News

• Enrollment Management is proud to welcome the Class of 2025 for the fall term. This is the most diverse freshmen class in RMU history with almost 1/4 of the class identifying themselves as an underrepresented minority, while coming from 19 states and 6 nations. With 683 freshmen students and 115 transfer students, we have seen a 21% increase in enrollment from last fall! You can learn more about this freshman class here.

• Admissions will be holding their Fall Discovery Days on Saturday, October 16 and Saturday, November 13, in the UPMC Event sCenter at 9 a.m. High school students and transfer students are invited to join us to talk to faculty, staff, and current students, as well as participate in an academic and activity fair. If your department is interested in participating, please reach out to Amanda Beal at beal@rmu.edu. If you know anybody that may be interested in attending the Discovery Day, they can RSVP here.

• RMU students can save a full year of college tuition while earning a doctoral degree thanks to a new articulation agreement between RMU and Northeast College of Health Sciences. With the 3+3 articulation track, eligible students studying biology can complete their RMU bachelor’s degree and earn a Doctor of Chiropractic degree from the Seneca Falls, N.Y., institution, formerly New York Chiropractic College in six years, rather than the traditional seven. Read more here.

Personal Mention

• Mark Houser, director of news and information, received a 2021 Golden Quill award from the Press Club of Western Pennsylvania for excellence in magazine journalism. His story for Pittsburgh Magazine about an old Homewood house named to the annual list of “America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places” won in the Spot/Breaking News category.