The next stop on our nationwide quest to cover every MPA program in the country takes us to the University of North Carolina Charlotte. This is our second stop in the Tar Heel State. In 2013, we learned about the UNC-Chapel Hill MPA program. With Charlotte playing host to the ICMA Conference in September 2014, we … Continued
Lorde Invades Local Government Our tour of MPA programs takes us to Philadelphia and Villanova University. We connected with the Villanova MPA program when Bonnie Svrcek, ELGL advisory board member, spoke at an event at Villanova. She recommended that ELGL and Villanova MPA connect to discuss partnership opportunities. The first opportunity was Villanova profiling ELGL in their … Continued
Vitals William Doerfer City of King, North Carolina Appalachian State University MPA Student Education: Guilford College, Bachelor of Arts Experience: Airborne Infantry Team Leader, US Army; Veterans’ Service Representative, Department of Veterans Affairs; and Intern, Town of Seven Devils
The end is in sight Last week I began the final step in completing my MPA program at Portland State University. The 509, as it’s affectionately known, is an “organizational experience” where almost-graduates apply what they have learned in the classroom out in the real world. It’s essentially an internship with a defined project and scope established on … Continued
http://youtu.be/hG6oy46qKE4 (Complete these phrases) Best thing about the…. 80’s was……. Michael Jackson Thriller Album 90’s was…… My Birth! Bringing in the beginning of a new decade. And also an easy way to keep track of how old I am.
A Non-Traditional MPA ELGL heard a rumor about the City of Lake Oswego creating some sort of local government university and naturally this innovative idea is something that we had to learn more about. It turns out that City Manager, Scott Lazenby, wanted to find a way to provide some additional training and education to … Continued
Kittelson’s Corner is back again this time the ELGL Program Manager is here to tell us about his most recently completed quarter of graduate school. Ben is a second year MPA student at Portland State University, he is also an intern at the City of West Linn, where he works on communications and economic development … Continued
American City & County Magazine Highlights Knope of the Week What is the Knope of the Week? It’s ELGL’s way of recognizing an individual or group of individuals who have excelled in promoting the public sector. Recipients may come from the public or private sector and are nominated by ELGL members. Recipients receive an incredible amount of recognition … Continued
What better way to learn about a new ELGL member than a series of extremely personal questions that may or may not be work related. That is our goal in the New Sensation feature. Whether it is learning about a person’s top accomplishments in the last 24 hours or learning about the inside of their … Continued
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE2RFiaf7Xc&w=400&h=225] Fifty Nifty Takeaways What do we hope to learn from this series? We hope you will gain a better understanding of the unique characteristics of local government in each state, we hope you will learn that there are others like you who are motivated to make a difference through the public sector, and we … Continued
