URP Ad Page

Hey.

The Chair has asked SPA to help develop an advertising page for the department. Per my discussion with him, students can help out the most by taking some time to answer just two questions. Please take the time to answer the two following questions:

What do you like about URP during your time so far?
What enticed you to choose UF URP over other schools?

Lastly, let me know if I can use your first name and year in program, as sort of a student testimonal of the program.

Need replies by Monday evening at the latest.

I appreciate the help.

Internship ling

Urban Planning Now Internship Service


The link above does job search and internship search by state specifically for planners. Hope this helps.

For the family, Dr. Bartley and URP...

Dr. Ernest Bartley: A requim...

Ernest Bartley
BARTLEY, ERNEST R. Dr. Ernest R. Bartley, Professor Emeritus of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning and one-time Professor of Political Science, University of Florida, died at The ET York Haven Hospice Care Center in Gainesville, Florida on January 22, 2008. He was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, May 11, 1919. Dr. Bartley came to Gainesville in 1949 after receiving his Doctorate from the University of California in 1948. He served for some twenty-four years as a member of the faculty of the Department of Political Science. He participated in 1975 in the formation of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning. He retired formally from the University in 1992, but he continued to teach until his death. During his fifty-nine years of association with the University of Florida, he received seven teaching awards from two colleges for his outstanding teaching. He was on the graduate faculty and served as a member of several University-wide committees. After obtaining his Baccalaureate degree from Nebraska Wesleyan in 1940 and his Master's Degree from the University of Nebraska, in June, 1941, he joined the United States Air Corps as an aviation cadet. Commissioned as a second lieutenant, he was retained in the Air Corp training command for two years. At his request, he was then assigned to a combat unit. As a Captain he flew aerial combat as a captain on the first B-29 sorties from Saipan to Japan. He was transferred to the headquarters of the 21st Bomber Command where he served on General Curtis E. Lemay's war plans staff. Upon his return to the United States, he continued to serve in the Air Force Reserve from which he retired in 1979 as a Lt. Colonel. Dr. Ernest Bartley was a member of the 73rd Bombardment Wing Association. Commencing in the 1950's, Dr. Bartley served as a consultant in land use control planning and regulation. He was a consultant to the Alaska Statehood Committee, the Alaska constitutional Convention, and was active in Washington, D.C. during Alaska's struggle for statehood. At the 50th anniversary of the Alaska Constitutional Convention, Dr. Bartley was honored for the significant role he played in the writing of the Alaska Constitution. He was an active member, supporter, draftsman and spokesman in support of efforts in Florida for the enactment of planning and growth management legislation. Dr. Ernest Bartley served as consultant to numerous cities, counties, and private clients in Florida and other states. He qualified in state and federal courts as an expert witness in some eighty cases involving urban and regional planning. He drafted numerous zoning ordinances and subdivision regulations for municipalities and counties in Florida. He was sought as a speaker at numerous planning conferences and conventions. His professional associations included the Florida Planning and Zoning Association, American Society of Planning Officials (now The American Planning Association), The American Institute of Planners (now the American Institute of Certified Planners) and other groups. In 2000, Dr. Bartley was honored in New York by election to membership in the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Certified Planners. He was appointed as a member of the State of Florida's Planning Commission by (then) Governor Robert Graham. He held numerous offices in the organizations to which he belonged. In 2007, Ernest R. Bartley received the Lifetime Service Award from the Florida Chapter of the American Planning Association for "Outstanding Achievements in the Field of Planning." He was author or co-author of many books, monographs, pamphlets, and papers. Dr. Bartley's Tidelands Oil Controversy, originally published by the University of Texas Press, was republished as one in the series of Classics in American Land Law. National and State Government textbooks, written with the late Dr. John M. Swarthout, were published by Oxford University Press. His Text of a Model Ordinance written with the late Frederick H. Bair, Jr. and published in several editions by the American Society of Planning Official, was a standard work on the subject for many years. In 2007, an annual life-time of achievement award was established in Dr. Bartley's name by the Department of Urban and Regional Planning. The first recipient of that award was the former Florida Governor, Reuben Askew. Survivors include: his wife, Ruth Nielsen Bartley; brother, Dr. Richard Bartley of Springfield, Missouri; daughters, Susan K. Miller and Debbie D. Williams, both of Augusta, Georgia; five grandchildren, Todd Miller, Suzanne Ingersoll, Deborah McGinley, Will Williams, and Nan Williams; and one great-grandchild, Neila McGinley. A Memorial service will be held at Milam Funeral Home, 311 South Main Street, on Sunday, January 27 2008 at 1 pm. Later this year his cremains will be interred at Florida National Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Haven Hospice of Gainesville, FL, 4200 NW 90th Blvd., Gainesville, FL 32605. Arrangements are under the care of MILAM FUNERAL & CREMATION SERVICES, 311 S. Main St., Gainesville. FL 32601(352-176-5361). Published in the Gainesville Sun from 1/25/2008 - 1/27/2008.

Dr. Bartley Passes Away

Dr. Ernest Bartley, Professor Emeritus passed away peacefully on Tuesday afternoon at Haven Hospice. Dr. Bartley was a great teacher, a good friend, and inspired literally hundreds of URP students during his long career. A memorial service will be held on Sunday, January 27, at 1:00 p.m. at Milam Funeral home, 311 South Main Street in Gainesville.

First SPA Meeting of the Spring 2008 Semester

First SPA meeting is scheduled for 3 PM Monday January 28 in ARC 439. It was supposed to be January 21st, but its a holiday. This is after PRD, so come on by after class, get involved and informed on SPA happenings.

If you are planning on going to the National APA Conference April 27-1 May 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada, please let me know. Trying to get a head count on those who are seriously considering going, so SPA can work with ACC on some funding with concrete numbers. Send me an email to boperez@dcp.ufl.edu.

January 26th Career Fair

DART and Non Profit Work

Representatives from the Direct Action & Research Training (DART) Center will be on the UF campus on Thursday, January 31, 2008 @ 7:30 PM in the J. Wayne Reitz Union, Rm. 272 to discuss careers in the field of community organizing, and to schedule interviews with students interested in empowering their communities and working for social change. Please RSVP if you are interested by contacting Sunil Joy at sunil@thedartcenter.org or calling 785.841.2680.

DART is now accepting applications for the 2008 DART Organizers Institute, the paid, four-month field school for people interested in launching a career in community organizing. Participants will undergo a combined classroom and field training covering such topics as:

· Entering a community
· Identifying and training local leaders · Strategic planning and issue cutting · Relationship and community building · Direct Action on community issues · Fundraising

The DART Center, has built coalitions throughout the country that have won important victories on a broad set of justice issues including:

· Education reform in low-performing public schools · Job Training · Drugs and Violence · Criminal Recidivism · Living Wage · Neighborhood Revitalization, etc.

The DART Organizers Institute combines a 7-day classroom orientation with 15 weeks of infield training at a DART host organization. This is a paid training program that includes: a $6,500 living stipend, transportation to the classroom orientation and host city, and mileage reimbursement during the infield training. Room, board, and tuition will also be paid by DART during the 7-day classroom training. After successful completion of the program, DART will work to place graduates into permanent full time salaried positions ranging from ($27-30,000/year for Associate Organizers and $30-34,000 for Lead Organizers).

Graduates from the four month DART Organizers Institute have gone onto accept Executive Director and Associate Community Organizing positions throughout the country.

The 7-day classroom orientation and 15 week infield training starts June 15, 2008 and runs through October 3, 2008. Training locations will include placements in several states around the country.

Although it may be helpful, no direct experience is necessary. Organizer Trainees (OTs) hired to participate in the DART Organizers Institute must demonstrate a desire to pursue community organizing as a long-term professional career. A master's degree or similar life experience is preferred though unnecessary. Candidates must have a college degree or be graduating prior to June 1, 2008. Also, candidates must display a workmanlike diligence, be driven to produce sustained results, have proven capacity to build relationships of trust, create and execute a plan, act professionally, feel comfortable working with religious institutions, be accountable and willing to hold others accountable, demonstrate disciplined thought and action, and work in a team setting.

OTs must also have access to a car during their training and be flexible regarding relocation. Fluency in Spanish/English is a plus and people of color are encouraged to apply.

To find out more about DART or to apply, we encourage you to send your resume to: Sunil Joy, DART Network, 820 New York Street Lawrence, KS 66044 or by email: sunil@thedartcenter.org. If you have any questions, please call: (785) 841-2680. Also, you can download applications or view profiles from previous OTs at the DART website:

www.thedartcenter.org.

Sunil Joy
DART Network
ph: (785) 841-2680
email: sunil@thedartcenter.org
www.thedartcenter.org

Plot Room use

Room 307 has 6 color plotters, 1 black and white laser, and a 44in scanner for everyone in the school of DCP. As of this year it is free. Next fall it will be pennies to use. A lot cheaper that Circa lab and target copy. Door code is 5522*

Career Fair

Hey,

Hope the Spring semester is off to a good start. If you are thesisizing, hope that is going along well.

Anywho, I send this message with important dates for Career Fairs at UF, in case you will be looking for internships (if still in school next year), or a full time job.

January 22, 2008 - Civil Engineering Fair (Near Stadium Concourse)
January 26, 2008 - DCP Career Fair (50%+ firms are URP and are very interested in interns for summer and Fall 2008 hires)
January 29, 2008 - Univ Non Technical Fair (O'Connell Center)
January 30, 2008 - Univ Technical Fair (O'Connell Center)

If you are graduating this semester and still no job, make time from the job hunt around this time of year.

With that, happy job/internship hunting.