Oakland news roundup
By Neena Hagen, Senior Staff Writer
July 1, 2019
As an urban campus bustling with nearly 30,000 students and more than 5,000 faculty, there’s always news breaking at Pitt.
Student affairs committee approves activity, wellness fee increases
By Vaibhav Gupta, Staff Writer
May 22, 2019
After deliberating for about five minutes in a Posvar Hall conference room, the Student Affairs Committee of Pitt’s Board of Trustees voted unanimously Monday to increase mandatory student fees for activities and wellness.
Q&A: Jay Darr on the future of Pitt’s Counseling Center
By Erica Guthrie, Senior Staff Writer
April 16, 2019
Since he began the job in mid-February, Pitt’s newest Counseling Center Director Jay Darr said he’s spent his time talking with his staff and going on a “listening tour” around campus to hear what students are saying about the center.
SGB welcomes new members, announces Counseling Center changes
By Maureen Hartwell, Staff Writer
April 10, 2019
With the academic year coming to a close, Pitt’s Student Government Board spent its Tuesday meeting passing new legislation and introducing new members for SGB 2019-20.
Darr hears students’ counseling center concerns
By Neena Hagen, Senior Staff Writer
March 22, 2019
For the first time since being hired in January 2019, Pitt’s new Counseling Center Director Jay Darr made a public appearance at a Town Hall Thursday night.
Pitt appoints counseling center director
By Erica Guthrie, Senior Staff Writer
January 13, 2019
19 months after the arrest of Edward Michaels, the University has appointed a new director of the UCC. Kenyon Bonner, Pitt vice provost and dean of students, said Darr, as the director, will play an imperative role in the UCC’s mission to support students’ well-being.
Breaking: Pitt appoints counseling center director
By Brian Gentry and Christian Snyder
January 11, 2019
Pitt has been without a full-time director of the counseling center since the previous director was arrested in May 2018 on charges of possessing child pornography.
University continues search for Counseling Center director
By Janine Faust | Assistant News Editor
April 3, 2018
The search for a University Counseling Center director is still ongoing, according to University spokesperson Kevin Zwick — who also did not comment on whether there will be a new director by the start of the 2018-19 academic year. Pitt has been without a full-time UCC director since Allegheny C...
No time to talk: what’s going on with Pitt’s Counseling Center?
By Rachel Glasser and Tristan Dietrick
November 28, 2016
Kelchis Radziewicz had struggled with underlying anxiety before, but after losing a close friend to suicide just before her first year at Pitt, she realized she couldn’t cope with the grief on her own. “It was becoming unmanageable,” said Radziewicz, a junior English literature and English writing do...