On November 20, Dean Ryan Crocker joined President and Mrs. Obama and many of the winners of the Presidential Medal of Freedom at a dinner at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. Crocker received the medal from President George W. Bush in 2009. The dinner was held in honor of the sixteen individuals who had […]
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ISTPP Postdoc Stoutenborough Presents Research
James W. Stoutenborough, ISTPP Postdoctoral Research Associate, has presented nine papers at conferences over the past year, eight of which come out of Institute research projects and data. Two of his papers are highlighted below. For a list of other conference presentations, please visit our Scholarship page. In January 2013, Dr. Stoutenborough was at the Southern […]
ISTPP Former Postdoc and Director Published in Texas Water Journal
James W. Stoutenborough, Assistant Professor at University of Alabama Huntsville and former ISTPP Postdoctoral Research Associate, and Arnold Vedlitz, ISTPP Director, published timely information concerning Texans’ attitudes toward water management issues and support for government action to support large-scale infrastructure projects to address those issues. Based on two statewide public opinion surveys, the authors conclude […]
Member of “Junction Boys” speaks to Bush School students
On Monday, October 28, one of Bear Bryant’s infamous “Junction Boys,” Dennis H. Goehring, spoke on leadership at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University. Goehring focused his talk on goal setting, decision making, and persevering through difficulties. Drawing on his time as a football player for Texas A&M under […]
Four New Ambassadors Selected at the Bush School
Four students were recently selected to serve on the the Bush School Ambassadors Council, a new student group that represents the Bush School at special events, development functions, and alumni and recruitment events. Primarily, the ambassadors are student liaisons to special guests and students invited to come to the Bryan/College Station community. The new ambassadors […]
Texas A&M Bush School Dean Crocker Elected to Mercy Corps Board of Directors
Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker, dean of the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University, has been elected to the board of directors of the global humanitarian agency Mercy Corps, headquartered in Portland. Crocker, a highly decorated career diplomat who served nearly 40 years in the Middle East, held ambassadorial posts in […]
President and CEO of Southwest Airlines Receives McLane Award
The Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics, and Public Policy at the Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University, honored Gary C. Kelly, chairman of the Board, president and CEO of Southwest Airlines, with the 2013 McLane Leadership in Business Award on Thursday, September 26, 2013. The Mosbacher Institute was founded in October […]
Former College Station Mayor Speaks to Bush School Students
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 […]
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 […]
