Upcoming events

MPA Graduation Brunch
May 11, 2013
9:30 AM to 11:00 AM
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
620 South College Rd
Wilmington NC

UNCW Commencement
May 11, 2013, 1:00pm
CAS Graduation Ceremony
Trask Coliseum

PIA Graduation Ceremony
May 11, 2013, 3:30pm
Lumina Theater

MPA Academy for Strategic Management is now accepting application for Fall 2013. Apply Now

Student News

February 7, 2012

A group of current MPA students, along with Dr. Barth and Dr. Imperial, attended the North Carolina City and County Management Association Conference in Raleigh.

January 14, 2012

Notre Dame Alumni, Dr. Barth makes good on a bet to an MPA student after Notre Dame gets crushed by Alabama in the National Championship.

October 19, 2012

Please join us in congratulating James Dixon as the MPA program’s 2012 winner of the North Carolina City and County Management Association (NCCCMA) scholarship. He will be recognized during the luncheon at the annual NCCCMA meeting February 6 – 8, 2013 in Research Triangle Park.

October 2, 2012

Join us in wishing Megan O'Hare and Kristin Zeranski good luck as they present a paper at the Southeastern Conference for Public Administration (SECoPA) October 4th and 5th. The paper is titled Sustainable Policies and Programs in American Cities: A Search for a Common Ideology. It is an examination of twenty U.S. Cities in an effort to identify what defines a sustainable city. They looked at city demographics, civic engagement, key sustainability indicators, and organizational policies and programs. The research was based on SustainLane's examination of the 50 most populous cities; their twenty were the top 10 and bottom 10 ranked cities.