University of Massachusetts Boston - Beacon Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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C.P.S. THE COLLEGE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES is the newest college on campus gearing its pro- gram to the fields of management and careers in business, government, and other related fields. When it reaches full size, it will offer profes- sional programs in Health, Urban Technology, Mass Communications Architecture and Urban Design. The curriculum emphasizes a relation- ship between liberal arts and sciences and ca- reer oriented studies. Students can enter either as freshmen or transfers and attend on a full or part time basis. C.P.S. provides opportunity for study of man- agement to persons who have traditionally been unrepresented in this field - women and minorities. The faculty is composed of both academic and managarial backgrounds who share a common professional focus on teaching and a commit- ment to an interdisciplinary approach to the training of managers.

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The Year In Review Qpen House courses. The university commu- The library will consist of 28 mil- nity will also have opportunity lion pages of documents, in- to visit this unique addition to On October 2, 1977 U.Mass UMB' opened its doors to 8,000 peo- . . . ul! ple from all over the Greater Boston area for an afternoon of exploring and discovering the University. The festivities began with a wel- coming ceremony, music pro- vided by a four piece band and highlighted by cutting an 8 foot square replica cake of the cam- pus, and distributed to the crowd. 1' 'F X i 4. . .-. A -Q 1'-QE XX 1 ji ' I - The rest of the afternoon was spent enjoying various events on campus such as academic ex- hibits, lab experiments, faculty lectures, john F. Kennedy Li- brary exhibit, multi-media events, theatre and music per- formances. Observatory The construction of a 529,000 observatory on UMB's library roof is certainly an outstanding achievement of this past year. Completion of the observatory was made possible by a National Science Foundation Grant to the Physics Department and by excess University Outlay funds. The observatory will be used as an astronomy lab and as a class- room for astronomy courses and introductory science f 'f- j.F.K. cluding the life and career of john F. Kennedy. More than 250 other people have donated their personal files of john F. Kennedy to the library. The library will also include film, video tape, 35,000 volumes of printed material, 1200 inter- Construction is under way, in the rear of U.MassfBoston, for the john F. Kennedy Library and Archives. Expected completion date is set for 1979. The struc- ture will be 8 stories high, 110,00 square feet, covering 9.5 acres. The upper 6 levels will contain archival and research facilities, the lower two levels will house the museum and public visitor facilities. Also in- cluded in the plans is a 5,000 square foot glass enclosed area with a panoramic view of Bos- ton's skyline, harbor and islands. views with leading figures of the times, 84,000 still photographs, 5,000 audio tapes and 13,000 artifacts including the Presi- dent's famed rocking chair, White House items and gifts from around the world. Kennedy l,ibr'at'y b 5 ff. - The library will utilize its re- sources to assist public aware- ness. Through exhibits, film fes- tivals, conferences and teacher workshops, communities and individuals can enhance their understanding of the American political and governmental sys- IGITI.