Bush School in the News
Obama, Bush Celebrate Volunteerism at Texas A&M
Vedlitz Participates in National Energy and Climate Policy Conversation
Lahey at RAND on NIA Fellowship
Assistant Professor Joanna Lahey is spending the academic year as a visiting scholar at the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica, CA, supported by a fellowship from the National Institute on Aging (NIA).
[MORE]Incentives Help Retain Teachers, Study Says
Two teacher incentive programs hold promise for reducing teacher turnover, but their effect on student performance is unclear, concludes a study commissioned by the Texas Education Agency.
[MORE]Bush School Students Help with Obama Visit
Several Bush School students played an active role in helping to organize the historic and highly successful visit of President Barak Obama to the Texas A&M University campus on October 16. The president was invited by President George H. W. Bush to take part in a forum on public service celebrating the 20th anniversary of President Bush’s Points of Light Foundation.
[MORE]President George H.W. Bush Hosts Condoleezza Rice At Texas A&M
George Bush, 41st President of the United States, will host Condoleezza Rice, 66th Secretary of State, Nov. 9 for the Lenore and Francis Humphrys International Speakers Program at Texas A&M University. The program is scheduled to coincide with a commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
[MORE]Absher Offers New Look at the Cuban Missile Crisis
Kenneth Michael Absher, a Fellow at the Bush School’s Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs, has written a detailed analysis of the intelligence failures and successes in the 1962 Cuban missile crisis.
[MORE]Bush School Honors Faculty and Staff
Four faculty and staff members were recognized for their achievements at the annual Bush School Faculty and Staff Awards Ceremony held Friday, September 25, 2009. The awards were presented by Dr. Benton Cocanougher interim dean of the School.
[MORE]Bush School Holds Open Houses for Prospective Students
The Bush School of Government and Public Service will hold a series of open houses this fall to introduce prospective students to the school.
[MORE]Caudle Named Director of the Certificate in Homeland Security Program
Dr. Sharon Caudle, Younger-Carter Distinguished Policy Maker in Residence, has been named director of the Certificate in Homeland Security program at the Bush School of Government and Public Service.
[MORE]Layne Commissioned to do Study for NIC
Professor Christopher Layne, who holds the Robert M. Gates Chair in National Security at the George H. W. Bush School of Government and Public Service, has been commissioned by the National Intelligence Council (NIC) to write a paper on the “Unipolar Exit,” an examination of whether U.S. primacy is waning, and if so, what this means for both American grand strategy, and for international politics, during the 21st century’s early decades.
[MORE]Former Ambassador Named Interim Director Of Scowcroft Institute
Ambassador (retired) Larry Napper has been named interim director of the Scowcroft Institute for International Affairs of the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University.
[MORE]Dropouts Cost Texas $9.6 Billion, Finds Texas A&M Study
Students who drop out of high school will cost Texas up to $9.6 billion in lost revenue and outright expenses over their lifetimes, and that figure escalates as each new crop of dropouts is created, concludes a study commissioned by the United Ways of Texas and written by The Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University.
[MORE]Leading the Way: OneStar Foundation and Texas A&M Partner for Nonprofit Leadership Training Program
This spring, 28 Texas nonprofit employees ages 20 through 30 became the inaugural class of the Emerging Leaders program, an innovative venture to find and develop the next generation of nonprofit leaders in Texas.
[MORE]Bush School Hosts Leadership and Government Reform Conference
On June 24, the George Bush School of Government and Public Service, the Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs, and the U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute are co-hosting a one-day conference on Leadership and Government Reform at the University of California’s Washington D.C. Center.
[MORE]Bush School Aids Emerging Nonprofit Leaders
Texas’s OneStar Foundation and the Bush School have collaborated to create a new leadership development program that will help meet the urgent need for well-educated and experienced professionals in the nonprofit field.
[MORE]Bies Elected to ARNOVA Committee
At the recent annual meeting of the Association of Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, (ARNOVA) Angela Bies, assistant professor in the Bush School of Government and Public Service, was elected to the Executive Committee of the Association’s Theory Section.
[MORE]CASE Honors Bush School Communications
The Bush School’s Communications Program recently was honored at the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) District IV conference with four awards.
[MORE]Layne, Mumpower Appointed to Endowed Chairs
Dr. Benton Cocanougher, interim dean of the Bush School of Government and Public Service, has announced the appointment of two faculty members to endowed chairs in the School.
[MORE]Prospective Students Visit Bush School
More than 137 prospective students from 27 states as well as Korea, Canada and Mexico have been invited to attend interview conferences at the Bush School of Government and Public Service on February 20 and 21 and February 27 and 28.
[MORE]Call for Nominations—Dean of the George Bush School of Government and Public Service
Provost and Executive Vice President for Academics Jeffrey S. Vitter announced Friday, January 30, that the search advisory committee for the position of dean of the George Bush School of Government and Public Service has been named and will commence a search to fill this critical position.
[MORE]41st President To Host Former Ambassador to Iraq
George Bush, 41st President of the United States, will host Ryan Crocker, the former United States Ambassador to Iraq, Pakistan, Kuwait, Syria and Lebanon, on March 9 for the Lenore and Francis Humphrys International Speakers Program.
[MORE]Layne Appointed to the NIC
Dr. Christopher Layne, the Mary Julia and George R. Jordan Professor at the Bush School, Texas A&M University, has been appointed an Associate of the National Intelligence Council (NIC).
[MORE]Conference Commemorates the Fall of the Berlin Wall
On January 26th, the Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs will commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall with the 2009 Ansary Foreign Policy Conference, a retrospective symposium entitled The Cold War is History: Twenty Years After the Fall of the Berlin Wall.
[MORE]Cocanougher Appointed Bush School Interim Dean
Jeffrey S. Vitter, provost and executive vice president for academics, has announced that Dr. A. Benton Cocanougher, dean emeritus of the Mays Business School, has agreed to serve as interim dean of the George Bush School of Government and Public Service, succeeding Richard (Dick) A. Chilcoat, who stepped down from his position at the end of last year.
[MORE]Bush School Advisor on Obama’s National Security Team
Two members of President-elect Barack Obama’s newly named national security team have close associations with the George Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University
[MORE]Engel Elected to SHAFR Council
Professor Jeffrey A. Engel, assistant professor at the Bush School of Government and Public Service, has been elected to the Executive Council for the Society of Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR).
[MORE]Engel Wins Prestigious History Book Prize
Jeffrey A. Engel, assistant professor at the Bush School of Government and Public Service, has won the Paul Birdsall Prize in European Military and Strategic History for his book Cold War at 30,000 Feet: the Anglo-American Fight for Aviation Supremacy, published in 2007 by Harvard University Press.
Engel will receive the prize on January 3, 2009, at the AHA annual meeting to be held in New York City. Currently serving as interim director of the Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs, Engel is the Evelyn and Ed F. Kruse ’49 Faculty Fellow at the Bush School.
Senate Confirms McIntyre’s Presidential Appointment to National Security Education Board
The U.S. Senate has unanimously confirmed the appointment of Dr. David H. McIntyre to the National Security Education Board. President Bush nominated McIntyre in July.
[MORE]Director of Scowcroft Institute
The George Bush School of Government & Public Service, a professional graduate school of public and international affairs at Texas A&M University, invites applications and nominations for a scholar in international security studies to serve as Director of the Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs.
[MORE]Bush School Merits High Ranking In U.S. News and World Report
The Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M was ranked 23rd in the nation among 201 public schools in the latest U.S. News & World Report ranking for graduate programs in public affairs.
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