A communication major with a concentration in journalism and a minor in psychology, Delaney is one of the Social Media Managers for RMU Sentry Media as well as the News Director for RMU-TV. Previously she has served as the News Manager for the Sentry. Delaney has also been heavily involved with RMU-TV anchoring, producing, conducting interviews, etc. She most recently co-anchored and help produce the Emmy-nominated SCJ 2016 Election Night Coverage. Originally from Erie, she was eager to move to the Pittsburgh area to attend Robert Morris.
UPDATE: Power has been restored to Yorktown Hall.
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A transformer blew in Moon Township, causing a power outage in the area on Thursday evening.
One of the buildings affected was RMU's Yorktown residence hall.
RMU police report that no one...
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 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,...
Delaney Hassell, Assistant Social Media Manager
• July 14, 2017
In an email sent out students on Friday from Colonial Central, it was announced that the opening of the new recreation and fitness center would be delayed.
Perry Roofner, vice president for facilities, stated that construction began for the new facility...
According to Robert Morris’s “2016 Security and Fire Safety Report," under the Clery Criminal Offense Report, there were three reported rapes on campus property and student housing in 2015. In the Criminal Offenses - FBI/PA Uniform Crime Report, there...
Robert Morris University announced today that Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin will be a keynote speaker at the university's 92nd commencement ceremony in the Charles L. Sewall Center.
Tomlin will speak on Friday, May 5 at the graduate commencement...
Beginning on June 1, UPMC Health Plan will become the provider of employee health insurance at Robert Morris University.
With the announcement of the new UPMC Events Center in January, RMU also released that UPMC is set to become the sole provider...
With Moon Township approving the development of the new RMU Student Recreation and Fitness Center, construction has begun at the North Athletic Complex and will continue for the next eight months.
“Competition Drive, the existing Athletic Pavilion,...
Robert Morris University announced today that the new anticipated event center will be named “UPMC Events Center.”
Beginning in July, the university will break ground on the 140,000-square foot building for the NCAA Division I basketball and volleyball...
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...
After the events on the campus of The Ohio State University Monday morning, colleges can see how important alert systems are. Students interviewed on CBSN stated that they were alerted to the active attacker on campus through a “Buckeye Alert” similar...
Students at Robert Morris University have reported brown water coming from showers and sinks in certain towers of Washington Hall on Wednesday and Thursday.
The affected suites include C-1, C-3, B-2 and B-4.
"The brown water is a result of the...
Robert Morris University saw new leadership in February when Christopher B. Howard, Ph.D. started as the eighth president, but his inauguration began his new legacy Friday .
"It's not my legacy it's our legacy. It's what we do together. The one...
After a jam packed summer, the eighth President of Robert Morris University, Christopher Howard, Ph.D. is ready to welcome students home for another great school year. He himself is also ready to learn about RMU and what the university has to offer.
“It’s...
The Robert Morris University campus community is in mourning as senior Television/Video Production student, Todd Krugle, has passed away.
Krugle was described as having a special talent in video production and design. He was also listed on the roster...
Five short months ago, Christopher Howard, Ph.D. was announced as the eighth president of Robert Morris University—now he has finished his first month at RMU. Howard began his presidency on Feb. 1 of this year and has since been busy, but he has enjoyed...
As a journalist—if I play my cards right—I will most likely get to meet a lot of interesting people in my career. I never would have guessed that I would meet an Oscar nominated actor and a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist as a sophomore in college.
Let...
Christopher B. Howard, Ph.D. has begun his first day as the eighth president of Robert Morris University.
“Today is my first day as the president of Robert Morris University, and it is a privilege to be able to write the next chapter of the RMU story...
Every minute there are 20 people who fall victim to physical violence by an intimate partner in the U.S., according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. College campuses are no exception to this statistic.
The CDC defined sexual violence...
The Robert Morris University campus community is mourning the death of 21-year-old senior computer information systems student, Jordan Willis, yesterday afternoon.
Willis was described as a dedicated student involved in the Top Secret Colonials and...
The one question everyone is asked when they are a little kid is ‘what do you want to be when you grow up?’ For Robert Morris detective, Scott Page, a police officer was always the answer.
“That was something that started when I was real young....
Lieutenant Charles Spencer has seen Robert Morris University through all of its major changes. From becoming a university, to the Nicholson Center being built, to the new nursing building being constructed, Spencer has watched RMU advance for 22 years.
Originally...
Contrary to the popular belief, a lack of parking has never been a real problem on the campus of Robert Morris University.
Parking on campus seems to be a problem every year. Students believe that there is not enough parking for all the cars on campus....
When a student feels unsafe or threatened on a college campus there is be a blue light at the end of the tunnel.
The Robert Morris University campus is covered in 11 Blue Light Emergency Phones. The locations of the lights can be seen here.
“Campus...
After recent reports of the danger of hover boards, Interim President Jamison sent out an email yesterday announcing that personal mobility devices will be banned from campus. Serious injuries have been reported due to collisions with pedestrians and...
Due to the continuing expansion of the Robert Morris Police Department, they have simply outgrown their current building.
Barry Center, where the department is located, was built in the 1960s. As one of the first buildings on the Moon campus, the building...
Officials have said that 3-alarm industrial fire at the Leetsdale Industrial Park has spread to a second building. The fire had originated at Weatherford Engineered Chemistry, an oil and gas service company.
Over the past two years, 11 Robert Morris University men’s basketball players have been disciplined for alleged incidents outside of the program, including five for an incident on June 24 of this year.
The five players were all charged with disorderly...
The annual fall town hall meeting for Robert Morris University was held Monday from 3 to 5 p.m. in the International Suite of the Charles L. Sewall Center.
With two college campus shootings happening within eight days of each other earlier this month, questions have been raised about how the Robert Morris Police Department would handle an active shooter situation.
“Every time you get a shooting, people...
The incoming freshmen class of Robert Morris for the 2015-2016 school year has made their mark already on the university with an influx of student conduct incidents.
This semester has seen a very large increase in a lot of incidents, mainly underage...
The safety of the campus of Robert Morris University is headed for a bumpy road with students and faculty concerned.
As the amount of students attending RMU each year increases, the amount of cars and pedestrians on campus increases as well. This influx...
The fire alarms on the campus of Robert Morris have gone off 29 times since the beginning of the semester, with four occurrences due to electronic cigarettes.
An electronic cigarette, better known as an ‘e-cig’ or ‘vape,’ is a “battery operated...
Homecoming Weekend kicks off this Friday! Here is a breakdown of everything going on for Robert Morris this weekend.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 18:
8 a.m.
Robert Morris alumni with play a round of golf as the Montour Heights Country Club.
$75...
Last Thursday Dr. Christopher Howard joined the Robert Morris community to become the 8th president of the university.
Although his term does not begin until February of next year, Howard is eager to move the university forward. He has seen how well...
Robert Morris University has announced that Dr. Christopher B. Howard will serve as the 8th president of the university.
Currently, the 46-year-old U.S. Air Force Reserve veteran is the president of Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia. Hampden-Sydney...
Robert Morris University has announced that 8th president of the university will be Dr. Christopher B. Howard.
According to an email sent out by the RMU Board of Trustees Chair, Gary Claus, Howard is currently the president of Hampden-Sydney College...
Provost of Robert Morris University, Sr. Vice President for Academic Affairs, and current Interim President, David Jamison is ready for what this upcoming school year has to hold.
While currently holding three titles for Robert Morris, Jamison has...
President Gregory Dell’Omo announced in an email today that John Beehler, dean of the School of Business at Robert Morris University, will become the 12th president of Jacksonville State University in Alabama on July 1.
Beehler became the dean for...
A unanimous vote by the Board of Trustees appointed Provost David Jamison as the Interim President of the Robert Morris University, as well as to continue his responsibilities as Provost.
According to Rich Harshman, Chair of the RMU Presidential Search...
Robert Morris University is mourning the loss of Tamiko M. Youngblood, associate professor of engineering, who lost her battle to breast cancer on Friday.
President Gregory Dell’Omo sent out an email to students and faculty this afternoon expressing...
President Gregory Dell’Omo sent out an email to Robert Morris students today regarding tuition, rates, and fees for the 2015-16 academic year.
The email stated that there will be “a 3.65 percent increase in the cost of attendance as of the Summer...
Bob Trosky, Robert Morris University adjunct and member of the Adjunct Volunteer Organizing Committee, says that Feb. 25 or National Adjunct Walkout Day is about raising awareness for Robert Morris, not the disruption of classes.
Last year, a majority...
On Feb. 13, a full Board of Trustees meeting took place at Robert Morris University to discuss the next step in the presidential search process.
The Board of Trustees met to analyze the progress of the the Presidential Search Committee and the University...
bare: A Pop Opera, RMU Theatres most recent musical production, is a no holds-barred, raw look into the most secretive and racy parts of peoples lives. The story is a complicated one.
Basically Peter, a closeted gay senior at a Catholic boarding...
With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, you may be looking for a great date idea; we can help! Instead of going out to the movies or out to dinner—just stay in. We have a list of movies that are perfect for a lovely date with a significant other...
Monday evening Robert Morris University police were called to Salem Hall with student complaints of a suspicious man going door-to-door asking for a place to stay.
Chief Randy Mink, Director of Public Safety, said that the identity of the man was...
Robert Morris University Board of Trustees met yesterday to begin discussing plans for a successor to President Gregory Dell'Omo, who will become the next President of Rider University in New Jersey.
The Board of Trustees has not formally named members...
On Oct. 29, the RMU Department of English and the English Honors Society, Sigma Tau Delta, held the 7th annual Creepy Conference from 7-9 p.m.
With two panels of six students presenting, Wheatley center was filled with lots of gothic horror.
After...
Just two days before Halloween, the RMU Department of English and the English Honors Society, Sigma Tau Delta, held the 7th annual Creepy Conference from 7-9 p.m. in the Wheatley Center. Students, faculty, staff, and members of the community were welcome...
This past Wednesday evening in the PNC Colonial Cafe, RMU Residence Life sponsored a non-alcoholic mix off. This event was held in conjunction with National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness week.
From 7-9:30 p.m., groups of students used ingredients provided...
There was whipped cream everywhere at the gazebo Thursday, where the Robert Morris FYSP mentors raised money for the Student Emergency Fund from 5-7 p.m. The Student Emergency Fund collects money for students that have gone through a traumatic experience...
On Sept. 24, Lieutenant Colonel Michele Papakie was named the 2014 Business Communicator of the Year. Papakie is chairwoman/associate professor of journalism and public relations at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
She received the award at the...
This past Thursday the Robert Morris Saudi Student Club hosted the first annual Saudi National Day Celebration. The event was held in the PNC Colonial Café from 4:30-8:00 p.m.
The goal of the event was to enrich students’ knowledge about Saudi Culture....
Moon Area High School went above and beyond with over 300 students and faculty members participating in the wildly popular Ice Bucket Challenge. Among the faculty who took part were superintendent Curt Baker and principal Barry Balaski.
Students who...
For the past few weeks most people cannot open any form of social media without seeing the words "Ice Bucket Challenge", whether it is a video of a friend doing it or opinions about the latest viral social media movement. Famous athletes, singers and...
