Happy Graduate Students Graduate students will feel that UB provides a rich environment to develop their intellect to the point where they can hope to make contributions to their fields. They feel that their work with the faculty is important and influential to some audience. The probability is reasonably high that they will be able to find a position that utilizes the skills they develop here. The students who do the best work have a good chance of achieving faculty positions at the best academic institutions. While here they choose not to explore opportunities for graduate studies at other institutions and are enthusiastic when prospective graduate students visit campus.
Tenured faculty are always happy if they can get free parking.
For all faculty the research environment is sufficiently stimulating so that faculty at other research universities feel they must pay some attention to the publications produced by UB faculty. Occasionally, there is an idea that has wide influence and has a dramatic effect on how people in a field think about an issue. Happy Staff Professional staff feel that they are an appreciated part of an important enterprise. They are unlikely to pursue their opportunities in the private sector because their compensation is sufficient and their work is recognized as valuable by many in the university. When they do receive offers from the private sector they are more likely to reject them than to accept them.