The year was 1968. Wesley Posvar was chancellor. Civil rights demonstrations and student activism against the Vietnam War continued on campus. The new Hillman Library opened its doors and fundraising was underway for a Learning Research and Development Center building. The University Center for International Studies and the Department of Black Studies were established. On […]
UPG, UPJ staffers win campus president's awards >
January 8th, 2009Two regional campuses have announced the winners of annual staff awards. Michele Shuey, an academic adviser in the Office of Academic Affairs at Pitt-Greensburg, has won UPG’s President’s Distinguished Service Award for Staff. The purpose of the UPG award is to recognize regular staff who have demonstrated a consistent pattern of extraordinary dedication to the […]
$25k grant awarded for comp sci TLI program >
January 8th, 2009The Department of Computer Science has received a $25,000 grant from the Equitable Resources Foundation to support its Technology Leadership Initiative. TLI seeks to increase the number of local minority high school students who demonstrate strong academic performance, particularly in mathematics and/or science, to engage in the computer sciences and to explore computer science, math […]
Obituary: Mark O. Gustine >
January 8th, 2009Long-time Facilities Management staff member Mark O. Gustine died unexpectedly Jan. 5, 2009. He was 53. Gustine started at Pitt in 1984 as a custodian. He had been stationed at Mervis Hall for the past 10 years. “Mark was an exemplary employee, a good worker who was always on time,” said Will Mitchell, senior manager […]
Money woes: Ailing state budget a bad omen for appropriation >
January 8th, 2009In October, Gov. Edward G. Rendell announced that more than $7.25 million (4.25 percent of Pitt’s appropriation) would be withheld from the University’s final appropriation payment of the fiscal year if the state’s financial picture didn’t improve. Following a dismal mid-year budget report, in December Rendell increased the freeze to Pitt and its fellow state-related […]