ATHENS, Ohio -- Ohio University will conduct an information session for its new Executive MPA program at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 22 at Ohio University's Proctorville Center. The center is located in the Proctorville Village Hall Annex, 305 State Street, Proctorville, Ohio.

The innovative Executive MPA degree program uses the Internet to meet an increasing regional demand for graduate education in public management. Its target audience is public and nonprofit managers who are unable to participate in the traditional MPA program at Ohio University.

The program combines Web-based learning with intensive face-to-face meetings at Ohio University's campus in Athens. Half of the coursework will be online. The remaining half is completed at monthly weekend residencies at Ohio University's Voinovich Center in Athens. The 70-hour program will take about two years to complete.

The Ohio Executive MPA was launched last fall as a collaborative enterprise between the Political Science Department, the Voinovich Center and Ohio University Without Boundaries.