Congratulations to Public Policy student Douglas Webb
November 17, 2011
Douglas Webb, a second-year student in the M.S. in Public Policy program, is a 2012 Semi-Finalist for the Presidential Management Fellowship Program. The Presidential Management Fellowship Program is a prestigious leadership development program for recent graduate students seeking a two year fellowship in a United States government agency. Douglas Webb is a veteran of the United States Coast Guard and currently serves as a Veterans Representative with the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Out of approximately 9,000 applicants, Doug is one of 1,200 students selected as Semi-Finalists and invited to the in-person assessments. More information on the Presidential Management Fellowship Program can be found at www.pmf.gov.
Congratulations to Public Policy student Portia Williams
August 2, 2011
Portia Williams, a student in the M.S. in Public Policy program, was selected by Teach for America to teach in Washington, D.C. during the 2011-2012 academic year. Portia will be teaching students with special needs at Kelly Miller Middle School. She is very excited about this opportunity and is looking forward to the challenges it will bring.
Local Living Economies: Policy for Sustainable Business, with Judy Wicks
May 3, 2011
Judy Wicks, founder of the Sustainable Business Network of Greater Philadelphia and the White Dog Café, and co-founder of the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies, will be speaking about policies for sustainable business at Drexel University. This event is open to both the Drexel community and the public.
Program attendees will:
- Learn what public policies are needed to foster and promote sustainable business practices.
- Learn how current public policies are affecting the business community.
- Gain a better understanding of the roles of both the government and the public in implementing this type of public policy, and apply this understanding to local sustainable systems within Philadelphia.
- Obtain the ability to analyze and develop new strategies for sustainable economies, increase current policy effectiveness, and implement new strategies for sustainable business practices, and environmental and economic sustainability.
This event will be held on May 20, 2011 from 5:00-7:00pm in 2019 MacAlister Hall, on Drexel University's Main Campus.
This event is sponsored by the Drexel Association for Public Policy (DAPP) and The Good Idea Fund. Food and refreshments will be served.
Congratulations to Michelle McCloskey
April 4, 2011
A program of the United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, the Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program will offer intensive summer language training overseas in thirteen critical need foreign languages for summer 2011. The CLS Program is part of a U.S. government effort to drastically increase the number of Americans studying and mastering critical need foreign languages. Michelle McCloskey, a second-year Drexel MSPP student, will be studying Turkish in Ankara, Turkey during the summer of 2011 as a CLS program recipient.
Congratulations to Dhara Patel
October 5, 2010
Congratulations to MSPP student Dhara Patel, who recently accepted a position as Assistant Managing Director for the City of Philadelphia.
Research Initiative Published
September 13, 2010
The Center for Public Policy’s first research initiative, "Business Improvement Districts and the Evolution of Urban Governance," will be published as Volume 3, Issue 1, of the Drexel Law Review. The volume will include case studies of each of Philadelphia’s 16 business improvement districts, as well as essays by Paul Levy, Lawrence Houstoun, Dan Hoffman, and law professors Gerald Frug, Richard Briffault, Nicolle Garnett, and Richard Schragger.
Visit the Law Review website or read more about the conference.
Kishore Thota Appointed to Virginia’s Advisory Board on Physician Assistants
September 8, 2010
Congratulations to MSPP student Kishore Thota, a Master's student in The Center for Public Policy, was recently appointed by Virginia Governer Bob McDonnell to serve on the Commonwealth’s Advisory Board on Physician Assistants!