Alumni Recognition

Alumni News Alum John Hicks Appointed Gov. Beshear’s Executive Cabinet Secretary

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has appointed Martin School graduate John Hicks as Executive Cabinet Secretary, succeeding J. Michael Brown, who is retiring from state government. Hicks, who earned his Master of Public Administration degree from the Martin School in 1984, will continue serving as State Budget Director.

Alumni News Catrena Bowman-Thomas MPA '09 Recognized for Advocacy for Social Justice Congratulations, Catrena!

Originally published in UKNOW and authored by Jordan Strickler

Alumni News KY Chamber Makes 2006 Alumna Kate Shanks SVP Congratulations, Kate!

Alumni News Andrew Sullivan to be Assistant Professor at Southern Illinois University Congratulations, Andrew!

We're proud to announce that Andrew Sullivan successfully defended his dissertation on April 7th and will be joining Southern Illinois University Edwardsville as an Assistant Professor in Aug. 2021. 

Doctoral Placement Jawad Shah Accepts Prestigious Research Fellowship at Oxford

Martin School PhD student and Fullbrighter Jawad Ali Shah will become a Research Fellow at the Oxford University Centre of Business Taxation, Said Business School, Oxford UK later this year. The news was announced in this tweet by Jawad's dissertation committee chair Dr. David Agrawal last week. 

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Jacklyn Makaaru Arinaitwe Research Fellow, Advocates Coalition for Development & Environment(ACODE) Nathan Barrett Associate Director and Senior Research Fellow, The Education Research Alliance for New Orleans Melissa A. Taylor Bell Dir. for Student Success Policy & Initiatives, Kentucky Counsel on Post-Secondary Education Jonica L. Burke Director of Enterprise Resource Planning and Financial Services, Shawnee State University Douglas Carr Assistant Professor, Oakland University

Alumni News Michelle Woods Joins National Governors Association (NGA) MPA '07

Alumni Highlights MPA Grad Reflects on Value of CSG Internship James Tatum, MPA '20

Alumni News Alex Combs and Jiebing Wen Take New Positions

Alumni News Two Martin Alumni Appointed to Governor Beshear's Cabinet Crystal Staley & John Hicks