Delta Charter Township, MI – The Michigan Townships Association has awarded Mason Brudzinski its 2024 Robert R. Robinson Memorial Scholarship. The annual award, available to a junior, senior or graduate student in a Michigan college or university, seeks to encourage today’s students pursue a career in public service.
Brudzinski—who will receive his master’s in Public Administration from Wayne State University (WSU) with a graduate certificate in economic development this December—serves as the election coordinator for Chesterfield Charter Township (Macomb Co.) and is a pending member of the City of Roseville Downtown Development Authority. Brudzinski said that receiving the MTA scholarship will help him “be better positioned to begin the next step in my educational journey, starting the part-time law program at Wayne State next fall with the aspiration of studying economic development and planning law.”
Noting that his career goals are to advance within local government to a manager position, the 2020 University of Michigan (U of M) graduate believes that his master’s-level education will help him “become a responsible steward of a local unit’s coffers while fostering growth and development that advances the quality of life for residents and other stakeholders.”
Brudzinski, a Roseville resident, is a past recipient of the WSU Graduate Professional Scholarship Award, stemming from academic achievement coupled with previous public section work experience with the City of Ann Arbor and the State of Michigan while at U of M. He is a member of the student chapter of the International City/County Management Association and a member of the Pi Alpha Alpha National Honor Society for Public Affairs and Administration.
Brudzinski’s community involvement and future goals made him an ideal candidate for the Robinson Scholarship. “MTA created this scholarship to honor the legacy of long-time township advocate Robert Robinson by fostering future local leaders,” said Marilyn Strickland, Scholarship Committee chair and Newton Township (Mackinac Co.) treasurer, who also serves as MTA District 4 director. “Mason has demonstrated a strong commitment to both his education, and to working toward a career serving Michigan’s residents. We wish the very best in his future endeavors in public service.”
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