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RMU Sentry Media

This is where all the news that is related to RMU.

Alpha Chi Rho camping in cold temperatures to raise awareness

Alpha Chi Rho camping in cold temperatures to raise awareness

Delenn Poe
November 10, 2017

“Freezing for a reason.” That is the saying that is getting Alpha Chi Rho through the week. They have been camping outside the Nicholson Center for a special cause for its annual fundraiser in which members live in tents and get donations from passing students and faculty. As...

Magicians win Comedy for a Cause

Magicians win Comedy for a Cause

Sam Buck
November 10, 2017

On Nov. 8, Robert Morris University's Residence Hall Association hosted the second annual Comedy for a Cause. This event was to get members of RMU’s community to put together a comedy skit that could win up to $500 for a charity for the group's choosing. The event started...

Safety expert gives college campuses advice on handling threats

Safety expert gives college campuses advice on handling threats

Brittany Mayer, News Manager
November 8, 2017

Safety may be at the front of many students’ minds since the attacks like the Texas church shooting and the Las Vegas shooting. Kathleen Kiernan is a campus public safety expert who gives students strategies to keep themselves and others safe on a college campus. Kiernan...

Photo credit: Paul Wintruba

Campus Chapel celebrates 15th anniversary

Morgan Nagle
November 3, 2017
RMU Rogal Chapel celebrates 15 years of operating.

RMU-TV congratulated by Moon Township Board of Directors for Student Production Award

Malyk Johnson
November 2, 2017
RMU-TV was honored during the November Moon Township Board of Directors meeting, for winning a student production award at the mid-Atlantic Emmys.
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Power outage in Moon Township, Yorktown hall affected

Delaney Hassell, Social Media Manager
November 2, 2017

UPDATE: Power has been restored to Yorktown Hall. -- 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 was trapped in the elevators...

Photo credit: Malyk Johnson

RMU to begin paving Student Recreation and Fitness Center roads

Rebekah Wilford
October 28, 2017
Following the construction of the new fitness center, RMU focuses on roadways and parking lots.
Construction began Friday, October 27 on the Charles L. Sewall Center to make room for the new UPMC Events Center.

RMU begins construction on UPMC Events Center; Sewall Center being demolished

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 was announced last year. 🚧🚜👷🏼Sewall Center comes down to...

RMU upgrades laundry systems on campus

RMU upgrades laundry systems on campus

Briana Lewis
October 24, 2017

As of the 2017-18 academic year, Robert Morris University has renovated the laundry systems to make doing laundry on campus easier for students. In the summer of 2017, the university began replacing all the washers and dryers on campus with Speed Queen Quantum Control washers...