News from the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affair s

Spring 2001

U.S. News Ranks Urban #2 in the Nation

The Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs city management
and urban policy specialty is again ranked second in the nation in the recently released U.S. News and World Report of Americas Best Graduate Schools. The specialty, which falls under the Colleges master of public administration program, also ranked No. 2 in U.S. News last report, released in 1998. The U.S. News and World Report ranking, based on surveys of every dean and program director of public policy schools in America, clearly establishes the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs as a critical resource for Cleveland and urban America, said Dean Mark Rosentraub. We are committed to being nationally recog nized for academic excellence, to developing leadership in the search for solutions to urban problems, and to enhancing the understanding of urban policy and public affairs in a global society. Five major fields of study are examined annually: business, law, medicine, education and engineering. The field of public administration and 27 additional fields are evaluated every three years and are in this years com plete guide. Rankings are based on objective measures, such as test scores and faculty resources, and on the national reputa tions established through research and public services. Deans and faculty members are asked to rate each school with which they are familiar on a scale of one (marginal) to five (distin guished). The statistical measures that account for the bulk of a schools ranking are collected, with rare exception, from each schools peers. The principal objective of the master of public administration program is to prepare in-service professionals and college graduates for management careers in government, nonprofit, health care and public service organi-

The Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs Master of Public Administration ranks # 2 in the nation for the specialty city management and urban policy
zations. The College provides place ment assistance for students seeking internships and for graduates seeking professional employment. Students are placed throughout the Greater Cleve land area, Ohio, and the nation.

Editorial for Week of: May 14, 2001

Hidden Gem
It doesnt is blessed withpublicity even in its hometown, but receive much Cleveland a hidden gem in the Maxine Goodman
Levin College of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State University. In its annual report on Americas Best Graduate Schools, U.S. News and World Report ranks Levin College second in the nation in its specialty of city management and urban policy. Its an honor reflective of the schools value locally and nationwide in advancing the study of urban problems. We commend its leadership and faculty.
Copyright 2001 Crain Communications Inc.

Message from the Dean

uring my first few months as dean there has been much to cele brate as I spent time learning about the opportunities and challenges for our future. The most important achievement, of course, was the recognition we received from our peers that the College continues to be ranked as the #2 graduate school for the study of urban policy and city management. What makes this standing so special is the way in which US News and World Report conducts the survey. Every three years the magazine sends a detailed survey instrument to each dean and masters program director at every one of the public policy and public administration programs in the United States and Canada. These respondents are then asked to identify the college and schools who in their minds have built the best programs and academic and professional reputa tions. To be chosen as the #2 program in our area of specialization in both the first and second surveys of our peers is an extraordinary honor. This honor creates an important benefit for every member of the Colleges extended family. First, for our graduates, the ranking underscores the prestige and value of the degree you have earned. Whether you are seeking a position right here in Northeast Ohio, in Columbus, in Washington, or anywhere in the country, a graduate of the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs will immediately be recognized as having attended the college that all deans and program directors consider among the very best in the nation. Second, for our faculty and staff, this recognition is a reward for their tireless efforts to publish important research that is seen by community leaders and the academic world as the exact sort of information needed to

inform decisions and implement effective policies. This year several of our faculty and staff have also received important recognitions. Professor Ned Hill was selected by his peers to be our Colleges first distinguished professor. Faculty members move from assistant to associate professor when they have demonstrated their ability to perform at excellent levels in the areas of teaching, research, and service to the public. Promotion to the rank of professor is reserved to those who maintain levels of excellence across numerous years of service to the university. Elevation to the rank of distinguished professor is reserved for those few individuals whose research or service reputations bring extraordinary recognition to the College. Professor Hills work and accomplishments not only meets that standard but also he continues to advance our reputation and the prestige associated with a degree from the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs. For more than 30 years Professor Norman Krumholz has dedicated his professional life to the improvement of the quality of civic life in Cleveland. His love for Cleveland, its people, and its neighborhoods is reflected in his teaching, research, and thousands of hours of community service. While he has not always agreed with or supported different proposals and ideas, he has fulfilled the role of his and her majestys [most] loyal opposition in an effort to make Cleveland a better place to live. In recognition of his efforts, The Cleveland Foundation announced that Professor Krumholz is this years recipient of the Homer C. Wadsworth Award. The Homer C. Wadsworth Award is given each year to the one resident of our region who has enriched us by their work, their service, and their long-standing
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Mark S. Rosentraub, Dean

commitment to Greater Cleveland. One of the principles guiding the establishment of our College was a commitment to public service and direct involvement with the civic affairs of Cleveland. The recognition that one of our faculty or staff members is worthy of this award is an extraor dinary compliment for the College. Our faculty and staff also continue to extend our reputation through publications. Over the last year faculty have published four new books and more than two-dozen articles in leading journals. We remain as the editorial office for Economic Development Quarterly, and Professor Camilla Stivers serves as associate editor of Public Administration Review. In addition, Professor Jennifer Alexander, Rene Nank, research associate and Professor Stivers recent publication in Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly was voted as the best new research in nonprofit management for 2000. As we salute the graduates of the class of 2001 we also note that one of our leading faculty members will be leaving the College this summer. Professor Larry Terry has accepted a position with the University of Texas at Dallas. At a college-wide celebration we saluted Larrys decade of service and accomplishments at Cleveland State University and the College. More than one colleague noted Larrys absence will be a staggering set back, but his achievements in terms of publications and his work with students have set an example and standard for all of us. We wish for Larry everything he wants for himself, and to say he will be missed would be an extraordinary understatement.

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Croatian Leaders Learn from College and Community

Unger Croatia Program Lays Foundation for Improved Governance
engaged in violent conflict, torn apart by war, economic and political turmoil, and social unrest. Today, while still faced with enormous challenges, the nation is being led by a growing number of
progressive and committed
local leaders who are looking
toward the future with hope
and pride. This past January,
19 of those leaders came to
the Maxine Goodman Levin
College of Urban Affairs for
an intensive, two-week pro
fessional development sem
inar designed to help them
speed the nations transition
to peace and prosperity.
The seminar was con
ceived and funded by local
Ned Hill, Paul Unger and the philanthropist Paul A. Unger,
Croation delegation. who has for several years
been active in U.S.-Croatia relations. Unger administered the international Paul Unger relief program in Croatia following and bolts issues required of public World War II, forming a lifelong management, including practices bond with the country and its people. and techniques in capital budgeting, His Croatian-born wife, Sonja Franz municipal investment planning, Unger, also sponsored the program. Two College faculty members taking public sector employment practices, the lead in implementing the complex benchmarking, and utilizing best prac tices. Outside of the classroom they program are Tom Cozzens, project manager and adjunct faculty member, explored the workings of the Greater and Ned Hill, Distinguished Professor, Cleveland community through site Economic Development and Professor visits to the City of Lakewood, Cleve in Urban Studies and Public Adminis land City Council, and others; meetings with professional organizations such as tration. Our goal was to strengthen the Public Works Managers Association; the leadership and management skills and visits to several community organi of mid-level municipal and provincial zations. Strong friendships were formed leaders from the public, private and nonprofit sectors in Croatia, Cozzens during the two-week period and the Croatian visitors were frequent guests explained. An incredible network of in the homes of program facilitators the Colleges faculty, staff, and alumni and speakers. plus many government officials and Hill was particularly impressed practitioners from Greater Cleveland with the skill level and professionalism came together to present a truly of the group. This was an extraordinary remarkable learning experience. group of people who came from a wide Through lectures, discussions, range of backgrounds across Croatia, workshops and shadowing local pro3

Just ten years ago, Croatia was

fessionals and administrators, partici

pants learned improved practices in
government and gained valuable per-
spectives on the day-to-day issues con-
fronting public servants. Inside the
classroom the group explored the nuts

he said. They were sharp, serious, sophisticated and totally committed to the future of their country. Hill added that the group bonded so completely with each other through this experience that they founded the first-ever Croatia Public Management Association to speed the process of professionalization and democratization in their country. They have already met in Croatia and are presently planning their countrys first conference for public administrators. Hill, Cozzens and Unger are working with the U.S. Department of State to secure their support and assistance for future programs of this type. This event had an extraordinary impact on the personal and professional lives of people who are in a position to institute positive reform, Cozzens said. Were working to make it an ongoing program that will have a lasting impact on the future of Croatia.
Dean Mark Rosentraub, Tom Cozzens and Paul Unger will be traveling to Brioni, Croatia to attend a Workshop on Public Administration Training from June 1 until June 3 . The purpose of the meeting is threefold: To help institutionalize the portion of the Unger Croatian Program that is housed at the Levin College of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State University. To celebrate and support the creation of the Croatian Public Administration Association To continue a dialog on important administrative issues concerning cities in regional economies that are experiencing some sort of transition. While in Croatia, the three travelers will be meeting with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the U.S. Information Services (USIS) and the representatives of the U.S. Embassy.

Spring 2001

Conference and Exhibit Focus on Sacred Landmarks

In virtually every society from the beginnings of
humankind, religion has served as a source of hope, peace, and spiritual inspi ration. Evidence of faith can be found in the earliest records of human exis tence, serving as inspira tion and creating a sense of order in what could often be a cruel and chaotic world. Today we are the benefactors of this heritage in the form of priceless artifacts, relics, artwork, buildings of astounding beauty, and an intangible social fabric that binds people within powerful frameworks of tradition and aspirations. The Sacred Landmarks Partnership, formed within the Urban University Program Centers at Cleveland State University, Kent State University, the University of Akron and Youngstown State University, serves as a regional resource for the research and docu mentation of the history, institu tional memory, architecture, aesthetic features and current uses of sacred landmarks in Northeast Ohio. It serves as a catalyst for their preser vation and stewardship, and provides information that will assist in their role as community centers in the delivery of health and human services, the arts, and education. In this role the Partnership coordi nated and hosted the Sacred Landmarks Forum, a two-day conference that explored the diverse and important ways houses of worship and their congregations participate in urban communities. Two concurrent photo exhibits, featuring the works of awardwinning Plain Dealer photographer Mike Levy (see sidebar), are presently on view in both the Cleveland State University Library Special Collections Room and the Thomas F. Campbell,
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URBAN LANDSCAPES: SACRED AND TRANSIENT

Exhibitions highlight sacred landmarks

The Very Reverend Tracey Lind, Dean,Trinity Cathedral and member of the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs Visiting Committee.

Ph.D. Exhibition Gallery at the Levin College. Michael Tevesz, one of the founders of the Sacred Landmarks Partnership, a faculty member and a Senior Research Associate at the Levin College, served as the primary coordi nator of the conference. Churches, synagogues, temples, mosques and meetinghouses serve not only as spiritual havens, but as community centers with an important public purpose, he explained. It is vitally important that we preserve their cultural and artistic heritage and support the role they play within our community. The conference featured presenta tions by academics, historians, preserva tionists and religious leaders covering a wide array of topics related to restoring and preserving sacred landmarks in urban centers. More than 100 individuals attended the Forum, that was presented with the support of the Levin College, the Cleveland State University Library, the Northeast Ohio Research Consor tium, the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland Foundation, KeyBank, and the Cleve land Restoration Society.
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Two photo exhibitions entitled Urban Landscapes: Sacred and Transient, are presently on view in the Cleveland State University Library Special Collections Room and the Thomas F. Campbell, Ph.D. Exhibition Gallery at the Levin College. The exhibitions feature intriguing and thought-provoking photographs of Cleveland-area sacred landmarks taken by Mike Levy, an award-winning photographer at The Plain Dealer. Levy, a native Clevelander, who has covered such world events as the 50th anniversary of D-Day in Nor mandy, the truth and reconciliation trials in South Africa, the tuberculo sis epidemic in Uganda and the Popes travels in the Middle East. Closer to home, he also covered the Cleveland Indians bid for the World Series. Levy has been named Photographer of the Year three times by the Ohio News Photographers Association, most recently in 2000. As a photojournalist Levys approach to photography is strongly reality-based. My work presents these landmarks as they really exist, Levy explained. They might be taken from a slightly different per spective or a different time of day than most people are used to seeing them, but all of my images are a recording of an actual moment in time. Levy adds that viewers will undoubtedly have differing reac tions to the images. Some viewers who are looking for postcard-type images may be disappointed by the perspectives I have chosen, he said. At the same time, others that have personal memories associated with the structure may be particularly moved. In the end, the interpretation of the image always lies with the viewer. The exhibits will run through October 1, 2001. Refer to the Colleges Web site for more information and exhibit hours.

Millennium Project:Your Role as a Public Citizen Introduces Students to Careers in Public Service
Nearly 300 area second Millenni high school stu dents attended the
um Project, a day of learning and exploration hosted by the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs and the Cleveland-Marshall School of Law at Cleveland State University. The annual program seeks to increase the level of interest in public and civic affairs and to intro duce students to careers and higher educational opportunities in public service. The theme for this years event was Your Role as a Public Citizen. The event provided opportunities for students to learn from local public officials, administrators, and experts in the field of public service. Each of the twelve interactive sessions ranging from a mock election to a role-playing exercise in which students fielded mock hot line calls from troubled children presented the participants with valuable hands-on experiences. Each session was specially designed to be engaging to young people. Presenters were encouraged to focus on providing an informative and entertaining learning opportunity that would capture the imaginations of
young students.
Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs
Jones gave the keynote address to high
school students from Bay Village,
Bedford, Berea, Cleveland Heights,
East Tech, Lakewood, Martin Luther
King, Jr. School for Law and Municipal
Careers, Rocky River, Shaker Heights,
Shaw, South High, and Strongsville
High Schools. The Millennium Program, which was launched as a pilot in 2000, is expected to continue as an annual event at the Levin College.
(Left) Alumnus Thomas Jelepis (98 BA), conducts a mock election with Cleveland Heights High School students. He is the director of the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. (Right) William Denihan, former executive director of the Cuyahoga County Department of Children and Family Services, talks to Lakewood High School students about child abuse. Denihan (98 BA), was one of Cleveland State Universitys Distinguished Alumni Award recipients last year.

(Left) Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones shared her career experiences in the keynote address. (Right) State Senator Eric Fingerhut discusses legislative action on gun safety with students from Shaw and Rocky River high schools.

Spring 2001

Bureau Men, Settlement Women: TwoVisions of Urban Reform

n 1905, a brash young man named Henry Bruere walked the streets of Manhattan armed with a camera. Bruere was part of a group of educated reformers who were inter ested in exposing what they viewed as the incompetence of New York Citys government. Comparing the ruts and potholes he saw with city repair records, Bruere and his organization published an expos that hit the city like a bombshell and led to the forced resignation of the Manhattan borough president. Running the City Like a Business At the turn of the century, cities were filled with educated, middle-class reformers who worked to improve the lives of city residents. Reformers like Henry Bruere, associated with municipal research bureaus, aimed to rid city governments of what they viewed as inefficiency if not outright corruption. Waving the banner of science, the men of the bureaus worked to improve the structure of city agencies, to streamline bureaucratic processes, and in general to get the facts about how government agencies worked in order to make them work better. Their stated aim was to make cities run like businesses. Wealthy men like John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie provided major financial support for the researchers efforts. In New York, bureau men demon strated the usefulness of agency budgets, beginning with the citys health department. They were so successful that the city adopted a regularized budgeting process, the first in the U.S. Frederick Cleveland, another of the bureau men, went on to chair Presi dent William H. Tafts commission on economy and efficiency, whose efforts led to the adoption of an executive branch budget at the federal level in 1921. The efforts of the bureau men were not always welcomed by city offi
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Bureau Men, Settlement Women: Constructing Public Administration in the Progressive Era, by Camilla Stivers, was published by University Press of Kansas in 2000.

cials, who tended to look on the reformers as nave snoopers. On one occasion, agency employees charged the bureau men with inventing a pay voucher form that could only fit in one brand of typewriter. New Yorks famous political machine, Tammany Hall, called the research bureau the Municipal Besmirch Society, and staged an exhibit lampooning the bureau, complete with monkeys, a goat, and an elephant. Yet overall, the work of the bureaus left a lasting mark on city governments, especially by improving their financial manage ment systems. Running the City Like a Home There was another side to urban reform, however, one public adminis tration has tended to neglect. Reform women, active in clubs and settlement houses, tackled many quality-of-life aspects that improved the lives of city residents. Clubwomen started up public bathhouses, established city parks, turned schools into community centers, had incinerators installed, got city slaughterhouses cleaned up and meat inspected, and organized free medical clinics. Meanwhile well-to-do women and men established settlement houses in poor city neighborhoods. The settlers principal mission was to become neighbors of the poor and thereby understand problems from the point
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of view of those who lived with them. They believed that as educated people they could link poor neighborhoods to the wider world and serve as advo cates for needed services. Settlement houses pioneered many services that have now become institutions, such as juvenile courts, government employ ment bureaus, sanitation inspection, special education, and visiting nurses. In 1914, the president of New Yorks board of aldermen, George McAneny, remarked: There is hardly a function of the settlement 20 years ago that has not passed into the hands of progres sive city governments today. The set tlements will always show the way. While the settlement reformers recognized the need for efficiency, they insisted that, as one commented, there is a basic fallacy in the conception of the city as a mere business corpora tionThe cityis a great family to be guarded, guided, controlled and upliftedEconomy is all right as a method of government, but all wrong as an ideal. Implications for Today Cities are still struggling, a century after the reformers began their work, both to provide needed services to their residents and to do so efficiently and effectively. As public administrators and citizens reflect on the way city governments operate, the lessons of the bureau men and settlement women may have new relevance. Can cities be both efficient and caring? Can public administrators be both experts and neighbors? Can the city be both busi nesslike and homelike? These are some of the questions that linger from the early 20th century as we move into the 21st.

Senator Drake to Establish Womens Policy Research Center

race Drake served in the Ohio Senate for more than 16 years, vacating her seat last year only because of state term limit regula tions. Now, as the newest Execu tive-in-Residence at the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, she will apply her years of expertise and unique perspectives of public service to a new project that holds special meaning. Drake, who began her tenure with the College on January 1, is in the early stages of establishing its new Womens Policy Research Center. Were creating a resource that will serve as a focal point of research and policy that will help women pursue Grace Drake careers in either the public or private sector, Drake said. We want to give them the information and the access that will help them get to the top of their chosen professions and stay there. The former senator and her staff of one full-time assistant and one parttime student are presently examining similar entities around the country to learn about what is presently being offered. She is keenly aware that she is not treading new ground and insistent that all research conducted by the Center does not duplicate the activities of similar programs. Were looking at what has been done in the past, what is being done now, and what still needs to be done, Drake said. Were sifting through programs that work and programs that dont. In the end, well have a clear picture of gaps that need to be filled and how this particular center can have the most impact. Then well go forward in creating a package of deliverables. Drake will focus on policy and research, building a data center that can serve as a resource for both groups and individuals across the country. At the same time, she is also strongly committed to helping women right here in Greater Cleveland and helping them tap into the expertise of local leaders is high on her agenda. Virtually all highly successful woman no, I take that back, virtually all successful people can point to at least one person in their life who had a profound effect on their professional development, Drake said. History has demonstrated that one-on-one coaching, teaching, support and guidance is the best possible method of building a successful career. The Womens Policy Research Center will make a priority of helping area women connect with individuals, both male and female, who will serve as mentors and help lead them along the path to success. Many women are held back by a lack of confidence, Drake said. They have skills theyve worked hard to develop, but have not yet realized the full measure of their potential. Our goal is to help women recognize and reach that potential by helping them access information, expertise, and the support of committed individuals.

Camilla Stivers

Camilla Stivers is the 12th Albert A. Levin Chair of Urban Studies and Public Service. She is the first Chairholder to be appointed as a tenured professor with a renewable appointment. The Levin Chair was the first endowed professorship in America combining classroom teaching with the problems of the urban environment. From 1968 to 1985 she was a practicing manager in public and community-based nonprofit organizations. In 1986-87 she was associate study director for the National Academy of Sciences/Institute of Medicine report, The Future of Public Health. From 1987 to 1996 she was a member of the public administration faculty at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington. Dr. Stivers received a masters degree in public administration from the University of Southern California and a doctorate in public administration and policy from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. She is the author of Gender Images in Public Administration: Legitimacy and the Administrative State, a co-author of Government is Us: Public Administration in an Anti-government Era, and has published widely in refereed journals.

Spring 2001

Research Study Released with the Ohio Manufacturers Association

The Maxine Goodman Levinresults of College of Urban Affairs released the
a major research project on the role of manufacturing in Ohios economy at a conference held at the College on Tuesday, April 24. The study, Ohios Competitive Advantage: Manufacturing Productivity, is written by Edward (Ned) W. Hill, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Economic Development at the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, Non-Resident Senior Scholar at the Brookings Institution and Editor of Economic Development Quarterly. The Ohio Manufacturers Association co-sponsored the research project. Ohios Competitive Advantage: Manufacturing Productivity corrects myths about manufacturings assumed demise and makes public policy recom mendations that will lead to a more stable financial system for state government and a path to higher incomes for the states residents. There is a general sense that Ohio does not contain a high technology economy and that the states reliance on manufacturing has caused productivity growth and per capita income to stagnate. Dr. Hills research shows that such false percep tions about Ohios economy can be damaging to the states future public policy and economic development plans. The conference included a presen tation by Dr. Hill on his research, followed by a response panel made of representatives from the manufacturing community. The panel included: Ray Schroeder, Director of Manufacturing, Keithly Instruments, Inc.; Cindy Brogran, Director of Marketing, Micro Medical Devices, Inc.; Dennis Cocco, Chief Investor & Communications Officer, PolyOne Corporation; James McGregor, Executive Vice President, Rose City Manufacturing, Inc.; Salvatore J. Miraglia, Jr., Senior Vice President of Technology, The Timken Company and Patricia Panchak, Editor-in-Chief, IndustryWeek magazine. Sponsors of the conference included: The Ohio Manufacturers Association, the Ohio Department of Development,

Industry Week magazine and the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs. Copies of Ohios Competitive Advantage: Manufacturing Productivity are available through the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs for $25.00 and a $5.00 shipping and handling fee. It is also available through the Colleges web site at http:// urbancenter.csuohio.edu/ohiomanu facturing.htm. For more information call The Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs at (216) 687-2134.

NODIS the Source for Ohio Census Data

The Northern Ohio Data and
Information Service (NODIS) is now providing Census 2000 data recently released by the Census Bureau. The State of Ohio and the Census Bureau designate NODIS as the prime regional data center for Northern Ohio. The first Census 2000 release was the redistricting data that includes population by race and Hispanic origin down to the census block level of geography. NODIS, in partnership with the Institute for Local Government and Rural Development (ILGARD) at Ohio University, is also producing an enhanced redistricting database for the State through a contract with the Ohio Legislative Services Commission. This enhanced database includes all the census data, plus census and election results data for precincts, wards and other geographic levels. This unified and common database will be used to draw congressional and Ohio General Assembly districts for the State. The next major census data release is due out in late June and will include many more demographic and housing characteristics. This data will provide insights into changing family structure and household composition, as well as housing ownership trends and vacancy rates. Socio-demographic data on income, occupation, poverty, housing costs, and other characteristics is not due out from the Census Bureau until 2002. NODIS used Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology to prepare the redistricting database
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and also uses GIS to provide maps, demographic and other data products and analyses for the community. A series of Forum programs on the census and what it is telling us about the community will be held at the Levin College beginning this summer. The Census Series is in partnership with The Plain Dealer. Check the College web site at http://urban.csuohio.edu/cout/forum/ scheduale.htm for event information. Data and maps, as well as linkage to the Census Bureau and other useful sites are available from NODIS at its web site (http://nodis.csuohio.edu) or by calling the NODIS office at (216) 678-2209.

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ThankYou to Guest Speakers

evin Colleges community relationships and partnerships have always been one of our greatest strengths. We wish to recognize and publicly thank those individuals who spoke to our students and enlightened them with their knowledge during academic year 2000-2001:
Austin Allen Film Director, Associate Professor, Department of Communications, Cleveland State University Darlyne Bailey Dean, Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University State Representative John Barnes Father Bob Begin Associate Director, Commission on Catholic Community Action, Diocese of Cleveland Robert Bennett Chairman, Ohio Republican Party Bob Braun Assistant City Planning Director, City of Cleveland Charles Bromley Metropolitan Strategy Group Congressman Sherrod Brown Robert Brown Zoning and Planning Department, City of Cleveland Scenario Burton-Adebesin Deputy Executive Director of Administrative Services, Cleveland Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA) Madeline Cain (85 MPA) Mayor of Lakewood Bill Cohen Reporter, Public Radio, Columbus, Ohio State Representative Sally Conway Kilbane Kirby Date Countyside Program Bill Davis Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency (NOACA) Bill Denihan (98 BA) former Director, Children and Family Services, Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora Cuyahoga County State Representative Dean DiPero State Senator Grace Drake Kyle Dreyfuss-Wells Chagrin Watershed Partners Ruth Durack Kent State University Urban Design Center Dennis Eckart CEO, Greater Cleveland Growth Association Don Eckert Senior Analyst, Legislative Service Commission Maureen Farrell Librarian, Map Division, Cleveland Public Library State Senator Eric Fingerhut Adam Gawer Director, Cleveland Cool Jacquie Gillon Neighborhood Centers Association Frank Gliha Trustee, Munson Township Martha Goebel Heights Community Congress John Goodworth Regional Transit Authority (RTA)/EcoVillage

Judge Lillian Green Stu Greenberg Environmental Health Watch Terry Hamilton Brown CEO, Cleveland Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA) Amy Hanauer Policy Matters Ohio John Hersch AFL/CIO Attorney Councilman Frank Jackson (79 MS) City of Cleveland Darryl Johnson Legislative Relations, Ohio Federation of Teachers Sadhu Johnston Greater Cleveland Green Building Coalition James Kastelic Cuyahoga County Planner Amy Khare Neighborhood Organizing in Broadway Richard Klein Consultant/Planner Kurt Kraus City of Mentor Norm Krumholz Professor, Levin College LaTida Lester HIV/AIDS Project Coordinator, Cleveland Department of Public Health Morton Q. Levin The Levin Group; Member, Levin College Visiting Committee Bracey Lewis Vice President, Community Relations, Bank One Ikie Lively Human Resource Management, State of Ohio Ken Lumpkin Fannie Mae Sheik Masoud Director, Cleveland Community Islamic School Anjali Mather Earth Day Coalition Dan McCafferty Auditors Office, State of Ohio Dan McCarthy President, The Success Group Commissioner Tim McCormack Cuyahoga County Marcia McCoy Assistant to National Secretary, AFL-CIO Reverend Marvin McMickle Antioch Baptist Church Patricia Mearns Former Mayor, City of Shaker Heights Executive-in-Residence, Levin College State Representative Dale Miller John Mlckovsky (88 BA, 93 MPA) Analyst, Ohio Department of Taxation Dennis Morgan Assistant Director, Legislative Service Commission Tom Moyer Chief Justice, Ohio Supreme Court Patty ODonnell Partner, Baker & Hostetler, LLP; Member, Levin College Visiting Committee State Representative Mary Rose Oakar Father Jim ODonnell Auditor Jim Petro State of Ohio Judge Tom Pokorny Mayor Dan Posek City of Bedford

Jeff Ramsey Detroit Shoreway Community Development Organization Albert Ratner Forest City Enterprises Councilman Zachary Reed City of Cleveland Wornie Reed, Ph.D. Director, Urban Child Research Center, Levin College James Rogers Director, Legislative Inspector Generals Office County Treasurer Jim Rokakis Cuyahoga County Claire Rosacco Senior Vice President, KeyBank; Member, Levin College Visiting Committee Anthony Ross Broker/GRI, Sweda GMAC Terry Ross (91 MPA) Commissioner of Administration, Community Development, City of Cleveland David Rowe Detroit-Shoreway Community Development Organization Judge Nancy Margaret Russo (00 MPA) Court of Common Pleas Stacy Santa Associate Director, Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless Corey Schaal (96 JD/MPA) Intergovernmental Relations Coordinator Ohio Judicial Conference Matt Scharver Lake County, Soil and Water Robert Shapiro Director, Legislative Service Commission Kevin Skerl Cuyahoga Valley National Park Carlton Smith Faith-Based Organization Leader Christine Smith Attorney John Stanford Deputy Director, Ohio School Boards Association Patrick Sweeney Executive in Residence, Levin College Larry D.Terry, Ph.D. Professor, Assistant Dean for Graduate and Professional Programs, Levin College Shirley Thompson (88 BA, 93 MS) Property Manager, Cleveland Police Department U.S. Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs-Jones Stephanie Turner Councilperson, City of Shaker Heights Gary Vigoritto Director of Administration, Ohio Public Utilities Commission (PUCO) Achala Wali Librarian, Foundation Library Anthony Warmuth Executive Director, Lesbian/Gay Community Center Caroline Watts-Allen Prosecutor, City of Cleveland Beverly Williams Family Child Care Home System Assistant Manager, Starting Point Jerome Wolcott Associate Director, Commission on Catholic Community Action, Catholic Diocese of Cleveland State Representative Claudette Woodward Betsy Yingling Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District (NEORSD) *List is not conclusive
Spring 2001

News from the College and Alumni

Faculty and Staff News
Professor Brian Mikelbank won The Charles M. Tiebout Prize in Regional Science for his paper entitled Spatial Analysis of the Relationship Between Housing Values and Investments in Trans portation Infrastructure. Awarded by the Western Regional Science Association, The Tiebout Prize is awarded for the best paper submitted by a full-time graduate student enrolled at an accredited academic institution. Congratulations to Faith Noble, budget coordinator at Levin College, who passed her CPA Exam on her first try and received the fourth highest score in the State of Ohio. Professor Roby Simons and Fran Hunter secured a $90,000 funding award from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). This funding will permit Levin College students help Cleve land communities revitalize and improve the quality of their neighborhoods. Congratulations to Dianne Rahm, Ph.D., on her promotion to the rank of profes sor. Dr. Rahm will also become the Assis tant Dean for Graduate Programs. Dean Mark Rosentraub, Ph.D., was invited to write an editorial for the New York Times. Ballpark Figures appeared in the April 19, 2001 edition and can be found at http://urban.csuohio.edu/good news.htm. Tom Cozzens received $40,200 from the Ohio Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation for Organizational Development, which will help the department with strategic planning, team building, quality improve ment and employee empowerment. He also received $2,800 from the Bureau of Disability Determinations of the Ohio Rehabilitation Services Commission to design and implement an organizational training and development program.

Distinguished Professor Professor Edward (Ned) Hill will be the first holder of the Colleges Distinguished Professor rank based upon the recommen dation of a Maxine Goodman Levin College Peer Review Committee. Professor Hill has established a distinguished record across the years and his reputation has enhanced the recognition and national stature of the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs. Early in the Fall semester there will be a formal recognition and induction dinner at which Professor Hill will be invited to make a research presentation to the faculty, College, University, and Cleveland communities.

Ned Hill

Wornie Reed, Ph.D., received $29,208 from the Federation for Community Planning to develop a plan for the evaluation of the Cleveland Municipal Schools health and human services program. Ziona Austrian, Ph.D, director, Economic Development was awarded a $215,880 grant from the Knight Foundation. The award is twofold: 1) to provide the context for understanding the dynamics of economic development and the opportu nities for facilitating economic develop ment; and 2) to provide the framework, guidelines, appropriate strategies and tools to be used in grant-making in the area of economic development. Sylvester Murray has been appointed by the mayor of Cincinnati to advise a task force of community leaders working to ease racial tensions. Murray was the city manager of Cincinnati from 1979 to 1985 and formally the city manager in San Diego, CA and Ann Arbor, MI.

Awards for Excellence in Education Given to Levin College Faculty and Staff
The Deans Student Advisory Committee initiated this year the Awards for Excellence in Education. Students were asked to vote for the Levin faculty or staff members who have contributed the most to their learning experience at Levin College. Plaques were presented to the following faculty and staff at the Colleges Annual Student Awards and Recognition Reception: Jennifer Alexander, Ph.D. for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Debbie Brown for Excellence by a Staff Member Heather Gallacher for Excellence in Undergradate Teaching Sylvester Murray for Excellence in Graduate Teaching Paul Patton for Excellence in Graduate Teaching Amy Richards for Excellence by a Staff Member Michael Wells, Ph.D. for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching

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Levin College students and alumni received $1000 for sending the most student participants to the Conference of Minority Public Administrators/American Society for Public Administration (ASPA). The conference entitled Addressing Organizational Challenges in the New Global Culture was held in February in Little Rock, Arkansas. Panel members or moderators were: Flounsay Caver, (00 MPA), Budget Analyst, Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA); Airica Clay, MPA/JD student; Javette Collier, MPA Graduate Assistant; Sandra English, MPA/JD student, Intern Cuyahoga County; Aster Girma, (98 MS) Ph.D. student, Senior Associate and Visiting Scholar, Human & Community Development, Applied Devel opment Economies Inc.; Dawn Malone, Ph.D. student; Denise McCray, Ph.D. student, graduate assistant; Marcita Peak, MPA graduate assistant; Keith Rogers, MPA student, graduate assistant; Wendy Slone, (98 MPA) Ph.D student; Alphonso Warfield, (97 MPA), Educator, Consultant, Lancaster, TX. In addition, Sandra English and Wendy Slone won $400 travel grants. Professor Sylvester Murray and Frances Hunter also served as moderators and panel members. Bridget Garvin will become the first graduate of Levin Colleges Master of Arts in Envi ronmental Studies (MAES). This new degree prepares students for careers in environmental policy and management, providing a broad, interdisciplinary course of study. Margaret Lindsay Montano was presented the John C. Little Award. Presented annually to a graduating undergraduate of Levin College who most closely epitomizes the qualities of excellence, intellectual curiosity, and personal integrity that characterized John C. Little. Nancy E. Gedeon and Nora C. Romanoff were recipients of the Wallace G. Teare Prize. Presented annually to a graduating undergraduate or graduate student who exemplified the professional ideals of Mr. Teare, a life-long advocate for quality housing for low income and elderly people. Edward W. LeClear won the Howard I. Bruce Award. Presented annually to the student enrolled in the Masters degree program at Levin College who most closely epitomizes the qualities of excellence, indus triousness and personal integrity that characterized Howard I. Bruce. Cheryl M. Baibak was awarded the William Rowland Hopkins Award. Presented annually to a graduate student in Levin Colleges MPA program who has excelled academi cally and who exhibits outstanding potential for future success. Patrick S. Curry (98 BA) Director, Marketing & Business Develpment, Inova Fairvax Hospital, Fairfax, VA. Tom Fahey received the Jerome S. Karaffa Prize. Presented annually to a non-tradi tional aged Levin College undergraduate student who has demonstrated a keen interest in, and commitment to urban preservation and who has achieved high academic ranking. Joe Titran (99 BA, 00 MPA) to Research Associate, Research Division, Cleveland City Council. Jamie Blackson Baker (96 MUPDD) to Project Developer, Eden Housing, San Francisco, CA. Becky Cholewka (96 MPA) to Government Affairs Liaison, Cleveland Municipal School District. Peter Coffaro (00 MPA) to Assistant to the City Administrator, City of Wauwatosa, WI. Carl Frey (99 MUPDD) to Engineer, R.E. Jacobs Group. Beth Gaglione (96 MS) to Director, Campaign & Communications, Harvest for Hunger. Aster Girma (98 MSUS) to Senior Associate, Applied Development Economics, Berkeley CA. Stanley R. Gordon (95 BA, 98 MUPDD) to Community Planner, City of Baltimore, MD. Bonnie Horton-Hawkins (98 MPA) to Project Director of Dynamic Educational Systems Inc. (DESI), Job Corps Ohio Project Office. Agnes Mooney (80 BA), Executive Director of the West Side Catholic Center, was honored by the Irish American Archives Society at their Walks of Life Awards Dinner held in February. Michelle Mooney (98 BA) Deputy Director, Department of Development Cuyahoga County. Brenda Hussein-Bey (00 BA) to Resident Service Coordinator, Cleveland Housing Network. Robert Jamieson (96 BA, 98 MPA) to Assistant to the Public Works Director, City of Cleveland Heights. Rebecca Ann Jones (90 BA, 92 MS) to Economic Development Specialist, Lorain County Commissioners. Stephanie (Roberts) Kaselonis (97, MSUS) to Transportation Planner Wilbur Smith Associates, Columbia, S.C. Eileen A. Longo (96 BA, 98 MUPDD) to Project Assistant, Visiting Nurse Association of Cleveland. Thelma Lorentz (01 BA) selected to receive the Whos Who Among Students Award from Cleveland State University. Nichole McKenzie (99 BA) to Case Worker, Adoptions Department, Health & Family Services, Cuyahoga County. Dani Robbins-Zulich (95 MPA) to Executive Director, Highland Lakes Family Crisis Center, Marble Falls, TX. Judge Nancy Margaret Russo (00 MPA) named as a Fellow of the Ohio State Bar Foundation, a Professional Honorary of Lawyers dedicated to the promotion of public understanding of the law and improvements in Ohios justice system. Brad Schwartz (82 BA, 84 MS) to Vice President, Columbus Compact Corporation, Columbus OH. Ana Velez (95 BA, 97 MPA) to Senior/ Lead Budget Analyst, National Institute of Health (NIH), National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Office of Financial Management and Analysis.

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