Chatham gains university status May 2, 2007
Chatham College is now Chatham University ... Under the new university structure, the institution will house Chatham College for Women, the College for Graduate Studies and the College for Continuing and Professional Studies. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Love, dread drove Carson Apr 22, 2007
She earned a $100 scholarship to attend Pennsylvania College for Women, now Chatham College, and graduated magna cum laude in 1929. Not satisfied with a bachelor's degree, Carson moved to Maryland that fall to attend the Johns Hopkins University. (Sunspot.net -- Sports)
PG South: New Mt. Lebanon coach wants to restore volleyball program Apr 19, 2007
"I've also been coaching women's volleyball at the collegiate level, at Chatham College for 11 years, the last eight as head coach. "And I've been a coach for the Renaissance Volleyball Club [which competes on the Junior Olympic circuit] for quite a few years. " Mt. Lebanon concluded the first half of section play with last night's 3-1 loss against Upper St. Clair. The Blue Devils are 3-4 overall, which includes a 2-3 mark in Section 1-AAA. "The teams in this section are evenly matched," said... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Sneakers go on, legs start moving and bodies get a workout Apr 4, 2007
Walking at Work Day are Automated Health Systems, Bayer, Chatham college, the Pittsburgh Brewing Company, Siemens, UPMC, Emerson Process Controls, K&L Gates, Vocollect and the local affiliates of Pepsi, Fed-Ex Ground, and Verizon Wireless, Ms. Colbert said. (Jack Kelly can be reached at or 412-263-1476. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Teenager Casts Light on a Shadowy Game Mar 29, 2007
Dr. Mark Lapore, an assistant professor of counseling psychology at Chatham College in Pittsburgh, is working on a survey in the Pittsburgh public schools. The American Camp Association, which certifies summer camps, discussed the choking game at its annual meeting last year. (Foster's Daily Democrat)
Drama troupe explores issues of faith for gay Christians Feb 24, 2007
Now a sophomore at Chatham College, she grew up in another state, where her grandfather and uncles were pastors. When she came out as a lesbian, she said, a boy she had been friends with raped her. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
College basketball roundup: Temple surges to rout Dukes, 72-43 Feb 24, 2007
Top seeded College of Notre Dame (17-6) held host Chatham College (8-18) to six points in the final seven minutes to secure for a 46-44 win in the Atlantic Women's Colleges Conference championship tournament. Women's Top 25. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Weekend Guide Feb 8, 2007
"Michael S. Levy: Photographs," a photo essay on the black churches of Cleveland, through March 18; "The Figure in Pastel," works by the Pastel Society of America, through March 25; "Mary Mark, Works on Paper," through March 18; "John Grabach: Century Man," a traveling exhibition of more than 60 works by the late painter and teacher, through March 4; "The Face of America: Portraits From the Butler Permanent Collection," works by Rembrandt Peale, John Singer Sargent, Mary Cassatt and others,... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Why would an astronaut risk her career, family? Feb 7, 2007
"Love is an emotion and doesn't have anything to do with how smart you are," said Dr. Scott Tracy, an assistant professor of counseling psychology at Pittsburgh's Chatham College. "Really smart, accomplished people fall in love, and we're all at high risk to have broken hearts. Especially at high risk are those who have not experienced that before.". (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
In city schools, Mrs. Wade was soft-spoken pioneer Feb 5, 2007
Mrs. Wade taught 16 years at Weil, doing the best she could and grooming both black and white student teachers from Chatham College, Pitt and Duquesne University. When she started at Weil, Mrs. Wade returned to night school at Pitt, studying education administration and earning a master's degree in 1946. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Ravenstahl raised 7 times amount of opponent Peduto Feb 1, 2007
Big interests know that by giving to the incumbent, they can bet not just on the future, but on the present, said Sara Grove, who holds the Hillman Chair in Politics at Chatham College. "That incumbent is in office right now," she said, adding that studies show that for a campaign check, "you get access.". (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
District Spotlight: Young coach getting surprising results with Chatham's basketball team Feb 1, 2007
Lake Fong, Post-Gazette Chatham College basketball coach Mark Katarski inherited a program that once lost 81 consecutive games and included winless seasons from 1998-2000 ... When Mark Katarski learned there was an opening to coach the basketball team at Chatham College two years ago, he told his friends about the opportunity. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Internet a crucial tool for political campaigns Jan 24, 2007
Clinton looked relaxed and cozy during her "conversation" with voters while seated on a comfortable sofa, noted Dr. Sara Grove, the Elsie Hillman Chair in Politics at Chatham College. But Sen. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Buhl Foundation president leaving Jan 12, 2007
The couple came to Pittsburgh in 1962 and she built a career in teaching and administration at Chatham College. After two years at Hood College in Maryland, she came to the Buhl Foundation. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Four area grads selected as all-stars Jan 11, 2007
Seton-LaSalle graduate Erica Bilski, a 5-8 sophomore guard at Chatham College, is nationally ranked in two NCAA Division III categories. Bilski is tied for 12th in NCAA Division III, and first in the Atlantic Women's Colleges Conference in 3-point field goals with 3. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
'The Way It Wasn't' Jan 2, 2007
"My natal city, rebuilt by the Mellons has become a veritable Dioce (a mythical city found in Pound's "Cantos"). Yet it depresses me. The JL (James Laughlin) Library at Chatham College has 1 Pound book.". That James Laughlin was the author's grandfather (he calls him "arriere" or backward). (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Swimming sisters help each other overcome adversity Jan 2, 2007
Steve Mellon, Post-GazetteJada Wallace, a senior at Oakland Catholic High School, practices backstroke at Chatham College on Friday. By Scott RobertsonTri-State Sports & News Service. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Closing the book on a Barnes & Noble Dec 30, 2006
Another clerk, Christie, was a student of mine at Chatham College once upon a time. Others like Jerry in the coffee shop and Jennifer and Brian are relatively new, but fit right into the store's friendly ethos. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Chester County Receives 'Peoples Choice' Award Dec 1, 2006
At the award presentation were (l-r) Donald Mancini, Vice Chairman of the Chester County Commissioners; Sharee Solow and Carl Keleman of KMS Design Group; County Commissioner Patrick ODonnell; Lisa Kunst Vavro, President of PA/DE Chapter ASLA and Director of Landscape Architecture/Landscape Studies Programs at Chatham College, Pittsburgh; and County Commissioner-Chair Carol Aichele. Chester County Commissioners accepted the 2006 Pennsylvania/Delaware Chapter of the American Society of Landscape... (Holmes Media Town Talk News, PA)
Risks of choking game often unknown Nov 26, 2006
Chatham College graduate students are bringing the facts on 'suffocation roulette' to educators, students ... Mark Lepore, assistant professor of counseling psychology at Chatham College, at center, front, and his graduate students, at rear, from left, Lisa Musgrave, Brian Coder and Angela Mills have put together a program and research into the sometimes fatal choking game ... And Chatham College graduate students are ready to provide it. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
A classic Christmas at the Frick mansion Nov 23, 2006
From 7-9 p.m. Nov. 30 a panel discussion, co-sponsored by Chatham College, will address women's involvement in the larger world of academia, art and politics, at the time of "Off the Pedestal" and today (fee, register). At noon Dec. 6 Carlow University professor Sylvia Rhor will speak on "From Shirtwaists to Miniskirts: Clothing as a Marker of Female Liberation" (free). (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Chinese pianist to perform at Chatham Nov 14, 2006
Yeeha Chiu will be featured in a varied program titled East Meets West Friday at Chatham College, in Shadyside. "> AT A GLANCE RESULTS BY COUNTY ELECTION HELP Briefs: Chinese pianist to perform at Chatham Top Stories News Sports NFL Obituaries Strange Living Politics Technology World Tools / Text Tuesday, November 14, 2006 Chinese pianist Yeeha Chiu will be featured in a varied program titled "East Meets West" Friday at Chatham College, in Shadyside. She will be accompanied by Mimi Jong, a Mt.... (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Personal historians go beyond simple scrapbooks to document a family's story Nov 13, 2006
"White recently completed interviews with a family outside Madison that operated one of the nation's largest flower farms. She also moderated a group interview at a family reunion: "It was like running a talk show. "The result of that reunion will be a printed transcript, which the family can keep. Sometimes, that's all the clients want.More often, the work leads to a bound book, with the individual's life or family history printed up with photos as illustrations."We try to make it a history of... (The Morning Star)
Black students find it easier to get into private schools Nov 6, 2006
"I would not be able to afford my house note and Isreal's tuition, too," said Ms. Williams, a nonprofit consultant and a full-time graduate student at Chatham College. Isreal's education costs $14,000 a year; she pays $500. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Weeklong festival celebrates, probes nonfiction writing Nov 5, 2006
Other readings will be held throughout the week, including Thursday's launch party for Chatham College's literary journal, Fourth River ... Sheryl St. Germain, director of the graduate writing program at Chatham College, reads from her works at Barnes & Noble, Squirrel Hill, 7:30 p.m. ... Thursday: Fourth River journal's party and poetry readings at Kresge Atrium, Chatham College, 8 p.m. 412-365-1190. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Profiles of scholarship recipients Oct 25, 2006
" Indea Herndon, 20, of the Hill District Indea Herndon Click photo for larger image. High school: The Ellis School College: Junior at Chatham College Major: Cultural studies. Scholarship: Elizabeth Waite Prine Scholarship, $12,000 a year, renewable. Basis of award: For Chatham student who was a FAME (Fund for Advancement of Minorities through Education) scholarship student at a local private high school. Others can win one of two awards on basis of being a single parent or a day student. What... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Ravenstahl turning focus to city budget Sep 18, 2006
Mr. Ravenstahl's opposition to cuts like fire station and pool closings means he views himself as a "delegate" chosen to reflect his constituents' views, rather than as a "trustee" who feels he knows better than the voters, said Sara Grove, the Hillman Chair in Politics at Chatham College. His varied votes on the budget match the diverse support his campaign received. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Literary series line up luminaries Sep 17, 2006
Chatham College MFA Reading Series. The Shadyside-based liberal arts college inaugurated a program of author appearances this year. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Former Metropolitan Opera Singer helped launch Sarasota's Asolo Opera Sep 17, 2006
After graduating from Chatham College, where the head of the music department encouraged her to develop her musical talent, she took an interest in opera and was discovered by Boris Goldovsky, director of the opera program at the Tanglewood Music Center in the Berkshires, Alley said. Williams then performed with the Turnau Opera, which was hired in 1961 to perform one of the first operas in the restored opera house that circus magnate John Ringling had purchased decades earlier in Asolo, Italy,... (Herald-Tribune)
College students spend billions on must-have electronics Sep 5, 2006
Today, top-notch technology - such as the wireless Compaq Tablet PC that Chatham College is distributing to incoming freshman for the second year - is required in some classrooms. Chatham freshmen walked away with their computers for less than half what it's retailing, thanks to a $530 "technology assessment" fee tacked on to their tuition bill. (Herald Online, SC -- Technology)
Earlier, earlier and earlier Aug 27, 2006
0 average may attend Chatham College, La Roche College or Penn State University's McKeesport campus. "Some students will be able to take more challenging courses than they would have in high school," Dr. Spampinato said. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Milking the grape -- The nectar of a herd of grapes Jul 30, 2006
But they do, said a smiling Mrs. Young, who resigned her job as assistant to the director of the psychology department at Chatham College to become the store's full-time manager. The couple live in the farmhouse across Route 40 from the winery. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
'The Mighty and The Almighty: Reflections on America, God, and World Affairs' Jul 30, 2006
Darrell Sapp, Post-GazetteMadeleine Albright, who was President Clinton's secretary of state, addresses an audience at Chatham College in September 2004. It would be fair to assume that Madeleine Albright, who was born a Jew, raised a Roman Catholic and served as President Clinton's secretary of state at a time of religious-based wars, would have something interesting to say about religion. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Pitt, Penn State hike tuition by nearly 6 percent Jul 15, 2006
For instance, Chatham College charges $24,014 in tuition, but students on average pay $14,000 after discounts. Mr. Nordenberg said he was unfamiliar with Chatham's price structure but said in general, it's an unfair comparison because public campuses provide aid, too. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble turns 30 with much to celebrate Jun 26, 2006
Threadbare and penny-pinching -- Stock estimates his salary was under $1,000 that first year -- PNME rose for its first concert, at the Chatham College Chapel in spring of 1976. It was, and is, a small collective of musicians. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Investors Earn Interest AND Tuition Credits for College with New First National Bank Tuition Rewards Program Jun 23, 2006
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Pittsburgh Nude Project gives artists' new business unique way to be seen Jun 21, 2006
One in an occasional series of features written by students in Debbi Gardiner's newspaper, magazine and financial writing classes at Chatham College. Artists Kim Rullo and Brent Isaac made it their mission to search for an answer to the question: "Is identity really who we are or is it merely a means to an end?" The result of their collaboration is The Pittsburgh Nude Project, an art exhibit featuring photographs, essays and film. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Oakland living can be under par for college students Jun 18, 2006
After eight months in one of 343 McKee Place's dozen apartments, the Chatham College student wanted out, and was desperately seeking better digs for the fall. Martha Rial, Post-GazetteUniversity of Pittsburgh junior Ellen Metz stands in the doorway of her Bouquet Street apartment in Oakland where the broken plaster around the attic door has never been repaired. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Stella Pasquinelli Burich / Former opera singer Jun 17, 2006
She later won a music scholarship to the Pennsylvania College for Women, now Chatham College, and took drama and music lessons at Carnegie Institute of Technology, the precursor to CMU.. During the war, she entertained at the veterans hospital and sang at the Pittsburgh Playhouse. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Larimer neighbors happy about demise of Travelers Club May 23, 2006
One is a storage warehouse for Chatham College. The Travelers building looks like a warehouse on the outside. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Women, start your political engines May 21, 2006
Allyson Lowe is director of the Pennsylvania Center for Women, Politics and Public Policy () and assistant professor of political science at Chatham College () ... The Pennsylvania Center for Women, Politics and Public Policy at Chatham College is deeply committed to training and empowering women for public leadership and we stand ready as a resource. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Emma Masley / Artist, Chatham teacher with a passion for life May 19, 2006
Emma Masley, an artist, instructor at Chatham College for 32 years and in the Carnegie Mellon University Pre-College Art Program for more than 40 years, died Monday at Family Hospice Manor in Bellevue. She was 63. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Something old, something new May 19, 2006
CHATHAM COLLEGE: Eddy Theatre: 50th Anniversary Celebration for the Music and Arts Summer Day Camp (May 24). James Laughlin Music Hall: soprano Lilly Abreu and pianist Douglas Levine (June 1); pianist Pauline Rovkah (July 20). (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
William H. Rea, one of the creators of Cultural District, dies at 94 May 16, 2006
The family lived on Woodland Road on what is now Chatham College. One of eight children, Mr. Rea attended Wightman School in Squirrel Hill for four years -- "until my father found out I couldn't multiply" and put him in Shady Side Academy, he told The Pittsburgh Press in 1966. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
New SAT test hits bumps in its first year May 15, 2006
At Chatham College, Michael Poll, vice president of admissions, said the average combined SAT scores for math and critical reading for those who have made a deposit for freshman year are up by about 28 points. He said the increase fits with the grade point averages and class ranks, which also are up. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
The Best of Friends May 14, 2006
Ms. Casciato, 20, of Dorseyville is a college student who lives at home with her parents and once worked as a temporary at Chatham College -- with her mother as her boss. "It was a crazy experience. My friends would whisper to me on the phone, thinking she might overhear since we are often caught hanging around together, asking me if she was getting on my nerves yet," Ms. Casciato said in an e-mail. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Carson's bridge / A Pittsburgh daughter receives an overdue tribute Apr 27, 2006
Ms. Carson, who grew up in Springdale and attended what today is Chatham College, launched the modern environmental movement. Her 1962 book, "Silent Spring," courageously and unapologetically decried the dangers of pesticides and put the chemical industry on the defensive. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Rachel Carson's legacy remembered on Earth Day Apr 23, 2006
Daniel Montgomery and the Springdale High School band cross the former Ninth Street Bridge during an Earth Day ceremony yesterday to rename the bridge for "Silent Spring" author Rachel Carson, a Chatham College graduate and Springdale native ... The convention center sits at the foot of the Ninth Street Bridge, which Allegheny County officials yesterday officially renamed for Ms. Carson, a native of the county and a graduate of Chatham College when it was still the Pennsylvania College for... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Mystery Lovers festival promises intrigue Apr 21, 2006
Donna Andrews, "Owls Well That Ends Well"; Katherine Ayres, Chatham College professor and young adult author; Charles Benoit, "Relative Danger"; Rhys Bowen, creator of the Evans Evans series; Jan Brogan, former journalist; Ellen Byerrum, the Lacey Smithsonian series; Dana Cameron, "More Bitter Than Death"; Noreen Wald, writing as Nora Charles for a new series; Jane K. Cleland, "Consigned to Death"; Shirley Damsgaard, the paranormal Ophelia Jensen series. Vicki Delany, "Scare the Light Away";... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
SATs optional at more colleges Apr 5, 2006
Chatham College in Pittsburgh dropped the test requirement late in the season, curbing any effect so far, says Michael Poll, vice president for admissions. "On our website, however, the link getting the most hits is our SAT policy," Poll says. (USA Today)
Accident team enters Sago mine after judge's ruling Jan 27, 2006
My Generation: Let's Learn from the Past / Chatham College. For more information. (Topix)
