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service is a discipline practiced at many levels:
local, national, and international often with ripple
effects across each. Through grassroots contributions
and global applications, students pursuing a public
and nonprofit management major acquire a deep understanding
of the many contexts in which public and nonprofit
organizations operate.
GSPIA's Nonprofit Clinic provides
both an internship and outreach opportunity for
students.
Teams of students and faculty provide technical assistance
and capacity-building expertise to area nonprofit
organizations, with the focus on those organizations
serving the most needy citizens in our community.
Students
enrolled in this program put theory into practice
in a variety of settings. For example, one recent
public and nonprofit management major helped North
Hills Community Outreach, a collaborative of social
service agencies, manage a large federal grant to
promote faith-based services. By designing and implementing
the grant, the student developed an understanding
of the economic and social driving factors behind
the grant at the federal level, as well as the necessary
strategies to ensure the program's success.
Pittsburgh
provides an ideally located, strategic laboratory
for the study of public service. Students interested
in national programming may take advantage of strong
connections with GSPIA alumni who work in the federal
agencies, offices of elected officials, and nonprofit
organizations of Washington, D.C., which is a half-day's
drive away and provides many internship opportunities.
State-level work is available in Harrisburg .
Regionally,
students can complete summer jobs or internships in
Pittsburgh , a city in the midst of an economic transformation
with 130 municipalities, more than 40 school districts,
and more than 100 special government authorities.
The city also ranks among the top 15 in the nation
in terms of philanthropic dollars per capita, so students
may access a diverse and well-endowed foundation sector
with some of the largest private and community foundations
in the country.
Our curriculum
stresses responsible leadership, and our students
develop the skills to diagnose leadership challenges
and opportunities from a variety of ethical and moral
frameworks. Our interdisciplinary approach draws from
a variety of fields, such as philosophy, law, organizational
design, and political science. We give students the
skills they need to meet the challenges of a world
in which services increasingly span boundaries among
business, government, and nonprofit organizations.
If you look
forward to the opportunity to leverage change in a
mixed economy across many settings, we invite you
to contact us for a more detailed dialogue about the
Public and Nonprofit Management major.
Click
to download (PDF Document) the Plan of Study for the
Major in Public and Nonprofit Management
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