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Harvard Kennedy
School
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HKS Mission and Commitment
Harvard Kennedy School Mission:
To train enlightened public leaders and generate the ideas
that provide answers to the world’s most challenging
public problems.
Our commitment:
To making a positive impact in the world.
About HKS
Offers five masters degree and four PhD programs, and four
executive education course programs
Comprises 45% international students from 90 countries in
master’s and doctoral degree programs
Enrolls 3,000 individuals in 34 executive education courses in
four portfolio areas each year.
Estimates 30,000 degreed and senior executive Alumni
representing 170 countries
Celebrates prominent alumni such as UN Secretary General
Ban Ki-Moon, World Bank President Robert Zellick, Mexico
President Felipe Calderon, Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong,
Liberia President Ellen Johnson, Hong Kong Chief Executive Sir
Donald Tsang
About HKS – Degree Programs
Provide students with the necessary skills in analysis, management,
and advocacy and with an ability to call on these skills under everchanging circumstances.
Master in Public Policy (MPP)
Master in Public Policy/Urban Planning (MPP/UP)
Master in Public Administration (MPA2)
Master in Public Administration/International Development
(MPA/ID)
Mid-Career Master in Public Administration (MC/MPA)
Harvard Kennedy School offers both joint and concurrent degrees
with selected professional schools at Harvard University.
About HKS: PhD Programs & Research Centers
PhD Programs
PhD in Public Policy
PhD in Political Economy and Government
PhD in Health Policy*
PhD in Social Policy *
Research Engines
Fifteen research centers
Over sixty research programs
*Applicants to the latter three programs must apply through Harvard University’s
Graduate School of Arts & Sciences.
About HKS - Executive Education
Give global executives from the public, private and non profit
sectors practical skills as well as a deeper analytical understanding
of policy and management challenges.
Performance Measurement for Effective Management of
Nonprofit Organizations
Governance as Leadership: Reframing the Work of Nonprofit
Boards
Leaders in Development: Managing Change in a Dynamic
World
Expanding Non-Governmental Organization Impacts
Purposes of Alumni Relations Office
Service
Connectivity
Networking
Promotion of School
Fund Raising
HKS Alumni Relations Activities
Database
Career Development (Mentors/Advisors)
Creation of Regional Associations
Continuous Outreach
HKS magazine
Website “Ask What You Can Do”
Virtual Connections (Emails)
Alumni Intellectual Engagements: Conference Call with
Professors, Forum Events and Fall Weekend
Alumni Reunion and Achievements Awards (Spring)
Fund Raising
HKS Alumni Relationships
HKS Alumni Association Board of Directors
International representative body of 30,000 HKS Alumni led
by 20 elected alumni leaders
Purposes of the Board:
Communicate the interests and concerns of HKS alumni
worldwide to the Dean, faculty, and students
Propose and support programs to enhance the well-being of
HKS alumni
Encourage communication of the School's activities, priorities,
and educational resources to alumni
Promote valuable networking among alumni
Act as a resource to HKS Alumni Associations worldwide
Purpose of Alumni Associations
Networking
Make a Difference
Camaraderie
Intellectual Growth
Scholarship Funds
Recognition of Achievements
Morale Support
Starting an Alumni Association
Requires a Champion and Core Group
Develop Vision and Mission Statements
Acquire the Data Base
Identify Successful Alumni
Raise Funds
Design Working Committees
Connect with School
Create Communications – website, emails groups,
public relations, media, etc.
Philippine HKS Alumni Foundation
Membership – degree, executive education, other
Harvard graduates in government (no fees)
Diversity of members – nationals and foreigners; public,
private and donor community
Officers and Board Members – elected every two years
Council of Advisors – highest appointed and elected
officials and CEOs
SEC registered Foundation – Fundraising
Working Committees - Events, Fundraising,
Communications
Philippine HKS Alumni Activities
Monthly Board of Directors Meeting
Recognition of Alumni Achievements (Appointments,
elections, deans, books published etc)
“How to Survive at HKS” for new students
Visit Harvard once a year - meet with students and HKS
Dean, faculty and staff
Celebrate and learn from returning new alumni
“Shaping the Debate” events as convener
Dinners with visiting professors
Fundraising through “Presidential Debate” and golf
tournaments for scholarships and expenses
Creating and updating website
Alumni Association Challenges
Longevity of Champion (s)
Sustainability of alumni interests
Creativity for intellectual and social growth
Availability of Operating Funds
Attracting New and Older Graduates
What do they get in return?
Or What can they give back?
Harvard Kennedy
School
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