Texas State’s public administration program now has a “Manager in Residence,” James Earp, the Assistant City Manager of Kyle. The Manager is Residence program is a project of the Texas City Manager’s Association designed to give public administration students a chance to interact on a regular basis with an official in local government and to understand the importance of public service at the local level. In this capacity, he has been speaking to MPA and sustainability classes and meeting with public administration students, as well as working with Texas State’s Career Services program. This spring, he’ll be doing a graduate school shoptalk to help students explore careers in local government, and conducting An Emerging Local Government Leader (ELGL #Inspire) workshop to educate students about public service at the local level. The public administration faculty at Texas State University are committed to affording BPA and MPA students opportunities to gain practitioner perspectives on governance and administration. The introduction of the MIR program at our university is an important step in that direction.
For more information on Texas State’s Manager in Residence program, please contact Dr. Nandhini Rangarajan at nr11@txstate.edu.
