The John M. DeGrove Eminent Scholar Chair in Growth Management and Development
is pleased to host

James H. Svara
John DeGrove Guest Professor, School of Public Administration, FAU
School of Public Affairs and Center for Urban Innovation, Arizona State University

You’re invited to join us for the following events:

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009
12:00pm – 2:00pm	Brown Bag Lunch with James H. Svara & Faculty: Activities of the Center for Urban Innovation, Arizona State University Introduction by Efraim Ben-Zadok, John M. DeGrove Eminent Scholar Chair, FAU Located in HEC room 1110 - No RSVP required
3:00pm – 5:00pm	SPA-SURP Colloquium with James H. Svara: Constitutional Contests in Local Government: Does Form Matter? Moderated by Efraim Ben-Zadok, John M. DeGrove Eminent Scholar Chair, FAU Located in HEC room 1110 - No RSVP required
Wednesday, February 4th, 2009
12:00pm – 2:00pm	Opening of the Public Ethics Academy: Public Corruption and the Need for Reform Keynote Address by James H. Svara Followed by words and discussion featuring: Nancy Blosser, Chair, Board of Trustees, FAU Bruce Rogow, Professor of Law, Nova Southeastern University Michael Mayo, News Columnist, Sun-Sentinel Norman Ostrau, Director, Public Ethics Academy, FAU Introduction by Hugh Miller, School of Public Administration, FAU Located in HEC room 1110 - Refreshments and hors d’oeuvres served RSVP to 954-762-5140 or mwilliam@fau.edu
6:00pm – 8:00pm	Lecture by James H. Svara: Innovation and the Local Government Fiscal Crisis Located in HEC room 1110 - No RSVP required

James H. Svara
Jim Svara is Professor in the School of Public Affairs at Arizona State University and Director of the Center for Urban Innovation. In his research and teaching, he specializes in local government politics, management, and ethics, and has a special interest in the roles and responsibilities of elected and administrative leaders in local government. He is the author of numerous books, journal articles and book chapters that examine leadership by mayors, council members, and city managers. He has served as a consultant to city governments on charter revision in several states and to the Forum for Executive Public Management in Denmark, and he contributed to the drafting of the 7th and 8th editions of the Model City Charter of the National Civic League.

Jim Svara received his BA in History from the University of Kentucky and his Ph.D. in Political Science from Yale University. He has served on the faculty of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro where he directed the Public Administration Program and at North Carolina State University where he was director of the Public Administration Program from 1990-1998 and head of the department from 1998-2005. He has been a visiting scholar at the University of Southern Denmark in 1998 and 2006.

 Space is limited. Please RSVP to 954-762-5140 or mwilliam@fau.edu.