News

• A team of RMU students -- Alexander Gagnon (sport management), Zachary Hungerman (sport management) Nicole Kristof (marketing and sport management), Jayme Sanner (statistics and predictive analytics) -- won the 2021 University of Pittsburgh Katz School of Business Dick's Sporting Goods Analytics Case Competition last week. Finishing first out of a field of 24 national universities that included Indiana University, Bloomington; Villanova University; The University of Virginia; Iowa State University; Oklahoma State University; Boston University; The University of Pittsburgh; Carnegie Mellon University; Emory University; Rutgers University; and Arizona State University. The RMU team brought home the top prize of $3,000. The RMU analytics team faculty advisor is John Clark, university professor of sport management. 

• A total of six RMU football student-athletes were named to the 2021 National Football Foundation (NFF) Hampshire Honor Society, it was announced Wednesday. Honored for the Colonials are offensive linemen Trevor Hicks, Eric McAllister II and Dylan Young, defensive linemen Alex Avakian and Ezra Tupuola and kicker Nick Bisceglia. Members of the NFF Hampshire Honor Society must maintain a minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.20 on a 4.00 scale as a senior, meet all mandated progress toward degree requirements and have been a starter or significant contributor during the 2020-21 season. Read more here.

• The Student Government Association has named their 2020-21 Faculty and Staff Award recipients: 

  Engagement with Students Award
  Karen L. Paullet, associate professor of computer and information systems

  Excellence in Advising Award
  David J. Ausman, senior director, Career and Professional Development and director, Center for Veterans and Military Families

  Outstanding Part-Time Faculty Member Award
  Susan B. Malcolm, School of Informatics, Humanities and Social Sciences

  Staff Excellence Award
  Demet Kuzlak, financial aid counselor

  Distinguished Teaching Award
  Louis B. Swartz, professor of legal studies

• RMU in the News has been updated with the best of news media coverage of the university in March.

Upcoming Events

• Join the Robert Morris University Trees Network on Monday, April 19, at 7 p.m. for an evening with the authors of Allies and Obstacles: Disability Activism and Parents of Children with Disabilities. Allies and Obstacles addresses an understudied aspect of disability advocacy: the nature and history of activism by parents of people with disabilities, and its relationship to the Disability Rights Movement. No purchase necessary. To join the discussion, simply email oosterhous@rmu.edu. Purchase the book here. Use code TURM2021 for 30% off.

• Ireland has been the destination for a wildly popular Faculty-Led Education Abroad Program (FLEAP) hosted by the Department of Arts and Humanities, bringing together students from a broad range of academic majors and interests. Please join us on Wednesday, April 21 from 1-2pm on Google Meet as we discuss Irish culture and the impact of this program with faculty leaders Christine Holtz and Heather Pinson, as well as student participants. RSVP here! The meeting link will be sent out on the morning of the event.

• The annual RMU Undergraduate Research Conference will take place virtually Friday, April 23 from noon to 4:30 p.m. You can find more information about the conference, including the program, on the conference webpage. Students from all schools and years will present their research at the conference! This year, we will be using a virtual conference platform, Gather, and Google Meet to facilitate the conference. Since attendees may be unfamiliar with Gather, Monica VanDieren has created a short video demonstrating how to access and utilize the conference space. We are excited to use this innovative platform and we hope you have an enjoyable experience listening to presentations, learning about the excellent research being conducted by RMU undergraduates, and interacting with other members of the RMU community!