A team of graduate students from
the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) took
first place and the $3,000 prize in the Department of Human Service (DHS) 7th
annual case competition, held Nov. 9 in the Human Services Building, Downtown.
Aston Armstrong, of Pitt’s Graduate School of Public and International
Affairs; Andrea Thurau of Pitt’s School of Social Work; and Maureen
Washburn of CMU’s H. John Heinz III College won the competition,
operating as Team Birmingham….
DHS challenged teams to develop a
three-year recruitment and retention plan to meet the department’s desire to
build a modern human services workforce while meeting a range of employment
challenges.
Teams devised strategies to improve
one key workforce characteristic -- talent, diversity or commitment – for one
targeted workforce segment – front line, support or leadership. Teams had to
think creatively; develop a timeline; ensure their plan extended to providers
and contracted workers; offer a process of evaluation; and finally, make a
20-minute presentation using PowerPoint and verbal arguments before a panel of
judges to convince them of the viability of their ideas.
The teams had from Wednesday
evening, Nov. 6, when they received the challenge issue, to 7 a.m. Saturday to
prepare their case….
Fourth Place, Team Homestead [Grays]:
Aviva Diamond, Carnegie Mellon
University, Heinz College; Deborah Garofalo, Duquesne University, Social and
Public Policy; David Streeter,
University of Pittsburgh, GSPIA; Stephen Zumbrun, University of Pittsburgh,
School of Law.
GSPIA students Kayla
Branch, Megan Davis, Katelyn Haas, Michael Toronto, Yuzhao Xie,
and Linghui Zhu also participated in
the competition.
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