Kevin Michel

Kevin Michel will complete his graduate fellowship with the Farm Credit Administration, Office of Secondary Market Oversight. Before starting his Master of Public Administration, Mr. Michel studied History and Philosophy at Bowling Green State University. While at BGSU, he worked at a local government administration consulting firm where he drafted comprehensive land use plans. During the first year of his MPA, Mr. Michel worked as a communications and policy intern at the State Science and Technology Institute writing articles for the weekly digest on topics ranging from industry disruption to government funding of basic research to the 2020 elections. He also contributed to projects on the organization’s policy priorities, social media engagement, and cluster initiatives.

Mr. Michel chose the MPA-DC program jump-start his career in DC, become more familiar with the policy environment, and develop a unique professional toolkit. Mr. Michel is looking to build upon his diverse policy interests while in DC. He believes that many of the policy problems in the world today are so complex that the only way to develop effective solutions is through a multidisciplinary and collaborative approach across a variety of policy fields. He hopes to retool and rethink the way government solves problems to create a fairer society.

Despite being nearly all virtual in his first year, Mr. Michel found the environment at the John Glenn College welcoming and supportive. He finds the balance between theory and practical application offered by the college to be an ideal method to study public administration. He has been able to refine his intellectual and professional skills while at the college and knows they will form the bedrock of his future career.