Rachel Santos graduated from the O’Neill School in 2018 with her MPA in policy analysis. Yet her commitment to community engagement began during her undergraduate studies. Santos says she found her passion while working for IU South Bend’s American Democracy Project. It was there that she served as an event coordinator, organizing 10 candidate forums,… Read more »
In his four years of nonprofit and public service experience, O’Neill public affairs major Matthew Watkins has been busy. Among the many projects he took on in addition to his schoolwork, Watkins created a local veteran resource database in South Bend, connected people to resources to transition to sobriety, worked on community outreach and grant… Read more »
Ashleigh Wethington, who finished her criminal justice degree with O’Neill in December, says if someone would have told her three years ago that she would be an award recipient she would never have believed them. During her sophomore year, Wethington was the victim of a violent assault that resulted in extensive injuries and prolonged recovery… Read more »
Carlstedt, who has served as president and CEO of the Indianapolis Neighborhood Housing Partnership for the past 21 years, was presented with the John L. Krauss Award for Public Policy Innovation. The biennial award is given to an individual or entity for applied research or activity that helps the state of Indiana and/or Indiana communities… Read more »
On Friday, April 26, a fleet of yellow bicycles will depart from IUPUI at 9 a.m. and spread out across downtown Indianapolis. These teams of students have a collective goal of gathering as much trash as possible from Indy’s streets and parks, and recycling anything they can. In 2015, the O’Neill School’s student council… Read more »
