Alumni Spotlights and Events
Alumni Spotlights and Events
Celebrating the Class of '77: Turning dreams Into achievements
For 45 years, we've been producing thinkers and doers with the passion and imagination to attack today's challenges.
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LBJ School graduate shaping Republican Party conversation with platform amendment on same-sex marriage
LBJ School graduate Rachel Hoff, who made history as the first openly gay person to sit on the Republican Platform Committee, presented an amendment to the committee last week that would acknowledge the shifting sentiments towards same-sex marriage within the Republican Party. Hoff, who serves
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Nature Conservancy Texas State Director and award-winning LBJ alumna Laura Huffman delivered the 2016 LBJ School commencement address
Laura Huffman, Texas state director for The Nature Conservancy and recipient of the LBJ School Alumni Association’s 2016 Distinguished Public Service Award, delivered the formal commencement address to the LBJ School of Public Affairs class of 2016 on May 21, 2016 in the LBJ Auditorium.
Read moreLBJ School alumnus O'Neill named UT Graduate School's 2016 Outstanding Alumnus
LBJ School alumnus Joseph O'Neill (MPAff '73) has been named UT Graduate School's Outstanding Alumnus for 2016. This award recognizes an alumnus/a of the Graduate School for academic or professional achievements since graduating from the university.
Read moreTexas state director for The Nature Conservancy and award-winning LBJ alumna Laura Huffman delivered the 2016 LBJ School commencement address
AUSTIN, Texas, June 2, 2016 — Laura Huffman, Texas state director for The Nature Conservancy and recipient of the LBJ School alumni association's 2016 Distinguished Public Service Award, delivered the formal commencement address to the LBJ School of Public Affairs class of 2016 on May 21, 2016
Read moreLaura Huffman named recipient of the 2016 LBJ School Alumni Association Distinguished Public Service Award
The LBJ School of Public Affairs and the LBJ School National Alumni Board are pleased to announce the 26th recipient of the Distinguished Public Service Award (DPSA): Laura Huffman, a 1991 graduate with a Master in Public Affairs.
Read moreJacqueline Homann (MGPS '15) — Three young Chattanoogans provide new way to analyze school spending
The Metro Ideas Project, a team of three young thinkers is tackling the complexities of Hamilton County education spending and working to present that information in a digestible and engaging way to help inform lawmakers and taxpayers alike. Its members include the project's executive director,
Read moreThe Q&A: Laura Huffman (MPAff '91)
Laura Huffman (MPAff '91) is the state director of the Nature Conservancy in Texas. The Nature Conservancy released a new interactive online application called the Texas Freshwater Explorer, which compiles data and analysis on all of Texas' 23 river basins and 30 aquifers. In this interview with
Read moreRodney Ellis (MPAff '77) named Texan of the Year
Three state legislators — Houston Sens. Rodney Ellis and John Whitmire, and Rep. Ruth Jones McClendon of San Antonio — decided the state needed a wake-up call in terms of criminal justice. The three Democrats rallied some of the staunchest conservatives in the House and Senate to their cause of
Read moreTravis County, TX forges new territory in voting machines (Dana DeBeauvoir MPAff '81)
With the nation facing what a January government report described as an “impending crisis” in voting technology, officials in Travis County are taking matters into their own hands by seeking to create a unique, next-generation system of voting
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