Democratic Rollback and Contracting for War: Managing the Intent of Accountability with Technical versus Adaptive Solutions."
- Dr. Barbara Romzek presented on her current work Kelly LeRoux, University of Illinois-Chicago and Joycelyn Johnson, American University, "Informal Accountability Dynamics within Service Delivery Networks: A Theory and a Test."
- Dr. Chris Silvia presented on his current work with Michael McGuire and Robert Agranoff of Indiana University, "Putting the "Public" Back into Collaborative Public Management."
Spring 2011
The KU Department of Public Administration has joined the Alliance for Innovation, an international network of progressive governments and partners committed to transforming local government by accelerating the development and dissemination of innovative practices. The Department is the first university affiliate of the alliance. The organization is a partnership of the International City/County Management Association (ICMA), the Arizona State University School of Public Affairs, and the former Innovation Groups. Click here to read more.
1996 MPA alumnus Bob Lowry, who serves as the Director of Public Works and Transportation in Arlington, Texas, recently endowed a scholarship for MPA students. Bob notes, "My KU experience opened doors for me that I never dreamed about. And the friends I made will be there for the rest of my life. I have been blessed by many educational and employment opportunities throughout my life and I hope that in some small way, our gift may open some doors for others like the MPA program did for me." We thank you, Bob, for your support. To join Bob in supporting the Department with your gift, visit http://www.kupa.ku.edu/donate/index.shtml.
Congratulations to doctoral student Randy Davis who has successfully defended his dissertation, "Collective Bargaining in Municipal Government: How Unionization Impacts Employee's Attitudes, Behaviors, and Values," with honors. After graduating this spring Randy will be heading to Oxford, Ohio for an assistant professor position with Miami University of Ohio. Hooray, Randy!
John Nalbandian honored: In recognition of John Nalbandian's lifelong contributions to local government management education, The Senior Executive Institute at the University of Virgina—a preeminent executive development program targeted to local government managers—is offering 2-3 partial scholarships (15% of tuition; present value $750) to its nationally recognized annual two week session the last two weeks of July in Charlottesville, and 2-3partial scholarships (15% of tuition; present value $450) to its one week LEAD program which is offered four times a year. These scholarships, to be offered annually, are targeted to KU alumni and graduates of the Executive Leadership Institute sponsored by the National Forum for Black Public Administrators. John and Carol Nalbandian have been instrumental in hosting ELI at KU for nearly a decade. SEI is targeted at city managers and experienced assistants and LEAD is aimed at assistants and department heads. If interested, contact Molly Harlow, SEI coordinator, email@example.com or Carmie Rodriguez, LEAD coordinator, email@example.com.
Current Faculty Research: When disaster strikes, collaboration is key. As we have watched the news from Japan these last few weeks, our hearts have gone out to those affected. We are also are clearly reminded of our professional obligations to do our part in preparing for such events in our backyards. A recent article published by Public Administration faculty member Chris Silvia is directly relevant to this need. Since such disasters cross jurisdictional boundaries, collaboration is key. Click here to read more about Chris's research via our blog.
The current on-campus MPA intern students have created a video on the reasons why KU was their choice. Check it out at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tDNvYsJO3Y. They are also blogging about their year on campus. Click here to visit the blog and read about their travels, their learning and their advice for the class of 2013.
This year's KCCM conference features a special pre-conference event, "Inspiring Women: Celebrating Women's Contributions to Public Administration," on April 20th from 1:00-4:00pm with a reception to follow. Keynote speakers include Camilla Stivers, the top researcher on gender issues in public administration, and Patricia Martel, City Manager of Daly City, CA and ICMA board member. Click here to learn more about the pre-conference program.
The 63rd Annual Kansas City & County Management Conference is coming up on April 21-22. This year's theme is "Storied Past, Challenging Future," and the program will feature sessions on KPERS and on city management as a family profession, with several parent/children pairs reflecting on their experiences working in the field. Click here to go to the conference website for the complete program and registration information.
Good reading: Faculty member Holly Goerdel and PhD graduate Edward Stacyk (now on the faculty at American University) investigate the benefits of bureaucracy in a 2010 article published in the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory. They argue that hierarchy helps insulate staff from issues related to waning political support and increasing goal ambiguity, helping to maintain organizational effectiveness and performance. Click here to visit the journal's website.
Doctoral student Randy Davis has a forthcoming article in The American Review of Public Administration. Titled "Blue-Collar Public Servants: How Union Membership Influences Public Service Motivation," the article is currently available for preview at http://arp.sagepub.com/content/early/recent. Scroll down to the December listings to find Randy's article.
On behalf of the Department, John and Carol Nalbandian hosted a 2.5 day Executive Leadership Institute for the National Forum for Black Public Administrators. Faculty member Heather Getha-Taylor was also involved as was Department Chair Marilu Goodyear.
Winter 2011
The Public Management Center has launched "CPM with Distinction" for graduates of the Certified Public Manager program to encourage and support continuing professional education among CPM alumni. Learn more about the new opportunity at http://www.kupmc.org/~kupmc/programs/cpm/distinction.shtml.
Check out the latest edition of the Department's newsletter by visiting http://www.kupa.ku.edu/alumni/news/. This issue includes a great overview of current areas of faculty research and some thoughts from Chair Marilu Goodyear about the ways the Department works to bridge the worlds of the university, the discipline, and the profession.
Congratulations to Professor Chuck Epp, whose most recent book, Making Rights Real: Activists, Bureaucrats, and the Creation of the Legalistic State, has been named an outstanding academic title for 2010 by Choice, the premier source for reviews of academic books, electronic media, and Internet resources of interest to those in higher education.
Ben Bryant, a second year KU MPA student working for the cites of Tualatin and Wilsonville Oregon, was recently featured in an article about his work to help chart the future of the Basalt Creek Planning Area on OregonLive.com. Read the full article here.
Fall 2010
Congratulations to Professor George Frederickson, who is the 2010 recipient of the George Graham Award for Exceptional Service to the National Academy of Public Administration! George Graham was the National Academy's first president and this award "recognizes those Fellows who have made a sustained and extraordinary contribution toward the Academy becoming a stronger and more respected organization."
Congratulations to our Administrative Director (and MPA Advisor Extraordinaire) Ray Hummert who was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the KUCIMATs (MPA alumni) at the Department's banquet at the ICMA annual meeting in October. As the award announcement highlighted, his years as a city administrator, together with his role helping students transition from undergraduate to graduate student to KUICMAT, has distinguished Ray's career. He works tirelessly and is profoundly dedicated to continuing the tradition of the program. Yay, Ray!
The Department's professional development arm, the KU Public Management Center, has been selected as the university partner for the National Urban Fellows, a leadership development organization founded to counter the under-representation of people of color and women in leadership positions in the public and nonprofit sectors. Faculty members Charles Jones and John Nalbandian will work with the Fellows throughout the 2010-2011 academic year.
Summer 2010
Congratulations to Tony Reams, Public Administration PhD Student, who has received the Myron D. Calkins Scholarship from the Kansas City Metro Chapter of the American Public Works Association!
The KU MPA Program got a mention in the July 25 New York Times Education section in a brief "what's an MPA" piece that also highlighted the programs at Syracuse, NYU and Harvard. And it's worth noting that KU PA chair Marilu Goodyear was the only person quoted!
John Martinez, a KU Public Administration graduate, was featured in the Summer 2010 edition of the KU Edwards Campus' Higher Ed newsletter. Martinez now works at Children's International, a KC based non-profit. Click here to read the full article.
Dr. Alfred Tat-Kei Ho, who is joining the KU Department of Public Administration this fall, was honored by the City of Indianapolis for his contributions to Indiana University- Purdue University Indianapolis School of Public & Environmental Affairs and to the Mayor's Office. June 17th, 2010 was declared Dr. Alfred Ho Day in the City of Indianapolis by Mayor Gregory Ballard. Click here to see the proclamation.
Professors Marilu Goodyear and Holly Goerdel, with KU PhD graduate Shannon Portillo and current KU PhD student Linda Williams, recently published Cybersecurity Management in the States: The Emerging Role of Chief Information Security Officers a report from the IBM Center for the Business of Government. You can access the report online here, or download a PDF of the report here.
Cycling enthusiasts Matt Allen, John Nalbandian and Ray Hummert decided 2010 was the year to enter Bike Across Kansas, an eight-day 475 miles journey from the Kansas/Colorado border to the Kansas/Missouri boarder. A journey like this needed a jersey to commemorate the moment. So Matt Allen with the assistance of Inkt in Garden City designed a jersey. A collection of KUCIMATS and Certified Public Managers from the KU Public Management Center were also entrants or veterans of the event, so the idea of the KU Public Administration jersey was born! Click here for more information about the jersey and the order form.
Spring 2010
Still more congratulations, this time to Associate Professor Leisha Dehart-Davis, who is this year's recipient of the John C. Wright mentoring award from the KU Office of Graduate Studies. The nomination was made by the doctoral students in the Department of Public Administration.
Congratulations to Raymond Lee, III who was awarded the University of Kansas Black Faculty and Staff Council Student Achievement Award! Ray is the class president of the 2011 intern-option MPA students and was honored at the organization's 17th Annual Banquet on Friday, April 16.
Professor John Nalbandian received the 2010 Charles H. Levine Award for research, teaching, and service. The award is given jointly by the American Society for Public Administration and the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration at the national ASPA conference in San Jose, California in April.
Diana Koslowsky was selected as the University Support Staff Employee of the Month for March. Diana oversees the smooth functioning of most of the day-to-day activities in the Public Administration Department office and helps keep the rest of us on track and sane, not a small task! Read more.
The KU Public Management Center (PMC) has launched a blog! Housed in the Department of Public Administration, the PMC offers professional development training to prepare leaders, develop professionalism in the public workforce, and link KU resources to the challenges of public management throughout the state of Kansas. The blog is a new way for the PMC to work toward its mission by offering resources to support the work of public sector professionals. Updated at least three times a week, the blog features links to helpful management and leadership resources across the web, lists training and professional development opportunities, and will be a new way to highlight the research of KU Public Administration faculty and the achievements of program graduates. Click here to visit the PMC's website and the blog.
Time is running out: register now for the KU City & County Management Conference and join us in Lawrence on April 22 & 23 for "Governance, Collaboration, and Leadership: Working Together in a New Decade." Click here for schedule and registration information.
Winter 2010
Alfred Tat-Kei Ho has been appointed Associate Professor of Public Administration and will join the faculty in fall 2010. His current research focuses primarily on performance budgeting and management, citizen engagement in performance measurement, and e-government practices. He has advised numerous local governments in the U.S. and in China on performance management reforms, and has been a special advisor to the Indianapolis Mayor's Office on the City's performance management initiatives since 2009. Dr. Ho has published in numerous professional outlets, including Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Public Administration Review, and Public Budgeting and Finance. He received his Master of Public Administration and Ph.D. from the School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA), Indiana University, Bloomington.
Jacob Fowles has been appointed Assistant Professor of Public Administration and will join the faculty in fall 2010. Fowles is completing his doctoral degree at the James W. Martin School of Public Policy and Administration at the University of Kentucky. His current research projects largely revolve around education finance, including his dissertation which looks at state management of public higher education as well as a project funded by the Spencer Foundation that is evaluating the impact of Kentucky's K-12 education finance reform on teacher quality in the rural areas of the state. More broadly, Jacob's research explores the interrelationship between finance, politics, and public policy. Jacob has held graduate fellowships with the Kentucky Legislative Research Commission and the State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO).
The 62nd Annual Kansas City County Management Conference, "Governance, Collaboration and Leadership", will be held April 22-23 in Lawrence. Among the featured speakers will be David Warm, Executive Director of the Mid-America Regional Council. Click here for registration information.
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Christmas means packaging and lots of it, but this holiday season, Burnaby residents can take their Styrofoam packaging to the Still Creek recycling depot.
Burnaby council passed a motion at Monday night's meeting approving a one-year Styrofoam recycling pilot project for the city.
Residents will be able to drop off up to three cubic yards of expanded polystyrene, better known by the brand name Styrofoam, as of Dec. 1. The idea was brought forward by the public, according to Coun. Dan Johnston, chair of the city's finance and civic development committee, which provided a report on the issue to council.
"A lot of Styrofoam has been taken to the Still Creek depot just to find we don't accept it, so we want to take that extra step, both because it's the right thing to do and because the public wants it," he said in an interview with the NOW.
The City of Burnaby looked at what other municipalities were doing and searched for a way to ensure the Styrofoam was turned into something useful, according to Johnston.
"One of the delays in this area - Styrofoam - was we wanted to make sure it didn't just get recycled and dumped, that it was recycled into a useful product," he said.
The city plans to transport the Styrofoam to Foam Only, a Coquitlam company that exports it to a company in China, which uses it to make picture frames and crown moulding.
"That to me seemed like a more appropriate use," Johnston said, adding he didn't want to see the city go down the same road as municipalities that collected electronics, which were then shipped overseas and dumped.
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Johnston hopes the pilot project is successful, he added.
The project is part of the city's participation with Metro Vancouver's commitment to divert 70 per cent of waste by 2015.
Residents will not be charged for the service, but the city is planning to charge businesses $6 per cubic yard, up to six cubic yards, to recover some of the costs, according to a city staff report.
The program is estimated to cost $30,000, with $5,000 coming from the 2012 operating budget and the rest covered via the city's operating contingency or surplus in 2013.
The city will collect any kind of Styrofoam but preferably white Styrofoam, as other kinds can be more difficult to recycle, according to Barry Davis, acting director of engineering.
If the program is a success, it would become a permanent part of the recycling depot, he said. The city will assess any issues that arise, including costs and how much the service is used, at the end of the project, he added.
"If it's well-subscribed, then certainly for a service item, we'd love to continue it," he said.
The city might consider adding it to the city's pick-up service if the pilot is successful, but that would depend on a variety of factors, he added.
"It's so bulky that it's a bit awkward to pick up at curbside," he said. "That doesn't mean we wouldn't be open to it in the future but for now we just want to get through the pilot and see where we're at."
The City of New Westminster began recycling its Styrofoam with Foam Only in March, according to Kristian Davis, supervisor of New Westminster's solid waste and recycling branch.
"I actually got in contact with them about two days before the actual launch of their company," he said.
So far, the program has been a success, he said.
"It seems that the material we're bringing in is really good quality Styrofoam," he said.
Residents have been bringing in clean Styrofoam, from meat trays to appliance packaging, he added.
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1. Life and Philosophy
Metrocles was a Cynic philosopher from Maroneia in Thrace who flourished around 300 BCE. He began his study of philosophy as a pupil in Aristotle's Lyceum, and later became a follower of Crates the Cynic. Metrocles' sister Hipparchia was married to Crates.
The story of Metrocles' conversion to Cynicism is reported by Diogenes Laertius. (It is important to remember that Diogenes is writing several centuries later, and that his accounts often contain inaccuracies, as well as some false stories which were passed down insofar as they were taken to be illustrative of a particular philosopher or tradition.) Metrocles had reportedly passed gas while practicing a speech, and was so distraught that he shut himself up at home, intending to commit suicide by abstaining from food. (VI.94.3-5) Crates the Cynic philosopher then visited him and made a dinner of lentils. (94.5-6) First, Crates tried to persuade Metrocles by means of reason that he had committed no offense, for something "monstrous" would have resulted had he not expelled the air according to nature. (94.7-10) Metrocles was finally turned from despair when Crates himself farted, because of the similarity of the two events. (94.10-12) Afterwards, Metrocles became skilled in philosophy as the student of Crates. (94.12-13)
This brief story illustrates the folly of adherence to social convention, which the Cynic rejects in favor of a life according to nature. The absurdity of young Metrocles' exaggerated reaction to his violation of decorum stands in sharp contrast to Crates' cheerful acceptance of the natural bodily functions. The lentils themselves are symbolically significant: not only were they useful for encouraging Crates' flatulence, but they were often praised by Cynics as a humble, efficient food. The choice of this meal, which probably seemed crude by Metrocles' formerly aristocratic standards, is a means of refusing the conventional preference for delicate, fancy foods in favor of a simple, self-sufficient approach to nutrition. The story is also a typical example of the Cynic use of humor to teach a moral lesson: Metrocles is not persuaded by Crates' reasoned argument, but abandons his gloom only when he witnesses Crates performing the same impolite but natural deed, which one easily imagines would have provoked mirth.
2. References and Further Reading
- Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Vol. II, tr. R. D. Hicks (Cambridge: Harvard University Press) 1925 (reprint 1995), VI.96-98.
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Construction of traditional single-family homes in Fayetteville jumped nearly 11 percent last year, although the average value of new homes was about $55,000 cheaper.
According to our analysis, the city issued permits for 448 single-family homes in 2012, up from 405 in 2011.
The average value of the new homes was $164,805 - well below $219,660 in 2011.
Builders have kept their inventories squarely in line with consumer demand, so perhaps the market within the city limits dictated less expensive homes. With attractive price points, new home construction has competed fiercely with the market for existing homes.
Permits for single-family attached homes (such as a duplex) dropped 21 percent last year, to 84 new permits averaging $91,620. But combined with detached properties, total single-family homebuilding grew by 4 percent over 2011.
More homeowners took on improvement projects last year - though, not always by choice. Permits for residential renovations such as new roofs, decks, windows and additions jumped 16 percent in 2012, averaging $15,900 per project. Last summer, a hail storm did quite a number on people's roofs. In 2011, we had the tornado, which also kept contractors busy.
On the commercial side, we saw a slowdown in renovations undertaken by businesses. Permits for commercial renovations dropped 36 percent, to 473 permits in 2012, compared with 742 permits in 2011. The value of the construction didn't change much - $84,000 to $88,000 per project.
Commercial renovations include projects such as alternations to buildings to make room for a new tenant, reroofing and foundations for signs.
Meanwhile, the 88 permits for new commercial construction was an increase of 14 percent. Those can include construction of a new business, but also things such as new accessory buildings and apartment garages.
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The latest unemployment report shows meager job growth in the Fayetteville metro.
Although unemployment rates dropped in 95 of 100 counties in November, compared with the same month a year ago, the Fayetteville area didn't gain many jobs, according to the state report. In fact, net employment grew by only 0.2 percent from a year earlier, which is about 200 jobs. Statewide, average job growth was 3 percent since November 2011.
The N.C. Justice Center, an anti-poverty organization that crunches the labor numbers, said Fayetteville, Winston-Salem and Wilmington "may be struggling even more than these unemployment rates suggest, due to the long-term trends in their labor force - the pool of workers who are either employed or looking for work. In all three metros, the labor force grew at a significantly slower pace than the 1.7 percent statewide average."
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84 Silverado 350 auto...Swapping in an 87 Suburban 350 that was manual trans?
We have an 84 silverado and the engine went, so we picked up a 350 out of an 87 suburban. The silverado is an automatic trans and the suburban was a manual trans. I was told the bearing in the back needed to be removed? The flex plate doesn't line up either. What else needs to be done? Any and all information is greatly appreciated!
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you can leave the bearing in there, its not going to hurt anything. The 1987 up blocks have a 1 piece rear main seal and have a different flex plate than the 1986 and down. You will need a flexplate for a 1987-up 5.7. These have a different bolt pattern and if I remember correctly they are externally balanced. The early 350`s are internally balanced.
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However the largest issue I find with Nymphora is her ultimate, which saw a considerable buff many patches ago.
Patch 1.0.3
Number of additional allies brought along increased from 0/1/2 to 1/2/3
With this buff, Nymphora now possesses complete global presence. So, not only is Nymphora an exceptional babysitter who with her three spells could provide every feasible necessity any hero in the game depended on, she now can provide near unlimited mobility to any hero in the game as soon as level six. Lanes such as Pebbles and Nymphora truly could dominate a game by destroying their lane and then with assistance of Nymphora's ultimate, transport Pebbles across the map to gank other lanes at all intervals past 6. Ganking is not the only use for Nymphora's ultimate as well, as she can use it to transport reliable pushers and in turn assist with those efforts due to the fact her heal damages creeps and heals her own, giving her a reliable seat in any pushing team. Something again that I hope proves that she is far too pliant in any team.
To conclude, Nymphora is simply a hero that literally can fit in any team with zero consequence. She remains an extremely strong hero from the laning phase to late phase, while having a massive deal of presence throughout the game due to her ultimate that can be used to ignore positioning completely. Discussions?
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Eugh nymph isn't that strong, her Q has sluggish travel time meaning it could miss. Her heal is somewhat negligible outside of laning phase but her E is pretty strong compensating for her two other lackluster skills. But o yes I agree her ultimate is pretty powerful taking a pack anywhere you like for big ganks etc . reasons you stated above but using her ulti does have weaknesses for eg if the opposing item have wards everywhere or maybe a tundra bird.
And finally at late game her only good skill is her ulti and the stun still useful and all but other than that somewhat terrible scaling in direct team fights.
I personally think they need to change her teleportation mechanics to how it works for Furion. Basically, if my memory serves me correctly in this hour of the night, Furion can only port to areas that he has vision of currently. Which means no porting in trees or fog, where both your team and the enemy has no vision of.
This will require Nymphora to ward around a bit unconventionally, so she can continue teleport-ganking how she does right now.
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Not to mention her W gives a huge speed boost for chasing or even escapes. She is an amazing baby sitter, requiring almost no farm other than boots some light stats and wards. With a good roaming hero on the team that she can easily feed mana to after a gank her skills begin to shine. There is a reason she is so commonly banned in high tier play, that mobility of her ult is just so good. Maybe an increase on the cooldown or what fox mentioned about furion, as of now I would consider her the ultimate turn around hero. (Kill pushing enemies in base, tp to tower for super counter push/backdoor)
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One thing I've noticed with Nymphora and when people talk about her, is that they always say she has all 4 spells as if they are all amazing at lv1 and that's pretty far from the truth. Her skills are adaptable but not omnipotent. If she lanes with a devourer/pebbles, it's often very unlikely she will be picking up the Pod until Lv4 at earliest and by that point, it's (to me) far better to just level Zeal instead as a 60 Pod/120 at lv5 is nothing great for burst.
Her build when supporting a carry is usually identical til lv4 where it may deviate into leveling Pod over Zeal (2 points in Grace allows her to harass on par with heroes like Shaman, VJ and Martyr). A subpar Pod is often picked up because despite being pretty bad, it's more likely to save your carry more than more burst damage can do however a 2-2-1 build is in my opinion, vastly inferior to simply picking a hero like Shaman, VJ, Glacius or even Martyr to babysit a carry.
Now her ult however. Probably one of the best ganking abilities in the game yes. Does it need a nerf? Uncertain. The fact that it got a major buff to take an ally with her at Lv6 is amazing, but also probably because it wasn't THAT great at lv1 before that buff, especially due to the somewhat lengthy CD. It could definitely take a mana cost nerf, but honestly I think it would just pidgeon hole her more into 0-4-4-1 gank builds which would suck, not because I'm against the build itself, I like that build when playing with a friend but because it limits options which limits fun.
Preventing her from teleporting to places she has no vision off would hurt her even more than just increasing mana cost, not only because she would be forced to TP either where enemy team always can see her, or simply TP where it's already safe to do so. One of the biggest drawbacks with her TP as it is right now is that you can't always be certain where you TP to when planning a surprise gank is actually safe, and in the cases you can, it means you already have wards (just not specifically where you TP maybe).
She is also a hero that may make enemy team consider new ward locations which to me is GOOD. It's pretty boring when there's always the same few common ward locations and teams fight over who gets to counter where and what wards to the point teams just concede to both have vision there for the time being (or they both run out of wards).
Summary? During laning her options are often limited and she's a far better gank-sitter than carry-sitter due to how her spells function and are leveled. Her true strength shines early game at Lv6+ through midgame where she can coordinate ganks with a teammate, but depending on where you gank, enemy team CAN countergank and then you are often stuck 2v5.
I do find it hard to compare her to other supports tho, she isn't as good as previously mentioned heroes at hard-supporting, heroes that also often spend much time stacking for your team, something Nymphora if utilized fully, wont have much time to do. Where other supports are often reliable and defensive, Nymphora is more of an unreliable support but very offensive oriented which to me is a good thing. If people really thinks she needs nerfs, mana cost on ult should be the first approach or a look at Grace.
Sidenote: I say her Pod is bad in some places of this post but don't get me wrong as the heal IS a good skill, however at the points in the game where it often matters the most, it is usually not leveled enough to be good, only subpar at best. This is due to Lv1 Zeal is mandatory and more often than not is Lv2 Grace considered mandatory too.
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The only real, major issue with this hero is the complete capability to exploit map control with a fitting hero as soon as level 6 to set up cheesy ganks. Multi teleportation with no real restrictions has always seemed like a flawed concept in this game, there are wards and an interesting amount of game (read : common) sense derived from map vision in every match that doesn't feature a Nymphora as you always know to an extent just how much and for how long you can safely expose yourself based on this map vision and game sense alone.
A Nymphora just yells "**** you" to the skill of having good map vision in appropriate places for the entire team, and missing heroes that suddenly show up on your face are a much more random and unavoidable occurrance, and that in my opinion isn't healthy for how the game plays out.
IMO the teleport sound should be played for the enemy team if she tp to close to them say like 800 range maybe? This should give them a lot of time to react to it. Also Nymp needs to chose the tp spot correctly to prevent her teammate from getting stuck at tree but still within a good range to initiate the gank.
I really like Nymphora, but I agree she can be a bit stronger than many others for supporting. I feel that buff to her ultimate was not necessary since it was already very useful even if you were just 'porting yourself. Great for counterganking, pushing, etc. that ignores the cooldown on Homecoming Stones. Lvl 6 also feels too early for that ability to bring a ganker along to clobber someone, seeing many gankers can be so dominant already on their own at that stage of the game already.
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Her stun almost always requires some sort of set up. Very easy to dodge.
That being said pebbles nymph porting around 10 mins into the game is ultra homo.
What? Are you saying her slow as **** stun is going to hit anyone unless they're dry-humping Nymphora?
Personally, I think Nymphora is just one big pile of ass. Her heal has been ass ever since they nerfed it from the original. Her stun has been ass since they nerfed both the range and travel speed. It was better before it got the huge damage + stun buff. Her mana is the only skill I'll say that is good. Ulti never needed the huge cooldown nerf. If anything, the heroes she helped become over powered deserved it more (Pebbles). I just want old Nymphora back.
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I think Nymphora's 'problem' isn't the global teleport, it's her mana skill added to the rest of her skillset. It completely changes the way certain heros lane and what they were balanced for (traditional pebbles/dev + nymph lanes anyone?) because they are free to spam their abilities, and many of them do setup enemies for her stun. Her pod is by far her most useless skill because her stun/mana are just THAT good you can basically ignore it when it matters the most. The fact that she can refill mana on herself is a bit stupid imo. It would make sense if her mana costs were actually that high to begin with but they aren't. Nymph lanes for what I've seen are mostly about picking brainless harass/burst that basically have no downtime even if they miss their abilities since they have non-stop mana to try again. If her grace actually costed a bit more mana people would start getting rid of the easymode faceroll combos and actually use her with the purpose of setting up and aiding kills, not randomly hooking people/spamming emerald wolves until they are caught.
Her global teleport is a strong skill, no doubts on that, but it's also a twin edged sword since the benefit of teleporting to places with no vision can also turn into sure death. It could maybe use a small increase on cooldown, but don't see it as the main issue.
First of all, I agree that Nymphora is to strong at the moment. And I think her ultimate is what makes her viable over other supporters and probably the mana buff. But firstly let's start with her ultimate I think it should probably stay the way it is with 1/2/3 mates she can teleport but imo the cooldown from 60 seconds which is even shorter then a normal homecoming stone (65sec) is way to short and therefore she can be used to spam it with heroes like Pebbles to dominate the whole game but if the cooldown would be much longer to something like 150-180 seconds on lvl1 and 30-45 seconds less per level up (I think that should be pretty good but as allways numbers can be changed) I think it would be still powerfull on level 1 but not that gamebreaking as it is at the moment. And the other thing which bothers me is the Bonus movementspeed spell on her mana buff, it's like she has something like the speed buff from Blitz (even though it can be countered by hitting the target) and on top of it filling missing manapoints. But to be fair, I think if the bonus Movementspeed gets completely removed she should give a bit more mana to compensate for it but not to much (may be just something like 5-15mana bonus). And I think her other 2 spells are fine except the 900 range on her stun but if she gets the nerfs on her ultimate she shouldn't lose all her power within one patch so she should be tested before nerfing her furthermore.
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I see the Nymphora teleport strat as being the single most strong strat against newer or less organized teams out there. Stupidly easy to do with so many line-up options to go with and the rest of it is just about map-control and warding/counterwarding. Rest of her skillset is solid on top of that, really working to enhance early aggressive play. Even higher level teams have trouble keeping map-control and keeping the Nymphora team blind. Pubs and newer teams just don't have much chance.
As for Grace, it's easiest fix would probably be making the mana-regen take a longer time so that the target would need to stay out of range from harass or risk having the regen getting interrupted.
I feel she isn't too powerful in general because both her Q and W and possibly teleport don't scale that well into to late game.
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She is a very strong support hero, one that has seen many buffs and nerfs since release. I like to think of her as a hero that can easily become over-buffed or under-powered with small changes.
Pod I dont think this skill is to overpowered as it is in-fact hard to land when trying to heal allies with the delay, the only real way to get a reliable heal off is for both heroes to stand still for a couple seconds. Since this skill is aoe it is strong when pushing towers for damaging creaps and healing your own. Are armour boots still a recommended item on her?
Grace - Here ability to give mana to allies is very strong and can be abused to spam particular spells in lane, however I never really thought it was balanced that this skill also gives a movement speed boost. While is does provide some form of escape for Nymph, it should not be fair that allies also receive the movement speed buff?
Stun while it has 900 range, it has been nerfed from its former 1200 range. Also its pretty hard to land once enemy heroes get boots, after this it becomes more of a follow up ability.
Global Teleport - I think the skills needs to be changed from taking 1/2/2 and removing the SotM effect. At the 3rd level you should receive the ability to re-call an enemy but the cooldown is shared with the ability to port. I find it super OP that Nymph can teleport a total of 3 heroes to any given spot on the map within a matter of seconds for obvious reasons, I think with an ultimate change youll see a lot more nymph baits and saves from the ability to re-call at 16.
If the recall ability is too powerful for saving allies you could make it a channelling ability for both nymph and the chosen target?
I know the SotM effect is cool, but realistically what support nymph is going to have this item unless its a stomp in her favour?
In a nutshell remove the movement speed buff on grace and re-balance her ultimate.
I like foxs point about TPn to areas with vision only and it forcing the hero to ward in absurd places, this could be a very interesting balance point.


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