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The Wilder School kicked-off the first of its Alumni Lunch and Learn Series featuring Virginia Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security Brian Moran on June 24.
News / June 29, 2020

Moran Reviews Virginia’s Response to COVID-19

The Wilder School kicked-off the first of its Alumni Lunch and Learn Series featuring Virginia Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security Brian Moran on June 24.

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Join the Wilder School for its inaugural Alumni Lunch and Learn Series with a virtual Zoom presentation featuring the Virginia Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security Brian Moran on Wednesday, June 24.
Events / June 11, 2020

Wilder School to Hold Inaugural Alumni Lunch and Learn on June 24

Join the Wilder School for its inaugural Alumni Lunch and Learn Series with a virtual Zoom presentation featuring the Virginia Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security Brian Moran on Wednesday, June 24.

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Gov. Ralph Northam has appointed Curtis Brown, a two-time alumnus of the VCU Wilder School, to lead the Virginia Department of Emergency Management.
News / June 10, 2020

Two-time Wilder School Alumnus Appointed to Head VDEM

Gov. Ralph Northam has appointed Curtis Brown, a two-time alumnus of the VCU Wilder School, to lead the Virginia Department of Emergency Management.

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More than 50 faculty, staff, and alumni joined Dean Susan Gooden in a Wilder School Town Hall Friday, June 5 to discuss how we can actively contribute to achieving a healthy society.
News / June 9, 2020

Wilder School Town Hall, “Let’s Be Part of the Solution”

More than 50 faculty, staff, and alumni joined Dean Susan Gooden in a Wilder School Town Hall Friday, June 5 to discuss how we can actively contribute to achieving a healthy society.

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VCU Wilder School Dean Susan Gooden, Ph.D.'s published book, Race and Social Equity: A Nervous Area of Government, receives the Herbert Simon Best Book Award from the Public Administration section of APSA.
News / June 9, 2020

Gooden’s Book Selected as Winner of the Herbert Simon Award

VCU Wilder School Dean Susan Gooden, Ph.D.'s published book, Race and Social Equity: A Nervous Area of Government, receives the Herbert Simon Best Book Award from the Public Administration section of the American Political Science Association.

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Jessica Smith, a doctoral candidate in public policy and administration at the VCU Wilder School, has been awarded a grant from the Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy to support her dissertation project,
News / June 9, 2020

Smith Receives Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy Award

Jessica Smith, a doctoral candidate in public policy and administration at the VCU Wilder School, has been awarded a grant from the Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy to support her dissertation project, "Assessing School Safety in the Age of Threat Assessment: A Policy Study."

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News / June 1, 2020

A Message from Wilder School Dean Susan T. Gooden

Wilder School Dean, Susan T. Gooden addresses racism and COVID-19 and how we can be a part of the solution.

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Events / May 28, 2020

Now What? The Ethical and Sociological Impact of Covid-19

Join a Q&A led by faculty members from VCU's Honors College, L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs and College of Humanities and Sciences, who will explore the lasting ethical and sociological impacts of COVID-19.

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L. Douglas Wilder, the 66th Governor of Virginia and a distinguished member of the Wilder School faculty
News / May 28, 2020

In His Own Words: Governor Wilder on the Creation of Virginia’s Rainy Day Fund

The American Society for Public Administration recently published an op-ed in which L. Douglas Wilder, the 66th Governor of Virginia and a distinguished member of our faculty, recounted in great detail the creation of the Rainy Day Fund, a reserve which will almost assuredly be used to address the pandemic.

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Virtual Lunch-and-Learn: Wilder School Graduate Programs for VCU Employees will take place on Friday, June 5 at 12 p.m.
Events / May 26, 2020

Virtual Lunch-and-Learn: Wilder School Graduate Programs for VCU Employees

The Wilder School will host a virtual information session for VCU employees who want to know more about the School’s flexible and affordable graduate and certificate programs on June 5. Learn more about our current enrollment incentives—including a waiver of GRE and other testing requirements and our extended July 1 application deadlines.

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