News

• The School of Business in partnership with NAIOP Pittsburgh will host a weeklong summer camp in June for 25 minority high school students interested in careers in commercial real estate. The Summer CRE Program is for rising juniors and seniors and will feature nearly 100 hours of instruction and opportunities to begin building a professional network. For more information, email info@naioppittsburgh.com. 

• Reed Hastings, founder and co-CEO of Netflix, will give $3 million to Robert Morris University to fund 20 full scholarships -- including room, board, and textbooks -- beginning with students entering the university in the fall of 2021. Read more here.

• Chris Groendyke, director of the Actuarial Science Program, is coordinating efforts with the Actuarial Foundation in helping to recruit student volunteers for Math Motivators. The goal of Math Motivators is to close the opportunity gap to, in turn, close the achievement gap by using a volunteer-driven math tutoring program that pairs underserved middle and high school students with actuarial professionals and college students with strong mathematics backgrounds.

  RMU student and Math Motivators Coordinator Megan McClymonds has been actively involved in this virtual tutoring program. Math Motivators is working with students from underserved schools on a 1-on-1 or 2-on-1 basis. With the pandemic, the need for math tutoring is even more important within these communities. Students receiving tutoring from the Math Motivators program significantly outperformed students not receiving any tutoring. For example, students receiving tutoring in one Hartford school saw their test scores improve to 45% over the benchmark.

  RMU Math Motivators are looking for current ASCI, SPA and other math majors to volunteer for this exciting opportunity! SET credits will be awarded to students along with t-shirts, gift cards, and valuable networking opportunities. Students who are interested or would like more information can visit the Center for Outreach and Innovation website for sign up details. 

• Rune, the RMU literary magazine, is seeking submissions for its Spring 2021 edition. Please submit up to three pieces of literary or visual art as attachments to rune@mail.rmu.edu before Monday, March 15 at noon. Poems should be 500 words or less; fiction, narratives, dramas, and essays should be 1500 words or less. Photos and visual art should be in .jpg format.  Please attach all submissions to one email, and include a short author bio (50 words). Reflections on the pandemic or on the (un)civil discourse of the recent past are especially welcome. 

Upcoming Events

• Join us on Monday, February 1, for the first installment of our new live music series at RMU-TV. Hosted by Daryl Shawn, enjoy live music and conversation from our very own TV studio on campus. Our first featured duo is Michael Glabicki, of Rusted Root, with Dirk Miller.

  Streaming live via:
  FB @RMUSentryMedia (facebook.com/RMUSentryMedia)
  Twitter @RMUSentryMedia,
  YouTube RMU TV (www.youtube.com/channel/UCGl41kcKWzVxI1sIe3_dvkA).
   

• The new Veterans Integration to Academic Leadership Program aims to address the mental health of our student Veterans on campus through direct care and education to the campus community. In collaboration with the RMU Counseling Center and VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System Suicide Prevention Team, you are warmly invited to attend our upcoming virtual training, Veteran Suicide Prevention: Operation S.A.V.E. on February 10th, 2021 from noon to 1 p.m. via Google Meet. From this training, you will learn applicable skills that can save lives by being sensitive to students in distress and connecting them with care. While this training discusses suicide prevention among Veterans, the knowledge and skills can be applied to all students. All staff and faculty who encounter students are encouraged to attend, no prior knowledge or experience required. Please RSVP by emailing hample@rmu.edu who will share the Google Meet invitation. 

Weekend Sports

• Friday, January 29
  • Women's Ice Hockey vs. RIT - 3:05 p.m. at the Island Sports Center - Watch and listen on the RMU Gameday App
  • Women's basketball vs. Youngstown State - 7 p.m. at the UPMC Events Center - Watch and listen on the RMU Gameday App
• Saturday, January 30
  • Women's Ice Hockey vs. RIT - 1:05 p.m. at the Island Sports Center - Watch and listen on the RMU Gameday App
  • Women's basketball vs. Youngstown State - 5 p.m. at the UPMC Events Center - Watch and listen on the RMU Gameday App
  • Men's Ice Hockey vs. Mercyhurst - 7:35 p.m. at the Island Sports - Watch and listen on the RMU Gameday App