A $2 million endowed gift from the Hamon Charitable Foundation to the Texas A&M Foundation will benefit students and faculty practitioners at the Bush School of Government and Public Service. Distributions from the Hamon Scholarship Fund will provide one or more scholarships to full-time students in good standing pursuing a graduate degree at Texas A&M […]
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Bush School Receives $1 Million Gift to Study Middle East
The Levant Foundation of Houston has donated $1 million to establish a professorship, fellowship and research endowment at Texas A&M University’s George Bush School of Government and Public Service. The gift, funded through the Texas A&M Foundation, will promote the study of the Middle East. The professorship, fellowship and research endowment are named for Jamal […]
Andrew Natsios Appointed Executive Professor at the Bush School
Andrew S. Natsios, former administrator of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), will join the Bush School faculty for the academic year 2012-2013 as an executive professor. As USAID administrator from 2001-2006, Natsios managed reconstruction programs in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Sudan. He also served as US Special Envoy to Sudan in 2006-2007. Since leaving […]
ISTPP Provides Added Value to the Bush School Experience
The Institute for Science, Technology and Public Policy provides opportunities for students in the Bush School to enhance their graduate education through participation in research teams addressing real-world policy issues. Selected students from both the Master of Public Service and Administration (MPSA) and Master’s Program in International Affairs (MPIA) work with research scientists, practitioners, and […]
ISTPP Director Vedlitz Mentors Outstanding Capstone Class
Dr. Vedlitz supervised a group of seven MPSA students in a 2011-2012 capstone project for the Houston-Galveston Area Council of Governments (H-GAC). Students in the team-based and project orientated capstone projects apply what they have been learning in their Bush School graduate programs to analyze a policy issue and prepare a report for a client, […]
225 Bush Students Awarded Master’s Degree or Graduate Certificate
On Friday, May 11, 225 students received their master’s degree or graduate certificate from the Bush School of Public Service at Texas A&M University. Two ceremonies celebrated their completion. Jenny Jopling, Director of Extended Education, moderated the breakfast ceremony to honor Bush School certificate students. In his remarks, Acting Dean Card noted that those receiving […]
Neu Wins Prestigious State Scholarship
Michael Neu, a graduate student at The Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University, was recently awarded the 2012-2013 Clarence E. Ridley Scholarship from the Texas City Management Association (TCMA). Neu was one of two recipients of the annual state award. The Clarence E. Ridley Scholarship is a $5,000 educational fellowship […]
Leadership, Writing Certificates Awarded
In addition to completing their degree requirements, many 2012 Bush School graduates also chose to pursue one or more special certificates offered by the School. Those who completed the requirements for the various certificates were recognized at a luncheon on April 30. Forty-one students received the Dean’s Leadership Certificates, which were presented by Acting Dean […]
Layne Named Bush School’s First Distinguished Professor
Dr. Christopher Layne, the Robert M. Gates Chair in National Security, has been named a University Distinguished Professor by Texas A&M University. Layne and four others join a select group of sixty-four current faculty members who hold the prestigious designation. He was selected for being in the top two percent of active researchers in his […]
ISTPP Researcher Dr. Liu publishes in Journal of Contemporary China
Dr. Xinsheng Liu, ISTPP Associate Research Scientist, and his co-author Dr. Y.E. Yang authored “The ‘China Threat’ through the Lens of US Print Media: 1992-2006” in Journal of Contemporary China. Yang and Liu use content analysis to examine empirically how US print media portrays the ‘China Threat’. They classify the threats into three categories: political/ideological, […]
