Veritas, Vol. 35, No. 04, December 1993/January 1994

              For the Faculty and Staff of the University of Miami
December 1993/January 1994 Volume 35 Number 4
School of Medicine wins national award for community service
Bernard J. Fogel holds the award he accepted from Spencer Foreman (right), AAMC chairman. With them are Ira Clark (left), CEO of Jackson Memorial Hospital; and UM medical student Nestor de la Cruz-Munoz.
This year the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), which represents all 126 accredited U.S. medical schools, established for the first time ever an annual award to recognize medical schools and teaching hospitals for long-standing service to their communities.
Last month, in a ceremony in Washington, D.C., attended by Hillary Clinton, that award went to the University of Miami School of Medicine.
“This award is probably the most significant recognition our school of medicine could receive,” said Bernard J. Fogel, senior vice president for medical affairs and dean of the School of Medicine, who accepted the award before more than 2,000 colleagues at the AAMC annual meeting. “Community service has long been a major mission of our school.”
Upon his return to Miami, Fogel presented the award to the medical center in a ceremony in Alamo Park.
Ira Clark, chief executive officer of Jackson Memorial Hospital, nominated
the medical school, which was selected from more than 40 nominations, including finalists Johns Hopkins and the University of California, San Francisco. UM and its affiliated public teaching hospital, Jackson Memorial Hospital, were recognized for the commitment and scope of their efforts to benefit medically underserved communities throughout southern Florida.
Outreach programs include delivering mobile mammography screening and pediatric care to indigent women and children, as well as establishing the Debbie School, a national model program for children with developmental disabilities. In addition, teams of faculty, staff, and students have played key roles in efforts to help victims of Hurricane Andrew in the days and months following the storm.
“By working together, the University of Miami and its surrounding communities have provided extraordinary educational opportunities for students, improved the lives of many in need, and have shown an impressive
integration of academic mission and community service,” said Spencer Foreman, chairman of the AAMC, whose sentiments were echoed in a Miami Herald editorial.
One of the aspects that impressed the judges was the degree to which students are involved with community service. In the school’s Community Clinical Experience Program, all first- and second-year medical students are assigned to one of more than 70 community sites where they give physical exams and assist in patient follow-up one afternoon per week. Third-year students complete a required one-week rotation at the Camillus Health Concern, a walk-in clinic for the homeless in downtown Miami.
“Practicing medicine is a privilege not a right,” says fourth-year medical student Nestor de la Cruz-Munoz, “and giving something back to the community through service is part of that. I think our students will carry community service into their practices long after they leave here.”
University enters into single copier agreement with Lanier
Following a trend in industry throughout the country, the University of Miami has entered into an exclusive, three-year agreement with Lanier Worldwide, Inc., to provide copiers throughout the entire University. This change is being made in an effort to provide better service and bring down the cost of making copies. The proposal was approved by the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees at its November meeting.
“Through a University-wide survey on copy machines, we found that the brand of the copier was not important,” says Alan Fish, assistant vice president for business services. “What was important was reliability, service, and ease of use. We believe this change to Lanier will offer those benefits as well as provide a savings to the University by lowering the unit cost of machines and ultimately the cost-per-copy to each department. In addition, every department will get new, state-of-the-art equipment.”
Since the early 1980s the University has had contracts with five copier machine vendors: Xerox, Konica, Canon, Savin/Ricoh, and Lanier. Since
that time it has been found that the cost of dealing with five different vendors and each one’s respective pricing structure and supplies is not economical. Having one vendor also reduces the administrative costs in purchasing, accounts payable, materials management, and duplicating services, says Fish.
This year the University produced 59-4 million copies on 572 copy machines for a total cost of approximately $1,984,(XX), or 3 34 cents per copy.
Last April an eight-member Copy Services Committee was formed with representatives from all over the University to select a single supplier with a fixed unit cost per copy. Out of 16 proposals, Lanier provided the lowest cost per copy. The new rate is less than three cents per copy on average.
Tim Ramsay, duplicating services manager, is heading the project and answered some questions for Veritas. Q. Who will be affected by this
change?
UM receives second largest alumni gift ever—$5.5 million
A UM alumnus, who had been sending his alma mater checks ranging from $10 to $ICX> regularly since he graduated in 1940. became one of the top alumni donors in the University's history when he bequeathed it a portion of his estate.
Cooper, 78. of Ediana.
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learned the bequest was valued at $5.5 million—the second largest

will be directed to the Campaign^ a $50 million raise funds for the College of and Sciences and the Otto G.
Richter library.
“Mr. Cooper's support of his alma mater is commendable.1 says Roy J. NirscheL Jr., vice president for
Advancement. “My only regret is that he's not here for us to say thanks. This is the kind of bond and support we hope to generate f|uy"Iran our 100,600 alumni around the

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little is known about Cooper, a jjjj was given by retired South Florida stock market investor, who received a B.A. in history in 1940. He never
married and was an only child.
“We are delighted that Mr. Cooper remembered his alma mater in such a generous manner,” says President Edward T. Foote n. This is a spectacular commitment.” Most of the funds from the gift
banker Frank Smathers. Jr., and his wife. Mary Belle, who donated a 32.2 acre plot of land in southern Dade County containing an extensive collection erf rare, tropical trees and wooded areas. At that time, an appraisal estimated the value of die plot to be $15-20 million.
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