MASTER OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
&
MASTER OF HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
WHO WE SERVE
Students interested in leading and managing
public-serving organizations in the
• Government sector
• Nonprofit sector
• Healthcare sector
Where our students come from
• West MI (80%)
• Metro Detroit (6%)
• remainder of MI (6%)
• other states (5%)
• abroad (3%) *
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Armenia
Comoros
Ghana
Germany
India (2)
Kenya (2)
Kyrgyzstan
Kazakhstan
Mexico (2)
• Nepal
• Poland (16)
• Romania
• Russia
• Saudi Arabia (2)
• Uzbekistan
• Venezuela
• Zimbabwe (2)
* MPA and MHA degrees awarded to noncitizens in last 5 years
Age and gender of our students
Race / ethnicity of our students
Asian 3%
Mixed 1%
Hispanic 4%
Black 11%
White 82%
What we look for in prospective students
• Grade point average of 3.0 or better in last 60
credits of undergraduate work
• We also will consider
– Work experience
– GRE scores
– Success in post graduate courses
– Recommendations from informed sources
WHERE WE TEACH
• downtown locations
– DeVos Center
– Eberhard Center
– Cook-DeVos Health Science Center
• convenient times
– Weeknights 6-8:50PM (once per week)
– Alternating Saturdays 9AM – 2:50PM
– Late afternoons (twice a week)
– Hybrid (mix of online and in-person delivery)
WHAT WE TEACH
Government
Management
Nonprofit
Management
MPA w/Public Management
MPA w/Regional Planning
MPA w/ Nonprofit Management
Graduate Certificate in Nonprofit Leadership
Management
of public-serving
organizations
Healthcare
Management
MHA
MPA w/Health Administration
Cooperative areas
MPA w/CJ concentration
MSW/MPA dual degree
MBA w/ Health emphasis
The MPA Curriculum (39-42 credits)
• Core: 12 credits
• Internship: 0-3 credits
• Concentration:15 credits
• Electives: 9 credits
• Capstone: 3 credits
THE MPA CURRICULUM
Core / Internship / Concentration / Electives / Capstone
Core (12 credits)
• Foundations of Public Management
• Research Methods
• Organization Theory
• Human Resource Management
THE MPA CURRICULUM
Core / Internship / Concentration / Electives / Capstone
Internship (3 credits)
required for pre-career students only
• 300 hours with a public or nonprofit
organizations
THE MPA CURRICULUM
Core / Internship / Concentration / Electives / Capstone
Concentration (15 credits)
choose:
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Public Management (19%)
Nonprofit Management (41%)
Healthcare Management (17%)
Urban/Regional Policy & Planning (14%)
Criminal Justice (9%)
THE MPA CURRICULUM
Core / Internship / Concentration / Electives / Capstone
Electives (9 credits)
choose (mix and match):
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Additional courses in concentration areas
Additional internship hours
Courses from other concentrations
Courses from other graduate programs
Weekend career-building workshops
THE MPA CURRICULUM
Core / Internship / Concentration / Electives / Capstone
Capstone (3 credits)
choose:
• Management Seminar
• Thesis *
• Exit Project
* A thesis requires 6 credits. 3 credits of elective may be used for thesis credits.
The MHA Curriculum (42-45 credits)
• Level 1 (management core): 12 credits
• Level 2 (healthcare core): 12 credits
• Level 3 (specialization):12 credits
• Level 4 (capstone): 6-9 credits
THE MHA CURRICULUM
Level 1 / Level 2 / Level 3 / Level 4
Management Core (12 credits)
• Health Administration and Services
• Research Methods
• Human Resources
• Organization Theory
THE MHA CURRICULUM
Level 1 / Level 2 / Level 3 / Level 4
Healthcare Core (12 credits)
• U.S. Health Policy and Politics
• Health Services Financial Management
• Health Economics
• Health Care Law and Ethics
THE MHA CURRICULUM
Level 1 / Level 2 / Level 3 / Level 4
Specialization (12 credits)
choose from:
• Strategic Management
and Planning
• Hospital Administration
• Ambulatory Care
Management
• Long Term Care
Management
• Marketing
• Epidemiology
• Health Information
Management
• Policy Analysis
• GIS
• Gerontology
THE MHA CURRICULUM
Level 1 / Level 2 / Level 3 / Level 4
Capstone (6-9 credits)
• Internship 1*
• Internship 2 (for pre-career students only)
• Management Seminar
* Students with 3 or more year of experience may substitute an elective
Recent MPA / MHA Internship Placements
• Baker College
• Child and Family
Resource Council
• City of Frankfort
• Covenant Village of
the Great Lakes
• Covenant Village of
the Great Lakes
• Department of the
State (Michigan)
• Dorothy A. Johnson
Center
• Eurasia Foundation
• Grand Rapids
Community
Foundation
• Grand Valley Metro
Council
• Hackley Hospital
• Ottawa County
Administration
Office
• Planned Parenthood
• Primary Care
Association
• Priority Health
• Public Sector
Consultants, Inc.
• Spectrum Health
• St. Mary's Hospital
• The Right Place
• U.S. Department of
Commerece
WHO WE ARE
Our regular faculty are all Ph.D. prepared
All tenured and tenure-track faculty have doctoral degrees from leading
universities
Faculty Depth Chart
Finance &
Budget
Public Policy
Research
Methods
Information
Technology
Gerontology
Evil
Nonprofit
Sector
Economics
Urban Studies
Health
Admin.
Organization
Theory
Grant Writing
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Although high quality teaching is the primary value for the faculty, the SPNHA
faculty members are dedicated to supporting their graduate level teaching with
active scholarship. In the past five years, SPNHA faculty have written articles
appearing in the following periodicals:
• Administration &
Society
• Comparative
Technology Transfer
and Society
• Government
Information Quarterly
• Human Resources for
Health
• International Journal of
Public Administration
• Journal of Health and
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Social Policy
• Journal of Public Affairs •
Education
• Journal of Public
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Budgeting, Accounting, &
Financial Management •
• Nonprofit Management
and Leadership
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• Organization &
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Environment
Public Administration
Quarterly
Public Administration
Review
Public Finance &
Management
Public Performance and
Management Review
Public Voices
Social Science Quarterly
Our adjunct faculty are professionals
who are willing to share their combined 250+ years of experience
• Teri Behrens:
25 years as a foundation program officer
• J. Devereaux Butler:
13 years as an organizational development consultant
• Ryan Cotton:
15 years as a city manger
• Linda Falstad:
20 years as a grant researcher and writer
• Dr. Susan Johnson:
15 years as a nonprofit executive
• Richard Kline:
14 years in managing long-term care facilities
• Peter Letzmann:
40 years as a local government attorney
• Allison Lugo Knapp:
8 years in grant-making professional training
• Jeremy Pyne:
8 years as a GIS specialist
• Michael Reagan:
25 years in nonprofit management
• Paula Schuiteman Bishop: 7 year in nonprofit management/leadership roles
• Nathan Stead:
3 years as an attorney in health & technology law
• Dr. Joe Soper:
35 years managing in the court system
• Frank Wash:
13 years as a city and township planner
WHAT ARE OUR GRADUATES DOING?
managing cities
Doug LaFave
MPA 2006
Patrick Waterman
MPA 2010
City Manager
City of Grant
City Manager
City of Hudsonville
Lynne Ladner
MPA 2005
City Administrator
City of Hiawatha
(Hiawatha, KS)
Martin Super
MPA 2009
City Manager
City of Sparta
improving healthcare
Dawne Bell
MPA 2005
Executive Director
Carrie Tingley
Hospital Foundation
(Albuquerque, NM)
Korrie Ottenwess
MPA 2003
Quality Manager
Kalamazoo Community
Mental Health
Cortney Lawler
MHA 2010
Program / Data Analyst
Michigan Public
Health Institute
Liz Harper Roe
MPA 2002
Outreach Director
American Academy
of Physician Assistants
(Washington, DC)
leading nonpofits
Steve Faber
MPA 2004
Executive Director
Friends of Grand
Rapids Parks
Megan Koops-Fisher
MPA 2007
Wojtek Solak
MPA 2009
Director
Communications Officer
Allegan County
Global Movement
Great Start Collaborative
for Children
(Barcelona, Spain)
Chris Stallworth
MPA 2010
Program Director
West Michigan
TEAM
evaluating impacts
David Bleckley
MPA 2007
Michal Kubicki
MPA 2003
Evaluation Specialist
Economic Analyst
Hawai‘i P-20
DG Enterprise & Industry
Partnerships for Education European Commission
(Honolulu, HI )
(Brussels, Belgium)
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Mike Soltis
MHA 2009
Maria Gajewski
MPA 2005
Research Associate
Michigan Public
Health Institute
Manager / Proprietor
Changing River
Consulting
mapping places
Jeremy Pyne
MPA 2005
Jiayu Wang
MPA 2007
Chris West
MPA 2009
Nick Monoyois
MPA 2010
GIS Specialist
Community Research
Institute
Environmental Analyst
Environmental Services
(Columbia, SC)
Associate Planner
Oshtemo Charter
Township
Transportation Planner
The Rapid
building capacity
Lauri Parks
MPA 2002
City Clerk
City of Grand Rapids
Roger Belknap
MPA 2009
Public Works Director
City of Cedar Springs
Jill May
MPA 2003
Megan Sall
MPA 2007
Development Director Asst. Program Manager
Urban Institute for International City/County
Contemporary Art
Managers Association
(Washington, DC)
enriching education
John Huebler
MPA 2006
Director of Development –
Major Gifts
Univ. of Illinois at Chicago
(Chicago, IL)
Daniel
Michael Schavey Rinsema-Sybenga
MPA 2005
MPA 2007
Associate Director
GRCC Academic
Service Learning
Public Information
Manager
Muskegon
Community College
Shawn Watson
MPA 2006
Student Services
Coordinator
GVSU Muskegon
Regional Center
empowering women
Ainur Nurtay
MPA 2009
Mary Daily Brown
MPA 2010
Ashley Nickles
MPA 2006
Melissa Miller
MPA 2010
Development Director
Association for
Women's Empowerment
(Shymkent, Kazakhstan)
President
Sowhope Foundation
Assistant Director
GVSU Women’s Center
General Manager
Alpha Women’s Center