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June 2021 and older blog content is below:
This spring, the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) announced that MPA students, Bekah Guenther '21, Ivy Ayers '21, and Arturo Avila '21, would be presenting their research, “Deserving of Punishment: How Race Informs Public Opinion of Suitable Incarceration Terms,” at ASPA’s 82nd Annual Conference as part of their Race and (In)Equity: Public Perspectives session. Following the announcement, we sat down with Guenther, Ayers, and Avila to get a behind-the-scenes perspective of their research.
The Faculty of The Evergreen State College’s Master of Public Administration program have selected Justice G. Helen Whitener as our 2021 Public Official of the Year. We make this award annually to a state, local, tribal, or nonprofit leader in Washington whose record of public service exemplifies our program’s motto, “Be the Change.”
Lucky Anguelov, MPA Faculty Member, recently published a co-authored peer reviewed article in the Journal of Emergency Management (JEM)’s Special Issue on COVID-19: Analysis of Pre and Post Disaster Response and Recovery During the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic.
A Capstone is the completion of student-generated applied research. Students implement their proposals selecting appropriate research techniques, analyzing data, and making recommendations. The design of the Capstone is based on the concept of applied research reflecting on the knowledge and skills developed in the second year of graduate studies and the content of the entire program. See presentation titles and times below.
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A Capstone is the completion of student-generated applied research. Students implement their proposals selecting appropriate research techniques, analyzing data, and making recommendations. The design of the Capstone is based on the concept of applied research reflecting on the knowledge and skills developed in the second year of graduate studies and the content of the entire program.
Hello and happy spring to you all! Here in the Evergreen MPA program, we are fast approaching the end of another academic year. Students in second year core are completing their capstone projects, while our first year core students are nearing their halfway point through the MPA program.