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The news site of Robert Morris University

RMU Sentry Media

The news site of Robert Morris University

RMU Sentry Media

Robert Morris Interim President and Provost Mary Ann Rafoth to retire

Robert Morris Interim President and Provost Mary Ann Rafoth to retire

Ethan Morrison, Editor In Chief
April 18, 2022

Just two weeks before the spring 2022 semester comes to an end, the Robert Morris Board of Trustees announced to students that the Interim President and Provost senior vice president for academic affairs will retire from both of her roles. Dr. Rafoth was with the university...

Snow blanketed Robert Morris campus shortly before Thanksgiving break.

Robert Morris to form“Presidential Search Committee of the RMU Board of Trustees”

Colby Sherwin, Assistant News Editor
January 28, 2022

With President Dr. Chris Howard's tenure as the eighth president of Robert Morris University coming to an end next week, chair of the board of trustees Carrie Coghill sent an email to students on Friday to discuss the school's plans to find the ninth president of the university. Coghill...

Robert Morris President Dr. Chris Howard addresses crowd at Matriculation. 
Photo Credit: (Ethan Morrison)

Recapping Chris Howard’s five year run as Robert Morris President

Ethan Morrison, News Editor
January 5, 2022

Former Robert Morris University president Dr. Chris Howard had a controversial tenure as the university's eighth president. Howard did many things to grow the university in more ways than one, but he also had a controversial end to his five-year tenure as president. Howard...

Mens hockey celebrates Jordan Timmons goal against Niagara in the 2020 Atlantic Hockey playoffs. Photo credit: Tyler Gallo

Robert Morris announces reinstatement of hockey programs for 2023-24

Nathan Breisinger
December 17, 2021

On Thursday morning, it was announced that the Robert Morris men’s and women’s ice hockey programs will be reinstated for the 2023-24 season as first reported by Tim Benz and confirmed by RMU Athletics. The decision was made to bring back both programs following an ongoing...

The hockey team listens to the RMU band play the alma mater after their game.

OPINION: The RMU Island Sports Center doesn’t need any upgrades

Owen Krepps
September 17, 2021

As a student who lives off-campus at RMU, I drive to my classes every day. One thing that has been relevant in my commute recently has been the formation of a single lane outside of the UMPC Events Center. For the past week or so, there has been a cherry-picker on the side of...

Robert Morris University President Dr. Christopher Howard hosts Pizza with the President in order to connect more with student body. Photo Credit: (RMU Sentry Media/Megan Shandel)

RMU students create petition to remove Chris Howard as president

Owen Krepps
August 13, 2021

MOON TOWNSHIP-- With the recent dispute over the cancellation of RMU men’s and women’s hockey, a lot of criticism has been pointed towards President Dr. Chris Howard. Yesterday, Howard and the University announced that the teams would not be coming back for the 2021-22 season,...

Photo Credit: Tyler Gallo

OPINION: Silence is all that Howard, RMU want with hockey cancellation

Owen Krepps
June 21, 2021

The outcry to #SaveRMUHockey has seemed to die down as of late. Surprisingly, it has already been nearly a month since the initial shocking and disappointing news reveal. We have seen countless amounts of support for the resurrection of these programs but despite it all, President...

The president finally broke his silence on the state of the hockey program. Photo Credit: Tyler Gallo

No vote was held in RMU’s decision to axe men’s and women’s hockey programs

Owen Krepps
June 1, 2021

"This is not an inexpensive enterprise," states RMU President Dr. Chris Howard on the University's decision to cut the men's and women's hockey programs. After almost a week of silence, Robert Morris University president Dr. Chris Howard and athletic director Chris King finally...

Stack the Pads: An update on our NCAA Division 1 Mens and Womens Hockey programs

Stack the Pads: An update on our NCAA Division 1 Men’s and Women’s Hockey programs

In this emergency final episode of Stack the Pads, join Owen Krepps, Nate Breisinger, Jon Hanna, Tyler Gallo, and former RMU hockey players Michaela Boyle, Lexi Templeman, Arielle DeSmet as they discuss the atomic bombshell of news dropped by Robert Morris University today...

Robert Morris University to discontinue Division I hockey programs

Robert Morris University to discontinue Division I hockey programs

May 26, 2021

This afternoon Robert Morris University announced that it will no longer field their NCAA Division I men's and women's ice hockey teams. The decision was made not in a press conference or a proper meeting rather, in a Tweet by the university’s admin. https://twitter.com/RMU/status/1397613909482246148?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1397613909482246148%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fcolonialsportsnetwork.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost.php%3Fpost%3D54715action%3Dedit It...