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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