S CHOOL OF P UBLIC A FFAIRS, AMERICAN U NIVERSITY, WASHINGTON, D. C. William M. LeoGrande Dean, School of Public Affairs

THE CALL TO SERVE

The continued value of an institution is reflected in frequently comment on how the instruction they received at its alumni and their contributions to the greater society. The AU successfully combined academic challenges with graduate programs of the School of Public Affairs (SPA) at practical applicability. Undoubtedly, Washington provides a (AU) have generated an alumni network wonderful locale for learning, and as you can see here, our of more than 5,000 people. We are particularly proud of the alumni and entire SPA community take full advantage of it. impact our alumni have made in the field of public service, Please join us in celebrating the many public service contri- broadly defined. butions of our alumni. From prominent roles in state and At SPA, the top rated school of public affairs in the greater local government, to the private sector, to the U.S. Congress, Washington, D.C., area, we have focused on designing a SPA alumni are leading change and shaping our world. They curriculum that is both rigorous and relevant. Our alumni exemplify the best of American University. U.S. CONGRESSMAN (D-MA) PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

JAMES MCGOVERN

“I GRADUATED FROM THE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS IN 1985 AND HAVE GREAT MEMORIES OF THE SCHOOL—BOTH AS AN UNDERGRAD AND James McGovern is serving his fourth term in the U.S. GRADUATE STUDENT. WHEN I DECIDED TO RUN Congress. McGovern has been elected by his New England FOR CONGRESS IN 1996, I HAD SEVERAL YEARS OF colleagues to the House Democratic leadership team as a WORK EXPERIENCE ON IN ADDITION TO regional whip, and he is the third-ranking Democrat on the A GOOD EDUCATION FROM AU. I LEARNED AN powerful House Rules Committee. In Congress, he has AWFUL LOT FROM THE MPA PROGRAM—MUCH championed several education initiatives, including a bill to OF WHICH I USE IN CONGRESS EVERY DAY. I increase grant assistance for college students and their WORK HARD TO BE AN EFFECTIVE ADVOCATE FOR families. McGovern also has led the fight on issues of health MY CONSTITUENTS AND FOR THE PEOPLE OF care, the environment, Social Security, and human rights. THIS COUNTRY.” ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONER AGRICULTURE INSPECTION AND POLICY PROGRAMS CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY KEY EXECUTIVE, PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

MARY STARKS NEAL

“MY EXPERIENCE AT AU GREATLY EXPANDED MY KNOWLEDGE OF THE MANAGERIAL, LEGAL, AND BUSINESS STRATEGIES ESSENTIAL FOR LEADING PEOPLE. THE INSTRUCTORS AND MATERIALS WERE CURRENT AND RELEVANT TO WHAT I HAVE EXPERIENCED AS A FEDERAL EMPLOYEE AND MANAGER. I HAVE ADVANCED IN MY CAREER AND, WITHOUT PAUSE, HAVE ACCEPTED THE CHALLENGES Mary Starks Neal provides daily policy guidance and OF LEADING DURING TIMES OF HISTORIC CHANGE leadership for the full integration of agricultural inspection programs into the U.S. Department of Homeland Security IN GOVERNMENT. THE COURSE OF STUDY AT AU and ports of entry. The programs focus on preventing the REINFORCED MY BELIEF THAT PERSONAL INTEGRITY entry of foreign pests and diseases that are harmful to U.S. IS AS IMPORTANT TO PUBLIC SERVICE AS plant and animal resources. TECHNICAL SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE.” SPECIAL AGENT OFFICE OF LABOR RACKETEERING AND FRAUD INVESTIGATIONS OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR JUSTICE, LAW & SOCIETY

TROY SPRINGER

“THE INTERNSHIP AND CO-OP I ATTAINED THROUGH AU PROVIDED ME WITH EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS IN A REAL WORLD ENVIRONMENT. AU ALSO GAVE ME A WEALTH OF NETWORKING CONTACTS THAT I CONTINUE TO USE IN MY CURRENT EMPLOYMENT. I SELECTED AU BASED ON ITS WASHINGTON, D.C., LOCATION AND THE Troy Springer currently conducts criminal investigations relating to programs and operations of the U.S. REPUTATION OF THE JUSTICE, LAW & SOCIETY Department of Labor. He focuses on labor racketeering and PROGRAM WITHIN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT corruption within labor unions by organized crime. COMMUNITY.” MAYOR OF TAMPA, FLORIDA POLITICAL SCIENCE

PAM IORIO

“LIVING IN WASHINGTON, D.C., AND Pam Iorio began her career at age 26, when she became the ATTENDING AMERICAN UNIVERSITY GAVE ME THE youngest person ever elected to the Hillsborough County OPPORTUNITY TO SEE POLITICS FROM A Commission in Florida. After being elected chair a year NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE. later, Iorio served two terms and later was elected super- TWAS ALWAYS STIMULATING AND DEFINITELY visor of elections for Hillsborough County three times. In I 2000, she was elected president of the Florida State BROADENED MY EXPERIENCE. HAVING A CAREER Association of Supervisors of Elections, becoming the IN PUBLIC SERVICE GIVES ME THE OPPORTUNITY spokesperson for the supervisors during the 2000 election. TO HELP MAKE LIFE BETTER FOR OTHERS, TO In 2002, for her work in the area of election reform, Iorio HELP SHAPE THE COMMUNITY FOR THE BETTER. received the Leadership Florida Distinguished Alumnus Award, which recognizes statewide efforts to better the AU WASANIMPORTANT INFLUENCE ON MY lives of Floridians. CAREER AND LIFE.” DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

“THE MPA PROGRAM GAVE ME A SOLID FOUN- DATION TO SUCCEED IN MY CURRENT POSITION ERIC KORSVALL AND TO MANAGE AN ORGANIZATION WHOSE BOTTOM LINE IS NOT MAKING MONEY. THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION IS A $30 MILLION NONPROFIT, AND ALTHOUGH IT IS RUN LIKE A BUSINESS, WE MUST MEASURE OUR PERFORMANCE ON SOMETHING OTHER THAN PROFIT. CREATING MEASURABLE GOALS THAT ARE ALIGNED WITH THE ORGANIZATIONAL MISSION ALLOWS ME TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE SUCCESS OF THE ORGANIZATION Eric Korsvall manages the conservative think tank’s building WITHOUT BEING IN A POLICY POSITION. I operations, residential housing, commercial tenants, construction, catering, security, and emergency preparedness. REGULARLY TAP INTO THE KNOWLEDGE I GAINED For the past year, he has been involved in a $10 million FROM MY MPA COURSES, WHETHER IT IS IN building project that will double the size of the foundation’s SETTING THE DIRECTION OF MY DEPARTMENT, Capitol Hill headquarters and offer year-round housing to MAKING IMPORTANT STAFFING DECISIONS, OR 60 interns. BUDGETING FOR LARGE CAPITAL PROJECTS.” PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER NATIONAL CAPITAL REVITALIZATION CORPORATION PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Theodore Carter plans and implements large-scale economic development initiatives in support of the company’s broad statutory mission of revitalizing neighbor- THEODORE CARTER hoods in Washington, D.C. Prior to joining the National Capital Revitalization Corporation, Carter served as campaign manager for the 2002 election campaign of D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams. From 1997 to 2000, Carter was “ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF MY the deputy assistant secretary of management opera- EXPERIENCE AT AU’S SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS tions for the U.S. Department of the Treasury. He oversaw WAS THAT MANY STUDENTS BROUGHT A CUTTING the department’s five law enforcement bureaus and a $4 EDGE PERSPECTIVE INTO THE CLASSROOM FROM billion portfolio. He was also the department executive for THEIR DAY JOBS AND OTHER ACADEMIC EXPERIENCES. the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ASARESULT, EACH COURSE WAS A LABORATORY headquarters development. As deputy campaign manager and chief operating officer for the Clinton-Gore reelection WHERE REAL LIFE PROBLEMS WERE DEBATED AND campaign in 1996, he managed the day-to-day operations NEW IDEAS WERE TESTED. FACILITATED BY AU’S of a $100 million enterprise. Prior to moving to Washington, TOP-NOTCH FACULTY, MY CLASSROOM EXPERIENCES Carter held several senior staff positions in the offices of New HAVE BEEN INVALUABLE TO ME IN MY LEADERSHIP York City mayors David Dinkins and Rudolph Giuliani. ROLES IN BOTH THE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTORS.” SUPERVISORY CRIME ANALYST ALEXANDRIA POLICE DEPARTMENT ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA JUSTICE, LAW & SOCIETY

MARY GARRAND

Mary Garrand oversees the analysis of all crimes in densely populated Alexandria, Virginia. In addition to supervising the “AU GAVE ME A BROAD KNOWLEDGE BASE OF THE Crime Analysis Unit, Garrand examines crime trends and CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM THROUGH DIVERSE patterns through statistical analysis and mapping. She CLASSES. THE CAREER CENTER HELPED ME produces weekly, monthly, and yearly reports on these trends and patterns for patrol deployment and investigations. Prior NARROW MY INTERESTS TO A FEW FIELDS WITHIN to her employment at the Alexandria Police Department, THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMUNITY. THE Garrand worked for the Fairfax County Police Department in INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AND THE LARGE Virginia and the Justice Research and Statistics Association in ALUMNI NETWORK HELPED ME FIND A GREAT Washington, D.C. POSITION UPON GRADUATION.” CHIEF OF STAFF CONGRESSMAN ALCEE L. HASTINGS (D-FL) POLITICAL SCIENCE

FRED TURNER

“THROUGH KNOWLEDGE OBTAINED AND CONTACTS MADE, MY AU EXPERIENCE LED DIRECTLY TO MY FIRST JOB ON CAPITOL HILL AND, ULTIMATELY, TO MY CURRENT ONE. I CANNOT OVEREMPHASIZE THE VALUEOFTHE RELATIONSHIPS THAT YOU WILL DEVELOP WITH AU’SPROFESSORS. THEY ARE NOT Fred Turner is responsible for overseeing the staff; ONLY OUTSTANDING TEACHERS, BUT ALSO WELL managing the budget; shaping public policy; and drafting RESPECTED OUTSIDE THE IVORY TOWER. THESE statements, speeches, talking points, and memoranda for RELATIONSHIPS CONTINUE TO BENEFIT ME the congressman. PROFESSIONALLY.” MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SPECIALIST DOWNTOWN FIELD OFFICE, CITY SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC POLICY

JEFFREY BANKS

“I WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE AU CAREER CENTER STAFF FROM THE FIRST MOMENT I Jeffrey Banks is responsible for the implementation of ARRIVED AT AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN JANUARY various aspects of the Social Security Act, specifically those 1998. THEY ASSISTED ME IN REALIZING THAT A policies dealing with retirement, survivors and disability CAREER IN PUBLIC SERVICE WOULD FULFILL ME, insurance, Social Security numbers, and supplemental BOTH PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY. THE security income. In 1999, Banks was accepted into the PROFESSORS AND STAFF WERE RECEPTIVE TO Presidential Management Program, and in 2000, he received DISCUSSING WHAT MY OPTIONS COULD BE IN the Deputy Commission’s Citation for coordinating an PUBLIC SERVICE FEEL SO FULFILLED KNOWING outreach program to national youth organizations. Banks is . I especially proud of his work with the Social Security THAT I MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE’S LIVES. Administration in assisting families affected by the THIS IS THE SAME PHILOSOPHY I TRY TO INSTILL September 11 tragedy. IN MY STAFF AT SOCIAL SECURITY.” INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS SPECIALIST PRESIDENTIAL MANAGEMENT INTERN COUNTERTERRORISM DIVISION FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION JUSTICE, LAW & SOCIETY

ISIS JONES

Isis Jones provides critical training to Federal Bureau of “THE COURSES AT AU PROVIDED ME WITH A Investigation (FBI) managers and supervisors to further STRONG FOUNDATION OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT the bureau’s goal of preventing terrorism. Jones also LEGAL INSTITUTIONS MANAGEMENT AND POLICY prepares and gives briefings to top executives within the , , . Counterterrorism Division. Prior to working for the FBI, LEARNING THE METHODS OF DATA ANALYSIS Jones completed an internship in the Government CONTRIBUTED TO MY OVERALL PROBLEM SOLVING Relations Office of the Association of National Advertisers. AND CRITICAL EVALUATION SKILL SETS.” PROGRAM ANALYST PRESIDENTIAL MANAGEMENT INTERN OFFICE OF BUDGET OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES PUBLIC POLICY

SHANNON KELLY

“THE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS WAS INSTRUMENTAL WITH REGARD TO MY PMI [PRESIDENTIAL MANAGEMENT INTERN] APPLICATION AND INTERVIEW PROCESS. IN ADDITION, I DEVELOPED MENTORING RELATIONSHIPS WITH PROFESSORS WHO HELPED ME FOCUS ON WHERE I WANTED TO GO AFTER GRADUATION. BEING AT THE TOP RANKED Shannon Kelly helps facilitate the annual budget process SCHOOL OF ITS KIND IN WASHINGTON, D.C., for U.S. Department of Health and Human Services GAVE ME THE ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITIES THAT I (HHS) agencies and evaluates the performance of HHS WASLOOKING FOR IN MY CHOSEN FIELD, programs. She is a member of Pi Alpha Alpha honor society THROUGH BOTH INTERNSHIPS AND FULL-TIME and received an SPA graduate assistantship. EMPLOYMENT UPON GRADUATION.” FIELD REPRESENTATIVE U.S. SENATOR DIANNE FEINSTEIN (D-CA) PUBLIC POLICY

MICHAEL WALKER

“I WASBROUGHT UP IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE As Senator Feinstein’s field representative in northern PUBLIC SERVICE WAS LOOKED AT WITH SKEPTICISM. California, Michael Walker advises the senator on local BUT AFTER WORKING IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR AND issues and facilitates dialogue between local communities ATTENDING AU, I HAVE COME TO BELIEVE THAT and the federal government. In addition, Walker prepares THERE IS NO MORE NOBLE CAUSE THAN SERVING briefs for the senator and assists in solving problems for local ON BEHALF OF THE PUBLIC. THE KNOWLEDGE AND governments, businesses, and individual constituents. While UNDERSTANDING I GAINED AT AU ABOUT PUBLIC attending AU, Walker worked in the U.S. Department of POLICY ANALYSIS THE THEORY BEHIND THE Health and Human Services’s Administration on Aging. In , 1998, he was part of a team that received the Secretary of POLICY PROCESS, AND ITS APPLICABILITY TO REAL Health and Human Services Distinguished Service Award WORLD PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN for its work on healthcare fraud, waste, and abuse. MY CURRENT PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES.” NOTABLE SPA ALUMNI H. Arthur Sauer, deputy director, House Carroll A. Campbell, president and chief INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMACY LEADERS IN PUBLIC SERVICE Committee on the Budget, BA/SPA ’69 executive officer, American Council of Life AND LEADERSHIP Insurance; former governor, South Carolina, Marc Charles Ginsberg, U.S. ambassador to STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT MA in political science/SPA ’85 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT Morocco, BA/SPA ’73 Matthew Amorello, state senator, Pamela Deese, partner and cochair, Dorsey & Kenneth Bentsen, former congressman Sun Kil Kim, minister of marine affairs, South (D-TX), MPA/SPA ’85 Massachusetts, MA in political science/ Whitney, LLP, BS/SPA ’80, JD/WCL ’83 SPA ’83 Korea, PhD/SPA ’62 Ken Duberstein, president, The Duberstein Robert Engel, executive director, Committee Chung Soo Park, minister of foreign affairs Theodore Carter, president and chief Group; former chief of staff to President for an Effective Congress, BA/SPA ’82 and trade, South Korea, MA/CAS ’61, executive officer, National Capital Reagan, MA in political science/SPA ’66 Susan K. Hattan, staff director, Senate Revitalization Corporation, MPA/SPA ’99 PhD/SPA ’65 Committee on Labor and Human Resources, Susan Dweck, management consultant, MA in political science/SPA ’77 Robert Cerasoli, inspector general, BA/CAS ’65, MSHR/SPA ’80 MEDIA, SPORTS, AND Massachusetts, BA/SPA ’69 Donald A. Manzullo, congressman (R-IL), David Fineman, attorney, Fineman & Bach; ENTERTAINMENT BA/SPA ’67 Hubert Humphrey III, attorney general, chairman, Compensation Committee, Postal Carlos Cisneros, chairman and chief executive Minnesota, BA/SPA ’65 Eileen Mason, senior deputy chair, National Service Board of Governors, BA/SPA ’67 officer, Cisneros Television Group, BA/SPA ’90 Endowment for the Arts, MPA/SPA ’90 Pam Iorio, mayor, Tampa, Florida, Patricia Glaser, attorney, Christensen, Miller, Betsy Fischer, executive producer, Meet the BA/SPA ’81 Barry R. McCaffrey, retired general and Fink, Glaser & Weil, BA/SPA ’69 Press, BA/SPA ’92, MA/SOC ’96 national drug policy director, MA in political John A. Locke, state representative, Edward Goldbert, president, F. J. Elsner Joel Glazer, executive vice president, Tampa science/SPA ’71 Massachusetts, BA/SPA ’86 North American Ltd., BA/SPA ’68 Bay Buccaneers, BA/SPA ’89 James McGovern, congressman (D-MA), Paul Strauss, shadow senator, District of Dana Goldinger, partner, Gilbert/Krupin, Frank Herzog, sports anchor, WUSA-TV 9, BA/CAS ’81, MPA/SPA ’84 Columbia, BA/SPA ’86, JD/WCL ’93 BA/SPA ’80 Washington, D.C., BA/SPA ’72 Anthony Pajunas, manager of logistics, U.S. Richard R. Tisei, state senator, Massachusetts, Matthew Pittinsky, chairman and cofounder, Al Koken, talk show host, WTEM Sports Talk Postal Service, MPA/SPA ’99 BA/SPA ’84 Blackboard Inc., BA/SPA ’94 Radio, BS/SPA ’74 Pearlie S. Reed, acting assistant secretary for Helene Weinstein, assemblywoman, New York Samantha Sackin, senior vice president, Mike Mills, staff writer, Washington Post, administration, U.S. Department of State Assembly, BA/SPA ’73 Rogers and Associates, BA/SPA ’91 MSHR/SPA ’88 Agriculture, MPA/SPA ’80 LAW AND BUSINESS George Schaefer, Mitchell and Company Alan J. Roth, staff director and chief counsel, Stephen Brown, vice president, The Dutko Management Consultants, BA/SPA ’72 House Committee on Commerce, BA/SPA ’75 Group, BA/SPA ’77 CAREER OPTIONS Lobbyist Research assistant SPA GRADUATE ALUMNI Internal Revenue Service, Office of Program GOVERNMENTAL CONSULTING Policy analyst Evaluation and Risk Analysis American Management Systems PUTTING THE SPA LAW ENFORCEMENT WHERE THEY ARE Press secretary MAKING A DIFFERENCE Navy DEGREE TO WORK Criminal investigator Booz, Allen & Hamilton Public relations specialist Social Security Administration GRC International Customs inspector FEDERAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT FEDERAL, STATE, OR Researcher Detective • LOCAL SRA International LOCAL GOVERNMENT Scheduler • FEDERAL Enforcement officer D.C. Department of Health, Unisys Budget analyst Staff assistant Department of Education, Advisory HIV/AIDS Administration Environmental protection agent Committee on Student Financial Assistance RESEARCH AND THINK TANKS Contract specialist D.C. Office of Tax and Revenue GOVERNMENTAL CONSULTING Internal Revenue Service special agent Department of Energy Justice, Research and Statistics Association Employee development or relations specialist Montgomery County, Office of Management Business process consultant Park ranger Department of Health and Human Services, Strategic Policy Research Intelligence analyst and Budget Change management consultant Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Urban Institute Management analyst or trainee COURTS AND CORRECTIONS Human resources consultant Department of Housing and CAMPAIGNING, POLLING, Policy analyst Community relations officer NONPROFIT SECTOR Technical consultant Urban Development AND LEGISLATING Job placement counselor Program analyst Department of Justice, Democratic Senatorial Alliance for Public Technology Public affairs specialist RESEARCH AND THINK TANKS Parole or probation officer National Institute of Justice Campaign Committee American Association of Research assistant Policy analyst Program coordinator, pre-release center Department of Labor, Kimball, Stroud & Associates Homes and Services for the Aging Program analyst Public defender’s assistant Office of Inspector General America’s Promise CAMPAIGNING, POLLING, Office of Congresswoman Research assistant or associate Research assistant Department of State Shelley Berkley (D-NV) Children’s Defense Fund AND LEGISLATING Residential supervisor Environmental Protection Agency, Annual Office of Senator D.C. Children and Youth Investments Campaign manager NONPROFIT SECTOR Planning and Budget Division Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) Democratic Leadership Council Committee staff member Advocate INTERNATIONAL ARENA General Accounting Office Public Opinion Strategies Health Insurance Association of America, State Consultant Budget analyst Educational services specialist General Services Administration Republican National Committee Affairs Division Event planner Educational outreach coordinator Government relations specialist National Breast Cancer Coalition Fundraiser Governmental affairs specialist Grant or contract specialist National Council of State Housing Agencies Government affairs specialist Grant writer Project or program assistant Legislative correspondent, Program coordinator assistant, or director Project manager LAW ENFORCEMENT EMPLOYMENT BY SECTOR OF THE AU ADVANTAGE responsive to our students and it shows— AU’s professional positioning is evident from D.C. Metropolitan Police Department, SPA GRADUATE ALUMNI * As the top rated school of public affairs in through our alumni support, the school-wide its distinguished alumni and friends of the Force Investigation Team (SUMMER ’01, FALL ’01, SPRING ’02) the greater Washington, D.C., area, AU is sense of community, and the mentoring and school. With more than 5,000 graduate alumni D.C. Metropolitan Police Department, well positioned physically, academically, and learning opportunities that take place both from the School of Public Affairs, AU extends Office of Organizational Development professionally. Our prime Washington inside and outside the classroom. its reach into almost every professional domain. Secret Service 3% location places us in the midst of the most AU’s faculty are distinguished scholars and AU’s various advisory council members, trustees, COURTS AND CORRECTIONS alumni, and other friends are among today’s 1% important political institutions of our day. practitioners. We emphasize a balance between Montgomery County, Maryland, Situated at the top of Embassy Row, AU not teaching and research, which you will benefit most influential leaders. We connect them to Department of Corrections only offers all the amenities of an urban from as a student. Many of our faculty hold students through numerous networking engage- Office of the Commonwealth’s Attorney, university, such as metro accessibility, cultural positions with leading associations in their ments, lecture series events, and mentoring Arlington County, Virginia, Courthouse Private Sector opportunities, and numerous housing options, respective fields and are called upon to be opportunities. INTERNATIONAL ARENA 17% but also provides the security and comfort of a presenters at conferences and speaking engage- AU really does have it all. No other public Inter-American Development Bank 25% Public Sector campus community. While AU is among the ments, both domestic and abroad. In addition, affairs graduate program can claim a prime Pan-American Health Organization oldest academic institutions in the city, the our faculty are commonly cited in research Washington location and a top ranking by many updated facilities reflect its modern publications and in the news media, such as U.S. News and World Report (AU is ranked Nonprofit day presence and participation as a leader in NPR, CSPAN, MSNBC, CNN, Fox News, 12th overall out of 249 schools of public the field of higher education. Our personalized Newsweek, and USA Today. affairs). These benefits, combined with distin- and intimate setting sets the stage for guished faculty and connected alumni, shape International 54% learning, debate, and growth. At AU, we are the AU advantage.

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