<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/about/newsroom/ubaltnews-mpa-student-on-power-of-public-service.cfm" dsn="blogs"><featured>true</featured><pubDate>12/23/2025</pubDate><title>MPA Student: 'The Most Dedicated People I Know Are My Public Service Colleagues'</title><description>Nicole Wojciechowski, an M.P.A. student and the Chief of Staff at the Maryland State Highway Administration, weighs in on the dedication of her colleagues in public service in an opinion piece written for PA Times, the newsletter of the American Society for Public Administration.</description><author>UBalt News</author><image><img src="https://www.ubalt.edu/about/newsroom/assets/images/2000x1500-mt-vernon-at-night.jpg" alt="The City of Baltimore, lit up at night"/></image><image-cap>Baltimore is home to many dedicated public servants, a number of whom earned their degrees and started their careers at The University of Baltimore</image-cap><quote/><quote-name/><quote-info/><tags><tag>College of Public Affairs</tag><tag>Main News</tag><tag>career</tag></tags></item>