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Volume 41 Issue 5

GSPIA turns 50: Looking back over 50 years >

October 23rd, 2008

Three of the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs’ longest-serving employees — who combined represent more than 100 years of service to GSPIA — are awash with nostalgia as the school gets set to celebrate its 50th anniversary this weekend. Donald Goldstein, who plans to retire from teaching next August after 35 years and […]

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CGS marks 50 years as a school >

October 23rd, 2008

Tomorrow, the College of General Studies is celebrating its birthday. Planned in tandem with the annual alumni weekend and homecoming activities, the CGS Student Government and current students, along with CGS alumni and their families, will celebrate the 50th anniversary — birthday cake and all — of the establishment of the college as a full-fledged […]

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CGS long-timers reminisce >

October 23rd, 2008

As the College of General Studies (CGS) readies for its celebration of 50 years as a Pitt school this weekend, four people with long-time CGS associations reminisced about their experiences. Tim Carr, an academic adviser on staff at CGS since 1975, recalled his early days working at the college when there were many more students […]

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Highlights from CGS history >

October 23rd, 2008

• March 11, 1958 — Pitt’s Board of Trustees approves establishment of the School of General Studies; Viers Wilson Adams is named first dean. Five concentrations are offered — humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, business and education. • 1966-68 — Nine majors are added: English, French, geography, history, mathematics, political science, psychology, sociology and Spanish. […]

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Residence Life staffers prepare to scare >

October 23rd, 2008

Residence Life staffers Samantha Comarnitsky and Simeon Saunders check their inventory of spooky items for the Nightmare in the Quad and Haunted Holland events set for 7-10 p.m. Oct. 30. Saunders, residence director for Bruce, Brackenridge and McCormick halls, and Comarnitsky, residence director for Holland Hall, are advisers to the Resident Student Association volunteers who […]

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