Albert L. Etheridge, President of UPJ honored

Albert L. Etheridge, president of Pitt’s Johnstown campus, is being honored for his achievements with a scholarship endowment in his name. 

Etheridge, who has headed UPJ for 13 years, will retire June 30. 

Concurrent Technologies Corp. (CTC) has made a leadership gift toward the scholarship initiative. 

Jeanne Gleason, chair of the Pitt-Johnstown advisory board and an emeritus trustee at Pitt, said, “During his tenure, Dr. Etheridge has certainly left his mark. He has provided leadership for these significant achievements:”

• Growing the stature of the campus by achieving “3rd in the North” status among public comprehensive colleges and universities in U.S. News and World Report rankings;
  
• Raising $11.5 million, which surpassed the campus’s capital campaign goal of $10 million;
  
• Building the new Willow Hall student dormitory;
  
• Establishing new areas of study in secondary education and environmental science, and a Master of Social Work degree program;
  
• Establishing new campus landmarks, such as Heritage Square, Memorial Tree Grove and the mountain cat statue;
  
• Establishing academic facets, including a chapter of Phi Kappa Phi national honor society, the rising senior scholarship program, the President’s Awards for Teaching Excellence and Service Excellence and freshman convocation;
  
• Participating in an educational mission to Cuba, and 
  
• Receiving the Distinguished Alumnus Award from his alma mater.
  

The scholarship endowment was announced Nov. 15.

via University Times