“I try to use my skill set for the greatest public good. Wherever there are opportunities to dig in and make a difference, that’s where I end up landing,” says Angela Carr Klitzsch, MPA’06, Nonprofit Management. Carr Klitzsch’s current landing pad is at the helm of EmployIndy. When she took the position as president and… Read more »
Entries by Leslie Wells
“We need more people like Jason.”
At just 5 years old, Jason Baker had already met his hero. Every day he watched that hero keep people safe. His hero didn’t clock out at 5 p.m., didn’t take holidays off, and didn’t hang up his cape. His hero was his father, Jerry Baker. A former police officer at IUPUI and O’Neill IUPUI… Read more »
Fueling the future of transportation leadership
It’s been 18 years since Brian Ness first attended the National Transportation Leadership Institute. He was just starting a new position when his boss told him to pack his bags for two weeks; he was heading to Indianapolis. “I felt there was no way I could spend two weeks away from work,” he says. “I… Read more »
Coroner’s office internship offers different view on crime scenes
O’Neill “You work a lot more with live people than you do with dead people.” That’s how Makayla Morris describes her internship with the Marion County Coroner’s Office. Morris spent the summer there and is now joining their ranks as a deputy coroner after she was offered a position before she even has her… Read more »
Borst Fellowship opens doors to O’Neill grad students
To apply for the Borst Fellowship for the upcoming legislative session, contact O’Neill Career Advisor Stacy Lozer at slozer@iupui.edu. Jordan Lett became a Borst Fellow while pursuing his MPA at the O’Neill School. What began as a fellowship focused on fiscal impact led him directly into his current job for the state budget agency. “This… Read more »
