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Pitt Make a Difference Day

Issue Date: 
November 7, 2011

About 2,500 Pitt students gave back to the city of Pittsburgh by volunteering for the Fourth Annual Pitt Make a Difference Day (PMADD) on Oct. 22. Students departed on buses from the William Pitt Union and fanned out across the city to work on various projects.

Pitt Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg jokes with volunteers who gathered that morning.Pitt Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg jokes with volunteers who gathered that morning.
Volunteers construct a planter bench in the South Oakland community garden known as Frazier Farms. Volunteers construct a planter bench in the South Oakland community garden known as Frazier Farms.
Students work on paring back shrubbery in South Oakland’s Oakcliffe Overlook Park & Greenway, a protected greenway within the City of Pittsburgh. Students work on paring back shrubbery in South Oakland’s Oakcliffe Overlook Park & Greenway, a protected greenway within the City of Pittsburgh.
Kathy W. Humphrey (far left), Pitt vice provost and dean of students; Pitt Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor Patricia E. Beeson (beside Humphrey); and Chancellor Nordenberg (far right) pose with student volunteers. Kathy W. Humphrey (far left), Pitt vice provost and dean of students; Pitt Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor Patricia E. Beeson (beside Humphrey); and Chancellor Nordenberg (far right) pose with student volunteers.