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NIU’s Master of Public Administration (MPA) program once again received top marks in the latest U.S. News and World Report rankings of graduate schools. The MPA program was ranked fifth in the nation in the specialty field of city management and urban policy and 12th in the field of public finance and budgeting. Those rankings...
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NIU professor Kurt Thurmaier will deliver a talk about educating young women in Tanzania to mark International Women’s Day on Wednesday, March 7. The 45-minute presentation will begin at 12:15 p.m. in the Chandelier Room of Adams Hall. Thurmaier serves as director of NIU’s Division of Public Administration and also is president and cofounder of...
NIU will host its annual International Women’s Day Luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 7, in the Chandelier Room of Adams Hall. This year’s IWD theme is “Connecting Girls, Inspiring Futures.” Guest speaker Kurt Thurmaier, professor and director of NIU’s Division of Public Administration, will honor that theme in his talk “Kidogo,...
The Division of Public Administration at Northern Illinois University has long played a major role in advancing statewide and national good-government movements. Now it’s becoming a player on the global stage, with the latest development getting a boost from alumnus Obuya Bagaka. In 2009, Bagaka earned his Ph.D. in political science at NIU, specializing in...
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NIU’s own Zeta Gamma Chapter of Phi Beta Delta, the honor society for international scholars, is conducting elections to membership in the society, as well as for officers.  Phi Beta Delta is the first honor society dedicated to recognizing scholarly achievement in international education. As an intergenerational organization, the society recognizes and honors three categories...
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