Plenary Sessions:

Fall 2009 Plenary Session
Interacting With the 21st-Century Student
Wednesday, October 21, 2009, Noon - 3 p.m.

"Classroom Behavior"
Mary Margaret Kerr, Professor, School of Education handout

"Dealing with a Distressed Student"
James Cox, Director, University Counceling Center powerpoint

Spring 2009 Plenary Session
Scholarly Publishing Today and Tomorrow:
What You Need to Know
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
William Pitt Union Assembly Room, 12:15 p.m.- 3 p.m.

Spring 2009 Plenary Report

Spring 2009 Plenary Session

Spring 2009 Program

David Shulenburger power point presentation

Fall 2008 Plenary Session:
Quality of Life in Oakland
Investing in University-Community Partnership
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Fall 2008 Plenary Session

Fall 2008 Plenary Report

Fall 2007 Plenary Session:
EMBRACING FITNESS FOR LIFE: Taking an active role in improving your health
Wednesday, October 17, 2007 .
Fall 2007 Plenary Session

Spring 2007 Plenary Session:
Protecting Science from Bias by Private Interest
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
To view the program of the day, see Plenary Program

Fall 2006 Plenary Session:
Fostering Mentoring for Sustaining Organizational Vitality
Thursday, October 19, 2006

Spring 2006 Plenary Session:
March 29, 2006 Plenary Session:"Today's Vision, Tomorrow's Realities: Commercializing Academic Innovation"
To view the program of the day, see: Plenary Session

Spring 2005 Senate Plenary Session

Audio file of March 23, 2005 Plenary Session (approximately two hours).
This audio file is in MP3 format and is 85 MB in size.
The topic of the Spring Plenary Session held on Wednesday, March 23, was Consumer Satisfaction with UPMC. Keynote Speaker was Margaret Smith Washington, author of "Doctor, Can You Hear Me? Patient, Are You Listening?" Other speakers included: Dr. Michael J. Culyba, Vice President of Medical Affairs, UPMC Health Plan; Dr. Loren H. Roth, Senior Vice President of Quality Care and Chief Medical Officer, UPMC; Dr. Nicholas G. Bircher, Senate President and Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine. Prof. Nathan Hershey, Professor of Health Law, GSPH, was the moderator. For more information you may contact the Senate Office at 412/624-6505 or Usenate@pitt.edu.
Presentations - PDF Format (6 slides per page):
Dr. Roth
Dr. Culyba
Dr. Bircher

Fall 2004 Senate Plenary Session
The Fall Plenary Session was held on Wednesday, November 3, 2004, in the William Pitt Union.  The topic was "The Scholarship of Community Service", Tracy Soska, Chair.  For a copy of the final report, please contact the Senate Office at Usenate@pitt.edu.

Spring 2004 Senate Plenary Session

The Spring Senate Plenary Session "Examining the Roles of Women at Pitt" was held on Wednesday, April 7, 2004.
To learn more about the Plenary Session and the Senate ad hoc Committee for the Support and Advancement of Women at Pitt, please click on the above header.

Plenary Archives