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It has been some time since we’ve last visited you by way of CUPPA Magazine – although I hope you will have seen our monthly email publication, CUPPABriefing, and have visited our website at www.uic.edu/cuppa. If not, |
do check the website often as we post the most up to date news and announcements for alumni and friends. You’ll also notice a new section expanding on the information provided in this magazine. Many developments have moved our college forward in our quest for continued national and international prominence over the last year. We’ve hired new faculty and staff; we’ve said good-bye to a few. We’ve recruited top students in both the Public Administration and Urban Planning and Policy masters and PhD programs. We’ve raised more funds for students and for faculty research than ever before, and we have set new far-reaching goals to continue our successes. I am thrilled to be able to record a truly major step forward in the life of the college – in June 2006 the Illinois Board of Higher Education approved our proposal to create an entirely new undergraduate program. Set to launch in the fall of 2007, CUPPA will offer a Bachelor of Arts with a major in Urban and Public Affairs. We expect about 20 undergraduate students to enter the first year of this dynamic interdisciplinary program – a program designed to appeal to future leaders of the multi-cultural city - and to grow the intake in the years ahead. Over the past year, the Urban Planning and Policy (UPP) program received accreditation from the Planning Accreditation Board after an in depth examination of the program. The board was very positive in their comments on the educational experience we offer and we have received formal recognition through to 2010. For students this provides a highly valued quality stamp of approval from senior figures in the profession. It guarantees that the education received in UPP is of the best. For alumni, it gives your degree renewed significance among your peers – it speaks to the high standards that you uphold in your profession. Since the inception of an accrediting program for Public Administration, CUPPA’s PA program has been recognized under the guidelines of the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration. This next year, PA will once again undergo a rigorous accreditation review process. We look forward to this challenge and we will keep you updated on our results. Embarking on my fifth year as dean of CUPPA, I thank you for the support you’ve given me and the college over these last few years. The significant strides forward we’ve taken and the success we have achieved couldn’t have come without your contributions as class speakers, mentors, course and event attendees, advisors, and donors. Please continue to support us and let us know what we can do for you. Robin Hambleton |
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You should know – CUPPA - It’s Your College
Degree Programs
- The Urban Planning and Policy program is the largest graduate planning school in the country
- The Public Administration program is the only National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA) accredited Master of Public Administration program in the city of Chicago and is ranked 6th by US News and World Report in the area of city management
- CUPPA has 46 tenure and research faculty
Student Population
- The 2006 CUPPA student enrollment was 330.
- Roughly 58,18% are Caucasian, 15.45% are African-American, 10.3% are Hispanic and 8.79% are Asian
- More than 10% of CUPPA Students are from countries other than the United States.
- 36% of CUPPA students are supported through graduate assistantships that provide students with a tuition and fee waiver and a competitive salary for part-time work. Many other students are assisted by scholarships provided by CUPPA, UIC, and other public administration and urban planning organizations.
- 43% of CUPPA students are full-time students (registered for 12 or more credit hours per semester). A majority of these students also work full or part-time while pursuing their degrees
Graduates
- CUPPA has over 1,600 graduates.
- 15% of CUPPA alumni are members of the University of Illinois Alumni Association
- 24% of CUPPA alumni have made a gift to the college
- CUPPA alumni live and work in 42 different states in the US, and 9 different countries including Austria, Canada, France, Israel, Japan and Scotland.
- CUPPA alumni include: the President and CEO of Children’s Memorial Hospital, the Vice President of External Relations for Metropolitan Planning Council, the Government Affairs Specialist at Pace, the City Manager of Las Cruces, NM, the Fire Chief of Elmhurst Fire Department, Senior Planners, Senior Policy Analysts, Executive Directors, Police Officers, Captains and Sergeants, Professors, Presidents and Vice-Presidents, Zoning and Village Administrators, Auditors, Commissioners, Regional and Community Development Directors, Consultants, Analysts, Loan Officers, and Public Information Officers.