Three years ago, the Pitt Scouts for Food drive was bringing in 8,000 to 9,000 units of food annually. Two years ago, thanks largely to the coordinating efforts of Karen Valauri, director of Student Activities for the College of General Studies, the drive brought in 50,000 units. Last year, the Pitt Volunteer Pool took over […]
UPJ conference center wins award >
April 17th, 1997The Conference Center at Pitt's Johnstown campus (UPJ) has been given the 1997 Outstanding Institutional Achievement Award of the Association of Conference and Events Directors-International (ACED-I). Conference Center director Charles Salem, assistant director Christian Stumpf and graduate assistant Dennis Horner accepted the international award at ACED-I's annual meeting last month in Seattle. The award recognizes […]
UPJ told to re-open vice president search >
April 17th, 1997The committee searching for a new Johnstown campus vice president for academic affairs has opted to re-open its search next fall, after being told by Provost James Maher that its recent search failed to meet Pitt affirmative action guidelines. Maher gave UPJ the option of extending the search through the summer or re-opening it in […]
Salman Rushdie shares insights in tightly guarded lecture on campus >
April 17th, 1997Prior to his April 9 visit here, the last time Salman Rushdie was on the Pittsburgh campus was in 1987 for a literary conference – "in slightly less security-conscious times," the author quipped. Specifically, it was two years before the publication of Rushdie's novel "The Satanic Verses," which the fundamentalist Islamic government of Iran condemned […]
Automated classroom scheduling expected to yield improvements >
April 17th, 1997Countless faculty members probably have walked into a class armed with a box of chalk only to find that the classroom they have been assigned has a marker board. Others may have shown up for class carrying maps or transparencies, and then discovered that their room lacked map hooks or an overhead projector. Because some […]
UPJ Student Affairs vice president named >
April 17th, 1997David Rooney, former assistant vice president for Student Affairs at California State University, Sacramento, has been appointed vice president of Student Affairs at Pitt's Johnstown campus (UPJ). Rooney also has worked at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Arizona State and Texas Tech University. He holds bachelor's degrees in psychology and special education and a master's […]
House votes for tuition cap with steep penalty for exceeding limit >
April 17th, 1997When Gov. Tom Ridge recommended increasing Pitt's state appropriation by 2 percent ($2.97 million) under his proposed 1997-98 budget, University administrators complained that the amount was significantly less than what Pitt will need next year. But they thanked Ridge for proposing to increase Pitt's budget with no strings attached in the form of the state's […]
Senate committee to examine relationship between School of Medicine and UPMCS >
April 17th, 1997Is the academic mission of Pitt's School of Medicine compatible with the business goals of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center System (UPMCS)? University Senate leaders have formed a committee of seven senior Pitt professors to examine that question. "It's not that we're assuming they [Pitt and UPMCS] are incompatible," said Senate Vice President Nathan […]