UPT PROFESSOR DIANA G. BROWNING

FEATURED SPEAKER AT 2003 ACADEMIC CONVOCATION

TITUSVILLE, Aug. 24 -- The University of Pittsburgh at Titusville will hold its sixteenth annual Academic Convocation on Thursday, August 28, at 2:00 p.m., on the veranda of McKinney Hall.

Diana G. Browning, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Classics and Humanities at UPT, will deliver the keynote address.  The title of her speech will be "Here Be Heroes."

Since coming to UPT in 1987 Browning has taught a wide range of courses, including art history, ancient philosophy, history of Christianity, mythology, Greek and Roman civilization, and African history.

Prior to coming to UPT, Browning served as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics at Wellesley College, Brown University and Connecticut College.  She has a Ph.D. and M.A. in Classics from Princeton University, as well as a M.A.T. in English from Johns Hopkins, a M.A. in Greek from Case Western Reserve University, and a B.A. in Liberal Arts from St. Johns College.

Browning has presented at several conferences, speaking on Homer, Greek tragedy and ancient art; she has been included in Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, and she has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for study of the Italian Renaissance.  She is a member of the American Philological Association, the American Classical League and the National Art Education Association.

Browning served as a judge last February for the Titusville Women’s Club Art Contest.  She often presents as part of the UPT Brown Bag series each academic year.  In addition, she has presented to sixth graders at the St. Titus School and taught courses on the Old Testament at the First Presbyterian Church in Titusville.

During the convocation, an induction ceremony will be held for new members of Phi Theta Kappa, an honorary fraternity for two-year colleges.  Browning was instrumental in starting the local chapter of Phi Theta Kappa in 1988 and serving as the advisor from 1988-1990.

UPT faculty in full academic dress will proceed to McKinney Hall from the J. Curtis McKinney II Student Union to the tunes of the bagpipe, played by Eugene Zimmerman of Franklin.

The public is invited to attend the ceremony and reception immediately following.  In the event of rain, the convocation will relocate to Henne Auditorium in the Broadhurst Science Center.

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