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The Center for Public and Nonprofit Management (CPNM) at the
University of Central Florida is a recognized academic center that utilizes collaborative partnerships between faculty members, students and community members to improve the understanding and practice of public and nonprofit management through research, teaching and service.

We serve the public and nonprofit sectors' research, education and service needs in the Central Florida community and beyond.

Our Mission

The mission of the Center for Public and Nonprofit Management at the University of Central Florida is to strengthen communities through relevant research by faculty and students and through capacity building services to public and nonprofit organizations.

 

Community members
CPNM Director, Thomas Bryer (second
from right), leads a workshop for community members.

CPNM Goals

Faculty research will strive to be relevant and useful for our diverse stakeholders, including local, regional, statewide, national, and international practitioners, and domestic and international public administration, planning, research administration, and nonprofit management scholars. Faculty research will serve as a fulcrum to challenge scholars and practitioners to strengthen communities.

Faculty research will be problem oriented, theory driven, and inter-disciplinary. Faculty will strive for a high degree of community involvement and interaction.

Core Research Areas

1. Collaborative Governance

2. Democracy and Citizen Engagement

3. Diversity and Inclusiveness

4. Sustainability

 


Related Links

The University of Central Florida
http://www.ucf.edu/

The University of Central Florida College of Health and Public Affairs
http://www.cohpa.ucf.edu/

The University of Central Florida School of Public Administration
http://www.cohpa.ucf.edu/pubadm/

The Central Florida Nonprofit Nexus
http://reach.ucf.edu/~nonprofit_nexus/

ARNOVA, Association for Research on Nonprofit Organization and Voluntary Action
http://www.arnova.org/

ASPA, American Society for Public Administration
http://www.aspanet.org/

Central Florida Chapter of the American Society for Public Administration
http://centflaspa.wordpress.com/

ICMA, International City/County Management Association
http://icma.org/

FCCMA, Florida City and County Management Association
http://www.fccma.org/


 

LATEST NEWS


Center-Hosted VISTA Program
UCF graduates have an opportunity to help homeless children in Seminole and Orange counties through a new program hosted by the Center for Public and Nonprofit Management.

Learn more

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Trust In Government

Drs. Bryer and Wang are quoted in a recent column in Governing magazine. Go to the article

 

Strengthening Communities Videos
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"Strengthening Communities. Changing Lives. - in Central Florida"
Learn how the Strengthening Communities in Central Florida Program helped 82 nonprofits in 2010 and 2011.

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»"Helping Nonprofits"
Learn how the center is helping local nonprofits become more efficient in an episode of UCFTV's "Public Affairs Today" show. Or, click on the link above to watch it on YouTube.

Sister Ann Kendrick of Hope CommUnity Center
The "Public Affairs Today" episode includes a segment about Hope CommUnity Center, a nonprofit in Apopka, Fla.

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Service-Learning

The CPNM works to provide opportunities for faculty and students to work collaboratively to help meet real needs of government and nonprofit agencies in Central Florida, to strengthen communities, and to enhance lives. These opportunities not only provide needed service to the community, but they help develop students through experience and structured reflection.

 

4000 Central Florida Boulevard, HPA II, Suite 238 . Orlando, Florida . 32816-1395 . Ph (407)823-3794 . Fax: (407)823-5651 cpnm@mail.ucf.edu