Winter 2011 - Pitt-Johnstown Home Page - University of Pittsburgh

Achievement Award, and board member Jeanne Feathers '87 was presented with the President'sAward by Association President Jeffrey Philibin '88.In recognition of its support of Pitt-Johnstown and our students, the Alumni Association washonored with a Gold Banner Award from the Pitt Alumni Association. The award includes a$500 contribution to the Association's scholarship fund.Faculty, staff, students, alumni, and community members braved the cold temperatures to jointhe celebration at our fifth annual Light Up Night at University Square. Approximately 150attendees joined PJ the Mountain Cat on the traditional stroll under the Goodwill Arches.For the third year in a row, Pitt-Johnstown was designated a Military Friendly School by GIJobs. This designation recognizes Pitt-Johnstown's efforts to assist veterans and active dutymilitary personnel in their transition to becoming students, through the MountainCat VeteransProgram. Recognition as a Military Friendly School places Pitt-Johnstown among the top 20% ofcolleges, universities, and trade schools that are providing outreach to military service membersand veterans.A capacity crowd was on hand for the Pasquerilla Lecture Series, featuring New York Timesbestselling author Dr. Michael Mandelbaum. One of America’s leading authorities oninternational affairs, Dr. Mandelbaum is the co-author (with Thomas L. Friedman) of the NewYork Times bestselling book, That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Inventedand How We Can Come Back. The work has been described as “a book of exceptionalimportance” that “should be read by policy-makers and every American concerned about ourcountry’s future.”Conference Services provided support for more than 1,200 internal events including:Freshman Convocation; Homecoming Activities; Pitt-Johnstown @ Your Service; Model UN;The Heroes Memorial Dedication; Accounting & Business Job Fair; Study Abroad ServicesWeek; Veterans Day Program; STEM Professions Day; Light Up Night; and all Pitt-Johnstownalumni functions. Conference Services also hosted more than 50 external events, including: PAState Nurses Summit, a two day conference attended by 100 Nurses; JARI Safety Conference;Clara Barton (through the Red Cross) at which more than 150 high school girls attended a daylong mentoring program and toured campus; Head Start Professional Development, at which200 professionals attended a day-long symposium; the Chamber of Commerce John B. GunterCommunity Leadership Initiative Series, as well as a number of alumni wedding receptions.The Whalley Chapel provided support for more than 225 events in the Chapel.During the Fall Term, Outreach and Professional Services coordinated and ran the Fall SATReview Series, with 25 high school students attending the Verbal Review and 23 studentsattending the Math Review. Outreach and Professional Services also offered the Discover Fallprogram, a slate of 12 non-credit classes that ran from late October to early December andattracted more than 100 registrants.24