University of Nebraska Public Policy Center


June 18, 2013NU | UNL | UNMC | UNO | UNK | IANR 

News and Events

PPC Graduate Student Appointed to Fellowship Program

Joseph Hamm, a Public Policy Center Graduate research assistant and doctoral student in psychology and law, was one of eight UNL students to be appointed to the Center for Great Plains Studies 2013 Graduate Fellows Program.

According to the press release the program "provides a place for select graduate students to work, meet, obtain support, learn from fellow students, engage with Center faculty and staff, benefit from the center's resources and progress in their studies."

Program Management and Integration Services

The Center brings high-level expertise in managing and integrating projects, from small to statewide and from short-term to multi-year. Examples of the Center’s program integration and management services include: managing the work of multiple committees and boards to achieve a common purpose, negotiating with sub-contractors, agenda-setting and convening meetings and conferences, developing informational materials, overseeing research, coordinating drafting and passage of legislation and administrative rule change, advising client at decision points, grant and contract writing, planning and implementing projects and programs, ensuring open communication among stakeholders, and evaluating process and outcome results.