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SAC Vice President for Marketing Lindsay Rodzwicz and President Rich Colwell pose with Chancellor Patrick Gallagher in the Rotunda at the State Capitol. The Staff Association Council had several members make the trip to Harrisburg to tell legislators how state support for Pitt helps staff. Find more from #PittDay in Harrisburg.
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Staff Highlights
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Looking for ways to save money?
Did you know that staff can purchase a "dining plan" of sorts that discounts meals at all campus dining facilities? The plan works through a payroll deduction and discounts increase with the amount you have withheld from your paycheck each month.
Plan 1: Deduct $15 Available to Spend $16
Plan 2: Deduct $25 Available to Spend $27
Plan 3: Deduct $50 Available to Spend $56
Plan 4: Deduct $75 Available to Spend $85
Plan 5: Deduct $100 Available to Spend $115
Use your Pitt ID to pay for meals, just like the students do. Lunch Money participants also can eat at Market Central and The Perch at Sutherland (the 2 all-you-care-to-eat campus options) at a reduced lunch rate of $6.95 per entry.
For more information or to register, check out the Lunch Money website. See a map of available dining locations or check out today's menus.
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LifeSolutions provides a broad range of services to assist faculty, staff, and their household members to balance work and the stresses of daily life.
This month's featured webinar is Practical Strategies to Stay Safe in the case of natural disasters, terror attack, and other emergencies.
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Chancellor Patrick Gallagher (2nd from right) and his wife, Karen, pose with SAC President Rich Colwell (far right) with and Pitt's Jazz Ensemble from the February 27 celebration. The event was attended by Board of Trustees and senior administration, along with faculty, staff and student representatives. There were performances by many student groups including the Men's Glee Club and Avenue Q stage production. SAC officers were also in attendance.
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Free Museum Admission on select days
Carnegie Museums of Art and Natural History offer free admission on Thursday nights in March from 4-8 pm thanks to the generosity of The Jack Buncher Foundation. Parking is $6.
The Jack Buncher Foundation is also sponsoring free days at The Andy Warhol Museum during Pittsburgh Public Schools' spring break week. Buncher Family Free Days include Tuesday, March 31; Wednesday, April 1; and Saturday, April 4, all from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Parking is $7.
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Italian Film Festival
Opening Night
March 26, 2015 7 p.m.
Click on the flag for the film schedule. All seven films, shown in Italian with subtitles in English, are Pittsburgh premieres. Our festival will begin March 26 at 7pm at the Carnegie Free Library and Music Hall in Carnegie, PA, with an Opening Night reception. The rest of the films will be shown on campus at the Frick Fine Arts Auditorium. All films are free and open to the public.
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Guide for Faculty and Staff for Helping Distressed Students
Student Affairs has assembled a guide to assist staff and faculty for helping distressed students. You can review the guide here. The University of Pittsburgh values the safety and health of all members of the Pitt community and seeks to foster an environment in which its students and employees treat other persons with respect, civility, and dignity. Any behavior that involves sexual assault or harassment, relationship violence, or stalking of another person is prohibited.
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Center for Bioethics and Health Law
24th Annual Medical Ethics Update: End-of-Life Decisions
The Cruzan Case 25 Years Later: Its Legacy and Its Future
Friday, March 27, 2015
8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Scaife Hall 11th Floor Conference Center
Keynote Speaker
Barron Lerner, MD, PhD
“When Doctors Can’t or Don’t Say No”
Register online or by contacting the Center for Bioethics and Health Law at 412-648-7120.
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Pitt Be a Good Neighbor Day
Saturday, March 28
All faculty, staff, alumni, students, and their family members (14 and older) are invited to serve during the Pitt Be A Way Good Neighbor Day. The Pitt community will work on projects identified by our community partners as a direct and hands-on effort to help these agencies. By serving on Pitt Be a Good Neighbor Day, you are showing your enthusiastic support for our regional community! Click here to reserve your spot!
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What SAC does for you
Check out the SAC historical timeline for a list of issues tackled by the Staff Association Council on your behalf. Among the accomplishments: improving SUPRA services, initiating Falk Pharmacy prescription delivery, initiating the discussion for domestic partner benefits, and establishing staff access to parking. Tell us what you want SAC to tackle next! Email sac@pitt.edu.
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Meet SAC Member Robyne Ivory!
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Robyne L. Ivory is an Administrative Assistant and Project Coordinator for the University Library System Technical Services Department. She has worked at Pitt for 6 ½ years. In her current position, Robyne is the administrative assistant to the department head, liaison to the university’s purchasing department and is also the liaison to outside vendors. Robyne works to ensure that licenses for electronic materials are up to date and organized. She also gathers and records usage statistics for the library’s e-resources in addition to tracking the progress of various projects within the department.
Her involvement with SAC: Robyne became a member of SAC in May of 2014. She currently serves on the External Relations Committee. She has just been appointed to represent SAC on the University Press Committee for the University Senate.
Why did she join SAC? Robyne says, “My office is located off campus in the Library Resources Center on Thomas Blvd. (in the Point Breeze section of Pittsburgh). Joining SAC allowed me to connect with the campus in addition to building professional relationships with people that I would not come in contact with otherwise. Being a part of SAC, I see first-hand how the committees strive to stay in line with their goals of shared governance and community service.”
What is her vision on how SAC can impact the University? “I would say that SAC’s potential cannot be confined to a few sentences. SAC’s advocacy has helped bring about disability benefits, book scholarships, extended holiday break, help with food banks and the annual Kennywood Day to name a few. In short, SAC’s potential is limitless.”
Fun Facts about Robyne: “I do a lot of hiking and biking… mostly biking. Last year, with a group of seven others, I biked the Great Allegheny Passage trail from Homestead, PA to Cumberland, MA; it was quite an adventure. One of my goals is to bike major trails in other states also. I don’t like sitting for long periods of time so I participate in the BE FIT PITT initiative, it helps me get up and moving throughout the day. Thank you Dr. Renee Rogers and Pitt’s Department of Health and Physical Activity. This is a great initiative designed to combat the effects of being sedentary for long periods of time. Another great perk to working at Pitt.“
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Support the SAC Book Fund
Please consider donating to the SAC Endowed Book Fund electronically or via payroll deduction. Every single dollar goes to rewarding the hard work of children of Pitt staff members. You can have the donation withdrawn directly from your pay and donations are tax deductible! You can contact Institutional Advancement directly for questions on how to donate. Thank you for your consideration and generosity!
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The Staff Association Council is now accepting new member applications. Email SAC@pitt.edu
to apply!
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 Questions? Comments? Concerns?
Reach out to a
Staff Association Council member today.
We are here to represent you!
Peter Adams - Plastic Surgery
Marissa Arlet - Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
Valerie Asbury - Medicine/Geriatrics
Tammeka Banks - Office of Research
Susan Benton - Division of Laboratory Animal Resources
Barbara Bowers - Anesthesiology
Shelly Brown - SHRS-Rehab Sci and Tech
Mario Browne - SVC Health Sciences
Camille Burgess - College of Business Administration
Lucy Cafeo - Biomedical Informatics
Mary Ellen Carey – Education and Compliance Office
Paula Carpinelli - Purchasing Services
Margaret Clements-Dawson - Magee Womens Research Institute and Foundation
Angela Coldren - Katz Graduate School of Business
Rich Colwell - Engineering Operations
Tricia Connell - Office of Institutional Advancement
Monica Costlow - Biostatistics/Comparative Effectiveness Research Core
Karen Dicks - Department of Computer Science
James Doty - Swanson School of Engineering/IT
Deborah Downey - Falk Library of the Health Sciences
Rick Fabean - Pharmacy
Colleen Farrell - Cardiology
Richard Fera - CSSD Security
Diane Fleishman - Continuing Dental Education
Anita Gallagher - Nationality Rooms/UCIS
Kathleen Hansell-Prigg – Systems Neuroscience Institute
Carol Hodgkiss - Nursing/Educational Technology and Innovation
Nicole Hudson – Katz Graduate School of Business
Robyne Ivory - University Library System Technical Services
Christine Jackson - Occupational Therapy
Corey James – School of Information Sciences
Michael Jandrasits - Athletic Department - Ticket Office
Michele Kiraly - CSSD
Hillary Koller - College of Business Administration Career Services
Michael Laughlin - Fiscal Services
Monika Losagio - French and Italian and Hispanic
James Lyle - Engineering-Information Technology
Adriana Maguina-Ugarte - Center for Comparative Archaeology/Anthropology
Nicholas Mance - Bioengineering
Christopher March - Financial Information Systems
Meg Mayer-Costa - Student Health Service
Jonah McAllister-Erickson - University Library Services/Admin
Crystal McCormick Ware - Administrative Services
Babs Mowery - A&S Advising Center
Beth Ann Pischke - School of Law
Matthew Richardson – Cross Cultural & Leadership Development
Pamela Rikstad - Swanson School of Engineering, Office of the Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Lindsay Rodzwicz - Bioengineering
Lynn Rosen - College of Business Administration Career Services
Bobbi Jo Rosol - Computing Services
Lori Schmotzer - Pharmacy
Carmel Schoeb - College of Business Administration, Office of Admissions
Fiona Seels - School of Education -Technology Department
Megan Soltesz - School of Social Work
Nancy Spice - School of Pharmacy
Andy Stephany - Medicine/Research Administration
Samantha Stephens - Athletics
Clayton Steup - Medicine/Physician Scientist Training Program
Barbara Stolarz – Office of Child Development, School of Education
Peng Tang - Research/Cost Accounting
Tiwanda Taylor - College of Business Administration
Jessica Tebbets - Medicine-Orthopaedic Surgery
Greer Tiver - Medicine-General Internal Medicine
Alex Toner - Office of the University Registrar
Michele Tschannen - Pitt Program Council
Michael Wahl - School of Dental Medicine Office of the Dean
Debora Whitfield - Dental Medicine, Office of Patient Services
Barbara Zischkau - Pitt Annual Fund
Katy Zorich - Neurology
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