Pi Alpha Alpha

The purpose of Pi Alpha Alpha National Honor Society is to encourage and recognize outstanding scholarship and accomplishment in public affairs and administration, to promote the advancement of education and practice in the art and science of public affairs and administration, and to foster integrity, professionalism and creative performance in the conduct of governmental and related public service activities.

Pi Alpha Alpha shares offices and staff with the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration.  NASPAA is a professional education association dedicated to the advancement of education, training, and research in public policy and administration.  The Association's membership consists of the undergraduate and graduate education programs in public affairs and administration of more than 250 academic institutions in the United States.  Affiliated with NASPAA are many federal, state, and local government agencies, university public affairs and administration programs in other nations, and national public interest groups all of whom share a concern for improving the quality of public management.

For more information about Pi Alpha Alpha contact Dr. Daniel Hummel the Faculty Advisor and Pi Alpha Alpha Program Administrator. Dr. Hummel may be contacted at dhummel@bowiestate.edu or at 301-860-4003.

THE HISTORY OF THE BOWIE STATE UNIVERSITY PI ALPHA ALPHA HONOR SOCIETY

During the fall 2009 academic semester, five graduate Bowie State University scholars matriculating in the Master's in Public Administration (MPA) program, united by a common pursuit of high scholarly achievement, petitioned the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration to request permission to charter a Pi Alpha Alpha Honor Society on Bowie's campus.  It was their desire to promote and encourage academic achievement amongst their peers and future graduates of the program.  Equally important was their desire to tout and honor outstanding scholarly achievement by students in the MPA program.  The organizing members with the assistance of the Department Chair Dr. Marion H. Harris labored diligently to charter the chapter which resides in the Department of Management, Marketing and Public Administration.  The student’s hard work assisted in the successful establishment on January 14, 2010 a Pi Alpha Alpha Honor Society Charter in the Department of Management, Marketing and Public Administration at Bowie State University.  The organizing student committee members were:

Andrea BakerYvonne CrockettJacqueline GreelyTanisha Hamblin JohnsonLoretta Tillery

Inaugural Induction of the Bowie State University Chapter of Pi Alpha Alpha National Honor Society Saturday, May 1, 2010

Front Row: Diann Dawson, Esq; Flora Burgess; Jacqueline Greely; Tonya Tart; Michelle Marshall. Back Row: Dr. Marion H. Harris, Chair; Dr. Archie Morris, III; Dr. Kevin Glasper; Tanisha Hamblin Johnson; Lorise White Wolfe; Loretta Tillery, President; Oscar Elundu. Not pictured: Andrea Baker and Yvonne Crockett