Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ Emergency and Crisis Management Master’s Program Becomes First to Earn NASPAA Accreditation The milestone recognizes Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½â€™s commitment to preparing the next generation of emergency and crisis management professionals to help communities become more resilient.
Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ Class Spotlight: Space Policy and Management This graduate-level course offers a behind-the-scenes look at the policy, management and administrative mechanisms that help power the space exploration industry.
Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ Alum Leads Local Nonprofit with Mission Close to His Heart After returning to school as an adult, earning two degrees and rising through the ranks at a Central Florida nonprofit, Britt Johnson ’23 ’25MNM is now leading an organization whose mission mirrors his own story.
Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ Emergency Management Faculty Selected for Prestigious FEMA Fellowship From Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½â€™s top-ranked emergency management program to the highest level of governance in the field, professors Chris Emrich and Claire Connolly Knox are taking their impact to the next level.
School Director Named National Academy of Public Administration Fellow Brad Heim will serve alongside former cabinet members, congressional leaders, state legislators and experts in the field of public administration to provide nonpartisan guidance to the United States government.
Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ Triple Knight Steps Into Role of Orange County Fire Rescue Chief As chief for Central Florida’s largest fire and rescue department, alum Anthony Rios ’12 ’15MPA ’22PhD is ensuring Orange County’s residents and visitors are in good hands.
Profound, Innovative, Analytical and Resilient: Meet Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½â€™s 2025 Reach for the Stars Honorees The 2025 Reach for the Stars award recipients are recognized for conducting highly successful research and fostering creative activity that has a national or international impact.
Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ Partners with Nonprofits to Help Veterans Find Leadership Roles Through Public Service Education As the only pilot site in the southeast for the new Service to Service initiative, Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ is poised to help prepare veterans transitioning into civilian life find new ways to serve their communities through public service education.
Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ Emergency Management Professor Inducted as National Academy of Public Administration Fellow Claire Connolly Knox is the fifth School of Public Administration faculty member to be honored as an academy fellow.
Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ Researchers Collect Critical High-water Mark Data Following Hurricane Ian Emergency management professionals are already reaping the benefits of the team’s labor, as their data will become part of the official USGS database for immediate access by anyone interested in undertaking flooding, hydrology or storm surge modeling.
