Students from the Bush School of Government & Public Service at Texas A&M University, along with Habitat for Humanity supporters, will hold a wall-raising ceremony Saturday (March 2) for a house that will be built in honor of President George H.W. and Mrs. Barbara Bush. The ceremony is set for 8 a.m. in Bryan’s Faith […]
Bush School News
Networking Helps Students Land Legislative Jobs
Recently, seven second-year Master of Public Service and Administration (MPSA) students from The Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University relocated to Austin, Texas, to complete their Capstone project, a final requirement for all graduating Bush School students. Tapping into the flourishing Bush School Former Student Network, current students worked closely […]
Study Abroad Program Sparks Entrepreneurship
Texas A&M Bush School graduate Adrian Calcaneo got more than he expected from participating in the School’s study abroad program in Canada last March. He was inspired after graduation to start a nonprofit organization, The Council for North American Policy, which will foster an understanding of the contemporary political, social, and economic issues confronting the […]
Faculty Spotlight: Dr. James Griffin
Dr. James Griffin, holder of the Bob Bullock Chair in Public Policy and Finance, has been a professor of economics and public policy in the Bush School of Government and Public Service since 2001. Dr. Griffin, or Dr. G as he is known by his students, is a native Texan and part-time rancher. He holds […]
Mosbacher Institute Presents Good Governance Award to Carla Hills
The Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics and Public Policy of the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University presented Ambassador Carla Hills, former US trade representative for President George H.W. Bush, with its annual Good Governance Award on January 28 to a standing-room-only audience. The Good Governance award recognizes exemplary public […]
ISTPP Remembers Research Colleague, Paul A. Sabatier, 1944-2013
Paul A. Sabatier died February 3, 2013 after a long illness. Dr. Sabatier was a key contributor and member of a multidisciplinary team on an ISTPP EPA-funded watershed management project. Project researchers implemented a collaborative approach to watershed management that used extensive feedback from multiple stakeholders. The results of this project germinated into a well-received […]
ISTPP Research Based on NOAA Grants Published in Journal of Theoretical Politics
ISTPP Director, Dr. Arnold Vedlitz; his ISTPP colleague, Dr. Xinsheng Liu; former ISTPP graduate student, Charles Lindsey (now with STATA Corp); and the late ISTPP Fellow, Dr. Melvin J. Hinich recently published “Beyond the Left-Right Cleavage: Exploring American Political Choice Space” in the Journal of Theoretical Politics. Applying spatial choice theory and using data from two […]
Card Appointed to House Select Committee on Economic Development
In April, Texas House Speaker Joe Straus appointed Bush School Acting Dean Andrew H. Card Jr., to serve on the Select Committee on Economic Development which was established by the Texas Legislature in 2011. The committee is developing objective criteria in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the state’s economic development policies in encouraging new […]
International Trade and Gulf War Retrospectives Presented by Bush School in January
Since its founding in 1997, the Bush School has brought speakers to campus who have addressed topics of interest to the wider community. Many of these events have been sell outs, with seats filled by a mix of local residents, Bush School students, and faculty. In keeping with that tradition, in January, two noted authorities […]
Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Kalena Cortes
Dr. Kalena Cortes, an associate professor in the Master of Public Service and Administration (MSPA) department, came to the Bush School from Syracuse University. She earned her BA in economics from the University of California at San Diego (UCSD) and her PhD in economics from the University of California at Berkeley, where her dissertation focused […]
