Three Westmoreland County students at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) completed studies in May for their bachelor’s degree with a 4.0 grade-point average.
Three Westmoreland County students at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) completed studies in May for their bachelor’s degree with a 4.0 grade-point average. Read more
Mia Nicole Marsula of Greensburg is among the more than 5,400 candidates for graduation at the University of Mississippi. Read more
Morgan Lynn Bellush of Greensburg graduated on Sunday, April 26, from the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford with a bachelor’s degree in general studies. Read more
Several area students were recently were initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. They include: Read more
Because of the current coronavirus pandemic, the Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill have decided to postpone the Sister Mary Schmidt Lecture scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday, April 2, at Seton Hill University. Read more
Katherine Hope, currently of Jeannette, has been awarded the 2019-20 Aaron Slafka Memorial Service Award at the University of Pittsburgh at Greenburg. Read more
The departments of biology, chemistry and interdisciplinary sciences in St. Vincent College’s Herbert W. Boyer School of Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Computing recently made a sizable donation of laboratory supplies to aid first responders and medical personnel during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Unity Township campus reported this week. Read more
Following Gov. Tom Wolf’s order that nonessential businesses close for at least 14 days in response to the coronavirus outbreak, Westminster College President Dr. Kathy Brittain Richardson announced all courses will be conducted online through the end of the semester and employees will work remotely for at least the next two weeks. Read more
Clarion University last week announced the suspension of all face-to-face classroom instruction for the remainder of the spring 2020 semester. All instruction is being offered remotely. Read more
In order to ensure the safety and well-being of students and their families during the COVID-19 pandemic, Westminster College will postpone its 166th commencement ceremony scheduled for May 9, the New Wilmington campus announced Thursday evening. “This was a difficult decision to make because we understand how very important this celebration is to our hard-working seniors and their families, but we are in unprecedented times,” said Westminster College President Dr. Kathy Brittain Richardson. “We did not arrive at this decision lightly. We are saddened, but we are also committed to keeping our students, their families and Westminster’s employees safe.” While a new date has not yet been set, Richardson said a formal commencement celebration will take place. Westminster’s campus task force continues to monitor the COVID-19 situation and will follow state and CDC recommendations regarding social distancing and large group gatherings. “Commencement is a joyous time and we look forwa… Read more
Because of the travel and gathering restrictions associated with COVID-19, St. Vincent College has announced the cancellation of the 2020 season of St. Vincent Summer Theatre. Read more
The St. Vincent College education department Monday announced that students seeking education certification are available to assist in home tutoring during the COVID-19 school closure. Read more
In light of the current conditions and travel restrictions associated with COVID-19, the St. Vincent College Concert Series event “An Intimate Night of Chamber Music and Conversation,” which was scheduled for Saturday, March 14, in the Robert S. Carey Center’s Performing Arts Center, will be rescheduled at a future date. Read more
Christopher Mendillo of Latrobe was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society, the Baton Rouge, Louisiana, office reported Friday. Read more
This letter from Clarion President Dale-Elizabeth Pehrsson was sent to the media Thursday afternoon and the campus community, informing everyone that “face-to-face instruction is canceled until further notice”: Read more
In a proactive measure to maintain the health and safety of the Westminster campus community in response to coronavirus concerns, Westminster College has extended its Spring Break and will move to a temporary online learning format, the New Wilmington campus announced Wednesday afternoon. Read more
Due to travel restrictions for Harvard University students and faculty, the Harvard Glee Club has announced the cancellation of its 2020 Heartland Tour, which included a March 16 performance at St. Vincent College. In canceling the performance, the Harvard Glee Club sent the following announcement: “Regretfully, the Harvard Glee Club announces that it will not be able to embark on its 2020 Heartland Tour. This announcement is the result of Harvard University administration’s preventative restrictions on domestic travel for students and faculty, placed in early March due to health and safety concerns surrounding COVID-19. These and similar restrictions have impacted student group travel, on-campus activities and day-to-day life across the university. The Glee Club is deeply grateful to its partners, collaborators, and all others in Ithaca, New York; Pittsburgh and Latrobe, Pennsylvania; Athens, Marion and London, Ohio, and Ann Arbor and Albion, Michigan, who provided support for… Read more
The National Sustainable Structures Center of Pennsylvania College of Technology, the mid-Atlantic administrator of the Building Operator Certification, will offer two BOC Level I courses at a 75% discount made possible by a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. Read more
Spring is a great time to get outside and be more active! Penn State Extension, University Park, is offering an eight-week walking program to help turn behaviors into healthy habits. Moderate activity, such as walking, reduces stress and fatigue and increases mental alertness. It improves cardiovascular functioning and strengthens bones. Combined with healthy eating, it can help to reduce or maintain body weight and decrease incidence of certain chronic diseases. Gather your family, friends, or co-workers to form a team of up to five. Even your dog can be a member of your team! Team members will try to walk or exercise an average of 15 miles per week, for a total of eight weeks. Walk with your team or on your own, at a time and place convenient for you. Weekly newsletters include motivators to keep walking and strategies for eating healthy — so, everyone can keep moving toward a healthier lifestyle. Everybody Walk Across PA is a great program for worksites, schools, community g… Read more
Two area students are members of the Ashland University Honors Program, the Ashland, Ohio, campus reported Monday: Read more
The St. Vincent College Office of Admission will host a Get Acquainted Day Open House for prospective students and their families on Saturday, April 4, on the Unity Township campus. Read more
The University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg will host its 24th annual Children’s Literature Conference on Friday, May 1. Two award-winning young-adult (YA) authors are the keynote speakers for the day: two-time Coretta Scott King Award recipient and author Sharon G. Flake and two-time Michael Printz Award-winning author A.S. King. Read more
A billboard designed by Vincent College professor of art Ben Schachter has been chosen for the Emma Lazarus Art Award by the organization Combat Anti-Semitism. Read more
UNIVERSITY PARK — During National Nutrition Month, Penn State Extension educators are serving a hearty portion of ongoing educational programs aimed at helping people eat better, live better and feel better. Read more
Pitt-Greensburg has a chapter of the SALUTE Honor Society on campus. SALUTE is the only national honor society recognizing and honoring the service and the scholastic achievements of student veterans. Read more
The ServSafe Food Safety Manager Course, conducted by Penn State Extension, is being held at Penn State Extension Westmoreland County, 214 Donohoe Road, Suite E, east of Greensburg on Wednesday, April 1, (9 a.m. — 4:30 p.m.) and Wednesday, April 8, (9 a.m. — noon). The certification exam to begin at 1 p.m. April 8. Read more
Eulalia Books, a poetry-in-translation publisher housed at St. Vincent College, will launch “Night in the North,” written by Fabían Severo and translated from Portuñol by Laura Cesarco Eglin and Jesse Lee Kercheval, at the Association of Writers and Writing Program (AWP) conference in San Antonio, Texas, March 4-7. Read more
On Tuesday, March 3, voters in 14 states and one territory (Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Arkansas, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado, Utah, California and American Samoa) go to the polls to select delegates for the Republican and Democratic presidential candidates. Read more
Kaitlyn Anthony of Blairsville was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society, the Baton Rouge, Louisiana, office announced Friday. Read more
Dr. Farouk Seif will offer the third annual John Deely/Jacques Maritain Lecture at St. Vincent College at 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 24, in the Luparello Lecture Hall in the Sis and Herman Dupré Science Pavilion on the Unity Township campus. Read more
St. Vincent College’s LEARN (Listen, Evaluate, Analyze, Reflect, Navigate) Speakers Series will welcome Richard Jones for the presentation “The Truth on Substance Misuse: Dispelling Stereotypes and Myths” on Thursday, March 12, in the Fred M. Rogers Center on the Unity Township campus. Read more
Six area residents made the dean’s list at Rochester Institute of Technology for the 2019 fall semester, the Rochester, New York, campus reported Thursday: Read more
Helen Kish, a homeschooled student from Pittsburgh, has been awarded a four-year, full-tuition scholarship to St. Vincent College as a winner of the 39th annual Wimmer Scholarship Competition. Read more
Isabelle Saloom of Ligonier has earned a place on Furman University’s dean’s list for the 2019 fall semester, the Greenville, South Carolina, campus reported Friday. Read more
Greensburg resident Mackenzie Courtney has been named to the dean’s list at James Madison University for the fall 2019 semester, the Harrisonburg, Virginia, campus announced Friday. Read more
St. Vincent College’s Center for Political and Economic Thought’s lecture series will continue 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 10, with a presentation by James Stacey Taylor, Ph.D., of The College of New Jersey titled “Virtue, Prices and the Enlightened Flies of Scotland.” Read more
The St. Vincent College Visiting Writers Series will welcome renowned poet and translator Erin Mouré for a pair of readings on Wednesday, March 18, and Friday, March 20. Read more
Two students from the Latrobe Bulletin coverage area were named to the fall 2019 dean’s list at Hood College, the Frederick, Maryland, campus reported Thursday: Read more
The St. Vincent College education department will welcome Dr. Stephanie M. Romero, founder of Awaken Pittsburgh, for a lecture titled “Mindfulness in the Classroom” on Wednesday, March 11, in the Robert S. Carey Performing Arts Center on St, Vincent’s Unity Township campus. Read more
Kellee Van Aken, Ph.D., associate professor of theatre and chair of the theatre and dance department at Seton Hill University, has been appointed dean of the School of Visual and Performing Arts, Seton Hill President Mary C. Finger, Ed.D., has announced. Read more
The dean’s list for the fall 2019 semester at the University of Findlay (Ohio) has been announced. Read more
The Foster and Muriel McCarl Coverlet Gallery at St. Vincent College continues its History Dinner Theater series at 6 p.m. Friday, March 6, when it will present “African-American Soldiers and the American Revolution” in the Fred M. Rogers Center on the Unity Township campus. Read more
Pitt-Greensburg’s Written/Spoken Series welcomes acclaimed fiction authors Sarah Elaine Smith and Dave Newman 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20, in Powers Hall 100. The readings are free and open to the public. Read more
Kevin Huber of Ligonier is a member of Alpha Lambda Delta at Ashland University, the Ashland, Ohio, campus reported Monday. Read more
From Feb. 7-9, St. Vincent College Campus Ministry held the 2020 IGNITE Retreat at Antiochian Village in Fairfield Township. The 75 students who participated were granted the opportunity to organize the retreat and also actively participated by delivering most of the talks and reflections. Alongside the students, talks were also delivered by the Rev. Killian Loch, OSB, director of Campus Ministry; the Rev. Canice McMullen, OSB, assistant director of Campus Ministry; Brother Barnabas O’Reilly, OSB, and Brother Cassian Edwards, OSB., assistants to the director of Campus Ministry; Dr. Daniele Acara, professor of mathematics, and Lenore Popp, SPO Missionary. A photo gallery from the retreat, courtesy of St. Vincent College senior Jimmy Rosa, is available online at https://bit.ly/2uChNqp. Read more
The Seton Hill University Theatre and Dance Program will present “The Rivals,” written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan and directed andadapted by Steven Wilson, Feb. 21 to 29 in the William Granger Ryan Theatre, Performing Arts Center, 100 Harrison Ave., Greensburg. Read more
More than 700 St. Francis University students made one of the fall 2019 honors lists: president’s or dean’s, the Loretto campus reported Thursday. Read more
Emmalee Lamolinara of Greensburg is a member of Ashland University’s Alpha Delta Pi, the Ashland, Ohio, campus announced Thursday. Read more
The Harvard Glee Club, the oldest collegiate chorus in the U.S., will present a free concert 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 16, in the historic St. Vincent Basilica, Unity Township. Read more
The University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg welcomes Elizabeth Lins Shoenfelt, coloratura soprano, and Fred Dade, pianist, for the next performance in the Joan Chambers Concert Series on Friday, Feb. 14, Pitt-Greensburg announced Thursday. Read more
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