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Volume 27 Issue 5

Pitt's goals for the next five years >

October 27th, 1994

The following are Pitt's goals for the rest of the century, according to the "Toward the 21st Century" plan. Goals * An emphasis on excellence in undergraduate teaching. * A renewed emphasis on graduate and professional education. * A new emphasis on global studies. * A continued emphasis on research. * A strengthened infrastructure for […]

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Trustees endorse goals in 5-year plan, "Toward the 21st Century" >

October 27th, 1994

At its Oct. 21 meeting, Pitt's Board of Trustees endorsed the goals outlined in a new five-year University plan titled "Toward the 21st Century." Among other initiatives, the document calls for recruiting more out-of-state students, continued emphases on research and excellence in undergraduate education (including improving labs and classrooms), a new emphasis on study abroad, […]

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Breaking ground in Titusville >

October 27th, 1994

Ground was broken Oct. 14 for the Titusville campus's Broadhurst Science Center, a 32,000-square-foot building being constructed as one of the state's Jump Start projects. Over 200 people attended the groundbreaking ceremonies including, from left, James S. Broadhurst, chairman of the board and CEO of Eat 'n Park Restaurants; UPT President Michael A. Worman, Chancellor […]

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No decision yet on distribution of 21st Century plan >

October 27th, 1994

Pitt senior administrators have said they intend to widely circulate the "Toward the 21st Century" plan. However, no decision on distributing the plan had been made as this issue of the University Times went to press.

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Learning Skills Center unveils new lab >

October 27th, 1994

Pitt celebrated the 20th anniversary of its Learning Skills Center Oct. 20 by unveiling the most advanced university-based computer lab in western Pennsylvania for the visually and physically challenged and the learning disabled. Sue Sillman (left), a senior majoring in communication, and Shirley Abriola (below), a senior majoring in social work, demonstrated a voice-activated computer […]

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Pitt submits its FY96 budget request to state >

October 27th, 1994

Pitt has proposed limiting next fall's tuition hike for in-state students to 3.5 percent and increasing the salary and fringe benefit pool by 4.35 percent as part of a funding request submitted by University administrators this month to the Pennsylvania Department of Education. In light of its plan to hold next fall's tuition increase down […]

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Trustees approve capital budget despite some disagreement about Mag >

October 27th, 1994

The Board of Trustees voted to approve a $154.9 million Pitt capital budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1, 1995. The budget includes 74 new and ongoing construction and renovation projects to be completed over the next several years. No trustees opposed the capital budget in the voice vote taken at the board's […]

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Master space plan outlines physical development of University campus >

October 27th, 1994

Pitt's master space plan outlining the physical development of the Pittsburgh campus over the next five, 10 and 20 years was formally unveiled at the Board of Trustees' meeting on Oct. 21. Developed by Senate Council's plant utilization and planning committee (PUP), the plan is part of an overall facilities planning effort by the Pittsburgh […]

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Connolly named chairperson-designate of Pitt trustees >

October 27th, 1994

J.W. Connolly, retired senior vice president of H.J. Heinz Co. and a Pitt law alumnus, was elected chairperson-designate of the Board of Trustees at the board's Oct. 21 meeting. He will succeed board chairperson Farrell Rubenstein when Rubenstein's current one-year term expires in June. Connolly originally was elected to the Board of Trustees in May […]

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Public forum on master plan is set >

October 27th, 1994

Senate Council's plant utilization and planning committee will sponsor a public forum on Pitt's master space plan Nov. 2 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the William Pitt Union Ballroom. Copies of the plan are being sent to members of the University community on the extended list of deans, directors and department chairs. All […]

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