December 1, 1994: Vol26n12: UB's public service efforts gain national attention


By CHRISTINE VIDAL
Reporter Editor
UB is being viewed throughout the country as a role model in the area
of service to the community, according to Muriel Moore, UB vice
president for public service and urban affairs, who presented an
overview of her office at the Professional Staff Senate meeting held
Nov. 17 in Squire Hall.
	"President Greiner developed this office two years ago to
complete the third leg of UB's triumvirate mission of research,
teaching and service," said Moore.
	The Office of Public Service and Urban Affairs was formed to
increase the visibility of UB's community service efforts and because
the university is committed to supporting the community that supports
it, Moore said.
	"Public Service and Urban Affairs is growing and growing, and
that's really good news," Moore said. She added that UB is receiving
national attention for its public service efforts.
	"I recently returned from a meeting that focused on the urban
agenda where all the speakers referred consistently to William R.
Greiner. Nationally he is being quoted," Moore said. "The fact that
President Greiner established a vice president in this area signals
his commitment to it. Bill and UB are really being viewed as role
models."
	Moore also described the units that are part of Public Service
and Urban Affairs.
	Cora P. Maloney College, she said, "is one of the last of UB's
old colleges system," and concentrates on developing internship
programs such as the Inside City Hall project, and networking with
other departments that are providing student internships. The college
is expected to expand some of its course offerings in the future,
Moore added.
	Units in the division also include the Center for Applied
Public Affairs Studies, under the direction of Henry L. Taylor; the
Educational Opportunity Center, UB's major outreach center downtown
that services about 1,600 students; the Educational Opportunity
Program, which provides academic support to disadvantaged students;
and the Office of University Preparatory Programs, an outreach service
UB has been involved in for 25 years.
	Public Service and Urban Affairs also includes Millard
Fillmore College and Summer Sessions, areas in which "you'll see us
begin to do some very different things in the next couple of years,"
Moore said. Among the changes that are currently being pursued is a
new advertising campaign to "aggressively" try to rebuild Millard
Fillmore College, according to Moore.
	And UB's public service efforts will continue to grow and
change, Moore said. "I have been spending most of the semester trying
to get an assessment of where we are (in public service efforts)," she
said. A Public Service Compendium is expected to be ready after
Thanksgiving, and will be used as "a base to talk about UB's major
initiatives and to help us talk about what is public service in
engineering, what is public service in the arts," according to Moore.
he deans also are in the process of trying
	to determine what their public service orientations ought to
be, she said, and the Faculty Senate has organized a committee under
Claude Welch to look at forming guidelines to make public service part
of an entire dossier.
	In other business, the Professional Staff Senate heard reports
from senatorial areas regarding membership needs. Primary concerns
include professional development, supervisory training, morale, and
how to increase awareness of the PSS among its constituents.
	The Professional Staff Senate has recently formed a new
committee on the quality of work life, according to Rosalyn Wilkinson,
PSS chair. Chaired by June Black, the committee has a primary purpose
of addressing staff morale, she said.
	The Professional Staff Senate will sponsor a nominator's
workshop to provide guidance and support to those who wish to nominate
candidates for the 1995 Chancellor's Awards for Excellence in
Professional Service, according to Ilene Fleischmann, chair of the
nominations committee. The workshop will be held at noon on Friday,
Dec. 9 in 545 O'Brian Hall.    o