Tacoma MPA student Dorian Esper-Taylor was recently awarded the Best Run Government Award for the “Most Innovative”. The Executive’s Best-Run Government Awards honor individuals and project teams at King County for their exception contributions in performance, leadership, and innovation. Dorian… Continue Reading →
Crystal Leatherman is a 2020 graduate of MPA and received her undergraduate from TESC. Crystal is the Local & State Government Affairs Manager at the Washington Retail Association. She is part of the executive committee of the newly formed AI… Continue Reading →
Larry Geri TESC MPA retrospective June 2024 Luck is the residue of design. Branch Rickey When I look back on my career after 30 years at Evergreen I often wonder whether Rickey’s famous quote reflects hard won wisdom, or wishful… Continue Reading →
MPA Director’s Letter MPA Program Newsletter Spring 2024 Greetings Friends and Alumni of Evergreen’s Master of Public Administration Program, As we come to the end of the 2023-24 academic year, I am pleased to let you know that 38… Continue Reading →
The Faculty of The Evergreen State College’s Master of Public Administration program have selected Virginia Cross as our 2024 Public Official of the Year. We make this award annually to a state, local, tribal, or nonprofit leader in Washington whose… Continue Reading →
The 2024 American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) Annual Conference was held in Minneapolis, Minnesota this April. The theme of the conference was “Building Resilient Communities.” This theme reflected the various ways communities face hardship and their ability to weather… Continue Reading →
Pictured, from left, are Evergreen MPA Tacoma faculty team Benjamin Feldbush and Doreen Swetkis with MPA Tacoma alumnae Ahmear Bland, Tyeisha Sanders and Shayla Miles. The guests were part of an alumni panel, sharing their academic and professional experiences and advice with… Continue Reading →
Greetings Friends and Alumni of Evergreen’s Master of Public Administration Program, As we start Winter Quarter 2024, Evergreen’s MPA program continues its mission to “be the change” in Washington and the world…. Continue Reading →
As 2023 comes to a close it is time to reflect on some accomplishments, service, and community engagements. During the busy year, MPA faculty Lucky Anguelov published two co-authored peer-reviewed scholarship pieces. The first, “A replication of ‘contracting out: for… Continue Reading →
MPA faculty Lucky Anguelov and Mike Craw represented The Evergreen State College at this year’s Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA) conference, held October 11-13 in Pittsburgh, PA. This annual conference is for MPA program… Continue Reading →
