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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The Master of Public Administration Program at
3Northern Illinois University is celebrating 50 years of
4educating local government and other public sector agencies;
5and
 
6    WHEREAS, The mission of the Department of Public
7Administration is to advance excellence in professional public
8management through scholarship in teaching, research, and
9service; and
 
10    WHEREAS, The Master of Public Administration Program
11focuses on developing core competencies in budgeting and
12financial management, personnel management, decision making,
13communications, leadership, and teamwork; and
 
14    WHEREAS, The Master of Public Administration Program is
15ranked 5th in the nation in the specialty area of city
16management and urban policy and 12th in the nation for finance
17and budgeting, according to US News and World Report; and
 
18    WHEREAS, The City of DeKalb hired the first Master of
19Public Administration intern in January of 1964; since then,
20interns have been working in public sector agencies throughout
21the northern Illinois region; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, There are over 1,300 alumni from the Master of
2Public Administration program serving in various public
3management positions across the United States and in countries
4around the world; professional local government and nonprofit
5managers make contributions every day to our health, safety,
6comfort, and quality of life in our communities; therefore, be
7it
 
8    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
9NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
10we congratulate the Northern Illinois University Department of
11Public Administration on the 50th anniversary of the Master of
12Public Administration program; and be it further
 
13    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
14presented to the Northern Illinois Department of Public
15Administration as an expression of our esteem and respect.