UNC MPA General Information Session

Special guests this month include UNC MPA alum Jim Donnelly and current student Ahmed Ali as we discuss our broad-based leadership degree and how it can impact your work and advance your career. Special attention will be paid to discussing what the MPA is and who it’s for, our career and program outcomes, and how this degree can help you start, advance, or change in your career.

Both Jim and Ahmed work or have worked in the areas of government and nonprofit leadership and specifically the field of education.

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