The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill received $200,000 from the Golden LEAF Foundation to support the development and design of online employment skills training for Opportunity Youth.
The program is a part of Carolina Across 100 and will reach young adults aged 16-24 years old in the 37 counties focused on by the "Our State, Our Work” collaboratives.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Master of Public Administration student Anna Naples has received the prestigious Impact Award from The Graduate School at UNC-Chapel Hill.
This release was produced in coordination between the UNC School of Government and PBS North Carolina.
The UNC School of Government is pleased to announce the relaunch of its North Carolina Benchmarking Project
As 2023 begins, UNC School of Government faculty are looking ahead to the issues that define recent public administration challenges and that will continue to shape the field in the future.
We recently talked with five of our faculty to find out which facets of the public sphere face both obstacles and opportunities in improving communities across North Carolina.
Photo courtesy Ray Black III, Carolina Alumni Review
“Anita Brown-Graham ’91 (JD) got kicked out of preschool for refusing to take naps and has been going full tilt ever since.”
So begins the citation for Brown-Graham’s 2023 Faculty Service Award, awarded by the Board of Directors for the UNC General Alumni Association (GAA). Established in 1990, the award honors faculty members who have performed outstanding service for the University or the association.
Former School of Government faculty member Trey Allen was formally invested as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina on January 4, 2023. Allen took his oath of office accompanied by his wife and children. A video of the investiture is available online.
Marchell Adams-David ’94 took the helm as City of Raleigh manager in November 2020, succeeding fellow UNC MPA alumnus Ruffin Hall ’95 in the role. A former manager of her hometown in Hamlet, North Carolina, she has devoted nearly three decades to local government service.
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The UNC School of Government joins those mourning the loss of Molly Corbett Broad, who served as president of the University of North Carolina System from 1997 to 2005. Broad’s family announced her death on January 2, 2023, at the age of 81.
The UNC School of Government extends its gratitude and congratulation to Thomas H. Thornburg, who will retire from his full-time role on the faculty at the conclusion of 2022.
The UNC School of Government is pleased to announce a new project documenting its impact on and work across the state of North Carolina: One School, Statewide Impact.
New funding fuels the Carolina Across 100’s “Our State, Our Work” program which connects young adults with good paying job opportunities.
