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 Texas CPM Graduation Held at the Texas State Capitol
By Dr. Howard R. Balanoff
hb02@txstate.edu
On December 4, 2006, the Texas CPM Program, which is offered by Texas State University’s William P. Hobby Center for Public Service, held its bi-annual CPM Graduation at the Texas State Capitol. Delivering the graduation speech was Mr. Jack Martin, Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Public Strategies Inc. of Austin, Texas. Mr. Martin, a former Chairman of the Texas State University System Board of Regents, spoke about the ways in which public managers can meet the leadership and management challenges of the 21st Century. Mr. Martin was introduced by the Honorable Charles Matthews current Chancellor of the Texas State University System.
One of the highlights of the graduation was the induction of 51 CPM graduates into the Texas CPM Society and the American Academy for Certified Public Managers® (AACPM). The December 2006 CPM Graduation was very special as it featured the graduation of 21 CPM participants from the Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi. This was the first graduating CPM class for Texas A&M Corpus Christi’s CPM Program. The Director of the Texas A&M – Corpus Christi CPM Program is Professor Dan Jorgenson.
In addition to the induction of the CPM students, Mr. Jack Martin, the Graduation Speaker was presented with an Honorary CPM Diploma. Also honored at this CPM graduation was Ms. Stephanie Brim, Manager of the City of Huntsville, Texas who received a national Askew Award given annually by the American Academy of Certified Public Managers® for the best applied project in Texas.
After the graduation ceremony was concluded, a reception for the CPM graduates and their guests was held in the Capitol Grill at the Texas Capitol.
In addition to the 21 graduates of the Texas A&M – Corpus Christi CPM Program, the December 2006 graduates of the Texas CPM Program included 13 who graduated under the direction of Texas State University William P. Hobby Center for Public Service, four from the City of Houston CPM Program offered by Sam Houston State University, eight from the CPM Program offered by the University of Texas at Arlington and five from Stephen F. Austin State University’s CPM Program.
The next Texas CPM graduation ceremony is scheduled for June 11, 2007, also at the Texas State Capitol.
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