Brittany is a communications major with a concentration in journalism and is the News Manager of RMU Sentry Media. After getting her degree, she hopes to get a job in either copy editing or publishing.
Congressman Keith Rothfus from the current 12th District is running for re-election in the 2018 election for the new 17th District.
According to the New York Times, the redistricting of Pennsylvania provides a more competitive race for Congressman...
Retired astronaut and Gulf War Naval Aviator, Mark Kelly along with his wife, Gabby Giffords, Congresswoman, are speaking at the Pittsburgh Speaker Series. The event is being held in Heinz Hall tonight at 8 p.m.
Kelly stopped by Yorktown Hall today...
Robert Morris University just announced that over the next five summers, major changes will be made to the 14 residence halls on campus.
"Robert Morris University will make major improvements to most of its 14 residence halls, including restoring lounges,...
On March 15, the Robert Morris University Media Arts Department held A Portrait of Pittsburgh / Hay-on-Wye event. Seven students and three professors met in Sewickley, Pa., to document the town and share the photos with students at the Hereford College...
In September of 2001, the 130-year-old, haunted Grand Midway Hotel was bought by Blair Murphy for $11,000. Now, that hotel is being turned into an Airbnb.
Although it needed things like windows and walls fixed, the hotel now has 32 rooms, with two...
Robert Morris University held its second annual Global Karneval. The event was organized by the Center for Global Engagement. The program was held last year in the Charles L. Sewall Center. Due to the construction of the UPMC Event Center, the event...
John Currie, athletics director and college administrator, is coming to Robert Morris University on March 19 through March 23 as an Executive-in-Residence in Sports Management for the School of Business.
Currie has worked for three NCAA institutions...
Robert Morris University's 800 bachelor and master's degree students will get to hear Wolf Blitzer, news anchor for CNN, addresses the class of 2018 at commencement.
Commencement is being held on May 6 in the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in...
Robert Morris University has souvenirs available from the Charles L. Sewall Center. Three souvenir packages are available for purchase at rmu.edu/kentucky.
The three packages are:
Package 1 - A 14x16 frame of pictures with RMU's win against Kentucky,...
National Eating Disorders Awareness Week started on Feb. 26 and will end on March 4, but The Renfrew Center, an eating disorder treatment center, is holding the “This is Me” moment.
The “This is Me” moment is a social media movement where women...
At the beginning of the 2018 academic year, Robert Morris University introduced a World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) class.
The class consists of three teachers: Michelle Patrick, dean of the School of Business; David Synowka, department head of Sport...
AMSOIL held the U.S. Air Force Snocross National in Salamanca, New York, this weekend. Qualifiers were held on Feb. 16, and the champions competed tonight to get their spot on the podium.
The competition consisted of a series of small races. There...
AMSOIL is holding their Snocross Championships in Salamanca, New York, and RMU Sentry Media is covering the action.
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The U.S. Air Force Snocross National is happening in Seneca Allegany Resort & Casino on Feb. 16 and Feb. 17....
This year, Kennywood Amusement Park is introducing a new attraction called Thomas Town to be built in their 120th year of business.
Kennywood has partnered with Mattel, the brand owner of “Thomas and Friends.” The park is building an attraction...
Valerie Gaydos, the founder and CEO of Capital Growth, Inc., announced her candidacy for State Representative at Robert Morris University on Feb. 14.
Photo Gallery: https://www.rmusentrymedia.com/featured-multimedia/photo-gallery/valerie-gaydos-announces-candidacy-for-state-representative/
Gaydos...
As Pittsburgh temperatures have been fluctuating, Robert Morris University’s Facilities Management has been planning to plow, spread salt on roadways and answer students' calls.
RMU Colonial Central is an office in Facilities Management close to...
Today was the 132nd annual trek of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club in Gobbler's Knob where Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, indicating six more weeks of winter.
People gathered from around the country to celebrate Groundhog Day with Punxsutawney Phil...
Every day a new sexual harassment or assault charge is being brought to light in celebrity, political and daily news. This fall, Robert Morris University has joined a movement in the Pittsburgh region known as Southwest PA Says No More, which is speaking...
Robert Morris University tweeted last night that fans could learn how to receive a floorboard from the Chuck of the Charles L. Sewall Center at tonight's men's basketball game.
"We have a lot of the materials that were salvaged from the demolition...
Safety may be at the front of many students’ minds since the attacks like the Texas church shooting and the Las Vegas shooting. Kathleen Kiernan is a campus public safety expert who gives students strategies to keep themselves and others safe on a college...
Robert Morris University Police Department believes they would be prepared in the case of an active shooter, and they would like students to be prepared as well.
UPDATE: The names of the victims of the car accident outside the Robert Morris University entrance on Oct. 3 have been released.
According to the TribLIVE, Albert Wilkinson, 55, and Samuel Wilkinson, 86, were identified by the Allegheny...
Robert Morris University student Ryan McCutcheon died on Sept. 30 in a car crash.
According to WPXI, McCutcheon's car crashed on Toms Run Road in Kilbuck Township. McCutcheon was a sophomore accounting major, a member of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity...
The new Student Recreation and Fitness Center is tentatively set to open on Sept. 27 with two floors of rooms with fitness features for all students.
While the inside of the building has fitness opportunities for all students, the outside will as well....
Originally set for Sept. 25, the full Student Recreation and Fitness Center is now tentatively set to open on Sept. 29.
An email from Campus Recreation was sent to Robert Morris University students to explain why the full facility opening is postponed.
"Our...
University presidents of Southwestern Pennsylvania are coming together to say no more to sexual violence.
Southwest PA Says No More is a program that is working towards creating a safe environment for college students. Thirteen university presidents,...
Robert Morris University is mourning the death of Joshua Merriman, a senior finance major.
Merriman was 21 years old and a member of RMU Men's D3 Club Ice Hockey Team. He was from Wintersville, Ohio, and said to have died on Saturday, Sept. 16.
"This...
RMU has won one College/University Student Production awards out of 4 Mid-Atlantic Emmy College/University nominations.
Out of the nominated are 22 students and one faculty member. Students have been nominated for the Long Form, Sports-Live Event and...
The Student Recreation and Fitness Center opening date has been delayed, and Robert Morris University is crediting some of the fee back to students.
An email was sent out by Student Life to all undergraduate students. The email stated that after reviewing...
The fire department was called to the football side of Joe Walton Stadium on Robert Morris University campus around 12:30 p.m. on Aug. 30.
Moon Township Volunteer Fire Department answered a call from RMU Public Safety about smoke throughout the equipment...
Robert Morris University’s eighth president, Christopher B. Howard, sat down with RMU Sentry Media to talk about the upcoming 2017-18 academic year on Aug. 21.
President Howard talked about his plans for the upcoming year. He hopes to keep his implementations...
A fire started at Robert Morris University in Concord Residence Hall on the third floor on Aug. 21.
From an initial call made to the police department, it was believed that the fire was caused by a laptop. After further investigation, the fire department...
On Aug. 5, 2017, five Robert Morris University students will take on 39 other teams in the EQT Pittsburgh Three Rivers Regatta hosted by Red Bull.
Five engineering students at RMU have formed a team to participate in the 2017 Three Rivers Regatta....
Robert Morris University has received four nominations in the Mid-Atlantic Emmy chapter’s College/University awards this week.
The announcement was made Tuesday at the 2017 Mid-Atlantic Emmy Awards Nomination Party at WQED-TV studios.
22 students,...
Robert Morris University has become the first member of Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) Academy program in Pennsylvania.
AWS Academy is a program which will allow RMU to give courses on AWS Academy Cloud Computing Architecture and prepare students...
It was announced in December 2016 that Robert Morris University would be building a recreation center on campus, and that a $125 fee per semester for resident students and a $60 fee per semester for commuter students would be added to all students’...
Student and faculty email accounts are being compromised.
If you have received an email to "hhhhhh" to your Robert Morris University email address, do not open it. Delete it and do not allow it access to your account.
RMU Information Technology...
Phi Beta Lambda, the business club at RMU, received three awards for their work in business at a conference in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on on the weekend of April 7.
On Saturday, April 1, Mohammed A. Alsabi died. President Christopher B. Howard sent out an email giving the news.
"This loss is no doubt devastating to Mohammed's family and friends," said President Howard in his email. "And the entire RMU community...
Brittany Mayer, Assistant News Manager
• January 30, 2017
On Jan. 27, President Donald Trump signed an executive ordering banning citizens of certain nations from entering the U.S.
Robert Morris University has a large population of international students, which this order could affect. RMU President...
As of a Nov. 1 Student Government Association meeting, student organizations and the student body were fully made aware of Robert Morris University's new student recreation and fitness center and all the fees that are coming along with it.
During the...
The Wal-Mart has been an ongoing project on University Boulevard for seven months and had the official ribbon-cutting ceremony early this morning while a line of shoppers waited to enter.
The Moon Township Wal-Mart grand opening is set for Wednesday, Nov. 16. Final preparations to the store are being made in the upcoming weeks for the 150,000 square foot store located at 7500 University Blvd.
The FLEAP program is heading to 13 different countries in the spring 2017 semester. There are 10 new countries that the 15 different programs will be held in.
Students, faculty and members of the community came to Robert Morris University Friday for the inauguration of President Christopher B. Howard, D.Phil.
Returning for the third time to Robert Morris University, the 86th Saudi National Day was held by the Saudi Student Club in the Sewall Center on Sept.16, 2016.
On May 24, a letter was sent from the Office of the President of the University to discuss an RMU reconstruction project.
“RMU has experienced substantial growth in several key enrollment segments,” said President Christopher B. Howard, “But...
In honor of St. Patrick's Day, there was an Irish Banquet in the International Suite of the Charles L. Sewall Center.
The room was full of green decorations that the Communications Seminar team, Global Givers, put together in order to give money to the...
On March 14, an email was sent to inform all students by Jonathan Potts, director of presidential communications, about the increase of tuition and housing in the 2016-17 academic year.
For the 2015-16 academic year, the tuition fee was $26,330 and the...
The Town Hall Meeting for "Robert Morris University 2016 and Beyond" was held in the International Suite of the Charles L. Sewall Center from 9 to 11 a.m. on March 3.
RMU is going green, so on Feb. 18 in the John Jay Science Lab, Erika Deyarmin, public affairs coordinator, and Terri Fischer, education solutions representative from Waste Management, came to educate RMU about recycling.
In honor of Black History Month, the Multicultural Student Services and the Black Student Union invited Malcolm Thomas to come and present in the fourth installment of the Diversity Speaker Series on Feb. 17 in the Sewall Center.
With temperatures declining and snow fall increasing, Facilities Management here at RMU has a lot of ground to cover when it comes to keeping the roads and walkways clear.
Another international scholar has arrived at RMU. A reception was held at the Rooney House on Jan. 21 to introduce Misha Segal to students and faculty.
In an exciting display of music and dancing, the third installment of the Diversity Speaker Series took place on Nov. 19 in the International Suite in Sewall Center.
The Dream Team Communications group held a heartwarming showing of Disney-Pixar’s Inside Out to raise money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The event was held in Hopwood Hall of Patrick Henry on Nov. 13 and was hosted by Fox’s Pizza, who also donated the refreshments.
Walking into Patrick Henry on Nov. 5 was like walking into Superbowl Party. This, however, was a FIFA Tournament hosted as a service project by a group for their Communications Seminar class.
Free food and college kids go hand in hand, according to the members of the Carpe Mundum club, a student group that promotes acceptance of different nationalities and cultures. The Share Your Culture Dinner on Oct. 28 organized by the Carpe Mundum club proved this to be true.
Walking into the Gus Krop Gym on Thursday Sept. 24 students were greeted warmly by the Saudi Student Club with wristbands, bracelets, and information about the Saudi Arabian Culture for the 85th Saudi National Day and second celebration at Robert Morris.The...
On Sept. 17, native Pittsburgh entrepreneur, Kevin Carter, came to speak for the Diversity Series for the RMU Multicultural Student Services.
Carter is the CEO of the nonprofit organization Adonai, which is centered on assisting young black males around...
