Pitt Wins Grounds Services Award
The University of Pittsburgh’s grounds services unit won a Merit Award in the Professional Grounds Management Society’s (PGMS) 2010 Green Star Awards competition. The award was given in the University and College Grounds category for exceptional grounds maintenance. Winners were honored in late October during the society’s 2010 School of Grounds Management held in Louisville, Ky.
“This is a great honor to receive,” said Kathryn Trent, manager of grounds services in Pitt’s Department of Facilities Management. “It not only recognizes the efforts of our staff, but also the University’s commitment to enriching the lives of its students, staff, and visitors through green spaces.”
Founded in 1911, PGMS is an individual membership society of grounds professionals dedicated to advancing the grounds management profession through education and professional development.
Other Stories From This Issue
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
