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  • Evans School Alumnus Travels to Haiti

    David Eller (Executive MPA ‘07), president of World Concern, is traveling to Haiti to to assist staff on the ground providing food and supplies to earthquake surviors. Eller was interviewed by KOMO TV at Sea-Tac Airport on February 4 as he left for Haiti.

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  • UW Still #1 for Peace Corps Volunteers

    The University of Washington is number one in producing undergraduate Peace Corps volunteers for the fourth year in a row, and is tied for first place in the number of graduate-level Peace Corps volunteers. The Evans School contributes to this success through our Peace Corps Master's International (PCMI) MPA track. Read the Peace Corps' rankings press release | Read The Seattle Times story

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  • Michael Kern to Lead Ruckelshaus Center

    Michael Kern, a veteran of managing public policy issues and a graduate of the Evans School of Public Affairs, is the new director of the William D. Ruckelshaus Center, a joint project of the Evans School at the University of Washington and Washington State University Extension. The Ruckelshaus Center provides expertise to improve the quality and availability of voluntary collaborative approaches for policy development and multi-party dispute resolution. 

  • Alumni in the Workplace: U.S. Agency for International Development

    Six Evans School alumni work at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and four were able to take time from their busy schedules to respond to questions about their work and reflect on their time at the Evans School. Hear about working at USAID from Aaron Stern (MPA ‘95), Heather D’Agnes (MPA ’05), Roopa Karia (MPA ’02), and Andrea Sternberg (MPA ‘07). 

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  • Regional Transportation Funding Study Released

    Evans School faculty and students have completed a study of the prospects for the finance of transportation systems in the Central Puget Sound Region. The report covers King, Snohomish, Pierce and Kitsap counties in the forthcoming fourteen year period (2009 to 2023). The study demonstrates clearly the challenges to financing transportation systems, especially in face of increasing transportation demand grounded in the region’s expected population and job growth.

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  • Incoming MPA Students Play Budgetball

    First year Master of Public Administration (MPA) students at the Evans School combined budgeting skills with team sports in a Budgetball tournament as part of orientation. Budgetball, a sport that combines fiscal responsibility with physical agility, was designed by the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA).

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