Congratulations to Dr. Kalena Cortes for being selected as a recipient of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) Faculty Travel Grant Program Award. Dr. Cortes is an Associate Professor in the Department of Public Service and Administration at the Texas A&M University Bush School of Government and Public Service. She is also is a Research Associate at […]
Department of Public Service & Administration News
Bush School Students Excited to Take Part in Congressional Candidates’ Forum
By Justin Bailey The Bush School’s Department of Public Service and Administration will sponsor a televised candidates’ forum this Saturday, January 25th, for the contenders for the District 17 U.S. House of Representatives seat. The forum, organized by KBTX of Bryan and KWTX of Waco, will air from 6:30 PM to 9 PM. As a […]
Bush School Graduates Record Number of Executive Master of Public Service and Administration Students
Twenty-two Bush School executive students received their Master of Public Service and Administration degree from Texas A&M’s Bush School of Government and Public Service. Some ninety-three students are in the Executive Master of Public Service and Administration (EMPSA) program, which began in 2016. The graduates of the EMPSA hail from a broad range of professions, […]
What’s Next Series: The Politics of Impeachment
On Monday, October 21, 2019, experts from The Bush School of Government and Public Service will discuss the politics of presidential impeachment as part of the School’s “What’s Next” series. The expert panel will put US relations with Ukraine into historical context and weigh in on the political benefits and costs of impeachment from a […]
Texas A&M Bush School Professor Ann O’M. Bowman Receives First Transformative Research Award
The first Transformative Research Award from Texas A&M’s Center for Housing and Urban Development went to Dr. Ann O’M. Bowman for her innovative urban development research. Bowman is the Hazel Davis and Robert Kennedy Endowed Chair in Government and Public Service at the Bush School. Galen Newman, Director of the Center for Housing and Urban […]
Bush School Student Donates Over $3,000 to Battered Women’s Shelter
Tiffany Easter designed a Bush 41 sweatshirt that raised $3,409 in donations to a local nonprofit that provides services for victims of domestic assault. Phoebe’s Home personally received the donations from Bush School students. Easter, a second-year Master of Public Service and Administration (MPSA) student, worked with a local business to produce the sweatshirts that […]
Bush School Students Take on Texas Legislature
Seven graduate students from the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University will have the opportunity for direct engagement with state government in the spring semester. Bush School professor Dr. Ann Bowman will guide students as they work for members or committees during the 86th session of the Texas legislature, which […]
Dr. Frank Ashley: Faculty Spotlight
Dr. Frank Ashley teaches students about diversity in nonprofit organizations and how diversity not only includes racial and sexual differences it also includes differences in ability, sexual orientation, religion, culture, immigration status and other areas. Ashley is the Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Senior Professor at the Bush School of Government and Public […]
Faculty Spotlight: Kenneth Anderson Taylor
Dr. Kenneth Anderson Taylor is clear on what he hopes to accomplish at the Bush School. His focus is advancing the School’s mission of developing principled leaders for public service. Born and raised on the south side of Chicago, without a father until his mother remarried when he was nearly a teenager, Dr. Taylor is […]
Bush School Students See Political Civility in Action
Texas A&M University Bush School of Government and Public Service students Tiffany Easter and Keri Weinman captured a moment of political civility this week in a now-viral Facebook post when US Senator Ted Cruz had a chance meeting with defeated Senate opponent, US Representative Beto O’Rourke, at George Bush Intercontinental Airport. The students were on […]
