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Why a Public Service Degree?

MPA/MPP Alumni Spotlight

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    Bora Lee, NYU Alumna, MPA 2018

    What inspired you to pursue your MPA degree? I worked primarily in nonprofit organizations in New York City that serve immigrant communities, particularly Asian Americans. I started in grassroots community organizing and then moved into organizations that focus on policy and delivering social services. I saw graduate school as an investment in my career and my future.

    How has your MPA/MPP degree helped you in your career? Getting a little taste of everything - from performance management and evaluation to policy pipelines to financial management - helped me understand how I fit in it all.

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Spotlight Award Winners

Below are some of the amazing Alumni that have won NASPAA's Spotlight Award.

Coltrane Stansbury Spotlight award

Coltrane Stansbury 

Coltrane Stansbury Rutgers Alumni & 2017 NASPAA Spotlight Award Winner

Christopher Williams Spotlight award

Christopher Williams

Christopher Williams, El Monte Police: 2017 NASPAA's Alumni Spotlight Winner

Why Public Service?

Public Service Manifesto from Apolitical

When we worked here together, we fought, scratched and clawed to make people’s lives a tiny bit better. That’s what public service is all about, small, incremental change, every day. Teddy Roosevelt once said: “Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is to work hard at work worth doing.” And I would add that what makes work worth doing is getting to do it with people that you love. ~ Leslie Knope, Parks and Recreation