Long-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 […]
Obituary: Mark O. Gustine >
January 8th, 2009Money 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 […]
UPJ scholarship honors advisory board member >
January 8th, 2009Concurrent Technologies Corp. will honor CTC head Daniel R. DeVos by establishing a $50,000 Pitt-Johnstown scholarship endowment, the Daniel R. DeVos Science and Technology Scholarship. CTC is an independent, nonprofit, applied scientific research and development professional services organization providing management and technology-based solutions to government and industry. Under DeVos’s leadership, the company has grown from […]