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December 12, 2024

Alumni Couple Finds Love, Career Success With Online Master’s

Gregory Smith and Lindsay Verber bonded during their Master of Public Administration (MPA) capstone project — and the rest is history. People often pursue a graduate degree to enhance their skills, expand their knowledge and advance in their chosen profession. For Gregory Smith and Lindsay Verber, enrolling in the Master of Public Administration (MPA) program…

November 21, 2024

USC Price grads help California city electrify vehicle fleet

Students identified ways to electrify Rancho Cucamonga’s fleet to cut emissions, save money, and comply with state climate regulations. When the California city of Rancho Cucamonga decided to electrify its vehicle fleet, Lindsay McElwain knew who to call. McElwain, the city’s Management Analyst III for Public Works, contacted her former professors at the USC Price…

June 18, 2024

USC Price grads win top award advising nonprofit choir

As Tony Domenick and Blake Nawa’a sang at venues across Colorado, they often dreamed of a more collaborative choir.  The professional singers usually worked with choirs run by a sole artistic director, resulting in poor solutions to rehearsal problems, less diverse musical repertoires, or little use of other experts. Domenick and Nawa’a imagined a choir…

June 14, 2021

MPAOL Capstone Research Shows ‘Safe Parking’ Can Help Homeless

Three recent USC graduates produced award-winning research that supports and may ultimately alleviate homelessness. Take a look at their approach here.

July 30, 2020

MPA capstone research gets published in peer-reviewed journal

A group of 2019 Master of Public Administration graduates at USC Price set the standard for future MPA students to strive for with their end-of-program capstone project.

July 22, 2020

Haynes Award-winning capstone help music school, community nonprofits

Master of Public Administration (MPA) online students at the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy cap off their degrees with a capstone project that makes a real-world impact.

May 13, 2020

Academic honors for the MPA online program and student capstone reports

BY DORA KINGSLEY VERTENTEN USC Price School has announced the 2020 John Randolph and Dora Haynes Award for the Outstanding and Honorable Mention Capstone projects for the master’s in public administration program. This year’s nominated projects covered a wide array of critical and timely public administration and nonprofit management research topics using a rich and diverse palette…

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