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International AppealAn award-winning Hungarian documentary filmmaker and six othernotable European visitors toured Robert Morris University in Octoberand came away impressed.Borbala Kriza, whose 2007 film “Rocking the Nation”examines the political subculture of Budapest’sskinhead rock groups, said the biggest surprise wasseeing the flag of Hungary’s neighbor, Slovakia,flying outside the residence of the RooneyScholars.Vladimir Burcik and Dagmar Polackova,RMU’s visiting international professorsthis past fall, are both from the Slovakcapital of Bratislava.“America is much closer to Europethan it is believed!” Kriza said.A member of parliament from thenew country of Montenegro, aDutch investment banker, and aradio reporter from Portugal werealso part of the visiting delegation,which met with President Dell’Omo andother university officials and faculty to learnmore about American higher education.Their visit was sponsored by the German Marshall Fundof the United States, a Washington, D.C., organizationthat builds transatlantic relationships.Kriza said she might like to be a Rooney Scholar herself.“Walking around the university campus, it was striking to seethe diversity among students, which reflects a true cosmopolitanambience at RMU,” she said.ING TO SEE THE DIVERSITY AMONG STUDENTS,S A TRUE COSMOPOLITAN AMBIENCE AT RMU”> Spring Rooney ScholarsThe Spring 2009 Rooney Scholars are both from China. Gu Ping isassociate dean of the School of Nursing at Nanjing Medical University,and Lirong Wu is associate dean of the nursing department atthe Suzhou Health College.> FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THESE STORIES VISIT WWW.RMU.EDU/FOUNDATIONS> Board MembersNorm Mitry, president andCEO of Heritage Valley HealthSystem, has joinedthe RMU Board of Trustees.A 1974 graduate of RMU,Mitry was formerly theexecutive vice president and chieffinancial officer for the Pittsburgh MercyHealth System. Mitry also served asdirector of cost accounting and specialprojects for Jessop Steel in Washington,Pa. He has a bachelor’s degree inbusiness administration from RMUand a master’s degree in publicmanagement from Carnegie MellonUniversity. In May, Mitry was thespeaker at RMU’s undergraduatecommencement. (See the president’sletter for more about that speech.)Richard Harshman, a 1978 RMUgraduate and member of the board oftrustees, was named “CFO of the Year”by Pittsburgh Business Times. Harshman,chief financial officer of AlleghenyTechnologies Inc., is a past recipient ofRMU’s Alumni Heritage Award and wasthe first alumnus to give $1 million toRMU. Two other men with RMUconnections also werenominated for the CFOaward: RMU TrusteeStephen A. Van Oss,senior vice presidentand chief financialand administrativeofficer of WESCODistribution Inc.,and RMU'sown CFO,Jeff Listwak,vice presidentfor financialoperations.> HARSHMANR O B E R T M O R R I S U N I V E R S I T Y F O U N D AT I O N S • 7