Public Administration Program News

With over a decade of academic and professional experience in the field himself, Romeo Lavarias is ready to help prepare...

Through extensive research and mentorship, UCF students recently helped the Central Florida Foundation identify local nonprofits with projects in need...

Students in the most recent urban and regional planning master’s capstone course took innovative learning to the next level through...

After retiring from more than 38 years in law enforcement, former police chief Doug Muldoon ‘91 now helps build community...

During his recent visit, Naim Kapucu spent three weeks lending his expertise and building a relationship between UCF and Nazarbayev...

Kathryn Hickey is one of 20 in the country named 2024 Founders’ Fellow, a competitive honor for rising professionals...

The latest honorees — international experts in public administration, medicine and computer science — join the prestigious group of those...

Travis Leslie ’16MS hasn’t finished his second master’s degree yet, but the program’s significant impact on him spurred his desire...

The team, led by Kelly Stevens, will take its designs and data from Phase 1 of the project and implement...

Professor Staci Zavattaro’s research pulls back the curtain from the world of public death care and sheds light on the...

Hillarie Burgess’ internship experience progressed more quickly than most when she was thrust into a full emergency activation during her...

Abdul-Akeem Sadiq will be the fourth faculty member in the school to join the organization’s ranks as a 2023 Academy...

Nina Yon ’90 ’16MNM, president and CEO of The Sharing Center, hopes her doctoral studies will bridge the academic-practitioner gap...

Thirty-six Orange County nonprofit professionals benefited from the Center for Public and Nonprofit Management’s latest capacity-building workshop series...

Lauren Gros ’22MECM helps shape emergency management policy for Congress and says her time as a Knight made it possible...

Ruth Kessa and Ratna Okhai are among nearly two dozen students and young professionals to receive the year-long fellowship for...

Melissa Longman’s project as part of her nonprofit management coursework minted tangible results far beyond her initial expectations...

Emergency management professionals are already reaping the benefits of the team’s labor, as their data will become part of the...

Staci Zavattaro will serve as a research fellow through August 2023. ...

As a Mellon Fellow, Ruth Kessa will receive financial, technical and mentorship support to aid in her dissertation research...

Yue ‘Gurt’ Ge will be studying how partnerships between weather forecasters and critical infrastructure operators can enhance systems’ resilience to...

Knox received the Kay C. Goss Innovation & Technology Award from the Federal Emergency Management Agency during its annual higher...

David Smith ’98 ’00MPA has held numerous roles with the U.S. Secret Service over his nearly 21-year career...

More than a dozen researchers are working on a wide variety of research that looks to prepare, respond, and mitigate...

The tool can provide disaster readiness reports for 13.3 million addresses in 196 counties along the Gulf of Mexico —...

Sean Farrell and his wife, Valerie, created the Farrell Nonprofit Opportunity Scholarship to help undergraduate nonprofit management students...

From creating resilient communities that can withstand natural disasters to educating the public through fiction that explains real science, this...

The School of Public Administration looks back on – and ahead to – the success of one of UCF’s graduate...

Associate Professor Abdul-Akeem Sadiq works with agencies so they can help families recover after disasters, including finding closure after losing...

Austin Rivers ’20MPA, who was recently featured on the The Kelly Clarkson Show, created Knit the Rainbow to provide handmade...

Thomas Bryer received the Global Lithuanian Award for contributions to scientific progress in Lithuania...

Naim Kapucu will be inducted as a 2021 fellow in early November...

Three local nonprofit partners were honored virtually from UCF Downtown at the 20th Annual UCF Nonprofit Partners Conference on October...

Jeremy Hall, a professor of public administration and academic program coordinator for the public affairs doctoral program, was appointed by...

Maritza Concha, a lecturer in the School of Public Administration, has been named the next director of the UCF Center...

Naim Kapucu will travel to Australia to teach and conduct research on urban resilience to disasters...

The latest episode features one of UCF’s emergency management experts...

A master’s student reflects on her second try at graduate school while enduring challenges with motherhood, losing loved ones, COVID-19...

The Master of Public Administration program prepares students to lead more holistic and lasting change...

Public administration faculty member, Claire Knox, joins a pandemic task force for national organization...

Tiffany Chinwuba will be presenting her research during UCF’s virtual Student Scholar Symposium later this month...

Watch this powerful rendition of the Black National Anthem by the choir, a student organization that started more than 40...

David Mariutto '12 spent the past six months working on a mail targeting program for a presidential election campaign from...

Raquel Lozano begins her role this week on the Orange County Soil and Water Conservation District as she works toward...

When Destini Johnson arrived to escort more than 60 elementary students to after-school care on February 14, 2018, the last...

Current state regulations are not conducive to allowing power purchase agreements for solar energy production in Florida, according to the...

UCF’s reputation as a voter friendly campus is reinforced thanks to a 107% voter turnout during the 2020 election, which...

The NSF-funded, $1.2 million project also involves developing community partnerships and building a regional data-sharing platform to help with emergency...

Public administration faculty member, Christopher Hawkins, will be continuing a decade's worth of research through a new National Science Foundation...

Thomas Bryer, a professor of public administration and program director of the Office of Downtown Community Engaged Scholarship, received more...

Jeremy Hall, professor and academic program coordinator for the doctoral program in public affairs...

This alumni is the executive director Bike/Walk Central Florida, where she builds on the skills and experiences she gained while...

The Center for Public and Nonprofit Management (CPNM) and the Orlando nonprofit, United Abolitionists, are collaborating to pursue research, develop...

Colonel Harry Michael “Mike” Murdock ’74 dedicated his life to public service. He is described as immensely committed to impacting...

Students in Dr. Maritza Concha's program evaluation courses are diving into the podcast trend with the ElevateEvaluate podcast...

Orange County's procurement division might work behind the scenes, but Carrie Mathes and her team help the government run...

Public administration graduate assists aviation authority to earn ‘gold seal’ in preparedness and crisis management...

Five alumni from the School of Public Administration are honored for their commitment to changing communities for the better...

Graduating senior Andres Acosta is leading a team of 10 as they help the people of Seminole County during COVID-19...

The inaugural class of UCF’s master’s program in emergency and crisis management is graduating having already gained varied experiences from...

Debuting this fall, the social justice in public service graduate certificate will give students the opportunity to explore the changing...

Drishtie Patel ’08 ’12MNM is part of a team mapping the world’s missing roads to provide life-saving resources to people...

Orlando’s affordable housing is a game of chance...

UCF was ranked today by the Peace Corps at No. 24 among large U.S. schools on the agency’s 2020 list...

Abby Lemay ’15MNM awakens each day at 7 a.m. in order to arrive to the Rebuilding Together Central Florida office...

The Center for Public and Nonprofit Management (CPNM) collaborated with the World Affairs Council of Central Florida, a network dedicated...

Cal Jennings ’19 and Jonathan Dean ’18 have new places to call home after the 2020 MLS SuperDraft while the...

More than 100 air sensors will be installed throughout Downtown Orlando and will provide near-real-time data about air quality to...

Winter is a chance to reflect on the past year while spending time and sharing gifts with loved ones. Over...

If you want to go far, go together.

It is that sentiment etched in the wall of the Dr. Phillips Academic...

The idea isn’t to limit where people should live based on potential risk, rather to give renters and buyers a...

The Master of Public Policy will help fill the need for public-service leaders who are well-versed in program evaluation and...

Internships provide opportunities for growth and development for both graduate and undergraduate students. Internships, including out-of-state internships, are opportunities to...

At 23, Richard Paul ’16MNM didn’t expect to see his next birthday. His addiction to alcohol and drugs was killing...

After working with the local and state government to manage crises, the soon-to-be alum will use her expertise to help...

Claire Connolly Knox is an associate professor in the School of Public Administration and serves as the emergency management and...

A team of UCF researchers will brief emergency responders from across the state about their work looking at the impact...

Through the generosity of the Kojelis Family, the U.S. Baltic Foundation’s $250,000 donation to the UCF Foundation will support students...

College provides opportunities to explore personal interests, try new things and develop plans to achieve academic and professional goals. With...

As the discipline of public administration continues to expand internationally, the need for future public servants to be exposed to...

The Public Administration Research Conference attracted attendees from around the world, including Nigeria, Russia, the United Kingdom and several other...

The Alliance Management Institute (AMI) conference, hosted by the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance, brings hundreds of students and nonprofit practitioners from...

UCF graduate student Eric Camarillo ’16 had planned to start an organization after graduation to help the homeless in Central Florida with...

UCF is partnering with Kaunas University of Technology in Lithuania to offer dual bachelor’s degrees in nonprofit management from UCF’s School of Public...

Planning is an interdisciplinary field of study that focuses not only on urban and regional development efforts but also on...

In 2008, the Center for Public and Nonprofit Management was established as the research extension of the UCF School of...

Many would describe Feldheim as a trailblazer. That can be seen through her accomplishments at the School of Public Administration...

Students pursuing their master’s degree in urban and regional planning in the School of Public Administration have an additional opportunity...

Anna Eskamani ’12 ’15MNM ’15MPA, a Democrat and first-time candidate, was elected in District 47 in Orange County...

The School of Public Administration celebrates the accreditation of the Master of Urban and Regional Planning (M.S.URP) program by the...

Forty horses. Sixteen cars. One commercial airplane. What do these things all have in common? They each weigh roughly 80,000...

It’s no secret that Orlando is growing exponentially. Recently, the metro area’s population surpassed 2.5 million for the first time...

UCF’s Master of Nonprofit Management (MNM) has been a trailblazer when it comes to “firsts.” It was the first graduate...

When UCF graduate student Jaha Dukureh started Safe Hands for Girls in 2013 to help end female genital mutilation, she...

After Hurricane Maria’s category five winds died down and the pounding rains ceased, Puerto Rico was left devastated and in...

The University of Central Florida is producing nonprofit leaders, social justice advocates and community servants to impact communities in Central...

UCF students Jennifer Sanguiliano and Rachael Mack have found that interdisciplinary studies in public affairs and education are essential for...

The European Commission will fund a new international collaboration between UCF and Kaunas University of Technology in Kaunas, Lithuania, thanks...