Pitt Day in Harrisburg, 2012

As many as 500 Pitt students, parents, faculty, staff, alumni, and other supporters participated in the annual Pitt Day in Harrisburg on March 13. Six buses departed from the William Pitt Union at 7 a.m. for the three-hour journey to the state’s Capitol, where they joined supporters from the University’s four regional campuses. At the top of participants’ to-do lists was to discuss with legislators the state’s proposed 30 percent cut in Commonwealth appropriations to three of the four state-related universities: Pitt, Penn State, and Temple. The event was organized by Pitt Advocates, a network of alumni, faculty, staff, students, and friends who share a commitment to higher education and to Pitt; the Pitt Alumni Association; and Pitt’s Office of Governmental Relations.

1. Students gathered in the Capitol Rotunda before fanning out to visit their respective legislators to discuss how the proposed cuts would affect Pitt.

2. Jeff Gleim (left), Pitt Alumni Association executive director, talks with State Rep. Dan Frankel (D-23), minority caucus chair.

3. Michael Pinsky (left), Pitt Faculty Senate president, and Jack Smith, Pitt Alumni Association president.