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Volume 41 Issue 14

Benefits survey: Satisfaction is high >

March 19th, 2009

Pitt employees generally are satisfied with their benefits offerings, according to a recent online survey. The University-wide survey, which was completed by 999 employees — 75 percent of them staff, 25 percent faculty — showed an overall satisfaction rate as follows: very satisfied, 32 percent; satisfied, 50 percent; somewhat satisfied, 16 percent, and not at […]

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Obituary: Frank John Draus >

March 19th, 2009

Frank John Draus, a long-time faculty member and administrator in the School of Dental Medicine, died March 4, 2009. He was 79. A native of Dupont, Pa., Draus came to Pitt in 1956 as a research assistant in the school, rising through the academic ranks to associate professor and professor. He held a number of […]

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Benefits survey: At a glance >

March 19th, 2009

In the recently completed employee benefits survey, the following results summarize respondents’ opinions on the importance of each benefit listed; the satisfaction with each benefit, and the perception of customer service offered by vendors of each benefit. According to John Kozar, Pitt director of Benefits, data for each of the three sections were derived from […]

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SAC to recommend alternatives in light of salary freeze >

March 19th, 2009

The Staff Association Council (SAC) may recommend alternatives to staff compensation now that the University has announced a salary freeze for fiscal year 2010. (See March 5 University Times.) Libby Hilf, reporting for the absent chair of SAC’s salary and job classification committee, said at the March 11 meeting that the group is drafting a […]

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New motor pool policy wrecks some field trip plans >

March 19th, 2009

Changes in the University’s policy on student use of University vehicles have left some professors scrambling to find qualified drivers for field trips this term and over the summer. The new policy requires drivers to be at least 25 years old and to have had a valid driver’s license for four years before they may […]

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