At the City and County Governance Symposium 2025, attendees heard from city managers, recruiters, mayors, former Bush School students and people who deal daily with local government Bryan/College Station, TX — The end of spring semester is approaching and a fresh class of students will be graduating from The Bush School of Government and Public Service. They […]
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Texas A&M-led study suggests former inmates struggle to access medical care – even when it’s nearly free
Researchers found that many former prisoners, despite being enrolled in Medicaid, stop taking medications for chronic illness shortly after their release As they studied two years of prison-inmate data, Laura Dague and a team of fellow health researchers noticed that one particular scenario kept cropping up. That scenario involved the days when an inmate is […]
First student enrolled in the Bush School’s newest undergrad program shares thoughts
Camila Vivanco Reynaud is seeking an undergraduate degree in Public Service and Administration. The program welcomed students with an intro course in the fall and fully launched at the start of this semester. The Bush School of Government and Public Service has launched a new set of degrees for undergraduate students looking for a career […]
Students Partner with Texas Military Department to Enhance Cybersecurity Preparedness
In a significant contribution to cybersecurity and public service, students of the Executive Master of Public Service and Administration degree program presented their capstone project at the Texas Military Department headquarters at Camp Mabry in Austin on Monday, November 13, 2023. Receiving the brief was Major General Thomas Suelzer, Texas Adjutant General and members of […]
Bush School Hosts Annual Interview Conference Weekend
In February of this year, prospective International Affairs and Public Service & Administration graduate program candidates convened in College Station, TX, for their respective Interview Conference Weekends (ICW). The two-day event commenced on Friday afternoon and concluded on Saturday night. The ICW for potential Public Service & Administration candidates occurred on February 16-17, while International […]
EMPSA Students Experience Aggieland Spirit during Bush School Residency Week
During the week of January 29, 2024, the Executive Master of Public Service Administration (EMPSA) program hosted students at their annual residency week. Excitement buzzed as current career professionals traded their usual routines for a week of immersive learning and connections with professors and former students in Aggieland. The week kicked off with a warm […]
CNP Director Dr. Will Brown travels to Zimbabwe to complete four-month engagement with U.S. Embassy program
The Center for Nonprofits & Philanthropy (CNP) Director, Dr. William Brown, recently traveled to Zimbabwe to complete a four-month engagement with the U.S. Embassy in Zimbabwe’s Public Diplomacy (PD) program. Brown contributed to the Public Diplomacy program’s ongoing work with leaders of civil society organizations (CSO), non-governmental organizations (NGO), and alumni from civic engagement exchanges […]
Bush School Celebrates Outstanding Alumni Award Recipient Krystle Beauchamp
The Bush School of Government & Public Service at Texas A&M University recognized Krystle R. Beauchamp ’07 and John D. White ’70 as recipients of the 2023 Outstanding Alumni Award at an annual ceremony held in the fall of 2023. On Jan. 18, a luncheon was held to honor Beauchamp as she could not attend […]
Joint ISTPP and Engineering Research Team Publish Paper in International Journal
The Institute for Science, Technology and Public Policy (ISTPP) team of Dr. Rotem Dvir, Carol Goldsmith, Ian Seavey, and Dr. Arnold Vedlitz, director of ISTPP, joined researchers from Texas A&M Department of Industrial and System Engineering led by Dr. Farzan Sasangohar, to publish a paper inInternational Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management. In this study, “The Policy Environment of […]
Dr. Cortes Article On New Approach To Studying Academic Progress Published in Science Journal
On April 28, Verlin and Howard Kruse ’52 Founders Professor in the Department of Public Service and Administration, Dr. Kalena Cortes (The Bush School of Government and Public Service), and co-authors had their paper published in the academic journal, Science. Dr. Cortes worked with authors René F. Kizilcec from Cornell University; Rachel B. Baker from […]
