Insider NJ has named two Executive Master of Public Administration (EMPA) alumni from Rutgers–Camden – Dena Mottola Jaborska and Jigna Rao – to its 2025 Powerful Women of NJ list. In a featured story introducing this year’s honorees, New Jersey Assemblywoman Shavonda E. Sumter describes the list as a “carefully curated group of remarkable women”… continue reading
There are moments on campus when individual achievement becomes collective momentum. The recent induction ceremony for the Beta Mu chapter of the Alpha Alpha Alpha Honor Society – Tri-Alpha – was one of them, as graduate students from Rutgers Graduate School–Camden stood alongside undergraduate peers from across Rutgers–Camden to be recognized for academic excellence as… continue reading
After returning from service with the Peace Corps in Fiji, Hanan Allen sought a graduate program that aligned with her commitment to community development, international public service, and social impact. That search, prompted by a question posed by Public Affairs doctoral candidate Giovi Romero Sarubbi about how her Peace Corps experience shaped her next steps,… continue reading
From the EMPA classroom to the State Board table, James C. Williams is putting public administration into practice. A former student in the Executive Master of Public Administration program, Williams has been appointed to the New Jersey State Board of Education by Governor Phil Murphy, serving on the 13-member body responsible for adopting the administrative… continue reading
When stories about place are repeated often enough, they harden into “truth” – even when they are incomplete, flattened, or wrong. Angel Perez, an alum of the Master of Public Administration (MPA) program and a current student in the Emerging Media (MA) program, is working to interrupt that cycle. At the First-Generation, Lower-Income (FGLI) Consortium… continue reading
Students drawn to the Master of Public Administration — the graduate degree that prepares professionals for leadership in government and nonprofit settings — often look for faculty who can translate the complexities of policymaking into something usable. In this profile, Public Affairs PhD candidate Giovi Romero Sarubbi explores how Lecturer Sean W. Hadley does exactly… continue reading
