Author: Mercy Umeri

Are you interested in a career that will allow you to make a positive impact on your community? Students, faculty and staff are invited to attend a Master of Public Administration (MPA) information session at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 19 via Zoom, hosted by the Hugo Wall School.

The session will discuss how the program prepares students for leadership positions in public and nonprofit organizations. Students of any major are eligible to apply to the MPA program, and a Graduate Record Examination is not required for admission consideration.

This info session will also provide attendees with an overview of the MPA’s online and face-to-face programs, including admissions requirements, the curriculum, the resources available to students for graduate studies and the career opportunities an MPA student can pursue. A question-and-answer session will follow the presentation.

For more information or to sign up for a Zoom session, contact Bethany Kennedy, student program coordinator, at bethany.kennedy@wichita.edu. Please include your WSU ID in the email.

Are you interested in a career that will allow you to make a positive impact on your community? Consider earning a Master in Public Administration (MPA) from the Hugo Wall School of Public Affairs. The MPA prepares its students for positions of leadership in government and nonprofit organizations. Examples of career paths for MPA graduates include city or county manager, executive director or development director of a nonprofit, financial analyst, policy analyst or director of economic development.

Join the Hugo Wall School for an MPA information session at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4 via Zoom, where you will receive an overview of the MPA program, including admissions requirements, curriculum and the resources available to students for graduate studies. It will also discuss the career opportunities that an MPA student can pursue. A Q&A session will follow the presentation.

Students of any major are eligible to apply for the Master in Public Administration program and a graduate record examination (GRE) is not required for admission consideration.

For more information, to sign up for the Zoom session or to schedule a one-on-one meeting, contact Bethany Kennedy, student program coordinator, at bethany.kennedy@wichita.edu.

Dr. Mercy Umeri, assistant teaching professor at the Hugo Wall School of Public Affairs at Wichita State University., wrote about the Nigerian public education system in Leadership News, a leading newspaper in Nigeria. In the article, she challenges the leaders and elected officials to look into the educational system and make the needed changes for the country.

“One of the things I would love to see would be a manifesto for education,” she wrote. “A country cannot rise beyond its educational system. Nelson Mandela once said ‘Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world.’ So how are we changing ours?”