{"id":8021,"date":"2026-06-14T03:05:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T03:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/ubmag\/?p=7465"},"modified":"2026-06-29T20:21:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T15:21:49","slug":"from-purpose-to-practice-a-legacy-of-public-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/ubmag\/from-purpose-to-practice-a-legacy-of-public-service\/","title":{"rendered":"From Purpose to Practice &#8211; A Legacy of Public Service"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8021\" class=\"elementor elementor-8021\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8853468 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8853468\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3a3141c\" data-id=\"3a3141c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a3bdbc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7a3bdbc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>BY ANNA RUSSELL\u00a0<br \/>ILLUSTRATIONS BY KOTRYNA ZUAUSKAITE<\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7466 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/ubmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1160\/2026\/06\/a4374ir1136_mod-744x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Hand holding a plate with glass dome. Contains a building with columns\" width=\"700\" height=\"963\" \/><\/p><p><strong>At its core, public service is about supporting communities, serving others and protecting the rights and interests of the public. Across state and party lines, these values are shared by both civil servants and elected officials. These also happen to be values many University of Baltimore alumni working in the public sector have in common.<\/strong><\/p><p>The University believes civic engagement is a fundamental human duty, and that belief is\u2014and has always been\u2014reflected in the way the school approaches education through service learning and applied practice. But in an era when public servants are often vilified, funding and jobs are cut, and capacity erodes, it\u2019s no wonder that students shy away from careers in the public sector.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div><\/div> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/ubmag\/from-purpose-to-practice-a-legacy-of-public-service\/#more-8021\" class=\"more-link elementor-more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading From Purpose to Practice &#8211; A Legacy of Public Service\">(more&hellip;)<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY ANNA RUSSELL\u00a0ILLUSTRATIONS BY KOTRYNA ZUAUSKAITE At its core, public service is about supporting communities, serving others and protecting the rights and interests of the public. Across state and party lines, these values are shared by both civil servants and elected officials. These also happen to be values many University of Baltimore alumni working in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4463,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/ubmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8021"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/ubmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/ubmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/ubmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4463"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/ubmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8021"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/ubmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8246,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/ubmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8021\/revisions\/8246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/ubmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/ubmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/ubmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}