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Issue Date: 
October 25, 2010
THE CITY IS OUR CAMPUS: An estimated 2,800 Pitt students fanned out across the city on Saturday, Oct. 16, during Pitt Make a Difference Day. The third annual volunteer event sent 60 buses full of students to various locations across Pittsburgh to pick up trash, take care of green spaces, and to perform other chores. THE CITY IS OUR CAMPUS: An estimated 2,800 Pitt students fanned out across the city on Saturday, Oct. 16, during Pitt Make a Difference Day. The third annual volunteer event sent 60 buses full of students to various locations across Pittsburgh to pick up trash, take care of green spaces, and to perform other chores.
John Perkins, a New York Times best-selling author, spoke Oct. 14 at Soldiers & Sailors Auditorium. He discussed corporate responsibility, ethics in the public and private sector, and sustainable environmental practices. Perkins is the author of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man (Penguin Group, 2006), The Secret History of the American Empire (Penguin Group, 2008), and Hoodwinked (Random House, 2009). He has held a variety of positions, including chief economist for a major international consulting firm, CEO of an alternative energy company, and adviser to Fortune 500 corporations and the World Bank. Perkins donates all proceeds from his speaking engagements to his nonprofit work, which includes environmental sustainability efforts and human rights initiatives in the Amazon rainforest region.CONFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIC HIT MAN: John Perkins, a New York Times best-selling author, spoke Oct. 14 at Soldiers & Sailors Auditorium. He discussed corporate responsibility, ethics in the public and private sector, and sustainable environmental practices. Perkins is the author of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man (Penguin Group, 2006), The Secret History of the American Empire (Penguin Group, 2008), and Hoodwinked (Random House, 2009). He has held a variety of positions, including chief economist for a major international consulting firm, CEO of an alternative energy company, and adviser to Fortune 500 corporations and the World Bank. Perkins donates all proceeds from his speaking engagements to his nonprofit work, which includes environmental sustainability efforts and human rights initiatives in the Amazon rainforest region.
Five members of the Pittsburgh Citizen Police Review Board (CPRB), including Pitt’s Deborah Walker and Debora Whitfield (seated, center and left, respectively), took their oaths of office on Sept. 10 in City Council’s chambers. Walker (CGS ’01, GSPIA ’03), a former Pitt police officer, is the student conduct officer and assistant to the dean in Pitt’s Office of Student Affairs. Whitfield (CGS ’06) is a financial counselor in Pitt’s School of Dental Medicine. Several Pitt administrators and colleagues observed the ceremony. From left, Carol Mohammed, director of Pitt’s Office of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion; James N. Williams III, assistant director, City/County Relations, Pitt Governmental Relations; Richard M. Carrington, CPRB member; Gwen Watkins, vice president, Steering Committee, Pitt Staff Association Council; Pitt Vice Provost and Dean of Students Kathy W. Humphrey; Vice Chancellor for Public Affairs Robert Hill; Shawn E. Brooks, associate dean and director, Pitt Residence Life; Eugene M. Downing Jr., CPRB member; and, seated at right, Leshonda Roberts, CPRB member.PITTSBURGH CITIZEN POLICE REVIEW BOARD: Five members of the Pittsburgh Citizen Police Review Board (CPRB), including Pitt’s Deborah Walker and Debora Whitfield (seated, center and left, respectively), took their oaths of office on Sept. 10 in City Council’s chambers. Walker (CGS ’01, GSPIA ’03), a former Pitt police officer, is the student conduct officer and assistant to the dean in Pitt’s Office of Student Affairs. Whitfield (CGS ’06) is a financial counselor in Pitt’s School of Dental Medicine. Several Pitt administrators and colleagues observed the ceremony. From left, Carol Mohammed, director of Pitt’s Office of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion; James N. Williams III, assistant director, City/County Relations, Pitt Governmental Relations; Richard M. Carrington, CPRB member; Gwen Watkins, vice president, Steering Committee, Pitt Staff Association Council; Pitt Vice Provost and Dean of Students Kathy W. Humphrey; Vice Chancellor for Public Affairs Robert Hill; Shawn E. Brooks, associate dean and director, Pitt Residence Life; Eugene M. Downing Jr., CPRB member; and, seated at right, Leshonda Roberts, CPRB member.
NEGRO EDUCATIONAL REVIEW: Alice M. Scales and Shirley A. Biggs (seated, from left), Pitt professors of education emerita, met with officials from Florida A&M University (FAMU) to discuss issues related to the Negro Educational Review. The international refereed journal was established in 1950 and has been edited by Scales, editor-in-chief and comanaging editor, and Biggs, comanaging editor, at Pitt since 2005. The women met Oct. 18 in Posvar Hall with (standing, from left) FAMU officials Franklin D. Hamilton (GSPH ’69), professor emeritus, Environmental Sciences Institute; Frederick S. Humphries (A&S ’65), Regent Professor, FAMU College of Law; and James E. Hawkins, advisory editor of the Negro Educational Review and dean, School of Journalism & Graphic Communication.NEGRO EDUCATIONAL REVIEW: Alice M. Scales and Shirley A. Biggs (seated, from left), Pitt professors of education emerita, met with officials from Florida A&M University (FAMU) to discuss issues related to the Negro Educational Review. The international refereed journal was established in 1950 and has been edited by Scales, editor-in-chief and comanaging editor, and Biggs, comanaging editor, at Pitt since 2005. The women met Oct. 18 in Posvar Hall with (standing, from left) FAMU officials Franklin D. Hamilton (GSPH ’69), professor emeritus, Environmental Sciences Institute; Frederick S. Humphries (A&S ’65), Regent Professor, FAMU College of Law; and James E. Hawkins, advisory editor of the Negro Educational Review and dean, School of Journalism & Graphic Communication.