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The news site of Robert Morris University

RMU Sentry Media

The news site of Robert Morris University

RMU Sentry Media

Is the RMU Online Team Short-staffed?

Is the RMU Online Team Short-staffed?

Anthony DeSimone, Contributor
January 14, 2016

The Robert Morris University online team, which once had three curriculum and instructional designers for their online and off campus programs, now only has one. Adam Sullivan is currently the only curriculum and instructional designer for online courses at RMU. Previously,...

Becoming a Colonial Ambassador

Becoming a Colonial Ambassador

Brittany Capozoli and Amari Jacks
January 9, 2016

Becoming a colonial ambassador at Robert Morris University is a very intense process, only a minimal amount of students are selected to represent RMU as a whole. Last semester about 10-12 students were hired according to Merrit Donoughe, a junior communication major and president...

Get to know Lt. Charles Spencer

Get to know Lt. Charles Spencer

Delaney Hassell, News Editor
January 8, 2016

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 from Coraopolis,...

Is parking really a problem?

Is parking really a problem?

Delaney Hassell, News Editor
January 8, 2016

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. According to Lieutenant...

Cell phone use in class becoming an academic epidemic

Cell phone use in class becoming an academic epidemic

Kaled Springer, Contributor
January 5, 2016

As undergraduate professors at Robert Morris University lecture their classes on course material that is potentially crucial to their futures, what they see looking back at them may be equally as detrimental. "I've certainly seen an increase in cell phone use during class...

RMU online team uses Blackboard to promote engaged learning

RMU online team uses Blackboard to promote engaged learning

Anthony DeSimone, Contributor
January 4, 2016

The Robert Morris University online team works with online students to create an engaged learning experience for the digital classroom setting. The RMU online team mission statement says that they are, “committed to providing an innovative, student-centered online learning...

RMU summer housing program benefits all students

RMU summer housing program benefits all students

Vince Russo, Staff Writer
January 1, 2016

For many, campus life and living in a dormitory ends as the last final is taken and submitted for grading. But for some, it's a new beginning. Robert Morris University is one of many universities that offers summer housing to their students and students from across the...

RMU police department has outgrown Barry Center

RMU police department has outgrown Barry Center

Delaney Hassell, News Editor
December 11, 2015

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 has had many different...

Blizzard Bazaar rings in the holiday season

Blizzard Bazaar rings in the holiday season

Brittany Mayer
December 9, 2015
The holiday season is upon us, and the perfect place to go gift shopping was the Blizzard Bazaar Holiday Vendor Show held in Sewall Center on Dec. 6.
Photo credit: Paul Wintruba

Ambassador Dennis Ross speaks at RMU

Samantha Sektnan
December 4, 2015
Robert Morris University was happy to welcome Pittsburgh Speakers Series guest speaker Dennis Ross, renowned American Diplomat, to campus this Wednesday, Dec. 2 in the Sewall Center. All members of the RMU community were invited to attend.