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2-27-08

UCF Grads Run Local Art Museum

Jackie Houck and Vanessa Soler, who both graduated with degrees from UCF in 2006, recently took positions at the Lake Eustis Museum of Art.    Jackie received her Master of Nonprofit Management and Vanessa received her BA in Art History, both in fall 2006.   More . . .

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2-20-08
New Graduate Certficate Addresses Increasing Demand for Knowledge of Emergency Management and Homeland Security
UCF Graduate Studies has approved the Department of Public Administration’s new Graduate Certificate in Emergency Management and Homeland Security (EMHS) program. Admission to the program will officially begin in summer 2008.   The program of study will prepare graduate students for careers in the administration of emergency management and homeland security.

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1-11-08
American Humanics Program Gets National Honors
UCF's American Humanics Program certified a greater percentage of students as nonprofit professionals than any other college or university in the country. That’s why American Humanics gave UCF the Excellence in Certifications Award at the American Humanics Management Institute in Kansas City, Mo., on Jan. 6.

10-29-07
Capacity Building Institute Completes Yearlong Initiative with Polk County Nonprofits
The department's Capacity Building Institute recently completed a yearlong capacity building initiative with two grassroots nonprofit organizations in Florida's Polk County — Help Ft. Meade in Ft. Meade and the Women’s Resource Center in Lakeland.

9-20-07
Nonprofit Management, Conservation Biology and Event Management Programs Lauded
UCF administrators lauded the Nonprofit Management and Conservation Biology graduate programs and the Event Management undergraduate program during the Board of Trustees meeting Thursday.

8-28-07
Turkish Officials Begin Yearlong Leadership Program
A group of six senior government inspectors from Turkey are the first participants in a new public service and leadership program launched this summer by UCF's Department of Public Administration. The program is supported with a grant from Turkey's Ministry of the Interior.


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4-12-07
UCF's First Public Administration Conference Focused on 'Financing the Future'
About 125 public servants, professors and students gathered for the University of Central Florida’s first Public Administration Conference entitled “The Changing Face of Public Administration: Financing the Future.”

Click here to see photos from the event.

11-6-06
Student Poll Workers Contributing to 'Future of Our Democracy'
UCF's Public Administration and Political Science students will help voters cast their ballots Tuesday, bucking the myth that young people don't care about politics.

9-6-06
UCF Experts Available to Discuss Anniversary of 9/11, Other Terrorism Issues
College faculty members Pamala Griset, K. Michael Reynolds and Naim Kapucu, as well as several other UCF professors, are available to speak with reporters about the five-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and other issues related to terrorism.


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