University of Nebraska at Omaha School of Public Administration

06/26/2025

Coming soon: — a must-take class for fundraisers and changemakers!

Taught by Dr. Joel Gehringer, fundraising expert with the NU Foundation, this class is part of our annual Certified Fundraising Management Program.
Be prepared to learn years worth of knowledge in two days:

💡 What annual giving really means — for your org and your donors
📬 Smart strategies: email, events, social media, face-to-face & more
🎯 How to segment audiences & craft personalized appeals
🔄 The full donor cycle — from awareness to stewardship
💰 Topics like , crowdfunding, case writing & campaign performance

Details and registration here: https://hubs.ly/Q03tFGgD0

06/25/2025

🌍SPA International: Our faculty travel world-wide, as we are sought after experts. This includes Professor Emeritus Bob Blair, who recently visited the University of Agder as a Visiting Scholar of Public Administration. Bob is a member of a research group with the university; they collaborate on study of comparative city management in Norway and the United States. According to Dr. Blair: "ICMA and its Global Engagement Committee is quite interested in our innovative program." Read more about Bob's research here: https://hubs.ly/Q03tFtxs0 And thanks for representing SPA, Bob.

06/25/2025

Dissertation Proposal Defense: Carol Redwing successfully defended her dissertation proposal in this spring. Carol is concurrently an instructor with UNO's UNO Emergency Management and Disaster Science program, as well as a doctoral candidate.

Her dissertation challenges the human-centered focus of public administration by introducing posthuman theory and Indigenous knowledge to address climate change and environmental injustice. The dissertation ultimately calls for environmental equity to be a core principle of public administration and urges more inclusive, restorative approaches to governance in the face of the climate crisis.

Well done, Carol! We look forward to this research.

06/13/2025

Fundraising Management Classes taught this summer by local experts. Join us! Details here: https://hubs.ly/Q03qc_X40

06/12/2025

Engineering + Emergency Management: Discover how our recent grad merges the two fields. And volunteers with local youth. And, plans for more education. “Don’t wait for doors to open—sometimes you have to open them yourself. That’s what UNO empowered me to do." -- Justin Roberts, EMDS grad.

Recent graduate focuses on using emergency management for engineering design applications

06/09/2025

So proud of our PHD candidates this spring! Today, we are featuring our fifth student, Dakota Caldwell, to have successfully defended a dissertation proposal. Titled "Neurodivergence in the In-Between Space", this research explores how neurodivergent individuals experience and navigate organizations in the "in-between space", such as nonprofits, voluntary associations, and social enterprises that operate between government and private business. The study uses a grounded theory methodology with semi-structured interviews to understand both the challenges and strengths that neurodivergent people bring to these organizations. We look forward to this research, Dakota.

06/08/2025

Now live: Our school's national public finance expert, Dr. Bartle explores The Big Beautiful Bill on "Consider This" with host Cathy Wyatt. A more than one-thousand-page document, it combines tax breaks, spending cuts, border security funding, and more. Learn how much more and, if approved by the Senate, what all of this could mean to Nebraskans.
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"Consider This..." is a weekly half-hour, prime time issues and information program produced by UNO Television. The program covers current topics that face today's society. Host Cathy Wyatt talks to the people making news and discusses issues important to our citizens.

06/07/2025

CONGRATS! Our PHD candidate Sheldon Brennenmann has successfully defended her dissertation proposal entitled "Trauma in the Classroom: A Qualitative Study of Active Shooter Drills." Sheldon is investigating how trauma can inform our understanding of emotional labor, resiliency, and burnout in public educators. Thanks for this relevant research.

More details on Sheldon and our other PHD students can be found in our PHD PROFILES BOOK: https://hubs.ly/Q03qXHsw0

06/06/2025

CONGRATS! We are excited to share our PHD candidate in public administration, Cam Botos, has successfully defended her dissertation proposal. Her committee members include Dr. Yu-Chen and Dr. Angela Eikenberry (U. of Connecticut) as co-chairs, and Drs. Jodi Benenson, Nuri Heckler, and Liam Heerten-Rodriguez (Grace Abbott School of Social Work).
Well-Done! Thanks for this relevant research; and we look forward to finished research!🎈👋

More details on Cam and our other PHD students can be found in our PHD PROFILES BOOK: https://hubs.ly/Q03plCGT0

06/05/2025

Fundraising Management Classes taught this summer by local experts. Join us! Details here: https://hubs.ly/Q03qcZw50

06/04/2025

CONGRATS! So proud of our PHD candidate in public administration, Kaci Richter, who has successfully defended her dissertation proposal this spring. Her committee members include Dr. Yu-Chen and Dr. Angela Eikenberry (U. of Connecticut) as co-chairs, and Drs. Jodi Benenson, Trang Hoang, and Adam Tyma (UNO College of Communication, Fine Arts and Media).
Well-Done! Thanks for this relevant research; and we look forward to finished research!🎈👋

More details on Kaci and our other PHD students can be found in our PHD PROFILES BOOK: https://hubs.ly/Q03plsxK0

06/03/2025