Student Experiences
Our students join us from unique and diverse career and academic backgrounds. Some come back to a graduate program after gaining career experience. Others pivot to a focus on policy to complement and extend their undergraduate degrees in the humanities, social sciences, or natural and engineering sciences. What unites them is a common interest in understanding how policy and administration works and how our collective efforts to govern can be improved. The students arrayed below offer a glimpse into the passions, motivations, backgrounds and experiences of our students.
SPPA Student Experiences
SPPA participates in the United Nation’s International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Model event
From June 9th to June 12th, 2026, Madeline Russell, a graduating MPPA student in the School of Public Policy and Administration (SPPA), as well as …
Inside Government: Capstone Students Take on the National Interest
What does it mean for the federal government to decide whether a major energy project is in the “national interest”? For graduate students in the …
Model ICAO event: A First for SPPA Students
From May 19th to May 23rd, 2025, Rory Palau Zea and Jaimi Plater, SPPA students in the MPPA, joined a team of law students from …