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Fall 2024 Director’s Message

MPA Director’s Letter MPA Program Newsletter November 2024 Greetings, I wanted to introduce myself, my name is Meghan Doughty and I’m the new Director of the MPA program. This is my seventh year at Evergreen and I have served the… Continue Reading →

Alumni Spotlight: Amanda DeShazo

Since earning her Master of Public Administration (MPA) from The Evergreen State College, Amanda DeShazo has dedicated her career to addressing one of the most pressing issues of our time: housing affordability. As the Executive Director of the Tacoma-Pierce County Affordable… Continue Reading →

Alumni Spotlight – Crystal Leatherman

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 →

Faculty Spotlight – Larry Geri

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 →

Spring 2024 Director’s Message

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 →

2024 Public Official of the Year – Virginia Cross

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 →

Faculty Present at ASPA Conference

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 →

MPA Director’s Message Winter Quarter 2024

  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 →

Wrapping up an exciting and eventful 2023 – Lucky Anguelov

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 Attend NASPAA Conference

  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 →

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