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1994-2007 Dr. Albert L. Etheridge
2007-present Dr. Jem M. Spectar

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2000 - 2001

October 7 2000: Amy Carlson is crowned Homecoming Queen.
2000 President’s Staff Award for Excellence in Service is presented to Nancy Brunberg.
February 13 2001: Jason Scheponik is crowned Mr. UPJ. A competition founded & sponsored by the Alpha Gamma Delta sorority.
March 2001: Nineteen UPJ students take a mission trip to Jamaica during Spring Break to build houses, dig water holes and sewage drains, and distribute donated goods.
March 10 2001: Coach Pat Pecora is inducted into the Pennsylvania Wrestling Hall of Fame.
March 18 2001: Academic Honors Convocation. Speaker: Cheryl L. Sade, ’89, Algebra Teacher, North Star School District.
2000-2001 Pitt-Johnstown Service to Community Award is presented to Dr. Florence R. Warfel. April 18: First annual Pasquerilla Lecture Series: Stanley Crouch, author and critic.
May 5 2001: Commencement. Speaker: W. Thomas Phizacklea, ’81, Vice President for Finance, Goucher College, Baltimore, MD.
2001 President’s Award for Teaching Excellence is presented to Dr. Ronald G. Reinbold (German).

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2001 - 2002

Fall 2001: A sailing club is formed.
September 29 2001: Stephanie Lohr is crowned Homecoming Queen.
2001 President’s Staff Award for Excellence in Service is presented to Victor Kohler and Sharon Wilson.
March 9 2002: Shad Benton and Brandon Newill, wrestling, both win NCAA Division II titles.
March 17 2002: Academic Honors Convocation. Speaker: Edward A. Dobson, ’80, President and Principal Hydrogeologist of Mountain Research, Inc.
March 21 2002: Walt Krymski is crowned Mr. UPJ. A competition founded & sponsored by the Alpha Gamma Delta sorority.
2001-2002 Pitt-Johnstown Service to Community Award is presented to Jeffrey Campbell.
May 2002: UPJ celebrates its 75th anniversary.
May 4 2002: Commencement Speaker is Bill Cosby, educator, comedian, and entertainer.
2002 President’s Award for Teaching Excellence is presented to Dr. Robert W. Matson (History).

2002 - 2003

Fall 2002: Color Guard Club is organized. It wins first place in every competition entered throughout the school year.
September 28 2002: Erin Vybiral is crowned Homecoming Queen.
November 13 2002: Campus-wide celebration held in the Student Union honoring UPJ’s 75th anniversary.
2002 President’s Staff Award for Excellence in Service is presented to Betsy A. Goenner.
2003 Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award is presented to Rodney Eatman (Theatre).

2003 Chancellor’s Distinguished Service Award is presented to Betsy A. Goenner. First UPJ recipient.
March 13 2003: Coach Pat Pecora is inducted into the NCAA Division II Wrestling Hall of Fame.
March 16 2003: Academic Honors Convocation. Speaker: Sean C. Isgan,’82, President, CME Engineering, Inc.
March: The hockey team wins the College Hockey East Championship for the first time against Slippery Rock University in a three-game series.
2002-2003 Pitt-Johnstown Service to Community Award is presented to Dr. Jon Darling.
2003 President’s Award for Teaching Excellence is presented to Dr. Merrily K. Swoboda (Communication).
May 3 2003: Commencement Speaker is James Fallon, ’77, editor of Women’s Wear Daily.

2003 - 2004

Fall 2003: A Car and Truck Club is organized for students who share a common interest in customizing, upgrading, and repairing cars.
September 27 2003: Stacy Magulick is crowned Homecoming Queen.
2003 President’s Staff Award for Excellence in Service is presented to Bruce Haselrig.
2004 Chancellor’s Award for Staff Excellence in Service to Community is presented to Bruce Haselrig.

January 2004: The Blue and Gold Society is formed to provide opportunities for students to get involved in alumni events.
February 16 2004: Anthony Teti is crowned Mr. UPJ. A competition founded & sponsored by the Alpha Gamma Delta sorority.

March 18 2004: First annual Esther Goldhaber Jacovitz Poetry Series: Dr. Mark Halliday and J. Allyn Rosser. Endowed by Esther Goldhaber Jacovitz, a former English teacher in the Johnstown school system and “Junior Pitt” attendee from 1933-1936.
March 21 2004: Academic Honors Convocation Speaker is Barbara L. Parkins, ’80, Superintendent Greater Johnstown School District.
April 7 2004: Students place their projects on public display at the first annual Symposium for Promotion of Academic and Creative Enquiry (SPACE).
2003-2004 Pitt-Johnstown Service to Community Award is presented to Ron Vickroy.
2004 President’s Award for Teaching Excellence is presented to Dr. William Brice (Geology).
May 1 2004: Commencement. Speaker: Malcolm Bremer, M.D., Chief of Staff, North East Medical Center Hospital, Humble, Texas.
May 2004: Rob DeMichiei, Kappa Delta Rho, becomes Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer - UPMC.

2004 - 2005

October 1 2004: Chelse Burzio is crowned Homecoming Queen.
October 21 2004: “Worlds of UPJ”, in its fourth year, conveys ethnical and cultural diversities to freshmen residence halls. Each hall has a unique theme with dancing, music, games and food.
November 2004: New student clubs announced, including Women’s Softball, College Republicans, College Democrats, and Astronomy.
2004 President’s Staff Award for Excellence in Service is presented to Robert Knipple and Beth Ann Whiteman.
February 26 2005: Wrestling team wins the NCAA East Regional tournament for the 18th time.

March 2005: Students name the newest residence hall Willow Hall in a campus-wide vote. Housing 109 students in 24 separate apartment units, it is first occupied in the Fall 2005.
March 2005: 2nd Esther Goldhaber Jacovitz Poetry Series: Thomas Lux, The Cradle Place, The Street of Clocks, and New and Selected Poems, 1975-1995.
March 20 2005: Academic Honors Convocation Speaker is Dr. Kathleen E. George, ’63, author and Professor, Theatre Arts Department, University of Pittsburgh.
March 2005: The hockey team wins the College Hockey East Championship. They qualify for the ACHA National Tournament.
2004-2005 Pitt-Johnstown Service to Community Award is presented to Kerri Weir.
May 7 2005: Commencement. Speaker: Joseph P. Noel, ’85, Professor, Jack Skirall Chemical Biology and Proteonics Laboratory; Adjunct Professor, Salk Institute for Biological Studies.
2005 President’s Award for Teaching Excellence is presented to Robert Martinazzi (Mechanical Engineering Technology).

2005 - 2006

Fall 2005: Three new sports teams are organized: women’s soccer (fully recognized as a NCAA Division II sport), men’s and women’s golf.
October 1 2005: Carrie Ann Young is crowned Homecoming Queen.
November 5 2005: The Student Senate sponsors a 12-hour Hurricane Katrina dance-a-thon, collecting more than $1,900.
December 4 2005: Jodi Gault earns 500 career wins as women’s basketball coach.
2005 President’s Staff Award for Excellence in Service to the Community is presented to Linus R. “Ron” Pryal.
2005 President’s Staff Award for Excellence in Service to Pitt-Johnstown is presented to Jeanne Susko.
January 18 2006: The College Hockey East All-Star game is played in Johnstown for the first time. Six UPJ students participate.

2006 Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Service to the University is presented to Andrea Leibfreid.
2006 Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Service to the Community is presented to Linus R. “Ron” Pryal.
February 23 2006: Sridhar Natarajan and Nidhi Govil win the first Iron Chef Competition, sponsored by the Diversity Working Group and Sodexho Food Services.
March 11 2006: Thad Benton wins his second consecutive NCAA Division II wrestling title.
March 16 2006: 3rd Esther Goldhaber Jacovitz Poetry Series: Marilyn Chin, Rhapsody in Plain Yellow, The
Phoenix Gone, The Terrace Empty, and Dwarf Bamboo.
March 19 2006: Academic Honors Convocation Speaker is Cheryl L. Slade, ’89, Mathematics Teacher, North Star School District.
March 2006: The hockey team wins the College Hockey East Championship. They qualify for the ACHA National Tournament.
Men’s baseball team is selected to participate in its first NCAA tournament in school history.
April 28-29 2006: UPJ hosts the 2006 Mid-Atlantic Regional Competition for the American Society of Civil Engineers.
2006 President’s Award for Teaching Excellence is presented to David G. Willey (Physics) (Delta Chi).
2005-2006 Pitt-Johnstown Service to Community Award is presented to Delta Sigma Chi.
May 6 2006: Commencement. Speaker: Marlin H. Mickle, Ph.D., ’60, Professor, School of Engineering of the University of Pittsburgh.
June 22 2006: "Bruce Haselrig, who directed the student union, and Jake Stiffler, director of housing and residence life, both are retiring this year after more than 30 years. Nancy C. Grove, associate professor and coordinator of the school nurse certificate program at Pitt-Johnstown, came to UPJ in 1972 as an adjunct associate professor of natural sciences. She has served as director of the nursing program at UPJ for the past 16 years. Other faculty members retiring from UPJ include Denis Robitaille, associate professor of French and former Division of Humanities chair, who came to Pitt in 1971; chemistry professor George B. Trimitsis, who has been at UPJ 27 years, and associate professors of English Charles L. Darr, who came to Pitt in 1968, and Richard Franklin Strojan, who came to Pitt in 1971." via University Times

2006 - 2007

July 1 2006: UPJ athletics join the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC) after being non-conference affiliated since 1988.
September 2006: Abbey Hrescak, women’s volleyball, is the first UPJ athlete to be named WVIAC Player of the Week.
September 8 2006: The Mountain Cat statue on the Mall is dedicated.
September 30 2006: Fall Fest replaces Homecoming. Lyndsi McGinnis is crowned Fall Fest Queen.
2006 President’s Staff Award for Excellence in Service to the Community is presented to Roxanne Blough.
2006 President’s Staff Award for Excellence in Service to Pitt-Johnstown is presented to Andrea Leibfreid and Pamela Sabol.
Sigma Tau Gamma National Fraternity, Delta Pi Chapter was founded at Pitt-Johnstown in 2007 (need Date)

January 17 2007: Jason Layman, Mike Inman, and Dan Thomas are selected to the College Hockey East All- Star Team.
February 2007: Men’s Lacrosse Club is organized.
February 19 2007: Staff members Beverly Walerysiak, Andrea Sadvari, and Jeanne Susko win the 2nd Iron Chef Competition.
February 22 2007: Eric Faint is crowned Mr. UPJ. A competition founded & sponsored by the Alpha Gamma Delta sorority.

March 6 2007: WVIAC presents Pitt-Johnstown with the Clement H. Clower Institutional Sportsmanship Award.
March 18 2007: Academic Honors Convocation. Speaker: Dr. Kevin J. Pearson, ’99, Postdoctoral Intramural Research Training Award Fellow, Laboratories of Experimental Gerontology and Laboratories of Cardiovascular Science, National Institute on Aging, NIH.
March 22 2007: 4th Annual Esther Goldhaber Jacovitz Poetry Series: Nick Flynn, Blind Huber and Some Ether.
March 20 2007: The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers hosts the first i-Robot competition at the Engineering and Science Building.
April 2007: ASCE Club wins the Mid-Atlantic Regional Concrete Canoe competition. Advances to the National Competition.
2006-2007 Pitt-Johnstown Service to Community Award is presented to Andrea Sadvari.
May 5 2007: Commencement. Speaker is Dr. Mark A. Nordenberg, J.D., Chancellor, University of Pittsburgh.
2007 President’s Award for Teaching Excellence is presented to Dr. Valerie S. Grash (Fine Arts).

2007 - 2008

July 1 2007: Dr. Jem Spectar assumes his duties as the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown’s fifth president upon Dr. Etheridge’s retirement.
September 13 2007: "The campus now boasts 2,700 full-time and 450 part-time students, 70 student organizations, 143 faculty, 210 staff, nearly 40 campus buildings and more than 15,000 alumni."

September 23-30 2007: 80th Anniversary celebration.
September 26 2007: first annual PITT-nic in the Park is held in Johnstown’s Central Park.
September 29 2007: Kristie Carozza is crowned Homecoming Queen.
September 28 2007: Dr. Jem Spectar is inaugurated as the fifth president to the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown.
September 30 2007: First Pitt-Johnstown Athletics Hall of Fame Banquet is held. Inductees are: Lisa Britt (women’s basketball, 1976-1980), Sean Isgan (wrestling, 1977-1982), Carl Sax (men’s basketball, 1957- 1958), Ed Sherlock (men’s basketball/Athletic Director, 1970-2001), and James Wilkes (men’s basketball, 1951-1953).
2007 Fall Reading Series: Lori Jakiela, Ann Pancake, and Sean Thomas Dougherty.
Fall 2007: The Real World Experience program is initiated to encourage student participation in citizenship activities and cultivate, strengthen and support the habits of effective citizenship, from the local to the global level, focusing on four areas: Leadership, Involvement, Service, and Teamwork.
Fall 2007: Mountain Cat Maniacs is a new organization designed to foster school pride and spirit while supporting athletic programs.
November 1: Wireless internet communications are established in the academic buildings to increase student-friendly service as well as provide accessibility and currency.
December 3 2007: First Annual Light-Up Night is held outside Blackington Hall, featuring the illuminated Goodwill Arches.
2007 President’s Staff Award for Excellence in Service to the Community is presented to Jeanine Lawn.
2007 President’s Staff Award for Excellence in Service to Pitt-Johnstown is presented to Marilyn Alberter.
February 21 2008: Men’s basketball team wins the WVIAC championship.

February 27 2008: Pawel Brzozowski is crowned Mr. UPJ. A competition founded & sponsored by the Alpha Gamma Delta sorority.

March 2008: Albert Miles wins the national championship at the NCAA Division II National Wrestling Tournament.
March 3 2008: Two unnamed members of the Black Action Society win the 3rd annual Iron Chef Competition. March 20: 5th Annual Esther Goldhaber Jacovitz Poetry Series: Terrance Hayes, Wind In a Box, Hip Logic, and Muscular Music.
March 30 2008: Academic Honors Convocation. Speaker: Richard K. Verma, Esq., Advisory Board member and Partner in Steptoe & Johnson, L.L.P.
2008 Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award is presented to Dr. John McGrath (Business).
April 2008: Pitt-Johnstown’s Habitat for Humanity International Campus Chapter is officially recognized.
Dr. Spectar creates the President’s Mentorship Fund for Faculty-Student Scholarship. Initial awards are given to: Brad Watson & Dr. Bruce Robart (Biology), Compositional Change in the Forest of the Rocky Run Nature Area; Tiffany Bumbarger & Dr. Lisa Bell-Loncella (Chemistry), How Fast Will an Electron Travel? Model Complexes to Study the Kinetics of Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer on Self-Assembled Monolayers; Andrew Klobukia & Dr. Kim Simons (Chemistry), Biochemical and Structural Analysis of the Mitotic Exit Network; Jessica Lensie & Dr. Kim Simmons (Chemistry), Determination of the Antibiotic/Toxic Effects of an Ampicillin Derivative; Allen Mullen & Dr. Sharon Bertsch (Psychology), The Effect of Repetitive Behaviors on Memory Performance; Glynn Collis, Sarah Petrunak & Dr. William Kory (Geography), Johnstown’s Neighborhoods: an In-Depth Look at the City.
2008 President’s Award for Teaching Excellence is presented to Dr. Andrew Rose (Civil Engineering Technology).
May 1 2008: First-ever “Celebrating Faculty Excellence Gala” is held to recognize and fete faculty for their various achievements during 2007-2008.
2007-2008 Pitt-Johnstown Service to Community Award is presented to Brandon Quinn.
May 3 2008: Commencement. Speaker is Martin E. Radovanic, Managing Editor, WJAC News.
May 15-18 2008: Pitt-Johnstown hosts the 2008 NCAA Division II North Atlantic Region Baseball Tournament at Johnstown’s Point Stadium.
May 29-31, June 5-7 2008: Pitt-Johnstown Theatre Department performs six showings of Matthew Barber’s Enchanted April in the Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center’s Studio Theater.
Spring 2008: Pitt-Johnstown Baseball Team wins the WVIAC Northern Division title with a 12-4 record.
2008 Chancellor’s Affirmative Action Award is presented to Theresa Messina Horner.

2008 - 2009

September 27 2008: Jenna Ricci is crowned Homecoming Queen.
2008 Fall Reading Series: Kevin Stewart, Jan Beatty, and Cathy Day.
October 31 2008: First Distinguished Alumni Award is presented at the Annual Alumni Gala to Congressman John P. Murtha ’60.
Fall 2008: Mountain Cat Veterans Program (MVP) is created to recognize the service performed by United States military veterans and to assist them in making a successful transition into the student population.
November 3 2008: College Democrats host former President Bill Clinton at a campaign rally for Congressman John P. Murtha in the Sports Center.
2008 President’s Staff Award for Excellence in Service to Pitt-Johnstown is presented to Diane Lenio.
A key component of the RealWorld Action Program earns Pitt-Johnstown the distinction of being recognized on the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, the highest federal recognition a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning and civic engagement.

2009 President’s Award for Teaching Excellence is presented to Dr. John Thompson (Mathematics).
2009 Chancellor’s Distinguished Public Service Award is presented to Dr. Paul Douglas Newman (History).
February 2009: Men’s Lacrosse team joins the National College Lacrosse League.
February 5 2009: Climate Change Forum (formerly the Global Warming Solutions Forum). Speakers: Ed Perry, retired aquatic wildlife biologist with the US Fish and Wildlife Service, and Jessica Bellas, who facilitated sessions for the Clinton Global Initiative-Asia.
February 19-March 1 2009: Pitt-Johnstown Theatre Department performs Dancing at Lughnasa and Almost, Maine.
February 24 2009: Glocal Health Forum is the inaugural event in the new Glocal Society Series (GSS), which focuses on pressing global and local issues of our time.
March 7 2009: Men’s Basketball wins the WVIAC Tournament Championship in double overtime (74-73) against Alderson-Broaddus (WV) College in Charleston, WV.
March 19 2009: 6th Annual Esther Goldhaber Jacovitz Poetry Series: Lynn Emanuel, Hotel Fiesta, The Dig, Then Suddenly, and Mob and Torch (forthcoming).
March 24 2009: Kevin Coppler and Tim McGuire win the 4th Iron Chef Competition.
March 24-April 4 2009: “Pitt-Johnstown @ Your Service Week” is launched to facilitate opportunities for members of Pitt-Johnstown to volunteer in the city in partnership with various members of the local community.
March 29 2009: Academic Honors Convocation. Speaker: Dr. Reinhold Heinisch, Professor, Political Science, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown.
2009 Distinguished Alumni Award is presented to James E. Wilkes ’53, entrepreneur in the oil and gas industry.
2009 Chancellor’s Award for Staff for Excellence in Service to the Community is presented to Robert Knipple.
April 4 2009: Pitt-Johnstown Athletics Hall of Fame inducts its second class: Carlton Haselrig (wrestling, 1985-1989), Clyde Horner (coach, various, 1969-2005), Joachim Knispel (men’s soccer, 1982-1986), Paul Leonard (baseball, 1973-1977), Dave Roman, Sr. (men’s basketball, 1959-1964), and Mindy Young- Gagliardi (women’s basketball, 1988-1992).
April 7 2009: First STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Professions Day for local high school students is held.
April 15 2009: Activities Awards Ceremony: top honors in the RealWorld Action Program: Alvine Ngo Biya Melone (freshman class), Erin Rebling (sophomore class), Derek Callihan (junior class), and Kelly Gregory (senior class).
April 25 2009: Commencement. Speaker is Marci Shimoff, International Bestselling author, Chicken Soup for the Soul.
April 30 2009: 2nd Annual Celebrating a Year of Faculty Excellence! Recognition and Awards Gala.
April: ASCE Club wins the Mid-Atlantic Regional Concrete Canoe competition. Advances to the National Competition.
May 2-4 2009: Pitt-Johnstown and the City of Johnstown host the 2009 WVIAC Baseball Championship Tournament at Johnstown’s Point Stadium.
2008-2009 Pitt-Johnstown Service to Community Award is presented to Dr. Nancy Grove.
2009: A new master’s level program in education, the Leadership Initiative for Transforming Schools (LIFTS) K-12 Principal Certificate, is offered in partnership with the University of Pittsburgh, School of Education.
August 2009: First-year students attend the first four-day “Welcome Days” orientation preceding the first day of Fall classes.
2009 Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree is introduced. The RN to BSN program changes to an RN to MSN program. Elementary education degree program to consist of two components: Pre-K to 4th Grade Education, and Middle School Education. Professional Writing track is approved.
2009 The Mountain Cat Club opens in the Student Union, providing a new dining and entertainment facility as well as a programming area for student activities.
2009 New student organizations are formed: Deck Hockey Club; Schools for School; PA Council for the Social Studies; Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society; Street Hockey Club; Physics Club; Business Ethics Club; Out of Mana Guild; Alpha Phi Omega Interest Group; Students Against Drunk Driving; and Chess Club.
June 2009: New York Yankees draft Ben Watkins.

2009 - 2010

September: Kappa Zeta social Sorority established.
September 26 2009: Miranda Dibert is crowned Homecoming Queen.
September 28-October 2 2009: Office of International Services coordinates the first International Education Week dedicated to international education.
2009 Fall Reading Series: Gary Lutz, John Morris, and Dinty Moore.
October 29-31 2009: Pitt-Johnstown Theatre Department performs Five Women Wearing the Same Dress.
December 10 2009: Pitt-Johnstown enrolled 28 FTE students over the campus’s FTE enrollment goal of 2,950. UPJ enrolled 3,057 students in fall 2009, up slightly over fall 2008’s 3,032 students. This fall the campus enrolled 2,978 FTE students, a small increase over fall 2008’s 2,945. Full-time students now number 2,925 (an increase over 2008’s 2,887) with 132 part-timers, according to Robert Knipple, executive director of external relations at UPJ. via University Times.

December: Education Division creates the Student Teaching in New Zealand program, in which students complete the second portion of their student teaching requirement in Auckland, New Zealand.
2009 President’s Staff Award for Excellence in Service to Pitt-Johnstown is presented to Beverly Walerysiak.
2009 President’s Staff Award for Excellence in Service to the Community is presented to Joyce Radovanic.
January 9 2010: Pitt-Johnstown launches a multi-media marketing campaign that includes the first major TV commercial in five years.
January 20 2010: Kappa Zeta a local sorority is founded.
February 11 2010: Brian Gindlesberger is crowned Mr. UPJ.
March: Pitt-Johnstown’s Habitat for Humanity Campus Chapter, with 111 participants, ranks 7th in the nation for the Habitat for Humanity’s alternative spring break initiative.
March 25 2010: 7th Annual Esther Goldhaber Jacovitz Poetry Series: Mary Ann Samyn, Rooms by the Sea, Captivity Narrative, Inside the Yellow Dress, Purr, and Beauty Breaks In.
March 28 2010: Academic Honors Convocation. Speaker: Dr. Gerald Zahorchak, Pennsylvania Secretary of Education.
April 7 2010: Jake Shirk and Jeff Burtner win the 5th Iron Chef Competition.
April 10 2010: Shane Valko is named NCAA Division II National Champion, National Tournament’s Outstanding Wrestler, and National Wrestling Coaches Association National Wrestler of the Year.
April 14 2010: 2nd Annual STEM Professions Day. Presenters: Frank Smigla, “Careers in Computer Science”, Jim Bilitski, “Controlling Lighting with Computers”, Alan Teich, “The Human Brain”, Amy Miller, “Engineering Technology projects”, and Dave Willey, “Mad Scientist.”
2010 Distinguished Alumni Award is presented to Chester “Chet” Thomas ’66, Co-founder and Executive Director, Proyecto Aldea Global.
2010 Glocal Society Series: Chester “Chet” Thomas.
April 13 2010: The family of the late Congressman John P. Murtha chooses Pitt-Johnstown as the site of the future John P. Murtha Center for Public Service, which will house Congressman Murtha’s personal papers.
April 17 2010: Pitt-Johnstown Athletics Hall of Fame inducts its third class: Jodi Gault (head women’s basketball coach, 1982-2007), Robert Hartnett (men’s basketball/ meritorious service, 1954-1956), Dave Hoff (baseball, 1978-1982), Rich Ragan (men’s basketball, 1974-1978), Patty Ritter-Sharbaugh (women’s gymnastics, 1980-1984), and Lee Schickel (wrestling, 1991-1996).
April 18 2010: RealWorld Recognition Ceremony and Brunch. 2009-2010 Top Five program participants within each class: Freshman: Kunzah Mirza, Kerry-James Decker, Samantha Kennedy, Stephen Torquato, and Dedra Totin. Sophomore: Sara Harper, Brittany Conrad, Nicholas Dobransky, Alvine Ngo Biya Melone, Laura Orchowski. Junior: Patrick Moon-Rhoades, Alysha Lopez, Brian Mostoller, Erin Rebling, Jacob Shirk. Senior: Abby Gearhart, Jeff Burtner, John Hostetler, Brandon Quinn, Tara Sease.
April 2010: ASCE Club wins the Mid-Atlantic Regional Concrete Canoe competition and advances to the National Competition.
Pitt-Johnstown is named to the 2010 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for second consecutive year.
2010 President’s Award for Teaching Excellence is presented to Brian L. Houston (Civil Engineering Technology).
2009-2010 Pitt-Johnstown Service to Community Award is presented to Abby Gearhart.
May 1 2010: Commencement. Speaker: Captain Scott F. O’Grady. Mary Rademacher Rose receives the first President’s Medal of Excellence for aiding education in Africa.
May 6-9 2010: Pitt-Johnstown and the City of Johnstown host the 2010 WVIAC Baseball Championship Tournament at Johnstown’s Point Stadium.

Compiled from "The Evolution of a College" by Robert J. Hunter, Delta Chi, The Advocate, The Johnstown Tribune-Democrat, and various other sources in the Pitt-Johnstown Archive at Owen Library.

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