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Emergency Management & Homeland Security

Emergency Management & Homeland Security
The Emergency Management and Homeland Security Leadership Program provides a foundation in the core concepts, contemporary practices, and theories of emergency and crisis management. Join us in Fall 2013!
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The torch is passing...

The torch is passing...
...and the time for public service renewal is now upon us. Enlist the intelligence, fresh ideas, and energy of truly exceptional graduate students and post-graduate students who are passionate about public service by sponsoring an Oregon or Hatfield Resident Fellow.
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Executive Master of Public Administration

Executive Master of Public Administration
The EMPA is designed for ambitious and forward-looking public and nonprofit professionals. The second application deadline for the Fall, 2013 cohort is close at hand: May 1. Apply now, or click below for more details.
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In servitute rei publicae vitam dedicavit

A life dedicated to public service

Headquartered in the Hatfield School of Government at Portland State University, the Center for Public Service (CPS) is a team of trainers, practitioners, consultants, and academic professionals who specialize in the distinctiveness of public service leadership at the local level.

With decades of experience delivering high quality training and research products to public agencies from the Pacific Northwest and around the world, CPS offers the cost competitiveness of a not-for-profit organization, the intellectual content of a leading academic center, and the client-driven flexibility of a traditional consulting firm.