‘You are adults, act like it,’ Residence Life shuts down Yorktown Kitchen, citing abuses
John Blinn, News Editor
November 23, 2019
MOON TOWNSHIP - The Yorktown Hall kitchen will be closed for the rest of the 2019 fall semester after what the Office of Residence Life described as continuous misuse of the area. An email sent from Lauren McCarthy, the Area Coordinator for Robert Morris University's Office of Residence Life, stated...
Student: Hancock dorm ‘infested’ with bed bugs
Soundharjya Babu, Contributor
February 27, 2019
MOON TOWNSHIP - A student at Robert Morris University living in Hancock Hall discovered a bed bug "infestation" in her dorm room. Taylor Grandizio, a freshman who lived in the room, described her experience with the infestation, an issue she did not anticipate at first. “Everybody else had different...
Residence Life acts on student suggestions, holds focus groups
John Blinn, Assistant News Editor
February 8, 2019
MOON TOWNSHIP -- In early February, Charles Forrester and other members of the Robert Morris University Office of Residence Life gathered to discuss updates to various housing areas on and off campus. Charles Forrester, who is an assistant director at the Office of Residence Life, spent a night in...
Sentry 360: September 5, 2018
Malyk Johnson, News Manager
September 7, 2018
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. ...
Robert Morris University announces its summer housing plans
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 the fall will be allowed to live on campus after July 23. This year, students who are applying for...
Students forced to find new roommates in spring semester
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 roommate or students whose roommate moved out after the fall semester informing them they would need...
Residence Life survey aims to new weekend programming
Vince Russo, Staff Reporter
October 8, 2015
Charles "Chuck" Forrester is a man of his people. As the Area Coordinator of Adams, Gallatin, and Ross halls at Robert Morris University, Forrester has a responsibility, along with his colleagues at the Office of Residence Life, to serve the students to ensure their comfortably living and learning on...
RMU tries to compensate for lack of housing
Tori Flick, Staff Reporter
August 31, 2015
Over the summer, many returning students received an email with a very special offer for the coming Fall and Spring semesters. With a high demand for on campus living, more so than in the past years, there wasn’t enough housing for everyone who requested it. As a solution, the Office of Residence...
