PRINTER'S NO. 2818
No. 458 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY COSTA, DIVEN, FRANKEL AND WHEATLEY,
OCTOBER 20, 2003
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
OCTOBER 20, 2003
A RESOLUTION
1 Recognizing the existence of and the positive work of the
2 African American Alumni Council of the University of
3 Pittsburgh Alumni Association.
4 WHEREAS, The African American Alumni Council formed in the
5 1980s and became a recognized division of the University of
6 Pittsburgh Alumni Association in 1992; and
7 WHEREAS, Any person of African-American descent who graduated
8 from or attended the University of Pittsburgh is considered a
9 member; and
10 WHEREAS, The mailing list currently includes more than 7,000
11 names; and
12 WHEREAS, The African American Alumni Council strives to
13 achieve the following goals through its work: identify future
14 minority Board of Trustee members, Alumni Association Board
15 members and other University of Pittsburgh board members;
16 encourage minority students to attend the university; maintain a
17 scholarship fund; increase membership; network with university
18 staff, undergraduate and graduate minority organizations to
1 promote diversity; and increase minority participation in
2 university committees, programs and student mentoring
3 opportunities; and
4 WHEREAS, To achieve these goals, the African American Alumni
5 Council has participated in the Pitt Alumni Recruitment Team
6 (PART) and the university FOCUS program which promotes retention
7 of African-American students, has networked with Equipoise, an
8 association that aids African-American faculty, administrators
9 and staff, and with student groups providing scholarships to
10 minority students, has established a newsletter, World Wide Web
11 site homecoming events and, in 1997, an endowed scholarship fund
12 which has a current value of $76,000; therefore be it
13 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize the
14 African American Alumni Council of the University of Pittsburgh
15 Alumni Association as a vital and positive part of the
16 University of Pittsburgh and this Commonwealth.
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