University Times

David 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 […]

When 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 […]

Is 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 […]

Saturday, April 20, at noon is the deadline for nominations for membership on Pitt's Staff Association Council (SAC). The membership election is set for the May 14 SAC meeting at noon in 2M/2P56 Forbes Quadrangle. Since there are normally more vacancies on SAC than candidates, nominees are routinely appointed to a seat. SAC officers will […]

The race for University Senate president this year features three long-time Pitt professors who represent all of the Senate's academic divisions: the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), the professional schools and the Health Sciences. Keith A. McDuffie, a professor in the FAS Hispanic languages and literatures department, is running for a third consecutive one-year […]

John C. Camillus Donald R. Beall Professor of Strategic Management, Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business. Served on Senate Council (1981-84). During the 1980s, U.S. businesses showed universities how not to respond to rapid change and an unpredictable environment, according to Camillus, whose academic specialty is strategic planning. "Downsizing, re-engineering and unrestrained cost-cutting have […]

Keith A. McDuffie Professor, Hispanic languages and literatures, Faculty of Arts and Sciences. University Senate president (1995 to present), vice president (1984-85) and member of various Senate committees (1977-1984). McDuffie wants to build on what he calls the "healthy working relationship" that has grown during the last two years between the Senate, the Nordenberg administration […]