MPA News

Read the latest MPA newsletter addressed to alumni, students, and friends of the program.  Further details of the exciting events scheduled for the 50th anniversary are presented!

Dear MPAers:

 Where has the fall semester gone?  It has been a beehive of activity for the past three months, but lots of exciting things are happening.  Here are the highlights.

 Congratulations to Alex Vargas on receiving the Lynn Anderson Fellowship from the Government Finance Officers Association of Texas.  This is at least the 11^th consecutive year that a UNT student has won this $4,000 award.  Alex will be recognized next week at the GFOAT conference in Conroe. 

On Friday, August 12, we welcomed 17 new graduates into the ranks of MPA alumni.  The Hooding Ceremony, hosted by the Public Administration faculty, was held at the Gateway Center.  Larry Collister, a Denton attorney, administered the Oath to Public Service.  Following the reception, which was sponsored by PASA, the university commencement took place in the Coliseum. 

Dear MPA and PhD students:
 
Tomorrow begins the fall term and excitement grows as we anticipate the start of a new academic year.  We are off to an excellent start.  The 11 new PhD students spent Friday afternoon in an orientation introducing them to the expectations of the four-year, full-time degree program.  Then Saturday, we welcomed 30 new MPA students at an orientation in city council chambers at Denton City Hall followed by a splendid reception in the Denton Senior Center hosted by PASA.