Statement from The City College of New York on Charles B. Rangel Center for Public Service

The City College of New York is proud to house the Charles B. Rangel Center for Public Service, named after one of America's most distinguished public servants.

(PRWEB) July 17, 2008 -- The City College of New York is proud to house the Charles B. Rangel Center for Public Service, named after one of America's most distinguished public servants. The Center will help prepare students in our new bachelors and masters programs in public administration - particularly underrepresented minority students - for leadership positions in public service. It will enrich their preparation by providing scholarship, internship and research opportunities as well as hosting conferences on best practices in bring underrepresented groups into public service and other topics.

The Charles B. Rangel Library, centered on Congressman Rangel's archives from more than 40 years in public service, will be an important center for scholarship. In the long tradition of university centers like the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas and the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at The University of Michigan, the Rangel Center will provide our students with an important, inspirational role model and serve as a national center for promoting greater diversity in public service.

List Schools of Public Affairs and Other Facilities at Colleges and Universities Named for Elected Officials, by State

Arkansas
Clinton School of Public Service, University of Arkansas

California
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, University of California Los Angeles

Florida
Reuben O'D. Askew School of Public Policy, Florida State University
Claude Pepper Center for Intercultural Dialogue, Florida State University

Maine
Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service, University of Southern Maine

Massachusetts
John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Tip O'Neill Library, Boston College

Michigan
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, The University of Michigan

Missouri
Harry S. Truman School of Public Affairs, University of Missouri, Columbia

New Jersey
Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University

New York
Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University
The Rockefeller Center of Public Affairs, SUNY Albany
Joseph L. Bruno Stadium, Hudson Valley Community College
Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium, SUNY Stony Brook

Ohio
The John Glenn School of Public Affairs, The Ohio State University

Pennsylvania
H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University

South Carolina
Strom Thurmond Institute of Government and Public Affairs, Clemson University
Strom Thurmond Wellness & Fitness Center, University of South Carolina

Texas
Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas, Austin

West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, West Virginia University
Robert C. Byrd Center for Rural Health, Marshall University
Robert C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies, Shepherd University

Sources: National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration, college and university websites, Wikipedia.

Ellis Simon
Director of Public Relations
The City College of New York
S-176, 138th St. at Convent Ave.
New York, NY 10031

212-650-6460
esimon(at)ccny.cuny.edu

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