Former mayor of College Station, Ben White, spoke to students, faculty, and staff of the Bush School on Monday, September 30, 2013, as part of the Conversations in Leadership speaker series. Before beginning his public service in College Station as a planning and zoning committee member, a council member, and mayor, White had served as […]
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Bush School Students Attend Bush Award Presentation in Maine
On September 19, three Bush School of Government and Public Service students at Texas A&M University – Naaman Akinola, Brandon Pichanick, and Gabriella Medina – attended the ceremony where President George H. W. Bush and Barbara Bush presented the George Bush Award for Excellence in Public Service to Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser of […]
Dean Crocker Opens Bush School Speaker Series
Dean of the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University, Ryan Crocker, was the first speaker at this fall’s Conversation in Leadership, a weekly speaker series conducted by the Public Service Leadership Program. The series provides an opportunity for Bush School students to hear from and interact with experienced leaders in […]
Afghanistan Ambassador Speaks to Bush School
On Tuesday, September 10, Nasir Ahmad Andisha, ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to the Commonwealth of Australia, New Zealand, and the Republic of Fiji, visited the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University. Andisha graduated from the Bush School’s Master’s Program in International Affairs in 2009. Andrew Natsios and […]
Bush School Students Aid Local Food Bank
One of the first activities of the new semester saw new and returning Bush School students helping the Brazos Valley Food Bank. In record time, the students put together 200 family boxes of nonperishable foods to be distributed to needy families. The Food Bank is a central distribution site in the Brazos Valley that unites […]
ISTPP Research Presented at American Political Science Association
Scott Robinson, ISTPP Fellow, presented a paper co-authored with ISTPP Director, Arnold Vedlitz, at the annual conference of the American Political Science Association in Chicago, IL on August 29, 2013. Their paper, “Organizational Trust and Risk Communication: Trust in the EPA and Opposition to Fracking,” explores how trust in a particular government institution, rather than […]
ISTPP Welcomes Tabitha S. M. Morton as Postdoctoral Research Associate
Dr. Morton joins ISTPP as a key member of the Institute’s research team. Dr. Morton recently earned her Ph.D. in political science from Texas A&M, and she has taught as a lecturer in that department. Her research interests include public policy, policy evaluation, and public management.
Bush 2013 Grads Inducted Into Pi Alpha Alpha
Thirty-two graduates of the Master of Public Service and Administration (MPSA) program at the Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University, were recently inducted into Pi Alpha Alpha, the honor society for outstanding students in public affairs. The organization has chapters at 162 universities, including the Bush School, each of which is […]
Bush School Awards Leadership, Writing Certificates
The Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University awarded second-year students in both the Master of Public Service and Administration (MPSA) and the Master’s Program in International Affairs with certificates in leadership and writing prior to graduation. Fifty-three students earned the Dean’s Leadership Certificate while thirty completed the Writing Portfolio Project. […]
Bush School Students Travel to Cambodia for Capstone Research
A team of four students from the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University traveled to Cambodia in February as part of their Capstone project evaluating a community-based micro-financing program. The advisor to the Capstone project was Dr. Leonard Bright, an associate professor in the Master of Public Service and Administration […]
