New job positions available for students in Pittsburgh

Sybile Cherenfant, Features Editor
February 7, 2012
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With the economy slowly recovering, more jobs are becoming available for Robert Morris University (RMU) students. “More of the employers are eager to fill open positions that they have,” Kishma Decastro-Sallis, director of the Career Center, explained. “They’re pouring more money to refill... Read more »

New Claddagh Club on Campus to honor Irish Heritage

Sybile Cherenfant, Features Editor
January 28, 2012
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Robert Morris University (RMU) is made up of an additional student club that focuses on something different. The Claddagh club, which started on Facebook and turned traditional, is composed of mostly students who visited Ireland through the study abroad programs. “More students had gone to Ireland... Read more »

Crawley Finds His Strength Through His Writing

Sybile Cherenfant, Features Editor
December 4, 2011
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After being diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma  disease on Sep. 20, Dr. Rex Crawley, assistant dean of the School of Communications and Information Systems and professor of Communication, decided to create a blog to inform people on his situation. “I was thinking about how do you tell somebody... Read more »

Rooney Scholar Visits for Celebration

Sybile Cherenfant, Features Editor
November 10, 2011
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Robert Morris University (RMU) just welcomed another visiting scholar for the Fall semester. Dr. Catherine Ramsey-Portolano joined RMU and Luca Guardabascio, this Fall’s Rooney scholar, to help celebrate the 150 years of Italy’s Unification. She is the department chair and an associate professor... Read more »

English Department Chooses Two Winners for Its Fourth Creepy Conference

Sybile Cherenfant, Features Editor
November 7, 2011
Filed under News, Top Stories

On Tuesday, Oct. 25, the Robert Morris University (RMU) hosted its fourth annual Creepy Conference in the Sewall Center, and picked two winners for the prize the next week. “Our students did an amazing job,” stated Dr. Sylvia Pamboukian, Four contestants, Nikki Weis, Sara Gunkel, Kenya Johns... Read more »

Successful Filmmaker Becomes This Fall’s Rooney Scholar

Sybile Cherenfant, Features Editor
October 14, 2011
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The Robert Morris University faculty is joined this fall semester by an accomplished filmmaker. This fall’s Rooney Scholar from Italy, Luca Guardabascio, is a filmmaker, a writer, an actor and a producer. Guardabascio, from Eboli and Campagna, Italy, started writing at a very early age. “Writing... Read more »

English Department To Hold Another Creepy Conference

Sybile Cherenfant, Features Editor
October 6, 2011
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The English Department of RMU will host its fourth annual Creepy Conference on Oct. 25. This conference brings students and several faculty members together to present on gothic related topics. Topics vary from interpretations of vampire related movies to analysises of supernatural ideas. “[You... Read more »

Comedian provides laughs and advice to RMU students

Sybile Cherenfant, Features Editor
September 15, 2011
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This past Saturday, Robert Morris University’s First Year Seminar Program (FYSP) and the Student Life Office hosted comedian Michael Dean Ester. Ester’s stand-up comedy act was part of the activities that the freshmen mentors coordinated during their training for the semester. “The program... Read more »

Meet The New Director of Multicultural Student Services

Sybile Cherenfant, Features Editor
August 27, 2011
Filed under Features

For the new school year, the Student Life office staff just welcomed the new director of Multicultural Student Services, Antonio Quarterman. Quarterman, who was previously the director of Multicultural Affairs at Thiel College, currently holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Thiel College... Read more »