Welcome!
Dear Friends,
Almost twenty years ago, a former Provost of Seton Hall University
announced the establishment of the Center for Public Service. Since
then, we’ve had many successes. The alumni from our degree and
certificate programs now number close to 1,000. We’ve brought over $5
million dollars to the University in grants, contracts and scholarships.
Finally, because of our commitment to outreach, we’ve been able to offer
pro bono technical assistance to many community-based organizations in
our area.
About two years ago, we decided to separate the work of the Graduate
Department of Public & Healthcare Administration from that of the Center
for Public Service. Since that time, the Graduate Department, under the
very able leadership of Dr. Jonathan Engel, has been responsible for the
graduate degree and certificate programs, while the Center for Public
Service remains responsible for the scholarship program and for outreach
to community-based organizations, i.e., applied research and technical
assistance.
Because of this separation of responsibilities, the Center, for the
first time in its history, has been able to offer noncredit certificate
programs for the general public. Last year, the Center, through its
Nonprofit Sector Resource Institute, directed by Barkley Calkins, ran
New Jersey’s only noncredit certificate program in financial management
for leaders and managers of nonprofit organizations. Because of the
success of this program, we are offering it again this fall.
So this is an exciting time for the Center for Public Service. We look
forward to the future, hoping that we will be able to continue to
service the leaders and managers of the nonprofit sector in New Jersey
and elsewhere.
Naomi B. Wish, Ph.D.
Director