The School of Public Affairs

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The School of Public Affairs

• A Presentation to the UCCS Strategy Team
• Dr. Terry Schwartz, Associate Dean
• March 3, 2009

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Overview of Presentation

• Mission
• History
• Degrees Certificate Programs
• Who We Are Faculty Staff, Students, Alumni
• Community Engagement
• Accomplishments
• Challenges
• Current Future Opportunities
• Acknowledgements

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Public service Its what we teach what we do.

• Our mission
• To improve the quality of public service in
  Colorado the Rocky Mountain West
• To offer an excellent program of professional
  education
• To prepare public and nonprofit managers for
  leadership in a rapidly changing environment

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SPA History

• GSPA founded on Boulder campus in 1972
• Moved to UCCS and Denver mid-1970s
• First UCCS MPA graduates 1975
• Consolidated Graduate School of Public Affairs
  July 1, 1997
• Added hosting of MCJ degree Fall 1997
• Added BACJ became School of Public Affairs Fall
  2007
• First BACJ graduates December 2008

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Degrees

• Master of Public Administration
• Master of Criminal Justice (hosted at UCCS
  granted by UCD)
• Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice

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Certificates

• Graduate Certificates
• Public Management
• Nonprofit Management
• Nonprofit Fund Development
• Criminal Justice
• Homeland Defense (in partnership with CHS)
• Undergraduate Certificate
• Homeland Security (in partnership with CHS)

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Who We Are Faculty Staff

• Our Faculty
• Dr. Katie Kaukinen
• Dr. Don Klingner
• Dr. Mark McConkie
• Dr. Terry Schwartz
• Dr. Lonnie Schaible coming in August
• Our Staff
• Mary Lou Kartis
• About Our Lecturers
• Community leaders, content experts, bring
  diversity

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Who We Are Students

• About our MPA students
• An interesting mix
• Demographics
• About our MCJ students
• Somewhat more homogeneous
• Demographics
• About our BACJ students
• Largely traditional
• Demographics

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Who We Are Alumni

• Local, state and regional leaders
• UCCS Presence
• Number of graduates
• 
  

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Community Engagement

• Annual Leadership Conference
• Community Advisory Boards
• Nonprofit Boards
• Alumni Events Outreach
• Internships Capstones
• Applied Research Evaluation

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Accomplishments

• In the past five years, weve
• Added two graduate certificates (Foundation
  support)
• Added one undergraduate certificate
• Added an undergraduate degree
• Established an MPA cohort in the City of Pueblo
• Implemented our own online program
• Increased extended studies offerings
• Brought back sponsored research to the unit
• Alpha Phi Sigma
• Increased alumni and donor outreach

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Challenges

• Time
• Size
• Financial Resources
• Space
• Two-campus structure
• Need to grow graduate enrollment maintain
  undergraduate trajectory
• Continue to diversify and increase revenue
  streams
• Continue to increase alumni other donor
  engagement

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Opportunities

• 5-year BA to Masters degrees
• Expand online programming
• More outreach to Southern Colorado
• Options in the BACJ
• HLSD at all levels
• Undergraduate certificate programs
• Increased extended studies options
• Increase professional training and institute
  capabilities
• Bring MCJ to UCCS
• And..

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Acknowledgements

• The accomplishments of our school and our ability
  to actualize the many opportunities that are in
  front of us are due to a dedicated faculty
  staff, talented students, a collaborative campus,
  engaged alumni, and a supportive community. We
  are grateful for all of these.
• The investments the Leadership Team is making in
  SPA are deeply appreciated.

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A concluding thought on who we are

• SPA
• THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT CAN DOES!

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