News

• Veterans enrolled at RMU now have a licensed psychologist on duty on campus to offer them counseling and other assistance. The program, known as Veterans Integration To Academic Leadership (VA VITAL), serves approximately 140 RMU students eligible for veterans healthcare benefits. RMU is the first higher education institution in Allegheny County, and the fourth statewide, to offer the VITAL program.

  Sabrina Hakim, VITAL program psychologist at the RMU Center for Veterans and Military Families, will provide counseling services to RMU student veterans and help student veterans coordinate care they receive or require from a primary care provider or psychiatrist. In addition, Hakim will offer training to faculty and staff about specific needs of student veterans. Read more here.

• RMU engineering professors and current students are coming up with creative ways to engage high school students who would normally be able to come to campus. Later this month RMU professors and students will participate in a Virtual Career Panel session with PA Cyber School students. Students in grades 9-12 will be able to ask questions about RMU, college life, engineering professions, and much more. 

• RMU has unveiled a new scholarship program to go head-to-head with our closest competitor -- Duquesne University, which over four years costs approximately $40,000 more in total cost of attendance than Robert Morris. To make the savings for students who choose RMU even greater, the university will give a $1,000 textbook voucher to any freshman student, starting with Fall 2021, who is accepted to Duquesne but chooses to enroll at RMU and live on campus. Read more about the new RMU Advantage Scholarship here.

Upcoming Events

• You are invited to the first RMU Honors Roundtable of the semester hosted by Soren Fanning, associate professor of history. Fanning's presentation is titled, "A Familiar Demon: Why Authoritarians Are on the Rise and What Can Be Done." The roundtable will be held virtually Wednesday, October 7 from 3-4pm. You can join the roundtable on 10/7 by clicking here. All faculty, staff, and students are welcome to attend this discussion. If your class is attending the roundtable for an assignment or extra credit, please let us know so Lindsey can send invites to the students and track their attendance. More information on Dr. Fanning's roundtable can be found below.

• Wellness Week takes place October 12-16 and is full of great ways to stay active and healthy. All sessions will be held virtually, and each one is 30 minutes. Links to register for each event will be emailed out closer to the date of the sessions.

  • Monday, October 12
    10:00 a.m.    Making Informed Food Choices
    2:00 p.m.    Breast Health Tips / Cancer Awareness

  • Tuesday, October 13
    10:00 a.m.   Chronic Conditions
    12:00 p.m.   HealthJoy Webinar
    2:00 p.m.   Changing for Good

  • Wednesday, October 14
    10:00 a.m.   Love Your Lunch
    12:00 p.m.   Behavioral Health
    2:00 p.m.   Stress and Overeating

  • Thursday, October 15
    10:00 a.m.   Healthy Eating on a Budget
    12:00 p.m.   CM101 (Consumer Medical) *Available to FT Staff Enrolled in UPMC Medical
    2:00 p.m.   Healthy Aging

  • Friday, October 16
    10:00 a.m.   Warming Up for Winter
    12:00 p.m.   Keeping Kids Healthy During COVID
    2:00 p.m.   Perfect FITT

• The Center for Veterans and Military Families invites you to the virtual Veterans Day and 2020 CVMF Graduation Celebration on November 11 from 4-5 p.m. The guest speaker is Gregg McDonald, director of sales at FedEx Services and Air Force veteran. More information will be sent out closer to the event.