Student Recognition

Non-Profit Certificate Student, Alex Degen, named Sullivan Award Winner

Apr 28, 2023

Alex Degen, Martin School Non-Profit Certificate student, was awarded one of three Sullivan Awards, the highest honor at UK for humanitarian efforts. Check out the full story in UKNow

Four Martin School students visit D.C. over spring break, participate in SEC in DC

Mar 21, 2023

This spring break, a group of students in UK's Student Government Association traveled to Washington D.C. to participate in SEC in DC, a conference where student governments from SEC schools network and advocate on behalf of their students' interests. UK students got to meet with six of Kentucky's eight Congressional delegation, including staff from Senator McConnell's office. Two first-year students, Logan Justice and Siena Pilati, submitted policy briefs to be considered for the opportunity, and were both chosen to represent UKSGA.

Undergraduate Hunter McCormick's work with Government Accountability Office (GAO) gets published

Jan 23, 2023

After successfully completing an internship with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) in summer 2022, Hunter McCormick's ('23) work has paid off. On January 23, 2023, a report he contributed to during his time with the GAO was officially published.

MPA and MPFM Students win Association of Governmental Accountants(AGA) finance Case Challenge

Dec 20, 2022

This year we had 2 teams complete in the Association of Governmental Accountants(AGA) finance Case Challenge, a nation-wide annual competition requiring students to develop a Citizen Centric Report (CCR) for a large city and 4-page narrative explaining the process that was taken. This year the competition was for Chattanooga.

Martin School confers 1st public policy bachelor’s degree

Dec 15, 2022

During the University of Kentucky's December 2022 Commencement, the Martin School of Public Policy and Administration will celebrate the first student to receive a bachelor's degree in public policy from their undergraduate program. The Martin School began offering an undergraduate public policy major in Fall 2020. Previously, the school had offered only post-graduate master’s, certificate and Ph.D.

Yun Jun Kim's Poster "Our Congratulations to Yun Jun Kim for winning best graduate poster at @abfm_aspa for "How does intergovernmental competition increase government spending?" for ABFM

Yun Jun Kim wins Best Graduate Poster at ABFM

Rick Spencer Sep 26, 2022

Doctoral Student Yun Jun Kim won Best Graduate Poster for "How does intergovernmental competition increase government spending?" The poster is included below for your review.

Andrew Laws addressing freshman at Big Blue U event

Martin School Celebrates First Student Body President, Andrew Laws

Brooke Kuerzi Sep 8, 2022

This year, in addition to celebrating the first cohort of public policy graduates, the Martin School is also proud to announce that one of our own public policy undergraduate students, Andrew Laws, is the 2022-23 student body president. Andrew was sworn in at the end of the spring 2022 semester, and spent the summer meeting with top UK administrators, attending his first Board of Trustees meeting, and getting the lay of the land.

MPA and Non-Profit Certificate Student Farid Al-Firdaus to present at conference

Martin Staff Jun 1, 2022

MPA and Non-Profit Management Certificate student, Farid Al-Firdaus will present his non-profit research at the American Institute for Indonesian Studies (AIFIS)-Michigan State University conference

Sarah Ausmus Smith is graduating with her PhD in Public Policy and Administration

Martin Staff Apr 18, 2022

Sarah recently defended her dissertation "Three Essays on Governance, Inequality and Social Equity" and will graduate May 6, 2022. The next chapter in her career will start in Richmond, Virginia where she will join the Commonwealth's Department of Social Services as a Senior Research Associate.

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Martin School Ranks 29th Nationally in Graduate Public Affairs and 4th in Public Finance and Budgeting

Martin Staff Mar 29, 2022

Today, U.S. News and World Report released their annual college rankings. The hard work of our faculty and staff resulted in national recognition as we are ranked 29th among all Public Affairs program, 4th in Public Finance and Budgeting, and 29th in Public Policy and Analysis.

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