SPEA MPA candidate Andrew Bean was officially recognized as the 2018 Indy Chamber HobNob Policy Intern at a reception following the organization’s “Political Bootcamp” on Thursday. The internship, which includes a $5,000 stipend from Cripe Architects + Engineers, is awarded annually to a SPEA IUPUI graduate student who is interested public policy and political action… Read more »
Student highlights
Veteran professors Stucky, Lupton promoted to new roles in Indianapolis
Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs Dean John Graham has announced new leadership at the school’s Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis campus. Professor Thomas D. Stucky, who has been with SPEA at IUPUI since 2004, has been tapped as the Executive Associate Dean beginning July 1. Stucky replaces Lilliard Richardson, who has completed his… Read more »
“You are the students who look at their scope of work and demand its commitment to something greater than themselves”
By Sawyer Knuteson, 2017 SPEA Commencement Student Speaker Neither greatness nor failure is made in a day; both will take a lifetime to achieve. This is something that I have said to myself throughout my college career. It has encouraged me in times of tribulation, and humbled me when my arrogance bested me. However, these… Read more »
Q&A with Elite 50 winner Rahael Mathew, MSCJPS’17
As a child growing up in India, Rahael Mathew described herself as “a sensible young lady with a hidden interest in the criminal mind.” Mathew has been delving deep into that interest the past two years as a student in SPEA’s Master of Criminal Justice and Public Safety program. After receiving her undergraduate degree in… Read more »
MSCJPS grad student Katie Heinz is first to defend thesis research
Service to others has always been important to Katie Heinz. From working as an EMT while studying sociology at Princeton University, to interning for the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office in the Special Victims and Major Felonies units during her time as a graduate student at SPEA, making a difference has been a way of life… Read more »