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Newsmakers II

Issue Date: 
August 23, 2011
CELEBRATING WITH THADDEUS MOSLEY: Friends and families celebrated Thaddeus Mosley’s (A&S ’50) “near 85 years of energetic life” during a June 11 outdoor party at the Highland Park home of Terry Seya (KGSB ’93). Mosley (far right) is a prominent and nationally known sculptor, based in Pittsburgh, who works primarily in wood. He is talking with Davis Lewis (center, front), an architect, writer, painter, and longtime friend, and Robert Hill (far left), Pitt’s vice chancellor for public affairs. Lewis is the author of Thaddeus Mosley: African-American Sculptor (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1997). CELEBRATING WITH THADDEUS MOSLEY: Friends and families celebrated Thaddeus Mosley’s (A&S ’50) “near 85 years of energetic life” during a June 11 outdoor party at the Highland Park home of Terry Seya (KGSB ’93). Mosley (far right) is a prominent and nationally known sculptor, based in Pittsburgh, who works primarily in wood. He is talking with Davis Lewis (center, front), an architect, writer, painter, and longtime friend, and Robert Hill (far left), Pitt’s vice chancellor for public affairs. Lewis is the author of Thaddeus Mosley: African-American Sculptor (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1997).
SAC OFFICERS INSTALLED: The new officers of Pitt’s Staff Association Council (SAC) were installed July 13 during a ceremony in the William Pitt Union’s Lower Lounge. From left, Jon-Paul “J.P.” Matychak (EDUC ’05), SAC vice president for steering, who is director of career services in the College of Business Administration; Monica Costlow (LAW ’05), SAC treasurer, who is program coordinator of the evaluation and research unit in the School of Pharmacy; Monika Losagio (A&S ’87), SAC vice president for marketing and communications, who is departmental administrator in the Department of French and Italian Languages and Literatures; and Deborah Walker (CGS ’01, GSPIA ’03), SAC president, who is student conduct officer in the Division of Student Affairs.SAC OFFICERS INSTALLED: The new officers of Pitt’s Staff Association Council (SAC) were installed July 13 during a ceremony in the William Pitt Union’s Lower Lounge. From left, Jon-Paul “J.P.” Matychak (EDUC ’05), SAC vice president for steering, who is director of career services in the College of Business Administration; Monica Costlow (LAW ’05), SAC treasurer, who is program coordinator of the evaluation and research unit in the School of Pharmacy; Monika Losagio (A&S ’87), SAC vice president for marketing and communications, who is departmental administrator in the Department of French and Italian Languages and Literatures; and Deborah Walker (CGS ’01, GSPIA ’03), SAC president, who is student conduct officer in the Division of Student Affairs.
INFORMATION SCIENCES INSTITUTE: Farai Chideya, author, journalist, and political pundit, delivered the keynote address on June 7 in the William Pitt Union Kurtzman Room for the opening ceremony of the iSchool Inclusion Institute (i3). Supported by a $700,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, i3 aims to encourage and prepare undergraduate students from underrepresented groups to enroll in graduate studies in the information sciences. The i3 works with three separate cohorts of undergrads from around the country. Students attend a summer introductory session in Oakland, return to their campuses to conduct a yearlong team project overseen by a faculty mentor, and come back to Pitt the following summer for a two-week session. The first group was on Pitt’s campus June 6-30. More information on i3 is available on the institute Web site, www.ischool-inclusion.org.INFORMATION SCIENCES INSTITUTE: Farai Chideya, author, journalist, and political pundit, delivered the keynote address on June 7 in the William Pitt Union Kurtzman Room for the opening ceremony of the iSchool Inclusion Institute (i3). Supported by a $700,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, i3 aims to encourage and prepare undergraduate students from underrepresented groups to enroll in graduate studies in the information sciences. The i3 works with three separate cohorts of undergrads from around the country. Students attend a summer introductory session in Oakland, return to their campuses to conduct a yearlong team project overseen by a faculty mentor, and come back to Pitt the following summer for a two-week session. The first group was on Pitt’s campus June 6-30. More information on i3 is available on the institute Web site, www.ischool-inclusion.org.