Students and Alumni
Public administration students find
both the experience of earning their academic degrees and the results of
those credentials to be highly rewarding. Here is what they tell us:
"It's not anything like you think it is."
- Michael MacDonald, Manager, Mount
Desert, ME
"The program taught me to think at a
different level. . . . It's helping me now to deal with situations and
has opened up possibilities for me that I would not have had otherwise."
- Chris Montagna, Forensic Chemist,
Maine State Police Crime Lab
"The MPA program offers a wealth of
educational opportunity for Maine State Government employees. I've
enjoyed the convenience of evening class offerings in Augusta. The
faculty are down-to-earth and intellectually well-versed."
- David Leach, Maine State Govt
"Public administration allows students
to think freely and express opinions in a comfortable atmosphere."
- Shirar Wilder, UMaine Resident
Director
"The professor-student relationships
are unmatchable!"
-
James Leger, UMaine Hockey Player
"For me, the mix of students with their
varied backgrounds and cultures is part of the uniqueness of the
program."
- Ken
Sweeney, Maine Dept. of Transportation
"The MPA's Augusta program has enabled
me to upgrade my skills as an administrator in a nonprofit agency. This
would have been extremely difficult without the Augusta outreach."
- John Markoe, Goodwill-Hinkle
"One of the parts of the MPA program
that continues to surprise me is the number of MPA grads in key spots
around the State. It's a real benefit . . . having that common
experience with those people."
- Richard Michaud, Manager, Saco,
ME
"The MPA program really turned my life
around. I went from sweeping floors to sweeping generalizations about
public policy. I learned interesting and practical things about public
policy, . . loved the interplay among professors and students, and . . .
made friends across the Maine professional community."
- Peter Nielsen, Manager, Wilton,
ME
