Your connection to the Public Management Center means that you’re part of the extended family of the KU School of Public Affairs and Administration. There’s been some pretty great stuff going on in the School and at the PMC and you can read about a lot of it in our latest newsletter–just click the link below!
Kent Seyfried, City of Olathe Solid Waste Manager, developed a recycling plan for the City as his capstone project for the Certified Public Manager program. The plan will save Olathe $500,000 in dumping fees and it won Seyfried the 2009 national Askew award from the American Academy of Certified Public Managers. Read more.
See what past participants have said about the Kansas Certified Public Manager Program.
We were delighted to see our colleague, Public Administration Department chair Dr. Marilu Goodyear, featured in the spring 2010 Edwards Campus newsletter. The article features her work on mentorship research.
“The research on mentoring pretty much proves that if you have one or more mentors you develop relationships with, it leads to an increase in compensation and career satisfaction,” Goodyear said. “For the organization, there is a decrease in turnover rates if there are more employees with mentors.” Read more.
