O’Neill Online Week is a voluntary, on-campus course that allows you to meet and build lasting relationships with your fellow online classmates and professors. All students formally admitted to the online MPA program are eligible to enroll.
Join O’Neill Online for an intensive on-campus experience
Jul 30
Jul 31
Aug 01
Aug 02
Aug 03
Aug 04
Dubois County: Strengthening Early Childhood Education
Students will complete a client-based consulting opportunity focused on strengthening early childhood education in Dubois County. This project is in conjunction with the Southwest Dubois County School Corporation and the IU Center for Rural Engagement.
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Monroe County: The Mobility Aids Lending Library
The MALL (Mobility Aids Lending Library) in Bloomington, Ind., in Monroe County, is an initiative started by a local group of women with physical disabilities (aka “the Wheelie Women”) to serve the greater Bloomington community.
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- Work with a community client to address a real public problem
- Earn three credits (some coursework will be required before and after the in-residence week)
- Meet with your advisor to discuss your progress in the O’Neill Online MPA program
- All activities, meals, and hotel accommodations are covered by tuition
- Network with fellow students, faculty, staff, and O’Neill alumni
- Meet with staff from O’Neill’s Career Hub
- Experience life on one of the country’s most beautiful college campuses
Want to learn more?
Contact us:
O’Neill Master’s Programs Office
(812) 855-2840
Examples of past O’Neill Online week projects
In 2022, students completed two projects:
Dubois County Project:The development of a Latinx Welcome Center in Dubois County, in partnership with the Southwest Dubois County School Corporation and the Vincennes University Jasper Campus in conjunction with the IU Center for Rural Engagement.
Lake Monroe Project: Assisting the Lake Monroe Water Fund — an active funder for watershed projects that conserve, protect, and sustain Lake Monroe as a shared community water resource — with stable and ongoing fund development, strategic planning, and septic waste pollution reduction programs.
O’Neill Online students, in conjunction with the Indiana University Center for Rural Engagement, worked with the Town of Bloomfield, Ind. on a project to begin implementation of their parks and recreation master plan.
O’Neill Online students, in conjunction with the Indiana University Center for Rural Engagement, partnered with Orange County, Indiana nonprofit HandUp OC to find ways to improve quality of life for the residents of Orange County.
Students, in conjunction with the Indiana University Center for Rural Engagement, partnered with service providers in Greene County, Indiana to produce resources necessary for counties to advance local initiatives designed to reduce opioid and other drug addiction. The project was conducted with Greene County with the hopes that results can be replicated in other nearby counties.
Students worked as consultants with Space Science Institute to develop plans for implementation of future programs through central and southern Indiana, as well as future plans for expansion of their physical space on the observatory site. This project touched on many topics of interest to O'Neill Online students, including management of public and nonprofit resources, project planning, financial planning, scientific policy, and others.
Students developed four categories of solutions for NSA Crane that would foster compatible land development while maintaining its status as a “good neighbor”: community engagement solutions, transportation solutions, land use solutions, and research and development solutions. For each category of solutions, the team identified benefits, stakeholders involved, possible threats to implementation, and ways to mitigate those threats.
Students developed recommendations for Timmy Global Health focused on establishing lifelong donor relationships, communicating proactively with new audiences, increasing their donor retention rate, and a comprehensive reivew of the organization's current communication plan to enhance the relationships with current donors.
Students conducted an analysis of the process used to award the Indianapolis Prize for animal conservation. The team quickly came to appreciate the dynamic and enterprising nature of the Indianapolis Zoo, its conservation program and its leadership. The Indianapolis Prize, while prestigious and highly coveted, poses challenges to zoo resources, identity and mission.
Students studied alternative funding mechanisms for the State of Indiana to complete the Interstate 69 project to connect Evansville, Indiana and Indianapolis, Indiana.
