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About the Event
The Reverend Michael E. Haynes Distinguished Professorship in Urban Studies, located within the John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies, will bring a distinguished scholar with a strong track record of hands-on experience in the arena of underserved urban youth development. His or her academic specialty will be education, healthcare, youth development, or another area of public policy focused on strengthening urban communities. The Haynes professor will help to design, implement and evaluate programs that serve urban youth at risk of dropping out of school, gang membership and violence, and poor health. The Haynes professor will develop new research and explore opportunities to engage McCormack Graduate School students in addressing the multiple health, social, and academic challenges specific to the development of urban youth.
A gala event will be held November 7, 2008 to announce the Reverend Michael E. Haynes Distinguished Professorship in Urban Studies. The event will include a broad spectrum of local and national community leaders, family, and friends as they pay tribute to Reverend Haynes. A committee of individuals who share both admiration for and friendship with Reverend Haynes and a devotion to the University of Massachusetts Boston will provide leadership in the effort to galvanize public attention to this noble endeavor and to raise $2.5 million for this purpose.