UPPSA President's Weekly Roundup- September 26th

Greetings from "the new" Normal! This past week 11 UIC MUPPs attended the American Planning Association Illinois Chapter state conference in Normal, IL. It was a great chance to network, learn about what’s hot in Illinois planning, match wits in a geography-heavy pub quiz and explore many of Normal’s interesting features, such as the extensive Constitution Trail. Conference presentations should be posted to http://www.ilapa.org/ by Monday, September 27th.

Please peruse this week’s UPPSA news and action items:·

• APA-IL conference attendees should submit related receipts to Jackie Scanlan jscan14@uic.edu as soon as possible.
• Applications to become the new APA-IL student representative are due on October 15th. Further information about the position and the application are available at http://www.uppsa.org/uppsa-documents.html
• UPPSA dues and membership forms are due to Ann Barnds by October 1st. This document is also available at http://www.uppsa.org/uppsa-documents.html and checks or money orders should be written to UPPSA.
• A 30-mile bike tour of Chicago is planned for Saturday, October 16th. Join UPPSA members on a fun way to see the city and enjoy that fall air. RSVP at www.uppsa.org
• MUPPs involved in UIC’s chapter of Engineers Without Borders were featured in the UIC Alumni Magazine http://www.uiaa.org/uic/news/uicalumni/1009c.html
• Great Cities Insitute is hosting a speaker event: New Urban Development Looking Back to See Forward, with Claude Gruen from Gruen Gruen + Associates. This Friday, October 1, 20102:00pm – 3:30pm at The Great Cities Institute, 412 S. Peoria St, 4th FL, CUPPAH 400. Please RSVP at www.uppsa.org
• Friday, October 1st, UPP and UPPSA bring you the first event in "UPP Next: A professional development series" with a mentorship roundtable with APA-IL and CUPPA Alumni, from 12-1 in Room 110 of CUPPA Hall.

If you have important news for fellow MUPPs and you would like it included in the President’s Weekly Roundup and/or on the UPPSA website email UPPSAinfo@gmail.com by 2 p.m. each Sunday.

Have a great week,

Bob Fuller

President- UPPSA