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Pitt Honors Convocation 2011
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March 14, 2011 ![Dr The University of Pittsburgh held its 35th annual Honors Convocation on Feb. 25 in Carnegie Music Hall, Oakland. 1. Pitt Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor Patricia E. Beeson was the event’s keynote speaker.](/sites/default/files/images/Dr.jpg)
![Weis-MAN-Tritch-#2-024180_001_DIG_DSC_6437_01 Joseph F. Weis Jr. (LAW ’50), senior judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, prepares to receive a plaque recognizing him as a 2011 Distinguished Alumni Fellow. From left, Pitt Alumni Association President Jack Smith (at lecturn), Weis, Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg, and Pitt Board of Trustees Chair Stephen R. Tritch.](/sites/default/files/images/Weis-MAN-Tritch-2-024180_001_DIG_DSC_6437_01.jpg)
![lesgold-strickland-024180_001_DIG_DSC_6253_00 Pitt School of Education Dean Alan Lesgold (left) talks with William E. Strickland Jr. (A&S ’70), Pitt trustee, and president and chief executive officer of Manchester Bidwell Corporation.](/sites/default/files/images/lesgold-strickland-024180_001_DIG_DSC_6253_00.jpg)
![chancellor-and---024180_001_DIG_DSC_6275_00 The chancellor stands with Meloney L. Fife (left) and Valerie Johnson Fife (right), the daughter and wife, respectively, of the late Jesse W. Fife Jr. (A&S ’72), who was also named a Pitt Distinguished Alumni Fellow for 2011. Fife, who knew of the honor before his passing on Dec. 6, 2010, was the executive vice president and chief operating officer of the Manchester Bidwell Corporation until his death.](/sites/default/files/images/chancellor-and-024180_001_DIG_DSC_6275_00.jpg)
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On the Freedom Road
Follow a group of Pitt students on the Returning to the Roots of Civil Rights bus tour, a nine-day, 2,300-mile journey crisscrossing five states.
Day 1: The Awakening
Day 2: Deep Impressions
Day 3: Music, Montgomery, and More
Day 4: Looking Back, Looking Forward
Day 5: Learning to Remember
Day 6: The Mountaintop
Day 7: Slavery and Beyond
Day 8: Lessons to Bring Home
Day 9: Final Lessons