Office of Community and Governmental Relations

Amy Kleebank with her daughter Amelia at Staff Council's Pitt Day at Kennywood, wearing bright yellow Pitt shirts. Amelia has face painting on her right eye.
For Amy Kleebank, art director in the Office of University Communications and Marketing, meeting legislators during Pitt Day in Harrisburg is a way to advocate for the University whose research saved her daughter’s life.
Alex Toner
Alex J. Toner (SCI ’11G), assistant director of community engagement in the Office of Community and Governmental Relations, was...
mascot Roc in front of the capitol building in Harrisburg
As state legislators begin working to pass a budget by June 30, students, alumni, faculty and staff journeyed from Oakland to Harrisburg to call for predictable and adequate funding for Pitt.
LaShawn Youngblood
More than 150 people from Pitt and Sodexo Campus Services, the University’s dining service, offer 2,500 meals to individuals and families in need at the annual Christmas Day at Pitt event. Pitt staff and faculty also donate holiday gifts for children and gift bags filled with cold weather essentials.