trachtenberg school of public policy and public administration
From the Director
Dear Alumni and Friends
of the Trachtenberg School,
I am delighted to report that the
Trachtenberg School is now better
and bigger! We recently learned
that NASPAA has accredited
our Master of Public Policy and
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our MPP, and with this action we are one of only two universities
New students meet and greet one another as Orientation begins.
in the country that has both the MPA and MPP accredited! on page 1, we are very proud of Phil for being selected by
NASPAA for the Elmer B Staats Award this fall NASPAA bestows
And yes, we are bigger! MPA and MPP enrollments have soared the Staats award every other year to a NASPAA school faculty
this fall at the Trachtenberg School, following record numbers of member who has inspired students to pursue public service
applications last winter The number of applications was up over careers over a long period of time
50%, and the number of students matriculating was up over 60%
from last fall due to higher yields In fact, according to NASPAA, To support the increased student body, our faculty is expanding
we experienced the largest increase of any public affairs school as well We will be recruiting three new faculty members this year,
in the country The average GPA and GRE scores for the incoming and we were fortunate to hire two wonderful regular part-time
class were the highest ever And the vast majority of the new MPA faculty members for the year—Joan Dudik-Gayoso and Rita Hilton
and MPP students moved to D C , coming from across the U S and Some of you many remember Joan from her teaching in interna-
around the world We are delighted with the intellect, size, enthu- tional development courses for us, and Rita from her teaching our
siasm, and diversity in our incoming class capstone courses in both the MPA and MPP programs
In an effort to reach out to the broader public service community,
including our spectacular alumni and students, we began a series
of symposia with two very successful events On July 16, we held
a superb panel focused on evaluation of the American Recovery
and Reinvestment Act titled “Time to Perform? Evaluating the
Stimulus ” And we hosted an entire day focused on the U S fiscal
future on September 18 titled “Going for Broke? The Fiscal Future
After the Economic Crisis ” Please stay tuned for more to come
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the many types of support our alumni generously provide to our
First-year students share a laugh as they try to answer questions on
Catherine Matto’s quiz at the end of Orientation.
whole community! One last request—please nominate an alum
for this year’s Distinguished Alumni Award—simply email your
Our PhD in Public Policy and Administration is going strong nomination to me (newcomer@gwu edu)
as well We received over 150 applications again, and we
just welcomed 14 new PhD students They are simply great Warmest regards,
I am also extremely pleased to report that Professor Phil Kathy Newcomer
Joyce is our new PhD program director And, as reported Director
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