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
Score
1
Syracuse University
4.5
Syracuse, NY
2
Harvard University
4.3
Cambridge, MA
2
Indiana University Bloomington
4.3
Bloomington, IN
4
Princeton University
4.1
Princeton, NJ
4
University of Georgia
4.1
Athens, GA
http://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
 The project began in June 2000
and has produced a substantial
body of research results. It
includes five major phases:
http://www.spea.indiana.edu/gro
nbjerg/#Courses_on_the_Web
http://www.indiana.edu/~nonpro
f/index.php
– 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 you
For your listening