Malyk Johnson is a sophomore journalism major. He is the assistant news manager at RMU Sentry media and the program director for RMU Radio. He grew up on the eastern side of Pittsburgh.
On this episode of Colonial Consoles, Malyk shares his opinion on the Division 2 Beta. After that, news topics include the February Nintendo Direct, Pokemon leaks and PlayStation's reasoning for not...
On this episode of Colonial Consoles, Garret shares his thoughts on "Kingdom Hearts 3" and Malyk reviews "Apex Legends." Additionally, they discuss Xbox Live coming to the Nintendo Switch, Machinima...
On this episode, Malyk and Garret discuss the games they played over break. After that, they talk about upcoming games to be excited for, a charity stream, and other gaming news.
On this episode of Colonial Consoles, join Logan Carney, Malyk Johnson and Garret Roberts as they discuss the lack of Sony at E3 2019, the Kind of Funny Games Showcase and the "Fallout 76" nylon bag...
PITTSBURGH -- The Robert Morris University Colonials (6-8-4, 4-1-1 CHA) were able to draw the No. 7 ranked Cornell University Big Red (6-1-4, 4-1-1 ECAC) in overtime with a score of 3-3. This comes after...
In the is episode of Colonial Consoles, Dr. David Synowka talks about the new esports elective available to RMU students in the Spring semester. After the interview, Garret and Malyk talk about the...
On this episode of Colonial Consoles, special guest Logan Carney shares his thoughts on "Red Dead Redemption 2." After his review, the group discusses the delay of the PS4 exclusive "Days Gone," debate...
11 people were killed in a shooting on Saturday morning at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh. In a press conference at 9 AM, the victims have been identified. All of the victims were middle-aged or...
PITTSBURGH- The RMU women's hockey team took on the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Engineers and lost by a score of 1-0.
The Engineers Goalie Louvisa Salender ended the night with 58 saves compared...
On this episode of Colonial Consoles, the group discusses Valkyria Chronicles 4 and the death of the PlayStation Vita in Japan.
After discussing the news, special guest Tyler Coates discusses...
Robert Morris University announced that the UPMC Events Center will be finished in time for the 2018-2019 commencement ceremony in an email.
The graduate ceremony will be held on Friday, May 10 at 4...
The Robert Morris rowing team will be traveling to Erie to participate in the Mercyhurst Classic at Lake Findley, NY on September 29th. As the name suggests, the Mercyhurst Lakers are hosting the event...
In the first episode of Colonial Consoles, Garret Roberts and Malyk Johnson discuss their thoughts on the new PS4 game Spider-man. Then they are joined by special guest David Roebuck, who competed...
In the first episode of the Sentry 360 Sam Anthony discusses RMU football's game in Dayton and his expectations for the Colonials this season. Download the full episode here.
During the construction of the UPMC Events Center, parts of campus that were previously available for students who lived in off-campus dorms, Yorktown and Braddock Halls, to park have closed down.
The...
Last year, Robert Morris University announced its “RMU 100” plan, which is a set of goals for RMU going into its 100th year in 2021. The plan includes improving athletic facilities and making RMU a...
During the summer, the Dean of Communications AnnMarie LeBlanc stepped down. While a replacement is found for the new dean Provost David L. Jamison has been named the interim dean of the School of Communications...
The Office of the President sent out an email to faculty and staff announcing the passing of Dr. Mark Eschenfelder.
According to his obituary, Eschenfelder passed away Saturday, July 21 at the age...
The Phi Delta Theta fraternity at Robert Morris won the Kansas Trophy recognizing them as the most outstanding chapter at a smaller institution at the Fraternity's biennial convention that was held in...
Robert Morris University has received a $5 million dollar grant from the Richard King Mellon Foundation.
The grant will go towards renovating the John Jay Center on campus. John Jay Center currently...
Robert Morris University announced the passing of Darcy B. Tannehill.
Tannehill, who was an associate professor of education at Robert Morris, has worked at Robert Morris in various positions since...
On April 7, Robert Morris University held its second annual Out of the Darkness Walk. The event is a way for students on campus to raise awareness and funding for suicide prevention.
This year the event...
Malyk Johnson, Assistant News Manager
• April 11, 2018
Robert Morris University is changing the way students will be able to live on campus during the summer.
The Office of Residence Life sent out an email to students Wednesday detailing the options for...
Malyk Johnson, Assistant News Manager
• April 2, 2018
Robert Morris University has begun sign-ups for its summer housing program for the 2018 summer semester.
Summer housing will take place from May 9 until July 23. Students who are living on campus in...
Malyk Johnson, Assistant News Manager
• March 27, 2018
Robert Morris University's School of Nursing and Health Science recently returned from Nicaragua. Dr. Carl Ross is a professor at the school and faculty adviser during the trips. Dr. Ross has been on 101...
Malyk Johnson, Assistant News Manager
• March 26, 2018
Robert Morris University sent out an email announcing the tuition increases for the 2018-2019 school year.
In the email, RMU’s board of trustees announced a 2.7 percent increase to tuition, citing...
Republican Rick Saccone has conceded to Democrat Conor Lamb in the 18th Congressional District Special Election. The election took place on March 14 after Republican Tim Murphy resigned after a scandal....
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...
Malyk Johnson, Assistant News Manager
• February 24, 2018
On-campus residents have not been happy with their experiences with the Office of Residence Life at Robert Morris University.
Residence Life recently sent out an email to students who did not have a...
Robert Morris University is for the seventh year a part of the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program, which allows low-income citizens and international and foreign individuals to have volunteers to...
President Donald Trump gave a speech at H&K Equipment on Jan. 18 in Coraopolis. He discussed the benefits that local businesses in the area have seen as a result of a tax reform, which was passed in...
Malyk Johnson , Assistant News Manager
• January 18, 2018
President Donald Trump will be in Pennsylvania and will be making an appearance at H & K Manufacturing in Coraopolis. According to a senior administration official, President Trump will be touring...
After relying on public transportation while in Morrocco and Germany, Robert Morris University students Alexis Walker and Laurel Murray decided to raise awareness and petition to get a bus route to campus. As a part of the Vera L. Heinz scholarship, both students were required to present a project related to the country they visited.
Rosana Guernica is a junior at Carnegie Mellon University from Puerto Rico who has raised money in order to fly supplies to Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria hit earlier this year.
Malyk Johnson, Assistant News Manager
• October 27, 2017
Construction began on the UPMC Events Center Friday, Oct. 27. The Charles L. Sewall Center is currently being partially demolished to make room for the new multi-million dollar events center, which...
A student at Robert Morris University was elected to the Pittsburgh Student Government Council. The Council is made up of student governments from colleges in the Pittsburgh area.
The Sports Management Student Summit has taken place for the past 14 years. Students in the sports management and the sports communication programs attend the event to network with RMU alumni and other...
Robert Morris University became the first member of the Amazon Web Services program over the summer, and Jameela Al Jaroodi, associate professor of software engineering, and Natalya Goreva, assistant professor of computer and information systems, are both undergoing training courses that will certify them to teach courses using AWS at RMU.
Malyk Johnson, Assistant News Manager
• September 20, 2017
The Moon Township Volunteer Fire Department was called to Robert Morris University's Patrick Henry Center after RMU Public Safety rang the fire alarm.
"There was some mulch that was burning on the outside...
Malyk Johnson, Assistant News Manager
• August 28, 2017
In 2015, David L. Jamison was the president of the university as well as the university provost and dean of academic affairs. After Christopher B. Howard became president in February of 2016, Jamison was...
Malyk Johnson , Assistant News Manager
• August 26, 2017
The Moon Township Volunteer Fire Department responded to a fire alarm in Monroe Hall on Massey Way at around 6:30 p.m. on Aug. 26.
The fire alarm is said to have been set off in a student's room. No...
Malyk Johnson, Assistant News Manager
• August 24, 2017
Robert Morris University will be hosting a part-time police academy in partnership with Indiana University of Pennsylvania's Criminal Justice Training Center.
The academy will begin in August. At the...
This semester, freshmen Danielle Wicklund, Jessica Sales, Allison Harnsberger and Loretta Carosone has started a chapter of the organization Autism Speaks at Robert Morris. The organization aims to raise awareness about the autism spectrum disorder and advance research for causes and better interventions for the disorder and related conditions.
As of Nov. 1, 2016, Dr. Terri Devereaux will be joining Robert Morris University's School of Nursing and Health Services as the Doctor of Nurse Practice program director.
Robert Morris University is bringing comic books to the on-campus bookstore for the first time and has had them on sale all throughout the month of October.
Yona Harvey will be one of the first African-American women to write for Marvel Comics. She gave a lecture at Chatham University on Oct. 18th detailing the process of her writing the book.
At the beginning of the 2016 fall semester Robert Morris began using REVOLUTION. The program came about through a partnership between Robert Morris and OrgSync, which allows students to interact with clubs and organizations through online portals.
On the evening of Sept. 21, the Pittsburgh Black Media Federation held "Press Forward," a summit in which they revealed the results of their study assessing issues related to diversity and inclusion within the newsrooms in the Pittsburgh area.
On Saturday, Sept. 17, Rec2Tech threw it's demonstration party in Oakland to show off one weeks worth of work on Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics projects in Pittsburgh's recreational centers.
The Thirst Project, an organization that tasks students to spread awareness about the lack of water in developing nations, has a chapter being started at Robert Morris University thanks to juniors Sarah Johnson and Alyssa Dunn.
