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About SPNHA

The School of Public, Nonprofit, and Health Administration (SPNHA) at Grand Valley State University is housed within the College of Community and Public Service.  SPNHA offers seven programs - a Public and Nonprofit Administration major (PNA), a Public  Administration minor, a Nonprofit Administration minor, an American Humanics certificate, a Master of Public Administration (MPA), a Master of Health Administration (MHA), and a Graduate Certificate in Nonprofit Leadership (GCNL).

Our faculty and students are active contributors to local communities, professional organizations, and research communities. For example, undergraduate PA majors completed over 3,400 hours of community outreach and service-learning over the past academic year. This includes 29 who participated in Alternative Spring Break projects in New Orleans. Other community service projects have been coordinated with Habitat for Humanity, Africa’s Child Retail Store, Hudsonville’s United Church of Christ, Vox United, Lutheran Services, and Relay for Life.

Three new student scholarships became available to SPNHA students: The Valerie P. Eggert Distinguished Scholarship in Philanthropy, the Caprice R. Wagner Memorial Scholarship and the Kurt Kimball Scholarship in City Management. Twenty of our undergraduate students receive Next Generation Nonprofit Leaders Scholarships through American Humanics. This means that $90,000 worth of scholarships have gone to support students doing internships with public-serving organizations in West Michigan.

In May of 2011, SPNHA hosted the 33rd Annual Teaching Public Administration Conference, which brought PA faculty from around the world to Grand Rapids.  For the next four years, SPNHA will host the Secretariat of the Association for Budgeting and Financial Management.