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ASPA 2022 Recipients Susan Gooden, Blue Wooldridge and Bill Leighty.
News / February 24, 2022

Wooldridge, Leighty and Gooden honored with ASPA career awards

Three faculty members from the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University received national career awards at the annual American Society for Public Administration conference held in Jacksonville, Fl. March 18-22.

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Shajuana Isom-Payne
News / February 23, 2022

Isom-Payne wins NACADA’s regional advising award

The National Academic Advising Association (NACADA), the preeminent global network for academic advising, has named Shajuana Isom-Payne as the recipient of the 2022 Outstanding Advocate for Academic Advising Award for Region 2.

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The new GVPA 100 undergraduate course is instructed by Myung Jin (at right), associate professor and chair of the Master of Public Administration program.
News / February 16, 2022

Exploring public service possibilities with GVPA 100: Making Policy Real

A new Wilder School introductory course helps students to explore a wide range of careers

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The 2023 US News & World Report Rankings reflect the growing national reputation at the Wilder School.
News / February 10, 2022

Nationally-ranked M.P.A. program can now be completed fully online

Wilder School to offer Virginia’s first fully-accredited online program

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Slums, or informal settlements like these in Delhi, India, often lacking adequate access to essential services like connection lines to sewage systems.
News / February 3, 2022

Connecting environmental planning to social equity

Wilder School assistant professor Shruti Syal’s goal is to eliminate wastewater from urban ‘slums"

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Join Joe Dillard, Jr., Director of Equitable Innovation and Legislative Policy for the Greater Richmond Transit Company.
News / January 31, 2022

Wilder School February Lunch & Learn - “Moving Forward Together: The Road to Transportation Equity in RVA”

Wilder School February Lunch & Learn: “Moving Forward Together: The Road to Transportation Equity in RVA”

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Wilder School Spotlight / December 17, 2015

Meet Lindsey Evans

When Lindsey Evans learned of the work in social equity that faculty members at VCU were engaged in, she knew that the Wilder School would be a good fit for her.

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Welcome to the VCU Leadership Development Program Class of 2022.
News / January 31, 2022

Grace E. Harris Leadership Institute at the Wilder School announces VCU Leadership Development Program Class of 2022

The VCU Leadership Development Program is a collaborative effort to increase the skills of current and emerging campus leaders to bring together top university talent to improve the VCU community.

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Proud of his alma mater, LeQuan Hylton shares his VCU spirit with daughters Carter (left) and Emory (right).
News / January 26, 2022

Changemakers Alumni Spotlight: LeQuan Hylton

Increasing access to low-income housing through sustainable real estate

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Whitney Brown, a second-year graduate student in Public Administration, has been selected as a 2022 Founders’ Fellow by the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA).
News / January 24, 2022

Public Administration’s Whitney Brown named ASPA Founders Fellow

Whitney Brown, a second-year graduate student in Public Administration, has been selected as a 2022 Founders’ Fellow by the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA).

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