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Chancellor's Affirmative Action Award

Issue Date: 
June 20, 2011
Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg awarded his 2011 Affirmative Action Award to Alaine M. Allen, director of the Pitt Engineering Career Access Program (PECAP) in the Swanson School of Engineering. The award is presented annually to an outstanding University program area or individual that has made a significant contribution in affirmation action. The chancellor presented the $2,500 award to Allen during the June 15 University Senate Council meeting. In his June 10 letter to Allen informing her of the award, Nordenberg said the selection committee “lauded you as an ideal administrator whose experience with the range of services provided by the School of Engineering and the University brings the continuity of commitment and vision necessary to maintain both the reach and the depth of PECAP's affirmative action mission.” Nordenberg also noted that he was “particularly impressed” that Allen’s nomination was supported by two former PECAP participants. From left, Carol Mohammed, director of Pitt’s Office of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion, who served as chair of the award selection committee; Chancellor Nordenberg; Allen; and Patricia Weiss, vice president of the University Senate and reference and information technology librarian for Pitt’s Health Sciences Library System. Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg awarded his 2011 Affirmative Action Award to Alaine M. Allen, director of the Pitt Engineering Career Access Program (PECAP) in the Swanson School of Engineering. The award is presented annually to an outstanding University program area or individual that has made a significant contribution in affirmation action. The chancellor presented the $2,500 award to Allen during the June 15 University Senate Council meeting. In his June 10 letter to Allen informing her of the award, Nordenberg said the selection committee “lauded you as an ideal administrator whose experience with the range of services provided by the School of Engineering and the University brings the continuity of commitment and vision necessary to maintain both the reach and the depth of PECAP's affirmative action mission.” Nordenberg also noted that he was “particularly impressed” that Allen’s nomination was supported by two former PECAP participants. From left, Carol Mohammed, director of Pitt’s Office of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion, who served as chair of the award selection committee; Chancellor Nordenberg; Allen; and Patricia Weiss, vice president of the University Senate and reference and information technology librarian for Pitt’s Health Sciences Library System.