The Minority Transition Committee met in November. Peggy Schmiedecke provided an update to the group. The report is attached. The committee has decided to tie their work into the Urban League’s National Equity in Excellence Higher Education Project funded by the Lumina Foundation. The committee is also brainstorming for a new name for their committee, feeling the title is antiquated. More to come on this. Website: The Roundtable website address is . The website has been updated and will continue to be updated on a regular basis. The meeting summary, updated member contact information, along with the CSF invitation will be added this week. New Business: College Success Forum: The CSF will be held on Tuesday, February 3, 2015, at Robert Morris University from 10 a.m. 2 p.m. Lunch will be provided. As of today, we have 82 registrants. If you haven’t – registered, please do so we can have an accurate count to set up the rooms and for lunch. The invitation was sent separately and here it is again. Please continue to pass along to your networks. The CFA Society of Pittsburgh recently introduced a Collegiate Personal Financial Planning Competition. A brief introduction to the competition is attached along with the rules. Please pass this along to all Universities and post-secondary students attending in Western PA. The competition is open to all majors (not just business majors). All participants who meet the requirements will be given a Certification of Accomplishment and there are monetary prizes for the top students. Questions about the competition should be directed to Gene Natali at . PHEAA is holding FAFSA sessions and many of them are open-to-the-public. You can view a complete listing of public sessions at and Kim mentioned the local events she will be holding at some of the libraries in the area. Feb. 1 - The Library Place at Pittsburgh Mills Mall - noon to 2 p.m. - call 724-274-5600 to register Feb. 7 - CLP Main Oakland - 10 a.m. to noon - call 412-622-3133 to register Feb 28 - Baldwin Public Library - 10 a.m. to noon - call 412-885-2255 to register
The Minority Transition Committee met in November. Peggy Schmiedecke provided an update to the group. The report is attached. The committee has decided to tie their work into the Urban League’s National Equity in Excellence Higher Education Project funded by the Lumina Foundation. The committee is also brainstorming for a new name for their committee, feeling the title is antiquated. More to come on this. Website: The Roundtable website address is . The website has been updated and will continue to be updated on a regular basis. The meeting summary, updated member contact information, along with the CSF invitation will be added this week. New Business: College Success Forum: The CSF will be held on Tuesday, February 3, 2015, at Robert Morris University from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Lunch will be provided. As of today, we have 82 registrants. If you haven’t registered, please do so we can have an accurate count to set up the rooms and for lunch. The invitation was sent separately and here it is again. Please continue to pass along to your networks. The CFA Society of Pittsburgh recently introduced a Collegiate Personal Financial Planning Competition. A brief introduction to the competition is attached along with the rules. Please pass this along to all Universities and post-secondary students attending in Western PA. The competition is open to all majors (not just business majors). All participants who meet the requirements will be given a Certification of Accomplishment and there are monetary prizes for the top students. Questions about the competition should be directed to Gene Natali at . PHEAA is holding FAFSA sessions and many of them are open-to-the-public. You can view a complete listing of public sessions at and Kim mentioned the local events she will be holding at some of the libraries in the area. Feb. 1 - The Library Place at Pittsburgh Mills Mall - noon to 2 p.m. - call 724-274-5600 to register Feb. 7 - CLP Main Oakland - 10 a.m. to noon - call 412-622-3133 to register Feb 28 - Baldwin Public Library - 10 a.m. to noon - call 412-885-2255 to register