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Interim Finance Director Completes UNC Municipal Administration Course

Friday, April 20, 2012

This news release is from the UNC School of Government regarding Kim Hands, Wilson's Interim Director of Finance.

April 20, 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Kim A Hands Graduates Municipal Administration Course

CHAPEL HILL, NC – Kim A Hands, City of Wilson, Interim Director of Finance, has successfully graduated from the 2010-2011 Municipal Administration Course of the School of Government, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

The program in Municipal Administration is designed for managers, department heads, and officials whose responsibilities require a broad understanding of functions beyond individual areas of specialization. The course is approximately 150 hours in length, and more than 60 instructors participate in leading the program. Course instruction covers North Carolina local government law, organization and management, finance and budgeting, employment law and administration, planning and regulation of development, and the delivery of specific city or county services.

Kim A Hands was one of 67 officials who graduated the course this year and is one of over 2800 officials who have completed the course since it began in 1954.

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Contact:

Gregory S. Allison, Director, Municipal and County Administration, 919.966.4376 or allison@sog.unc.edu Ellen Bradley, Director of Marketing and Communications, 919.843.6527 or bradley@sog.unc.edu

Established in 1931 as the Institute of Government, the School of Government provides educational, advisory, and research services for state and local governments. Visit www.sog.unc.edu or call 919.966.5381 for more information on the School’s courses, publications, programs, and services.