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Ahead of His Class: Celebrating 90 Years of Pathbreaking Leadership in Education
The L. Douglas Wilder School will commemorate the 90th birthday of Governor L. Douglas Wilder. We will recognize his extraordinary career and outstanding commitment to public service education with a virtual celebration on Friday, January 15.
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‘Fulfilling the Promise, Virginia Commonwealth University and the City of Richmond, 1968–2009’
Join the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs and The Grace E. Harris Leadership Institute for a Lunch and Learn Zoom presentation on January 22 featuring VCU President Emeritus Eugene P. Trani, Ph.D., and John T. Kneebone, Ph.D., VCU associate professor emeritus of history.
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Election 2020 and Beyond
As a tumultuous 2020 Presidential election drew to a close, the Wilder School invited Dr. Bob Holsworth, a noted political analyst and founding director of both the Wilder School and the Center for Public Policy, to its Alumni Lunch and Learn on November 18.
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Susan Gooden Publishes Clear-Eyed Book on “Global Equity in Administration”
New book edited by Susan T. Gooden, Global Equity in Public Administration: Nervous Areas of Governments, confronts discrimination and exclusion against public servants, governments and government actors.
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Research grants focus on preventing adverse childhood experiences, trauma
VCU faculty from the Wilder School and School of Social Work are studying way to better understand and prevent adverse childhood experiences and trauma through the health care, education and juvenile justice systems.
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Wilder school to host virtual commencement
The Wilder School will celebrate its graduating class with a virtual send off at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, December 11.
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A first step, a second chance: public support for restoring rights of individuals with prior convictions
SAGE Publishing and International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology recently published an article by Wilder School faculty member Christina Mancini and the Center of Public Policy’s Robyn McDougle and Brittany Keegan.
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Biden voters more likely to be voting against Trump than for Biden
While Democrat Joe Biden remains ahead by double digits in Virginia, his voters are more likely to see the choice as a vote against President Donald Trump than a vote for Biden, according to a new statewide poll conducted by the Center for Public Policy at the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University.
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Unpacking the racial implications of Virginia's Amendment 1
To help us better understand and unpack the racial implications of Virginia's Amendment 1, the Wilder School’s Grace E. Harris Leadership Institute and the Minority Political Leadership Institute hosted a lively virtual discussion featuring state policymakers and thought leaders on the subject.
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Protecting the Integrity of the Vote
Our most recent Wilder School Doctoral Lecture Series in Public Policy featured Christopher E. “Chris” Piper, commissioner of the Virginia Department of Elections on October 21. Piper addressed the ongoing and most recent concerns behind the security and protection of the election and voters, as well as the importance of know how and where you can vote especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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