Thursday, February 2, 2023
5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Tate’s Craft Cocktails
279 W. 4th Street
Winston-Salem, NC 27101
If you’re in town for the NCCCMA Winter Seminar, or if you are simply in town, join us for our first Happy Hour Hub of 2024! There is no charge but PLEASE let us know you’re coming by registering HERE. If you would like to help organize a Happy Hour Hub in your community, contact Brandon Foster at foster@sog.unc.edu or 919.962.0426.
Thursday, February 1, 2024 – 7:30 a.m.
M.C. Benton Convention Center, Gaines 2
Winston-Salem, NC 27101
This annual event hosted during the North Carolina City-County Managers Winter Conference is a great opportunity to (re)connect with MPA alumni, faculty, and staff, and to meet current students.
You don’t need to be registered for the conference to attend the breakfast, however, you do need to register by going HERE, scroll down and click the Register Now button below City and County Management Seminar. You may need to create a login and password but once you’ve done that, you’ll see an option to register for the breakfast.
If you are having any issues, you can reach out to Brandon at 919.962.0426 who can help you through the process.
This is our annual in-person event. Come visit the School of Government and our top-ranked MPA program. Hear from faculty, alumni, and current students and discover what makes the UNC MPA a value added to your academic portfolio.
Topics to cover include:
– What is the MPA, and who is it for?
– Online vs. on-campus option
– Curriculum and Concentrations
– Student Experience
– Program Outcomes
– Application process/Financial Aid
Featured panelists will include:
Hallee Haygood, Alumna – Senior Budget Execution Analyst at NC Office of State and Budget Management
David Lambert, Alum – Project Liaison, Economic Development, Department of Environmental Quality
Teshanee Williams, Robert W. Bradshaw Jr. Distinguished Term Assistant Professor of Public Administration and Government
The relationship between law enforcement agencies and the communities they serve is under the microscope in many communities. Join Professor John Stephens as he discusses public participation, citizen oversight of local law enforcement drawn from his book Police Accountability: Civilian Advisory and Review Boards in North Carolina Local Government.
This event will be open to the public and for anyone interested in law enforcement, community relations, local government work, and those exploring the MPA and those interested in public administration. There will be a brief Q & A with Professor John Stephens and a discussion with follow.
Register for this event if you are interested in learning more about the MPA program at UNC.
This event will specifically dive into the differences between a MPA and a MPP. We will be joined by a UNC MPA alumna, Tiffany Oliva and current student, Charlie Rocci. Both students received their undergraduate degrees in Public Policy from UNC and joined our online MPA format. This session is for anyone exploring the MPA, and we will talk about both of our format options – online and on-campus.
Topic areas that will be discussed include:
– What is a MPA, and who is it for?
– MPA vs. other degrees
– Program Outcomes, Careers
– Student Experience
Please join us for a UNC MPA Special Topics Webinar – Women in Government featuring current student Melissa Cordell. Our Director of Admissions and student guest will discuss the inspiration behind her new podcast, ‘Women in Government’, why she decided to pursue the MPA, and what she has learned about a career in government and the importance of women in government.
This event will explore the MPA degree as an option for those considering careers in government. This event is open to anyone exploring the MPA or a career in government.
This event is for anyone interested in learning more about the Masters of Public Administration program. The event will be facilitated by our Director of Admissions, Cara Robinson along with participation from a member(s) of our community. This session is for anyone exploring the MPA, and we will talk about both of our format options – online and on-campus.
Topic areas that will be discussed include:
– What is a MPA, and who is it for?
– MPA vs. other degrees
– Why UNC MPA?
– The student experience oncampus and our curriculum
– Program Outcomes and Career Services
– Application Process and Financial Aid
This course gives students a working knowledge of the multi-disciplinary approach to governance as embraced by the theories of public administration. The course will include discussions on public management, values, organizational theory, and politics, among other topics. It will review the history and development of public administration, delve into the theories that are integral to the discipline, and review practical approaches to the application of these theories.
PUBA 747 requires students to reflect on and demonstrate how they apply and integrate their learning from five required MPA courses and their professional public service work experiences to successfully respond to an applied research problem. Students will select from a list of applied research problems, conduct a literature review, collect data, and identify their preliminary findings. These steps will be informed by their professional public service work experiences given the applied research needed to produce their thesis substitutes, which will be written and evaluated by a three-person committee during PUBA 748.
In PUBA 748, students will continue to work on their applied research problem from PUBA 747. Students are expected to enter PUBA 748 with a complete (clean) dataset, including a preliminary analysis that has been revised to include the feedback from PUBA 747 instructors. In this course, students will continue with the data analysis, discuss the findings, and develop recommendations.