PittEd Magazine - June 2015 - PittEd - School of Education Magazine June 2015 Featured Articles Andy Benedict on Surviving Three Crashes in WW II, Getting into Printing, Raising Five Sons, and Going to College at 57 “I was 18 years old when I enlisted as an aviation cadet.” 91-year-old Andy Benedict leaned forward in his chair, talking about events that had occurred some 70 years prior, but in his retelling, seemed like yesterday. “I didn’t want to be infantry. I didn’t want to go into the Navy because I can’t swim. I was scared they would put me in the subs and I was claustrophobic,” said Benedict. “When I was a little kid I remember Lindbergh’s flight across the Atlantic Ocean, and had this... Professor Emerita “Goldie” Edwards and Her Journey from New Zealand to Pitt to the Squash Hall of Fame After playing squash at a competitive level for 35 years, Professor Emerita Marigold “Goldie” Edwards stepped away from the game in 2001 due to knee problems. Last fall, she was invited to Drexel University in Philadelphia, where she was inducted into the U.S. Squash Hall of Fame. Edwards’ journey to that point began more than 50 years earlier, when she left New Zealand at the age of 26 for Canada and a teaching job at the University of Saskatchewan. And while she played a lot of s... Graduate Silver Francis Oonyu Returns Home to Africa to Start School Oonyu at Pitt studying with assistive technology that translates print and Web text into an audio format. Family. Community. Animals. Crops. And then for Silver Francis Oonyu, it disappeared. He had a short time to create a lifetime’s worth of visual memories, because at age four he lost his sight due to measles. However, 40 years later he traveled from Uganda to the United States, and more specifically, the University of Pittsburgh, to attend the School of Education and earn a m... News and Notes Alumni Gather for School of Education Awards - Pictured from left to right: Mandi Davis Skerbet...... The School of Education PASA Project Collaborates with Students from St. Anthony’s - Pictured from left to right: Douglas Pirl, Jen C...... Student News - Kathryn A. Bethea , a graduate research assistant...... Issue Archive Subscribe Subscribe via Email