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Wilder School Students, Graduates Leading Effort to Restore Pump House
The granite gables of the Pump House stretch toward the skies like spires on a cathedral, a Richmond landmark on the north bank of the James River that’s sat unused for nearly 80 years — and Wilder School students and alumni are helping to change that.
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Wilder School Moves Up in National Rankings
The Wilder School moved up 12 places in the most recent U.S. News & World Report rankings, released March 20, for best graduate public affairs program, ranking 44th in the nation.
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Legislative Program Gives Students a Leg-up on the Future
Eight-week internship provides unrivaled access to the Virginia General Assembly and career-making experience for diverse majors.
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Wilder School Student Wins Prestigious Award
Maya Simpkins, a student in the Wilder School’s Master of Public Administration program, received the prestigious Phillip G. Davies Graduate Student Presentation Award at the 46th Annual Conference of the Association for Ethnic Studies, held last week at VCU.
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Wilder School Students Help Restore the Past, Plan for Future
A monstrous tangle of ivy and kudzu vines clog many pathways and bury much of Historic Evergreen Cemetery under a blanket of neglect. Some tombstones are so worn their names are illegible. Others lay crumbled, shrouded by a towering canopy of trees.
Read more.jpg "Governor L. Douglas Wilder, the recipient of the 2018 Gloria Hobson Nordin Social Equity Award, stands in front of Virginia's state capitol.")
Wilder School to Mount Impressive Showing at National Conference
Thirteen Wilder School faculty and students—including Governor L. Douglas Wilder and ASPA Immediate Past President and Professor, Susan Gooden, Ph.D.—will present more than 20 presentations during the 2018 American Society for Public Administration Conference to be held in Denver, March 9-13. With more than 7,500 members representing every level and function of government and nonprofits, ASPA is the nation's preeminent association for public management.
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Criminal Justice Program Represented at Academy Meeting
The Wilder School was well represented at the 55th annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, held Feb. 13-17 in New Orleans and that drew 1,500 participants.
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ASPA to Honor Governor Wilder with Social Equity Award
L. Douglas Wilder, distinguished professor at the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University and Virginia’s 66th governor, will receive the American Society for Public Administration Gloria Hobson Nordin Social Equity Award at ASPA’s upcoming annual conference in Denver, Colorado.
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Grace E. Harris, Trailblazer and Breaker of Glass Ceilings, Dies at 84
Dr. Grace E. Harris, who retired as a distinguished professor at the Wilder School’s Center for Public Policy and was the first African-American woman to serve as the chief academic officer of a four-year public university in Virginia, died on Monday, February 12.
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Wilder School Report Analyzes Virginia’s Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit Program
During an annual legislative reception hosted last week, First Lady Pam Northam highlighted the findings of two just-completed studies that show the sustained and substantial contribution preservation makes to Virginia’s economy through the incentives of state historic rehabilitation tax credits (RTCs) to repurpose and recycle old buildings.
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