Maxwell School News and Commentary
Filtered by: School News
Econ grad Hillmeyer joins Colliers International
Colliers International, a real estate services and investment management company, hired Alec Hillmeyer ’18 B.A. (Econ) as a retail division associate. Previoiusly, Hillmeyer was vice president at Social Movement Media, a full-service digital marketing agency.
See related: Promotions & Appointments
Visit to campus builds connections for Online EMPA students
“Online students benefit from the flexibility of being able to complete their coursework on their own schedule from the comfort of their own home, and while the connections they make with their peers and faculty are valuable, the value of place and institutional community that comes from being part of a school can be lacking,” said Nell S. Bartkowiak, director of the Online E.M.P.A. Program.
See related: Student Experience
Maxwell alumnus named one of New Jersey’s most influential millennials
Marshall Spevak ’10 B.A. (PSc) was named one of New Jersey’s most influential millennials. Spevak received this award as recognition of his extensive work as a political operative at the New Jersey Statehouse.
See related: Awards & Honors
Hopes for Liberia grow from a student’s perseverance
“I realized I can do anything I want to link my personal history to public service,” said Thompson Scholar Debah Tiah, a refuge from Liberia who is pursuing an MPA at Maxwell.
See related: Student Experience
Nabatchi and Schwegman earn NASPAA distinctions
See related: Awards & Honors
Syracuse University mourns passing of Life Trustee J. Patrick Barrett
Barrett served on the University’s Board of Trustees for more than three decades. He also was a member of the Maxwell School Advisory Board from 1991-97, and supported various academic and athletic initiatives. He passed at the age of 82 after a brief battle with leukemia.
See related: In Memoriam
Meier to receive Duncombe Award for educational excellence
Kenneth Meier, a distinguished scholar in residence in the School of Public Affairs at American University, received the Duncombe Award in 2019. The award honors former Maxwell professor of public administration William Duncombe.
See related: Awards & Honors
Maxwell alumnus named vice president of equity and inclusion
See related: Promotions & Appointments
Silverstein to study religion, prosocial values among millennials
The degree to which religion is decoupled from prosocial goals and spirituality in contemporary young adults is one of many research questions to be addressed in the project “Spirituality and Prosocial Values in the Absence of Religion Among Millennials and Their Families.” This study will be led by Merril Silverstein, the Marjorie Cantor Endowed Professor of Aging Studies in the Falk College and the Maxwell School.
See related: Religion, United States
Sociologists Montez and Monnat earn NIH grants
See related: Grant Awards, Longevity, U.S. Health Policy