Ph.D. Applicant Pool Continues to Grow
For the second year in a row, the number of applicants to SPP has surpassed 100, suggesting that the program is continuing to grow in popularity both nationally and internationally, according to statistics compiled by the SPP Graduate Admissions office.

SPP’s Kenneth Button Receives Rare Transportation Research Award
SPP Professor Kenneth Button has received a Distinguished Transportation Research Award, a prestigious honor that the Transportation Research Forum (TRF) bestows only on rare occasions.

Frank Sesno Named CNN Special Correspondent
SPP Professor Frank Sesno will rejoin CNN as a special correspondent. However the Emmy Award-winning journalist and former Washington, D.C., bureau chief for the network, will still teach a reduced load of one course per semester.

Long-Term Care Expert Becomes SPP Distinguished Fellow
Dean Kingsley Haynes has invited Dr. Mark Meiners, the new Director of the College of Nursing and Health Science’s (CNHS) Center for Health Policy Research and Ethics, to serve as a Distinguished Senior Fellow for SPP.

SPP Alumni Offer Career Advice to Students
During a School of Public Policy Alumni Career Panel on April 11, SPP graduates from International Commerce and Policy (ICP), Organizational Learning (PSOL), Public Policy (MPP), and Transportation Policy Operations and Logistics (TPOL) discussed how their degrees helped them land jobs and spoke with current students about how to enhance career success.

Distance-Learning Provides Real-Life Telecom Experiment for SPP, Nigerians
A group of employees from the Nigerian Communication Commission (equivalent to the US Federal Communication Commission) joined local graduate students in SPP Professor Steve Ruth’s Telecom Policy class (PUBP 726) this month to get a glimpse at life on the other side of the Digital Divide...

Virginia Beach Police Officers Learn Leadership Skills from SPP Professors
Senior Officers in the Virginia Beach Police Department (VBPD) are learning how to become more effective leaders through a class offered under SPP’s Executive Education initiative.

Mason Enterprise Center Hosts Foreign Delegations
With offices in Fairfax, Alexandria, Arlington and Loudoun, it once seemed like the Mason Enterprise Center (MEC) had reached its economic development services far and wide. But the center has proven that it can broaden its wings far beyond the Washington Beltway...

MPP Student Wins Award for Paper on Ethics
First-year SPP master’s student Cheryl Murray received a Brady K. Howell scholarship award for an essay about ethics in government. The award from the Northern Virginia Chapter of the American Society for Public Administration honors Brady K. Howell, a public administrator who perished in the Sept. 11 attack on the Pentagon.