Dean's Corner


Dear Friends, Colleagues, Supporters, and Benefactors of the Bush School:

During the remarkable first decade of the George Bush School of Government and Public Service, the vision of its namesake, the 41st President of the United States, has served as the template for the School's advancement into the 21st century. He challenged us to build a "great school" that would attract men and women of character to the noble calling of government and public service, a school that would inspire and prepare people to make the world a better place to live. Working together-students, faculty, staff, administrators, supporters, benefactors, and friends-we think we are well on the way to accomplishing the vision and the challenge set forth by President Bush.

Teaching, research, and service are the three core missions of the Bush School. Our job is to prepare principled leaders for public and international affairs, conduct policy-oriented research that improves the world around us, and perform service that enhances the lives of people everywhere. The School's vision calls for it to be a preeminent school, an asset to the community, state, nation, and world, and a center of excellence for all that we do. When I look at the fundamental contributions of the School in its first 10 years of history-the placement of its graduates in positions of high responsibility and the impact of its cutting-edge research and studies in the service of others-I see the emergence of this "great school" and others see it as well.

I have said many times that the Bush School is a new school... for a new era... preparing a new kind of public servant for the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century. The nature of public service is dynamic and changing, and it is a "new world coming." Thus the demands on public leaders are changing, and new requirements exist for leadership, management, and stewardship, for organizations, processes, and methods, for science, technology, and research, and for training, education, and professional development. When I look at the landscape, I believe that a "revolution in government and public service" is underway, and I believe the preparation of today's public servants must keep pace... must lead, not lag, the inexorable advance of change and transformation... and provide principled, professionally competent leaders.

That's what we do in the Bush School.

Dick Chilcoat
Dean, The Bush School

Contents

  1. Interview Weekends 2008 [PDF]

  2. Dean's "State of the School" Address - August 27th, 2007 [Video] [PDF]

  3. China-Rice Leadership Forum [PPT]

  4. Dean's Statement, End-of-Term Performance Review, September 5th, 2005 [PDF]

  5. Dean's Statement on the "State of the School," Mid-Term Performance Review, March 24th, 2004 [PDF]