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

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of Public Affairs The Masters of Science Program in Public Affairs gets its ad- ministration and faculty support through the McCormack Institute. The Masters program has three chief purposes: to give students a con- cise and accurate focus of politics and economics on both local, state and federal levelsg and giving its students the technical, professional, managerial and analytical skills to be effective public servants, as well as analyzing current policy issues. Whatever the area of public affairs, the McCormack Institute has put to work on it. From day care to tax structures, from urban educa- tion to industrial revitalization, the staff is holding up its original com- mitment to the state and the community. As part of its hard work the Institute promotes scholarly research and papers on public policy by publishing the New England Iournal of Public Affairs. It is proud to be the first such journal sponsored by UMass!Bostn. Photos by Mark Jarret Chavous Iesse Iuckson Senator lohn Kerry The Iournal publishes at present twice a year ind soon hopes to become a quarterly, featuring scholarly articles from a wide range of authors. The winter spring 85 issue published articles on Public Education in Boston, by Ioseph Cronin, and Seabrook: A Case Study In Mismanagementf' by Irving C. Bupp, to name a couple. The Iournal was greeted by applause from far and wide, and sighted by the Globe columnist Ian Menzies who said the Iournal will fill an enormous academic and socio-political void in this region: one that, it is to be hoped, will lead to greater understanding and cooperation among the New England States. What the McCormack Institute does for the visibility and prestige of the University is remarkable. It can attract speakers like Iesse Iackson, Cary Hart and Iohn Kerryg it can get 300,000 dollars in state alloca- tions per year: it can get three million dollars in endowment money from the U.S. Congress: it can attract a faculty with extremely high credentials: it can support important and vital policy research, and it can straighten the spine of UMass-Boston, so that we who graduate from it can feel secure in the idea that our degrees are respected as highly as the other outstanding universities in the Boston area, New England, and the nation.

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The McCormack Institute Peter 1. cawie The Students and faculty of UMass-Boston have never been content riding in the wake of Boston's academic leaders, and never excepted their role as the little sister institution on the harbor. Through sheer hard work, determination and a thirst for notoriety and prestige, UMB is making its own waves in Boston's academic ocean. In its latest and perhaps greatest growth spurt in its twenty year history the University is finally getting the recognition it deserves through the Iohn W. McCormack Institute for Public Affairs and its director Edmund Beard. Named after john W. McCormack, who served in the U.S. House of Representatives for forty-three years, nine of those as Speaker, and whose birthplace and lifelong home is located less than a mile from the Harbor Campus in Andrew Square, the Institute is designed as a living tribute to his life's commitment in public service. Sen. Paul Tsongas Gary Hart The Institutes function is to service New England, Massachusetts, Boston and the University in the area of Public Affairs Education, Policy Research, and Public Service. It also oversees and supports various University programs including the Boston Urban Observatory, the former Policy Studies Center, the Urban Studies Program and the Masters of Science Program in Public Affairs. The primary interest of the Institute is to service the New England Community in the area of Public Affairs. This outreach into the community has been helpful in areas such as the Mayoral tran- ' ,,,. f-- ' V Sui A -V- wgr 1 '- Z' 4 34' .Z sition from Kevin White to Ray Flynn, assisting Governor Dukakis, the State Legislature, Local governments, and com- munity groups in the areas of public policy. For example the Institute co-sponsored day long informational sessions for the newly elected Boston City Council and School Committee. The Institute is highly commited to serving the community, and has become well respected by doing so in the field of public affairs and policymak- ing, which has in turn brought a lot of at- tention to the Institute and the University as a whole. l L. to Fl.: Ruth Finn, Pat Mullen, Kathleen Foley, Padraig O'Malley, Murry Frank, Director Ed Beard, Cindy Cheek.

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The Healthblizromotion Center L. to Fl.: Deb Picciufo, Angela Zamora, Lorna Beaumont, Jane Tevnan. The good right arm of University Health Services it the Health Promotion Center. The Center serves UMB by providing students with information and referrals, on-campus and off, about their health concerns. The intent is to promote peopIe's awareness about their wellness, spiritually, psychologically and phsiologically. The heart of the Center's service is to reach out to the campus community and inform students about what's available to them to help better themselves as human beings. New to the Center this year is an extension to their Stress Management Workshops dealing with relaxation training, where students actually experience 45 minute guided relaxation. Another addition has been workshops and information about sexually transmitted diseases. According to coordinator Vicki Soler the 84-85 school year has marked a substantial increase in activity at the Center, and more and more students are taking advantage of the HPC's on-going workshops in Weight Management, Smoker's liberation and Stress Management. After a few rough years, room changes and name changes the Center has solidified into an intregal part of the University, providing a standing commitment to the students. The HPC coordinates the Blood Mobile activities on campus, organizing times, dates and sign-ups. Blood drives on-campus are usually very successful. Almost all of us will have good reason to remember how the HPC served us and kept us informed about every breath we took while at UMB.