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May 1 2006 PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE MONDAY, MAY 1, 2006 WWW.POST-GAZETTE.COM A-10 count managers, and hired Scott Duffy as manager of imaging and technology. Education Robert Morris University named Kathleen V. Davis, Ph.D., dean of its School of Adult and Continuing Education. She also will be an associate professor in both that school and School of Education and Social Sciences. Leonard A.

Asimow Ph.D. was promoted to head of the department of mathematics in the School of Engineering, Mathematics and Science, and Kellie Laurenzi was appointed dean of enrollment services. Health and Medicine Michele Pfarr was named manager of clinical nutrition at Monongahela Valley Hospital. Law Dell Moser Lane Loughney said Patrick J. Doheny rejoined the firm as an associate.

Also joining the firm as an associate is Jack P. Bock III Both focus on general litigation. Heather L. Trainer joined Goldsmith Ogrodowski as a legal assistant. Professional Services Weleski Transfer Inc.

named Anna Anderson national account representative at its Pittsburgh headquarters. Technology TeleTracking Technologies named Donald P. DeCorte vice president of development. PAETEC Communications Inc. said Charles Linn joined as a senior account executive.

Elsewhere The board of The Art Institute of Charlotte said its new president is Pittsburgh native Brad L. Janis, who had been vice president of academic affairs at The Art Institute of California-Orange County. Let us Dateline Pittsburgh appears every Monday. To propose an item, send information to Natalie Hill, Dateline Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 34 Blvd. of the Allies, Pittsburgh 15222, fax to 412-2630908 or e-mail to gazette.com Photos submitted for the print edition version of this column may be sent via e-mail in JPEG format, 170 DPI, to gazette.com.

Photo size should be an 8- by 10-inch or 4- by 5-inch head shot at 170 dpi. DATELINE, FROM PAGE A-9 BUSINESS Job: women business specialist, Pittsburgh Public School District Age: 40 Ambitions: To pursue my doctoratein business and become an entrepreneur. First Job: Summer camp counselor Hardest Working full time while pursuing my degree from Point Park University in management information systems. It was extremely challenging balancing the demands of work, school and personal life. Biggest Work Challenge: Working with micromanagers; they create a stressful environment that decreases morale and diminishes productivity.

Favorite Fund: Google Away From Work Enjoy traveling, the theater, contemporary jazz, reading, shopping, bowling and attending various community and social events. Dream Vacation: Find Mr. Right and spend two weeks of fun in the sun cruising to various Caribbean islands while being showered with love and affection. Favorite Books: Moved My by Kenneth Blanchard and Spencer Johnson; by Eric Jerome Dickey If I Won the Lottery Make a donation to my church, provide for family and close friends, expand financial portfolio, purchase additional real estate and purchase a summer home in Montego Bay, Jamaica. profile of the week LaNEE MICHELLE BENTON Monday Institute of Internal Auditors Pittsburgh Chapter, 3:30 p.m., Engineers Society of Western Pennsylvania, 222 Fourth Downtown.

Movie Night featuring The Smartest Guys in the Visit the Web site, www.theiia.org. Call Carmen Bauccio at 412-373-7200. Pittsburgh Technology Council and Catalyst Connection 5: 30 p.m., Council Training Room. EnterPrize Workshop: Aspects of Starting a Call 412-918-4229 or visit the Web site, www.pghtech.org. Tuesday Kiwanis Club of McKeesport White Oak, 12:05 p.m., Copper Creek Grill, White Oak.

Program: Speakers: Tammy Buhaly and Craig W. Baum. Call Robert A. Stone at 412-678-6652. Saint Vincent College, 9 a.m., Penn State New Kensington.

Program: in a Global Marketplace Session III: Export Documentation and Call 724-537-4572. Wednesday Allegheny Places, 4 p.m., Robert Morris University, Lecture Hall, 6th floor, Downtown. Program: County Comprehensive Visit the Web site, www.alleghenyplaces.com. Call 412-922-6880. ASME, 6 p.m., Hot Metal Grille, South Side.

Meeting: The that Drives Technology Speaker: Justin Driscoll, managing director, Education Network, Pittsburgh Technology Council. Call Marilyn Reeder at 412-780-3459. Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Squirrel Hill, 10 a.m., Namm Business Center, 5801 Forbes Squirrel Hill. Meeting: Intelligence of Money; Get a Balance in Life and Get a Balance in the Speaker: Brenda Smith, Peoplesmith Associates. Visit the Web site, www.carnegielibrary.org/ Call 412-422-9650.

Downtown Business Connection, 7:30 a.m., Rivers Club, Downtown. Call 412-322-6676. Greater Pittsburgh Business Connection, 7:15 a.m., Shop Save, Bridgeville. Meeting. Speakers: Jim Stossel, Pittsburgh financial consultant, and Jeff Berlingeri, Humana Inc.

Call 412-2880180, ext. 223. Midday Toastmasters Club, University of Pittsburgh, Clapp Hall, L-5, Oakland. Meeting. Visit the Web site, supernova.bio.pitt.edu/midday.

Call Fred Bigelow at 412-6223980. Pittsburgh Technology Council and Catalyst Connection 7:30 a.m., Omni William Penn Hotel. Breakfast Briefing. Charles E. Bunch, chairman, PPG Industries, for Profitable Call 412-918-4229 or visit the Web site, www.pghtech.org.

Thursday Carnegie Library Downtown Business, 12:15 p.m., 612 Smithfield Downtown. Program: for College: Savings Program that Can Speaker: Victor Conrad, Pinnacle Financial Strategies. Call Natalie Lustig at 412-281-7130, ext. 102. Entrepreneurial Thursdays, 5:30 p.m., On Ninth, Downtown.

Network, live music featuring Jessica Lee. Program: Relations for Entrepreneurial Pennsylvania Professional Employment Network East Chapter, 7 p.m., Beulah Presbyterian Church, Churchill. Meeting: an Entrepreneur to Augment Conventional Speaker: Joseph T. Cioletti. Pittsburgh Service Support Professionals, 4:30 p.m., Best Western Parkway Center Inn.

Meeting, Speaker: Rich Hand, The Help Desk Institute. Call Angela Boyer at 412-767-2400, ext. 3635. Saint Vincent College, 9 a.m., Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus. Program: in a Global Marketplace Session III: Export Documentation and Call 724-537-4572.

St. Barnabas 106th Day, 5:30 p.m., Omni William Penn Hotel, Downtown. Join St. Barnabas in honoring the 2006 Hance Award recipient, Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the House. Call 724-443-0700, ext.

258. Friday Pittsburgh Society of Association Executives, 8:30 a.m., Wyndham Garden Hotel Oakland. Program: Without Surprise: Getting More with Presented by A. Abigail Sadel, marketing and development director, Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management, Robert Morris University and a Super Bowl Presented by Tony Quatrini, director of marketing, Pittsburgh Steelers. Call 724934-8842.

Business Network Points North Chapter, 1 p.m., Sonoma Grill, Pittsburgh. Meeting: Heard, Get Noticed and Get Compiled by Natalie Hill Business Calendar appears every Monday. To propose an item, send it to: Natalie Hill, Business Calendar, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 34 Blvd. of the Allies, Pittsburgh, Pa 15222, fax to 412-263-0908 or e-mail to Items must be received by the Wednesday before publication and should have the telephone number of a daytime contact. business calendar NATALIE HILL Geramita Digital printing Warner Digital printing Dudas Digital printing Duffy Digital printing Davis Education Pfarr Health Trainer Law Doheny Law Anderson Professional Services Janis THIS WEEK IN BUSINESS: JOBS By William Sluis Chicago Tribune The surge since the beginning of 2006 has created hundreds of thousands of new jobs, and some economists see activity pumping along on all cylinders.

Yet doubts persist about the outlook, partly because the Federal Reserve has raised interest rates 15 times in less than two years with expectations that more monetary tightening is written in the stars. The strongest element lately has been the labor market, where optimism is growing among workers seeking to switch jobs. A fresh measure occurs Friday, with the April employment report. Chicago economist Robert Dederick expects it to show a gain of 200,000 positions in the payrolls, on top of 211,000 a month earlier. He is expecting the jobless rate to drop to 4.6 percent, from 4.7 percent.

employment gains are a reflection of the very strong expansion in this first quarter, but as we look forward, the Fed is worried that we are seeing too much of a good said Mr. Dederick, of RGD Economics. The central steps to tighten monetary policy mean that the economy will be more subdued by the second half of this year, he added. are seeing a slight loss of steam in home construction, and that could mean fewer jobs in the months ahead for those in the building Mr. Dederick said.

the meantime, payroll expansion is not as robust as it was during the investment boom of the late Rate alert Last talk about inflation from Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke created doubts about whether the central bank will soon call a halt in its campaign to raise interest rates. The Fed chief was unwilling to ignore upward pressures being created by energy costs, including gasoline above $3 a gallon. Economist Eugenio Aleman says the Fed will raise short- term rates one more time, to a flat 5 percent, when central bankers meet May 10. At that point, he is looking for members of the Fed to take a pause. And Mr.

Aleman, of Wells Fargo Co. in Minneapolis, says doomsayers manage to overstate the effects of Fed tightenings. Fed will always err on the side of Mr. Aleman said, keeping inflationary expectations down is than trying to bring them back once they have Profit fuel The stock market has inched forward on the heels of strong first-quarter corporate profits, which are running about 12 percent ahead of a year earlier. At this point, investors should be encouraged by signs of a solid uptick in capital spending, says Chicago investment manager Marshall Front.

outlays for new equipment are key to sustaining the economic expansion as consumer spending cools from a very torrid said Mr. Front, of Front Barnett Associates. On the downside, he sees pressures on interest rates continuing, as part of a global trend. has just raised rates and we may not have seen an end to higher rates in Europe. They also could rise in Mr.

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