Thank you to our network for your generosity and commitment to supporting School of Public Policy (SPP) students in honor of the MPA’s 50th Anniversary! Our School received $7,305 in donations with 125 unique donors. As School Director Mohamad Alkadry notes, “we exceeded our expectations in terms of numbers and donors. Many thanks to those […]
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SPP Launches a M.A. in Survey Research and Data Analysis
The University of Connecticut’s School of Public Policy (SPP) is proud to announce the renaming of our Master of Arts in Survey Research (MASR) program to the Master of Arts in Survey Research and Data Analysis (SRDA)! Professor Thomas Craemer explains, We utilized Burning Glass data and focus group data from alumni and students to […]
Celebrating 50 Years of Impact
This spring we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the School of Public Policy’s (SPP) flagship Master of Public Administration (MPA) program. The impact of the MPA program in preparing public and nonprofit leaders in the State of Connecticut is evidenced by the the impact and contributions of more than 1,000 graduates of the program. For over […]
Celebrating Encore!Connecticut Fall 2022 Graduates!
Recently we recapped Encore!Connecticut’s Fall 2022 graduation with Operations Coordinator Maura Maloney. Learn more about this special day below! The UConn Encore!Connecticut Fall 2022 class held an in-person graduation on Saturday, December 10 at the Hartford Public Library. Over 40 graduates, family, friends, and Encore!Connecticut partners and instructors were in attendance. This was the first […]
Recapping NAPA 2022 in Hartford with MPA Fellow Elizabeth Sanderson
Last month, UConn School of Public Policy (SPP), Capitol Region Council of Governments (CRCOG), and Capital Workforce Partners (CWP) hosted the National Academy of Public Administration’s (NAPA) Fall Meeting in Hartford. Current SPP MPA Fellow and Project Leader for the City of Hartford, Elizabeth Sanderson recaps the meeting below! On November 4 about 100 bright […]
SPP Operations Coordinator Joins the Governors Education and STEAM Subcommittee
School of Public Policy (SPP) Operations Coordinator Maura Maloney was recently invited by SPP alum Janice Floyd (MPA ’22) to join the Governor’s Council on Women and Girls Education and STEAM subcommittee. Janice serves as Subcommittee Lead which is co-chaired by Commissioner Sibongile Magubane from the Department of Motor Vehicles and Executive Director Tim Larson from the Office of […]
Nonprofit Emerging Leaders of Color Program Enters Year Two
The 2022 Cohort of the Nonprofit Emerging Leaders of Color Program kicked off its first full-day on Tuesday, September 13th at The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven. The leadership program is an educational partnership between the University of Connecticut’s School of Public Policy (SPP) and The Community Foundation of Greater New Haven (CFGNH). The […]
50 Years of MPA Impact
Welcome to a new academic year! This year is indeed a special year for the School of Public Policy (SPP). Our community of alumni, students, faculty, staff and public service professionals will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Master of Public Administration (MPA) program. We will celebrate the past 50 years of contributions by […]
MPA Serves as Regional Project Coordinator for Governor’s Election Campaign
Recently we caught up with UConn School of Public Policy (SPP) alum Grace Brangwynne. Grace recently completed a Masters of Public Administration (MPA) with SPP this past May. Learn about Grace’s life since graduation, in her own words, below! If you told after graduation that I would be working for Governor Ned Lamont’s re-election campaign, […]
MPP Student Hopes to Utilize Local Government Experience Towards Career In Human Rights
Kylee Dostie is a UConn School of Public Policy (SPP) Master of Public Policy (MPP) student who is currently pursuing a focus area in Social Policy concurrently with a Graduate Certificate in Human Rights. Last year she completed a Sponsored Internship (SI) with the Town of Scotland, Connecticut. In this capacity she ran data analysis, […]