Faculty, staff, students and alumni gathered May 31 to pay tribute to Mark Stehlik, outgoing assistant dean for undergraduate education for the School of Computer Science.

A party in Stehlik's honor was held in the Collaborative Commons of the Gates and Hillman Centers. About 200 people attended.

Stehlik, who has taught computer science at the Pittsburgh campus since 1982 and served as assistant dean since 1988, is stepping down this summer to begin a five-year appointment as associate dean for education at Carnegie Mellon Qatar.

Tom Cortina, associate teaching professor, will assume the duties of SCS assistant dean and is working with Stehlik on the transition.

Stehlik was this year’s recipient of the Doherty Award for Sustained Contributions to Excellence in Education, and is a past winner of the Herbert A. Simon Award for Teaching Excellence in Computer Science.

About Carnegie Mellon: Carnegie Mellon is a private research university with a distinctive mix of programs in engineering, computer science, robotics, business, public policy, fine arts and the humanities. More than 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students receive an education characterized by its focus on creating and implementing solutions for real problems, interdisciplinary collaboration, and innovation. A small student-to-faculty ratio provides an opportunity for close interaction between students and professors. While technology is pervasive on its 144-acre Pittsburgh campus, Carnegie Mellon is also distinctive among leading research universities for the world-renowned programs in its College of Fine Arts. A global university, Carnegie Mellon has campuses in Silicon Valley, Calif., and Qatar, and programs in Asia, Australia and Europe. For more, see www.cmu.edu.