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  • Last Chance to Register for the Railsplitter’s Banquet

    Mar 21, 2023 12:00 pm by Ty Dooley, SPMP School DirectorPublic AdministrationThought Leadership
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    • Image of Grace Hou, the Public Service Award Recipient
    • Image of Federal District Court Judge Brian Stacy Miller, the keynote speaker.
    • Image of Betsy Goulet, the SPMP Alumni Award Recipient
    • Image of Edgar J. Curtis, the Private Sector Award Recipient
    • School of Public Management and Policy contact information

    Railsplitter’s Banquet: 
    Many Hands Make Light Work – 
    Public Private Partnerships and the Promise of the 21st Century

    This year’s Railsplitter’s Banquet is scheduled for March 31st, 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm.

    You are invited to attend the in-person event
    at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum at 212 N 6th St, Springfield, IL 62701,
    with Federal District Court Judge Brian Stacy Miller as the keynote speaker. 

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    REGISTER NOW

     

    Public Service Award Recipient

    Grace Hou serves as Secretary of the Illinois Department of Human Services. Hou previously served as the President of Woods Fund Chicago, a grant-making foundation that funds organizations that draw on the power of communities to fight the brutality of poverty and structural racism.            

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    Private Sector Award Recipient

    Edgar J. Curtis who has served as president and chief executive officer of Memorial Health since January 2008. He provides leadership for the strategic direction of the Springfield-based health system, which delivers comprehensive health services to the central Illinois region.        

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    School of Public Management Alumni Award Recipient

    Dr. Betsy Goulet, ’83 BA SPMP, 92 MA SPMP, ’14 DPA SPMP, Alliance for Experiential PBL, Director, Clinical Assistant Professor and Coordinator of the UIS Child Advocacy Studies program.           

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    Please click here to register by March 24, 2023. Cost is $25.00 per person, or $200 for a table of 8. We are offering a 30% discount on all registrations for the event.  Tables can now be purchased at this rate as well.  

    Here is the discount code:  30% off 

    Please email spmp@uis.edu with any questions or to get help with registering.

    We look forward to seeing you March 31st!  

     

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