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Excelsior Fellowship leads to career with New York's Public Safety Office

Charlene Cordero '17 M.P.A./M.A.I.R. landed the job in September 2019 after two years as a New York Excelsior Fellow.
April 6, 2021

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Six Maxwell students receive prestigious Critical Language Scholarship

Six Maxwell School students have been selected as recipients of the Critical Language Scholarship, through which they will immerse themselves in intensive language study this summer. Additionally, three students were named as alternates.
March 23, 2021

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Three Maxwell students named 2021 Syracuse University Scholars

Maxwell students Katelyn Bajorek, Patrick Linehan and Simran Mirchandani are among the twelve seniors that have been named as the 2021 Syracuse University Scholars, the highest undergraduate honor the University bestows.

March 22, 2021

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Maxwell alumni, student honored with 2021 American Society for Public Administration awards

Several Maxwell alumni and one current online EMPA student are among the award honorees.
March 11, 2021

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Student Spotlight: Vote of Confidence

Gretchen Coleman '22 B.A. (PSc/PPhil) founded Ballot Z to increase youth voting in her home state of Illinois. 
March 5, 2021

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Career growth without compromise

The online executive master of public administration degree is designed for midcareer professionals like Lindsay Bentley.
March 3, 2021

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Maxwell Humphrey Fellows visit the LaunchPad to talk global innovation

Nine Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows from Brazil, Guatemala, Mexico, Montenegro, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, South Africa, Tanzania and Togo visited with the LaunchPad team recently as part of a cross cultural exchange program. The Fellows, who are being hosted by the Maxwell School, are young and midcareer professionals from the public, private and NGO sectors who bring rich experience in public policy, public health, public finance, economic development, workforce and youth development, technology, volunteerism and community building, as well as other areas. 
February 10, 2021

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In a challenging year, Humphrey Fellows focus on program goals

Syracuse’s 2020-21 fellows hail from Brazil, Guatemala, Mexico, Montenegro, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, South Africa, Tanzania and Togo. The midcareer professionals will engage in academic study, professional development and cultural exchange.
January 25, 2021

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Executive Education plays supporting role as arts leaders confront COVID-19 crisis

“Experiencing arts online has eradicated barriers,” he said. “More people are accessing the arts,” says Executive Education alumnus Stephen Butler ’04 M.A. (PA).

January 8, 2021

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CCE student brings authenticity to telling refugee stories

"CCE [Citizenship and Civic Engagement] stresses how important it is that we resist the tendency towards imposing our own understanding onto communities, and instead equip communities with the tools to share their own understandings with the rest of the world," says sophomore Maggie Sardino.

November 30, 2020

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