In the News: Steven Lux
Lux Discusses the Veterans Program for Politics and Civic Engagement With WSHU
“Folks that are in the U.S. military are some of the most highly trained, capable people in the world,” explains Steven Lux, director of Executive Education. “The amount of money that we invest—appropriately, I would argue—in our military, you just don’t want it to go to waste in a way,” Lux says.
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Humphrey Fellows Begin 10-Month Program
With a robust orientation behind them, eleven Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows from 10 emerging democracies and developing countries have embarked on a 10-month program involving graduate study, professional development and cultural exchange.
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Executive Education Offers New Strategy Course for Military Leaders
The Discipline and Practice of Strategy was designed “to give participants knowledge of strategy as a specific discipline, an awareness of its application to the special class of challenges that truly warrant its exercise, and a toolkit of how to think strategically, formulate strategies and act with strategic coherence.”
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From Alliance to International: The Global Transformation of Save the Children
Humphrey Fellows return home with proposals to lead change
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2021 One University Awards Recipients Include Several from Maxwell
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Online pivot offers new options for Executive Education programs
“We were fortunate to have some experience with online education prior to the pandemic. Our work with the online executive master of public administration and other online training programs enabled an easier transition,” says Steven Lux, director of the Executive Education Program.
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Lux addresses international conference on COVID-19 challenges
“A key aspect of the Humphrey Fellowship program at Maxwell is the ability for fellows to generate a transformative impact upon return to their countries,” says Steven Lux, director of Maxwell’s Executive Education program. “We strive to maintain these connections as it both informs theory and practice.”
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Urge to Serve
A new program helps veterans convert their sense of community investment to civic engagement and political office.
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Veterans Program for Politics featured on Connecting Vets radio
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Maxwell School expands connection with Kazakhstan
“We enjoy working with students from Kazakhstan because they are so appreciative of their opportunity to study at the Maxwell School,” says Steve Lux, director of the Executive Education program. “Every one of them are eager to apply what they have learned to the challenges facing their country."
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Veterans in Politics initiative featured in Wash Times, ConnectingVets
The new Veterans in Politics program is designed to help veterans and military family members who aspire to public office or another form of a political career.
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Lux, Armstrong discuss new Veterans in Politics program on WSYR
Steve Lux, director of Executive Education, and Maxwell alumnus Nick Armstrong '08 M.P.A./'14 Ph.D. (SSc), IVMF senior director of research and policy, claim the new program will help veterans and military family members who aspire to public office or another form of a political career.
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Maxwell Perspective: On the Front Lines of the Arab Spring
Since 2007, the U.S. State Department has funded Maxwell to host up-and-coming Middle Eastern leaders and academics interested in bringing democratic traditions back to their homelands. Little did anyone guess how quickly and dramatically democracy would assert itself throughout that region — where these special Maxwell alumni have sometimes played direct roles.