By SUE WUETCHER
Reporter Editor

Provost Elizabeth D. Capaldi has announced a number of organizational changes within the Provost's Office that are designed to enhance service to the campus community

"The primary benefit of these changes is to align all academic programs together to increase the quality and effectiveness in our delivery of services," said Capaldi. "Likewise, our changes in the Office of Public Service and Urban Affairs will allow for greater coordination of our outstanding outreach programs. We remain firmly committed to public service programs that will benefit the Western New York region, the state and the nation."

The Office of the Vice President for Public Service and Urban Affairs has been reorganized to accommodate Vice President Mary H. Gresham assuming additional responsibilities as dean of the Graduate School of Education.

Gresham, who Capaldi called "an acknowledged leader in urban education programs," will continue to oversee the Institute for Local Governance and Regional Growth, the University Community Initiative, the Center for Applied Technologies in Education (CATE), the Office of University Preparatory Programs and the Educational Opportunity Center. These initiatives "fit well with the Graduate School of Education's teaching and public service missions," Capaldi said.

Gresham's office now is located in 367 Baldy Hall, North Campus.

John M. Staley, formerly associate vice president for public service and urban affairs, has been named associate vice provost for academic affairs. Staley, who now reports to Kerry Grant, vice provost for academic affairs and dean of the Graduate School, will continue to supervise UB's academic enhancement programs, Capaldi said.

Among these are the Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) and Cora P. Maloney College, which includes the Collegiate Science Technology Enhancement Program, the Minority Achievement Program, the Collegiate Academic Program, the SUNY Lewis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation, and the Computer Science, Engineering and Mathematics Scholarship Program.

Millard Fillmore College, UB's evening college and continuing-education division, has transferred its evening degree programs in management, engineering, and most of the arts and sciences, to their respective academic units. Capaldi said the transfer "places responsibility for offering conventional courses and degree programs in the evening with the respective academic departments and colleges, and reaffirms UB as a comprehensive university serving its students with both daytime and evening hours."

She added that MFC will continue to serve non-traditional students with specialized courses and degrees, certificate programs, contract courses and distance-learning.

MFC Dean George Lopos has assumed additional duties as associate vice provost for academic affairs; he has moved his office from 128 Parker Hall,South Campus, to 549B Capen.

MFC's administrative office will continue to be located in Parker.

Grant, who has been responsible for all curricular matters related to undergraduate and graduate programs and the administration of the Graduate School since his appointment as vice provost in March, has moved his office into the space formerly occupied by Gresham in 548 Capen.

Other appointments announced by Capaldi include Beth DelGenio as assistant vice provost for academic affairs; Jeannette Molina as associate director of the Office of Teaching and Learning Resources, and Deborah A. Silverman as executive assistant to the provost.

Among her duties, DelGenio will be responsible for coordinating the Middle States accreditation effort and student disciplinary proceedings at the vice provostial level.

Capaldi said Molina's appointment fulfills her pledge to the Faculty Senate to re-establish an office to support the improvement of teaching.

Molina also will be responsible for campus and program assessment and course evaluation.

Silverman, formerly assistant to the president for communications, serves as Capaldi's communications officer, managing the Provost's Web site and editing a new bimonthly online newsletter.