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New grant helps expand specialized nursing program

New grant helps expand specialized nursing program

Mike Funyak, Staff Writer
November 18, 2013

Two weeks ago, RMU announced the expansion of a specialized nursing program with the help and partnership of Heritage Valley Health System and a federal grant of $923,000. The three year grant, worth close to $1 million, will enable RMU to expand its degree and certificate...

Un-‘Lucky’ in Kentucky: Wildcats wrangle RMU in round two

Un-‘Lucky’ in Kentucky: Wildcats wrangle RMU in round two

Nick Buzzelli and Nick Buzzelli
November 18, 2013

Lexington, KY - The Robert Morris men’s basketball team should have never played at Kentucky in the Keightley Classic. Rather, they should have been in Lexington eight months ago, for the first round of the National Invitation Tournament, but Rupp Arena was hosting NCAA...

Sacred Heart steals FCS playoff bid, stifles Robert Morris on Senior Day

Sacred Heart steals FCS playoff bid, stifles Robert Morris on Senior Day

Chris Mueller and Chris Mueller
November 16, 2013

It was an emotional Saturday afternoon at Joe Walton Stadium as the Robert Morris football team took on Sacred Heart in a highly anticipated matchup with Northeast Conference championship implications on the line. In head coach Joe Walton’s final home game at the helm...

Changes coming to RMU Library

Changes coming to RMU Library

Leah Fleischel, News Editor
November 15, 2013

Students received an e-mail early Friday afternoon regarding the changes coming to the library in the near future. The RMU Library’s main floor will be undergoing a renovation between the end of the Fall 2013 semester and the start of the Spring 2014 semester. The purpose...

Give to get at SCJ’s Balancing Out Hunger Food Bank fundraiser kickoff

Give to get at SCJ’s Balancing Out Hunger Food Bank fundraiser kickoff

Andrea Zanaglio, Staff Member
November 15, 2013

Thanksgiving is right around the corner along with the end of this semester. While students will return to campus in January, none of the funds leftover on their meal plans will follow them into the spring semester. Robert Morris University’s Society for Collegiate Journalists...

Karma Kommunications brings Alex's Lemonade Stand to RMU

Karma Kommunications brings Alex’s Lemonade Stand to RMU

Hannah Smith, Staff Member
November 14, 2013

On Wednesday, Nov. 20, Karma Kommunications will be host Alex’s Lemonade Stand at Robert Morris University in the cafeteria from 8p.m.-11p.m.  All benefits will go to the ongoing fight against childhood cancer. The founder of Alex’s Lemonade Stand is Alexandra “Alex”...

Police Blotter 10/29/13 - 11/11/13

Police Blotter 10/29/13 – 11/11/13

November 13, 2013

10/29/13 - Medical Emergency - This department was advised of a student experiencing a seizure outside of Hale Center.  Valley Ambulance arrived and treated the patient who refused transport to the hospital. (Closed) 10/30/13 - Traffic Stop - An officer stopped a vehicle...

Ahmad Aljuryyed

RoMo’s RoundUp

November 11, 2013

Tuesday, Nov. 12 Etiquette Dinner : 4:30-6 p.m. at the Sewall Center Wednesday, Nov. 13 Colonial Theatre presents Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at Moon High School Thursday, Nov. 14 Jump-Start Your Job Search: 4-6 p.m. at the Sewall Center Open...

RMU’s VETS Center looks to raise money for Emergency Fund

RMU’s VETS Center looks to raise money for Emergency Fund

Andrea Zanaglio, Staff Member
November 11, 2013

Every day, but especially today on Veterans Day, Americans celebrate the brave men and women who have gone across seas to defend our freedom. Robert Morris University prides itself as a veteran-friendly university, being named one of the top 20 percent of universities nationwide...

RMU trounces Tigers in season opener

RMU trounces Tigers in season opener

Nick Buzzelli and Nick Buzzelli
November 10, 2013

Andy Toole and the Robert Morris men’s basketball program love hosting season openers in the Charles L. Sewall Center. Literally. For the third time in Toole’s four seasons at the helm of the Colonials, RMU began the season inside the friendly confines of The Chuck,...