Announcements

We completed another successful offering of our MPA Public Management Academy on January 11! With another full class of 35 government/nonprofit supervisors managers from throughout the Charlotte region, we have now reached 140+ and are going strong with another offering this spring at Center City. Special thanks to UNC Charlotte Continuing Education for their logistical […]

Our annual gathering of alumni and students on October 26 for professional development and networking was once again a very successful event. Sixty plus participants enjoyed alumni panels on the upcoming RNC in Charlotte and on professionalism in the workplace. We also recognized our Pi Alpha Alpha inductees, student scholarship winners, and were treated to […]

Just a quick note to share that we had a great MPA night at the Knights game last Thursday (see pic below)! This is the second year of a nice tradition we are starting…excellent networking opportunity at our downtown jewel of a stadium (and tributes on the Jumbotron to Aretha Franklin all game, including her […]

We are pleased to announce the completion of our spring MPA Public Management Academy! We had another full class of 35+ supervisors and mid-level managers from government and nonprofit agencies in the greater Charlotte region. Participants heard presentations from MPA faculty followed each day by a roundtable discussion featuring community public service leaders. Enrollment is […]

Congratulations to all our MPA graduates, both masters level and certificate level. Good luch with the next chapter of your life and career!

Our team Capstone class did an excellent job presenting their project to the Belmont City Council last night. The project was a feasibility study for constructing and operating a community center in the City of Belmont. Their project included a community survey, benchmarks of 25 facilities around the country, and a financial analysis of both […]

MPA students under the direction of Dr. Jaclyn Piatak presented their Capstone research posters last night in the Fretwell Hall atrium to a full audience of fellow students, alumni and members of the MPA Practitioner Advisory Board. Congratulations to all on this important milestone towards the MPA degree!

Eighty alumni, students and community supporters enjoyed a great morning of networking and professional development at Center City on October 27. Special thanks to all our contributors who helped us reach the endowment level for the Burkhalter-Rassel Scholarship, and congratulations again to Sarah Poulton and Brittany Bumgarner Co-Alumnae of the Year! Finally, congratulations to our […]

A group of MPA students along with several alumni and members of our Practitioner Advisory Board joined us for breakfast at the North Carolina City County Managers Winter Seminar in Winston Salem yesterday. The students had a nice day of professional development and networking activities, including speed coaching, reflections from retired managers as well as […]

Designed for Frontline Government and Nonprofit Supervisors or High Potential Staff Spring 2018 Dates Up Now! For More Details and an Application click the below link or call the Master of Public Administration Program at 704-687-5937 or tbarth1@uncc.edu (Dr. Tom Barth, MPA Director) REGISTER HERE!