Dietrich School Faculty Invited by Student-Athletes to Attend Pitt Men’s Soccer Match
Ten faculty members from the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh were invited by Pitt men’s soccer student-athletes to attend their match against Howard at Ambrose Urbanic Field on Wednesday, Oct. 2.
The “Most Valuable Professors” promotion called for the student-athletes to invite their favorite faculty members to attend the match. Faculty were welcomed onto the pitch to take celebratory photos with the team following the match, which the Panthers won, 8-1.
Invited faculty from the Dietrich School included:
- Young Ahn, Department of Biology – nominated by Owen Christopher
- Ron Brown, Department of Africana Studies – nominated by Eben McIntyre
- Traci Conner, Department of English – nominated by Tim Baierlein
- Deborah Danuser, Department of Communications – nominated by Casper Svendby
- Jonah Jeng, Film Studies Program – nominated by Josh Veychek
- Ben Kubacki, Department of Linguistics – nominated by Miguel Bertran
- Roberta Mendonca De Carvalho, Urban Studies Program – nominated by Massimo Murania
- Jeremiah Morgan, Department of Mathematics – nominated by Niklas Soerensen
- Bob O’Mara, Department of Mathematics – nominated by Lasse Dahl
- Gerald Shuster, Department of Communications – nominated by Dani Gamboa
The Pitt men’s soccer team (9-1-0, 4-0-0 ACC) is ranked No. 1 in the nation by the United Soccer Coaches Poll.