Public Service Ethics and Excellence Conference

The University will host the second annual Conference on Ethics and Excellence in Public Service on campus on April 1.
The University of Scranton will host its second annual Conference on Ethics and Excellence in Public Service on Saturday, April 1, in Brennan Hall. Reservations are required to attend the half-day conference offered by the University’s Center for Ethics and Excellence in Public Service (CEEPS).
The University of Scranton will host its second annual Conference on Ethics and Excellence in Public Service on Saturday, April 1, in Brennan Hall. Reservations are required to attend the half-day conference offered by the University’s Center for Ethics and Excellence in Public Service (CEEPS).

The University of Scranton will host the second annual Conference on Ethics and Excellence in Public Service for public officials, leaders of nonprofit organizations and students on Saturday, April 1, in Brennan Hall. The half-day, in-person conference begins at 8:30 a.m. with registration and refreshments.

Topics addressed in panel discussions include “Ethics in Hiring and Government Appointments,” “Ethical Contracting of Services,” “Data for Public Officials,” and the pros and cons of the consolidation of public services. The conference will conclude with a luncheon keynote address by University of Scranton alumna Mary Beth Schluckebier, J.D., an attorney with The Public Interest Law Center in Philadelphia, where she advocates for communities combatting uninhabitable housing, unresponsive landlords and evictions.

Before joining the Law Center, Atty. Schluckebier was a litigation associate at Saul Ewing Arnstein and Lehr, focusing on higher education practice while also representing immigrant clients, community groups and civil rights cases on pro bono basis. She earned her bachelor’s degree in counseling and human services from the University and graduated, cum laude, from Temple University Beasley School of Law. In law school, she served as an intern for the Defender Association of Philadelphia, the Sheller Center for Social Justice and the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office. Prior to law school, she worked for several years in community, social service and public policy work around immigration issues in both Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.

The annual conference is a key initiative of the University’s Center for Ethics and Excellence in Public Service (CEEPS) with the goal of helping to provide a foundation for ethical governance in Northeastern Pennsylvania by developing and nurturing a community of scholars, public officials and citizens dedicated to improving and protecting democracy at the state and local level.

A $15 registration fee includes all meals and materials for the day. Additional information and a schedule of speakers can be seen on the Conference on Ethics and Excellence in Public Service webpage.

Registration is required to attend. Please email ceeps@scranton.edu to register or for additional information about the conference.

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