Ģtv plans to honor Lt. Col. Barry D. Gasdek, US Army retired, a 1964 graduate and 2015 Distinguished Alumni Award recipient, with the award of a Doctor of Public Service honorary degree at its May 10 commencement ceremonies.
Ģtv’s College of Health Sciences is sponsoring the first “Run for the Health of It” 5K race on April 5. The event, planned to be held annually, will raise funds to directly support students in the Ģtv College of Health Sciences programs, with a different fundraising focus each year.
Ģtv 2018 Distinguished Alumni Award recipient Col. Stephen G. Abel, US Army (retired), is continuing a 29-year tradition of supporting Ģtv students by gifting $32,500 to Ģtv; to date, he has provided more than $200,000 in financial support to Ģtv.
Daylight saving time will begin on Sunday, March 9, 2025, at 2:00 a.m.
“Points of Pride” highlights achievements in academics, athletics, scholarships and grant awards, community services, and other areas.
Ģtv’s Department of History, Philosophy, Political Science, and Religious Studies; the Ģtv Free Speech Project; and the Social Equity and Title IX Office will present “I’m Just a Bill: The Constitution, Executive Orders, and Separation of Powers” on March 17 at 3:30 p.m. in Stouffer Auditorium. The program is free and open to the community.
President Driscoll invites the Ģtv community to attend the public meeting of the Ģtv Council of Trustees on Thursday, March 6, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. at the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex in Phi Sigma Kappa Rooms 6&7.
Today, Ģtv Conemaugh Nason Medical Center formalized a clinical training affiliation agreement for students at Ģtv’s proposed college of osteopathic medicine.
The Student Association of Nutrition and Dietetics at Ģtv has organized a smoothie sale, a mac and cheese crockpot charity cook-off, and a program with a registered dietitian and certified personal trainer with experience in functional health training to celebrate National Nutrition Month in March.
Ģtv has named Edel Reilly to the position of dean of the College of Education and Human Services. She transitioned to this role on February 8.
Members of Ģtv’s Army ROTC program will conduct a training event on Saturday, February 22, from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Cadets and members of the ROTC faculty will be carrying unloaded weapons, including rifles and machine guns, during this training exercise. The weapons will not have ammunition or blanks.
Ģtv’s PsyD (doctoral psychology program) Graduate Student Organization is using funding received from a Pennsylvania Department of Education MASLOW grant of $1,000 to support student mental health.
Ģtv and Penn Highlands Healthcare formalized a clinical training affiliation agreement for students at Ģtv’s proposed college of osteopathic medicine.
In recognition of Ģtv’s ongoing research commitment and doctoral student success, Ģtv has earned an R2 Doctoral University–High Spending and Doctorate Production classification from the American Council on Education and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching in its 2025 Research Activity designations.
The Fairman Family Foundation of DuBois has gifted $250,000 to Ģtv’s proposed college of osteopathic medicine.
Ģtv President Michael Driscoll issued a statement in response to Russia’s release of 1984 Ģtv graduate Marc Fogel, who had been jailed in the country since 2021.
On February 11, Ģtv and Clarion Psychiatric Center formalized a clinical training affiliation agreement for students at Ģtv’s proposed college of osteopathic medicine.
Jackson White, a political science and economics honors double major in the Cook Honors College at Ģtv, was approved to serve as a student trustee on the Ģtv Council of Trustees by the Pennsylvania State System Board of Governors at its meeting on February 6.
Ģtv and Indiana Regional Medical Center’s joint podcast, “Rural Health Pulse,” continues its third season with an episode featuring Byron Stauffer, executive director of the Indiana County Center for Economic Operations. The episode is a discussion about the intersection of economic and workforce development with rural health in Indiana County.
The Ģtv community is invited to celebrate donor generosity during Thank a Donor Week, February 24–28. You will have the opportunity to write a thank-you note to an Ģtv donor and tell them what their generosity means to you and our students.
Ģtv’s proposed college of osteopathic medicine has received a $250,000 gift from an anonymous donor.
Ģtv’s Academy of Culinary Arts Ice Carving Club will be creating its annual tribute to Punxsutawney Phil and Groundhog Day with an ice carving of Phil on Gobbler’s Knob as part of the community Groundhog Day celebration.
Join Sam Anderson from Optum Financial as he presents on Preventing Burnout.
Today, Ģtv and Armstrong County Memorial Hospital formalized a clinical training affiliation agreement for students at Ģtv’s proposed college of osteopathic medicine.
Following six years of “exemplary service to Ģtv,” Vice President for Administration and Finance Debra L. Fitzsimons has accepted the position of chief financial officer at Allegheny College in Meadville, Ģtv President Michael Driscoll said.
Ģtv’s Police Academy, part of the Ģtv’s Criminal Justice Training Academy, has partnered with Armstrong-Indiana Behavioral and Developmental Health Program to develop and offer Crisis Intervention Team training for first responders.
The following was shared with all students on January 28, 2025:
Ģtv’s computer science program has been ranked in the top 25 programs in the nation as a “best computer science with cybersecurity emphasis” program by Cybersecurity Guide.
The following was shared with all students on January 23, 2025:
Ģtv graduates Primo and P. Suzanne (Sue) Kurtz Toccafondi and Ģtv graduate Rolando Toccafondi and his wife, Barbara Micks Toccafondi, have made a donation to Ģtv to establish a scholarship for full-time students pursuing an education degree or teaching certificate.
Ģtv’s online master’s program in criminal justice is ranked in the top 21 programs in the nation by U.S. News & World Report.
The following was shared with all students on January 16, 2025:
Carly Padasak, a safety professional experienced in both the private and education sectors, has been selected to serve as Ģtv’s environmental health and safety director.
Ģtv’s bachelor’s degree in safety, health, and environmental applied sciences has been ranked first in Pennsylvania and second in the nation by Universities.com.
Theodore A. Lazzaro, owner and founder of Aestique Plastic Surgery of Greensburg, Shadyside, and Wexford, has gifted $50,000 to Ģtv to establish the Dr. Theodore A. Lazzaro Scholarship for students pursuing a degree in a healthcare field.
Ģtv’s Criminal Justice Training Center has finalized an agreement with CNX Resources in Canonsburg to serve as the Pittsburgh region’s satellite site for the Center’s municipal police academy (Act 120) training.
Michele Norwood, a retired administrator from Ģtv who focused her nearly three-decades-long career fostering student success, has gifted $30,000 to Ģtv for its ongoing student success initiatives.
Undergraduate students receive recognition on the Dean’s List for each fall, spring, or summer term(s) in which they earn at least a 3.25 GPA based on at least 12 credits of graded (not P/F) undergraduate coursework, or a combination of graded graduate and undergraduate coursework.
In this episode, we explore the mental and behavioral health challenges faced by rural communities with guest Tammy Calderone, administrator for the Armstrong-Indiana Behavioral and Developmental Health Program. Together, we discuss the growing demand for services, barriers to accessing care, and the collaborative efforts of agencies and organizations working to address these critical needs.
Thomas Baker ’05, a graduate of Ģtv’s Cook Honors College and the Madia Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Physics, and his wife have committed $100,000 to Ģtv to establish a scholarship to support students in chemistry or biochemistry research programs.
Rita Johnson, who retired from Ģtv in 2019 after 36 years of teaching, has established a scholarship for students studying food and nutrition at Ģtv.
Members of Ģtv’s Police Department raised $250 for the Ģtv Food Pantry and Help Center during the months of November and December—simply by putting away their razors.
Ģtv has received $40,000 through Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s It’s On Us PA initiative to continue the university’s work to combat campus sexual assault.
The Pennsylvania Drone Association selected Ģtv for its 2024 Ellie Education Award, recognizing Ģtv as “an educational institution that has helped to elevate the drone industry in our commonwealth in a meaningful and significant way. “
Ģtv’s ongoing work to meet the changing needs of students and to ensure a sustainable future has involved intense planning over the last two years.
At its meeting today, Ģtv’s Council of Trustees approved a recommendation to revise dining plan rates.
At its meeting today, Ģtv’s Council of Trustees endorsed a tiered residential housing scholarship for students choosing to live in on-campus housing, increasing the housing scholarship for some students by $1,000.
“Points of Pride” highlights achievements in academics, athletics, scholarships and grant awards, community services, and other areas.
Join us in celebrating the spirit of the season with a special holiday from Ģtv, featuring the Ģtv Marching Band.
Ģtv’s Cejka Planetarium in John J. and Char Kopchick Hall will host the final show for the fall semester on December 16 at 7:00 p.m., “How Many Are There? Planet Nine.” The program is free and open to the community.
Kristopher Marinas, 32, will be honored during Ģtv’s December commencement for graduating with a perfect 4.0 grade point average—all while working as a full-time night shift custodian in the university’s Administration and Finance Division.
Ģtv will hold a commencement ceremony on December 14 for 563 graduates who have completed academic requirements for their degrees in December and January 2025.
Three students at Ģtv have been selected for Ģtv’s Justice Research Fellowship program offered through the Ģtv Administration and Leadership Studies Research and Training Center.
President Driscoll invites the Ģtv community to attend the public meeting of the Ģtv Council of Trustees on Thursday, December 12, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. at the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex in Phi Sigma Kappa Rooms 6&7.
On December 4, 2024, Ģtv and Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center formalized a clinical training affiliation agreement for students at Ģtv’s proposed college of osteopathic medicine.
In conjunction with Ģtv’s Giving Tuesday/Month of Giving initiative, Ģtv Ambassadors donated $800 from the group’s Homecoming parade first-place float prize to the Ģtv Food Pantry and Help Center.
Students who were recognized as Ģtv Provost Scholars for fall 2024.
Ģtv’s Office of International Education has been successful in helping a fifteenth international student—Sylvia Mukasa, from Nairobi, Kenya—secure an Emergency Student Fund Award from the Institute of International Education Emergency Fund.
Ģtv’s Director of Strategic Partnerships Christina Koren has been selected for the Pennsylvania Business Central’s “Foremost Under 40 2024.”
The Ģtv community is joining together for the 2024 Month of Giving, which culminates during the global fundraising Giving Tuesday campaign on Tuesday, December 3.
Miko Rose, the founding dean of Ģtv’s proposed college of osteopathic medicine, will join KDKA Newsradio host Larry Richert and Rich Fitzgerald on The Big K Morning Show on Wednesday, November 27.
Ģtv and Indiana Regional Medical Center’s joint podcast, “Rural Health Pulse,” begins its third season with the episode “A Conversation with Dr. Miko Rose, the Founding Dean of the Ģtv Proposed College of Osteopathic Medicine.”
Four Pennsylvania-based health providers formalized clinical training affiliation agreements for students at Ģtv’s proposed college of osteopathic medicine.
Four members of the community were recognized with the inaugural Rural Health Impact Awards during Ģtv-Indiana Regional Medical Center’s third annual Pennsylvania Mountains Rural Health Conference, “Cultivating Wellness—Advancing Rural Mental Health Awareness, Research, Services, and Careers.”
Ģtv’s Police Academy, part of the Ģtv Criminal Justice Training Center, has partnered with the Armstrong-Indiana Behavioral and Developmental Health Program to provide Crisis Intervention Team training for first responders.
Ģtv has been recognized by the All In Campus Democracy Challenge as a 2024 All In Most Engaged Campus for College Student Voting.
The Indiana County Highway Safety Project, part of Ģtv’s Institute for Rural Health and Safety, is working with Jefferson County officials on an awareness campaign about safe driving during the Thanksgiving and holiday seasons.
Ģtv has earned the Open Doors 75 Seal of Excellence for its 75 years of collaboration with the international Open Doors program.
Spots are still available for Ģtv and Indiana Regional Medical Center’s third annual Pennsylvania Mountains Rural Health Conference on November 21. The day-long conference will be held at Ģtv’s Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex. Breakfast and lunch are included as part of the conference registration.
Four graduates of Ģtv have been selected for the 2024 Ģtv Young Alumni Achievement Award: Brianne Lenhart, Donte Palmer, Casey Ryan, and Mark Smith.
Pennsylvania’s Department of Human Services Secretary Valerie Arkoosh will present the keynote address for Ģtv and Indiana Regional Medical Center’s third annual Pennsylvania Mountains Rural Health Conference on November 21.
Ģtv and Indiana Regional Medical Center (IRMC)’s joint podcast, Rural Health Pulse, continues with part two of the three-part series highlighting the 2023 Ģtv and IRMC Second Annual Pennsylvania Mountains Rural Health Conference.
Ģtv is making a “suite” deal even more “suite” for degree-seeking students choosing to live in university housing on the Indiana campus.
Miko Rose, founding dean of Ģtv’s proposed college of osteopathic medicine, has been named one of Pennsylvania’s Fifty Over 50 by "City & State Pennsylvania."
Kevin W. Bailey, an Ģtv 2019 Distinguished Alumni Award recipient and vice chancellor for student affairs at UNC Charlotte, was honored by the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education with the Keepers of the Flame Award for his longstanding contributions to diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts during the 2024 PASSHE Summit: Uniting for Inclusive Student Success.
Ģtv’s Cejka Planetarium in John J. and Char Kopchick Hall will host two programs during the fall semester: “Magical Lights: Stars” and “How Many Are There? Planet Nine.” These programs are free and open to the community.
Ģtv’s Institute for Cyber Security, in collaboration with the PC4A Project and Information Technology Support Center, will host the seventeenth annual Cyber Security Day on October 29 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Ģtv Hadley Union Building Ohio Room.
Ģtv’s Alumni Association Board of Directors welcomed three new members to the Board during its October meeting: Morgan Huey, Stephen Mihalacki, and Valerie Sutton.
Have you identified a process, form, rule, procedure, or something else that may be a barrier for student success? Submit it to the Barriers and Innovation Subcommittee of the University Planning Council (UPC).
The Office of International Education at Ģtv will hold its annual International Unity Day on October 25 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. in Ģtv’s Hadley Union Building. This event is free and open to the community.
An Ģtv student has been named to the Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education Board of Governors, the chairman of the Ģtv Council of Trustees has been reappointed to the Board, and an Ģtv alumnus has been appointed to complete an unexpired term on the Board.
Concurrent Technologies Corporation has donated analytical chemistry equipment valued at more than $142,000 to Ģtv’s Madia Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Physics.
Ģtv’s Holistic Health Club is hosting former Pittsburgh Steeler and Vietnam veteran Rocky Bleier for a program on October 24 at 7:00 p.m. in Jane Leonard Hall 126. The program, “Overcoming Obstacles and Becoming Your Best Self,” is free and open to the community.
The Ģtv Business Golf Classic was held on September 9, 2024, at the beautiful Long Vue Club in Verona. View the photo gallery.
The father of a late Ģtv 2020 Cook Honors College graduate will be at Ģtv on October 23 to talk about his book, "What’s Good About TODAY? A Purpose Driven Life," written to honor his son, Christian Cochran.
Ģtv’s Miko Rose, the founding dean of Ģtv’s proposed college of osteopathic medicine, was an invited presenter for the 2024 Osteopathic Medical Education Conference, the world’s largest gathering of osteopathic physicians.
Five Ģtv graduate programs have been ranked as best in the nation by Intelligent.com, an independent, national platform designed to provide students with informed resources on rankings and career guides.
Ģtv will receive $2.5 million in funding for two capital projects as part of the 2024–25 State System of Higher Education capital allocations budget, approved on October 10 by the State System of Higher Education Board of Governors.
Col. Stephen G. Abel, a 1973 graduate of Ģtv and 2018 Distinguished Alumni Award recipient, has continued his financial support to Ģtv with a recent gift of more than $30,000.
A total of 100 new American citizens will be welcomed during an October 11 naturalization ceremony at Ģtv.
The Department of Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences at Ģtv will hold its annual Community Archaeology Day on October 12 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. in celebration of International Archaeology Day. All Archaeology Day events are free and open to the community.
Ģtv will continue its Six O’Clock Series on October 7 with Scott Rhoades, an Indiana County native, discussing “Aerospace Nursing: Preserving Our Past, Advancing Our Future.” The Six O’Clock Series is free and open to the community.
Following a nearly five percent increase in overall student enrollment for fall 2023 at Ģtv, retention of new, first-time, full-time, bachelor’s degree seeking students from fall 2023 to fall 2024 has climbed to 75.3 percent, a more than four percentage point increase from fall 2022 to fall 2023 retention of that group.
A message from the Indiana Area Collaborative Team
Jay Althouse, who earned both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in music education from Ģtv (1973 and 1975, respectively), has gifted $25,000 to Ģtv to support the music program and students planning for a career in music education.
Ģtv’s annual Homecoming celebration on October 5 is expected to draw thousands to Indiana for alumni reunions and events for the entire community, including the annual parade and football game.
Applications are now being accepted for the student seat on the Ģtv Ģtv Council of Trustees. A candidate must have an expected graduation date not earlier than May 2027. The successful applicant must be in good academic and student conduct standing and must have leadership experience and strong communication skills.
The following message was sent to all students on September 27, 2024:
Todd Cunningham, who has nearly three decades of experience in higher education information technology, most recently as executive director of Information Technology Services at Ģtv, has been named Ģtv’s chief information officer.
Ģtv will continue its Six O’Clock Series on September 30 with a presentation by Miko Rose, the founding dean of Ģtv’s proposed college of osteopathic medicine. The Six O’Clock Series is free and open to the community.
Ģtv has been selected for U.S. News & World Report’s “2025 Best Colleges” ranking and for the magazine’s “Top Public Schools” listing. Ģtv has been included in the ranking for more than 25 years.
Ģtv and the Indiana community will welcome hundreds of families for the 2024 Family Weekend celebration on September 27 and 28. The weekend’s programming is designed to appeal to all ages.
Off-campus visitors of up to 5,000 people are expected on Monday, September 23, for a private, ticketed, non-university event at The Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex.
On September 21, Ģtv students will provide volunteer service for six nonprofit community agencies and organizations for Ģtv’s fall Into the Streets event.
Ģtv’s Associate Vice President for International Education and Global Engagement and Executive Director of the American Language Institute Michele Petrucci has been honored for excellence by the Pennsylvania Council for International Education.
Ģtv has been recognized by a national nonpartisan organization for its campus voting rate.
Ģtv and Indiana Area Regional Medical Center (IRMC) signed a clinical training affiliation agreement on September 10, 2024, for students in Ģtv’s proposed college of osteopathic medicine.
Ģtv will celebrate Constitution Day on September 17 with two events free and open to the community.
The Wall Street Journal and College Pulse have selected Ģtv as one of America’s Best Colleges 2025.
Ģtv will continue its Six O’Clock Series this fall with a film about northwestern Pennsylvania, a presentation by the founding dean of Ģtv’s proposed college of osteopathic medicine, a program by a former local man about aerospace nursing, a “Voices of Pride” event during National Coming Out Week, a panel on voting, and a program on the Ģtv Archives and its rare books.
September represents National Preparedness Month, which serves as the yearly initiative to reinforce the importance of getting ready for emergencies and disasters to ensure the safety of individuals, families, and communities.
The Office of the Provost has announced the promotion of several faculty members to full professor effect the fall 2024 semester.
The Force is definitely with Ģtv’s Thomas Oraskovich, a senior sociology and political science major from Homer City. Oraskovich completed his second year in Ģtv’s Undergraduate Summer Opportunities for Applying Research (USOAR) program with his research project, “Rebels vs. Terrorists: Star Wars Rebels and Political Implications.”
A social studies education major and political science minor from Pittsburgh had the experience of a lifetime this summer as an intern in the office of Senator John Fetterman in Washington, DC.
Ģtv will mark the twenty-third anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on September 11 starting at 11:10 a.m. in front of the 9/11 memorial in the Ģtv Oak Grove. The program is open to the community.
Ģtv and Indiana Regional Medical Center (IRMC)’s joint podcast, "Rural Health Pulse," continues with an episode featuring Ģtv biology faculty member David Janetski discussing the critical role that freshwater ecosystems play in every community.
Thomas and Virginia Schott of DuBois, first-generation college graduates and alumni of Ģtv and Clarion University of Pennsylvania (now PennWest Clarion), respectively, have gifted Ģtv $25,000 to establish the Thomas and Virginia Schott Social Studies Scholarship at Ģtv.
Silas Gesser, a senior in Ģtv’s Hotel, Restaurant, Tourism, and Event Management bachelor’s degree program from Westmoreland County, has been awarded the prestigious Statler Foundation’s Scholarship of Excellence.
Based on surveys by students at Ģtv—which recognized the university for “highly personalized attention and support”—Ģtv has been selected for The Princeton Review’s “2025 Best Colleges” guidebook. Ģtv has been included in the guidebook for more than two decades.
Ģtv welcomed 21 educators from 14 countries, who will complete professional development coursework at Ģtv and be guest teachers in the Indiana Area School District and in the Pittsburgh Public School system, as part of the university’s selection as a host for the Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching Program for International Teachers.
C. Edward Keller of Beaumont, TX, a 2019 Ģtv Distinguished Alumni Award recipient, has been honored by the Beaumont Foundation of America with an additional $60,000 gift for a scholarship at Ģtv named in Keller’s honor.
Undergraduate students receive recognition on the Dean’s List for each fall, spring, or summer term(s) in which they earn at least a 3.25 GPA based on at least 12 credits of graded (not P/F) undergraduate coursework, or a combination of graded graduate and undergraduate coursework.
Cassidy Nalepa, a 2003 Ģtv music education graduate, has been selected to serve as the interim director of “The Legend,” the Ģtv Marching Band, and as interim associate director of Bands in the Department of Music, Theatre, and Dance.
Ģtv doctoral candidate Kristie Frederick Daugherty’s “flash” on the night of the 2024 Grammy Awards has resulted in 113 contemporary and nationally acclaimed poets—including six Pulitzer Prize writers—coming together for an anthology of poems based on songs by musician Taylor Swift.
Ģtv welcomes students for the 2024–25 academic year with a number of events in August, including an Early Immersion Experience for students in the Crimson Scholars Circle August 10 through August 16; on-campus “move-in” for new students on August 17 and 18; and Welcome Week events for new students August 18 to 23.
President Michael A. Driscoll invites the Ģtv community to the Opening of the Academic Year.
Luke H. Mortensen, a nationally known leader in osteopathic medical education with more than three decades of experience, has been selected as the founding associate dean of pre-clinical affairs for Ģtv’s proposed college of osteopathic medicine.
A graduate of Ģtv, originally from the Johnstown area, has gifted Ģtv $1 million to establish a scholarship for Ģtv education students.
Ģtv and Indiana Regional Medical Center’s joint podcast, "Rural Health Pulse," continues with an episode on Pennsylvania's evolution and current state of emergency medical services with B.J. Pino and Reba Johnson of Citizens' Ambulance.
Donovan Daniel, of Indiana, Ģtv director of student leadership and a two-time Ģtv graduate, has been selected to present through the TEDx program.
Following a national search, Ryan Smith, an experienced psychiatrist, leader in medical education, and national expert in psychiatry and mental health, has been selected as the founding associate dean of clinical affairs for Ģtv’s proposed college of osteopathic medicine.
Auditor General Timothy L. DeFoor recently recognized Ģtv graduate and Homer City native Mallory Galinac as the Pennsylvania Department of the Auditor General’s newest auditor 1 from the Department’s Intern-to-Hire program.
Ģtv’s Eberly College of Business Master of Business Administration on-campus program has been selected as one of the top programs in the nation by the Princeton Review.
An Indiana County couple who are Ģtv graduates has established a scholarship for music majors at Ģtv in honor of two late local women, Eleanora Miconi Dellafiora and Sandra E. Dellafiora.
A year-long program developed by a team at Ģtv to recruit and retain talented teachers was selected for recognition by PA Needs Teachers in its Solutions Playbook, published recently by Teach Plus Pennsylvania and the National Center on Education and the Economy.
Ģtv’s Academy of Culinary Arts Chef Instructor Erin Reed is the American Culinary Federation 2024 Pastry Chef of the Year.
Ģtv has received $20,000 in funding from the Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network (PaTTAN) for a new initiative to inspire the next generation of special education teachers.
Footlight Players, Ģtv’s theater for youth, will present a festival of two plays and two musicals on the main stage at Theatre-by-the-Grove in Ģtv’s Performing Arts Center on July 12, 13, and 14.
In June, Ģtv hosted a workshop on uncrewed aircraft (drones) for teachers in eight area high schools who are teaching the aviation curriculum in their schools. The workshop focused on how teachers can integrate drone education into the curriculum. Teachers represented districts in Allegheny, Clearfield, Indiana, and Westmoreland counties.
Recognizing “the good that it will do and the lives it will save,” Ģtv graduates Tim and Debra Phillips Cejka have gifted $2 million to Ģtv’s proposed college of osteopathic medicine.
Alida Merlo, Ģtv Distinguished University Professor and professor of criminology and criminal justice, is the 2024 recipient of the Bruce Smith, Sr. Award from the Academy of Criminal Justice Science.
A $217,997 grant from the federal Department of Health and Human Services to Ģtv is designed to help address the nation’s nursing shortage by providing financial support to students who commit to serving as nurse educators.
Ģtv’s Anthropology faculty have been selected by the Department of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, through the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine Inc., to continue its field study near Frankfurt, Germany, at the site of a crash of a World War II B-17 airplane.
Ģtv and Indiana Regional Medical Center’s joint podcast, “Rural Health Pulse,” continues with an episode on genomics research and rural health with Ģtv Distinguished Alumni Award recipient Nick Jacobs
Retired Rear Admiral CJ Jaynes has made a donation to establish an endowed scholarship for full-time students at Ģtv who are veterans studying in a STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) field.
Ģtv and Punxsutawney Area Hospital signed a clinical training affiliation agreement for students in Ģtv’s proposed college of osteopathic medicine. This is the first clinical training affiliation agreement between Ģtv and a hospital or medical center.
Ģtv President Michael Driscoll authored this editorial at the request of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
Shanya Coshey, an Asian studies and anthropology double major from Manor, has been selected for a Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship, and Dilan Dybus, an Asian studies major from Cresson, has been selected for a Freeman Asia Award. The scholarships will fund the students’ year-long study at Kansai Gaidai University in Hirakata, Japan.
The University of Miyazaki, an Ģtv partner, has received $1 million from the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology for a five-year collaboration that extends the current eight-week virtual English language instruction and an in-person experience at Ģtv for its students.
The National Weather Service In Pittsburgh has issued a Heat Advisory from 11:00 a.m. June 17 through 8:00 p.m. Friday, June 21, with extremely high temperatures over 90 degrees forecasted for much of Pennsylvania.
Senator John Fetterman has included Ģtv’s proposed college of osteopathic medicine project on his Congressionally Directed Spending priorities list for the FY25 Community Project Funding process.
The Foundation for Ģtv has committed $20 million to support Ģtv’s proposed college of osteopathic medicine.
The Pennsylvania Cable News Network will air Ģtv’s May 11 2:00 p.m. undergraduate ceremony on PCN at 1:10 p.m. on June 6.
Ģtv and Indiana Regional Medical Center’s joint podcast, “Rural Health Pulse,” continues with “Lyme and Other Tickborne Diseases” with Ģtv biology professor Thomas Simmons.
Congressman Guy Reschenthaler has included Ģtv’s proposed college of osteopathic medicine project among his FY25 requested community projects.
Ģtv’s Miko Rose, the founding dean of Ģtv’s proposed college of osteopathic medicine, has been elected as a fellow of the American College of Neuropsychiatrists by the Fellows of the American College of Neuropsychiatrists/American College of Osteopathic Neurologists and Psychiatrists.
Undergraduate students receive recognition on the Dean’s List for each fall, spring, or summer term(s) in which they earn at least a 3.25 GPA based on at least 12 credits of graded (not P/F) undergraduate coursework, or a combination of graded graduate and undergraduate coursework.
John Benhart, professor of regional planning in Ģtv’s Department of Geography, Geology, Environment, and Planning and director of Ģtv’s Geospatial Intelligence Certificate programs and Unmanned Aircraft Systems Certificate programs, is an invited panelist for the second annual Aerium Summit and will be a panelist for a program at the thirty-third annual Showcase for Commerce.
Important dates and information for the coming year at Ģtv
Ģtv’s Office of International Education and two members of the office have been recognized by the Institute of International Education with certificates of appreciation from the IIE’s Scholar Rescue Fund Alliance.
Ģtv has announced recipients of the University Senate Awards and the list of new faculty emeriti.
John “Jack” Frank, a 1958 graduate of Ģtv, has received the 2024 Ģtv President’s Medal of Distinction. President Michael Driscoll presented Frank with the award on May 9 “with pride and gratitude in recognition of outstanding professional achievement.”
Ģtv’s Council of Trustees honored the late Sam and Elaine Light and the Light family with the naming of the Sam and Elaine Light Library and Learning Center in the new Academy of Culinary Arts building planned for downtown Punxsutawney.
Ģtv has received $149,998 from the Pennsylvania Department of Education to continue its work to support undergraduate parenting students.
As Ģtv honors its 1,100 students receiving bachelor’s degrees during commencement ceremonies on May 11, it will celebrate a total of 48 students who completed those degrees with a perfect 4.0 grade point average.
Ģtv will honor 1,566 graduates during commencement ceremonies on May 10 and 11 at the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex and will honor Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro and Indiana resident Ellen Sylves Ruddock, a 1966 graduate of Ģtv, with honorary Doctor of Public Services degrees.
Lorraine J. Guth, Ģtv professor of counseling, has been selected as Ģtv’s 2024–25 Distinguished University Professor.
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro will present the commencement address at Ģtv’s 2 p.m. undergraduate ceremony on May 11 and will receive an honorary Doctor of Public Service degree from Ģtv during the ceremony.
Erika Jackson, a senior psychology honors program major in Ģtv’s Cook Honors College and Ģtv’s nominee for the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education’s Ali-Zaidi Award, has been selected for a scholarship as Ģtv’s nominee by Ģtv Provost Lara Luetkehans.
Ģtv’s Music Theater has announced the upcoming musical production, “Songs for a New World.” This production will take place in Gorell Recital Hall on the second floor of Sutton Hall May 1-2 at 8:00 p.m.
Ģtv honored three alumni and a graduating student for outstanding volunteerism through the Award of Excellence in Volunteer Leadership program, held during the annual Volunteer Recognition Breakfast on April 13.
Ģtv anthropology professor Ben Ford, Ģtv’s 2023–24 Distinguished University Professor and chair of Ģtv’s Department of Anthropology, has been selected as a Fulbright US Scholar for 2024–25.
Abigail Hancox, of Albion, a senior political science major with a minor in homeland security in the Cook Honors College at Ģtv, has been selected for a competitive James A. Finnegan Foundation Fellowship.
Ģtv will present the Distinguished Alumni Award to six outstanding members of the Ģtv community on April 13.
Cleo McMahan, a biology major from Indiana, received the 2024 Patricia Hilliard Robertson Memorial Scholarship for Outstanding Female Science Student, presented April 8 during Ģtv’s annual STEM Women’s Summit, highlighting current women scientists and alumnae working in the science fields.
Phillip Schnarrs, an Ģtv Young Alumni Achievement Award recipient who is an associate professor and associate chair for research in the Department of Population Health at Dell Medical School, University of Texas–Austin, will present “The Importance of Sociologists in Medicine” at Ģtv on April 17.
Consuela (Chela) G. Metzger, a nationally recognized and award-winning expert in the field of book conservation, will present “Old Books, New Ideas—Transformations of a Rare Book Conservator” on April 18 at Ģtv. Metzger’s presentation at Ģtv is part of Ģtv’s Big Ideas: Transformative Culture and the Professions.
Sixty students and three faculty in Ģtv’s Department of Music were the invited local chorus to sing with THE Andrea Bocelli—the international superstar—at his concert in Pittsburgh, the first stop on his current tour schedule.
Join the School of Graduate Studies and Research and the Ģtv Research Institute at the nineteenth annual Scholars Forum, held at the KCAC. This event celebrates student research at Ģtv and includes the annual Three-Minute Thesis competition.
Ģtv will celebrate innovation, student and faculty research, and creative work during Ģtv’s 2024 Research Appreciation Week, planned for April 8–12. STEM is Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.
Ģtv will celebrate the connections and career successes of graphic design alumni—including a presentation by an award-winning Marvel film artist and an exhibition by a nationally known illustrator and designer, both originally from the Pittsburgh region—as part of the first, to-be-annual, “Slenkfest” April 11 to 13.
Ģtv and Indiana Regional Medical Center (IRMC)’s podcast, "Rural Health Pulse," continues with an episode exploring the challenges and opportunities of rural healthcare with Lou Pesci, director of Ģtv’s Institute for Rural Health and Safety.
Volunteers from around campus are leading this year’s Hawks Helping Hawks drive to provide funds that impact our students and every facet of our campus. Your participation in the Hawks Helping Hawks drive is another way to help students experience a sense of stability and a culture of caring as they earn an Ģtv education.
Ģtv President Michael Driscoll has released a statement about the Fogel Report language in the Fiscal Year 24 Minibus bill.
Ģtv Graphic Design and Illustration is hosting the first annual Slenkfest, a multiday series of events designed to be a nexus of interaction between current students and Ģtv alumni working in the field of graphic design and illustration.
On Saturday, March 23, the Ģtv Dance Team took part in their first intercollegiate dance match outside of Pennsylvania, the Precision Intercollegiate Dance Competition, held in Manassas, VA. Despite this being the team's first competition in several years, the team was successful, earning the judges' award for "most entertaining" performance and other accolades.
Ģtv celebrated employees who completed 10, 15, 20, 25, and 35, years of service to the university during the Employee Service Awards luncheon in the Blue Room on Wednesday, March 27, 2024.
A progress update for the community on Ģtv’s Indiana Campus Long-Range Facilities Master Plan will be offered on April 2 from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. at the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex PNC Room.
Ģtv’s DEI Alliance will celebrate and embrace cultural identities and intersectionality at the 2024 Unity Ball Global Met Gala on April 11. The event is open to the Ģtv community and there is no admission charge, but reservations are recommended by March 29.
Emma McAnulty, a senior hotel, restaurant, tourism, and event management major with a concentration in tourism and special events at Ģtv, has been awarded the prestigious Statler Foundation’s Scholarship of Excellence.
The premier dance ensembles Nrityagram and Chitrasena, from India and Sri Lanka, will perform on Tuesday, March 26, at 7:30 p.m. in Fisher Auditorium of the Ģtv Performing Arts Center, presented by the Lively Arts and the Hilton Garden Inn Indiana at Ģtv.
The Minister Counselor of the Embassy of Mali will present “The Alliance of Sahel States at the Crossroads of Global Security Challenges” on Wednesday, March 27, at 7:00 p.m. in Leonard Hall. The event is free and open to the public.
The Consolidated Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2024, signed into law by President Biden on March 9, includes $150,000 in federal funding for Ģtv’s proposed college of osteopathic medicine. The provision was sponsored by Congressman Guy Reschenthaler and Senator John Fetterman.
A list of students who graduated from Ģtv in December 2023 and January 2024.
The Student Association of Nutrition and Dietetics (SAND) at Ģtv has organized a mac and cheese crockpot cook-off and a program with a Pittsburgh-based registered and licensed dietitian to celebrate National Nutrition Month in March.
Thank you for your participation in the open conversations that have taken place this spring. To make future sessions more convenient, we have revised the schedule so that they are all available during the Common Hour and so that sessions specifically for students are in a more central location.
On March 7, 2024, Ģtv’s Council of Trustees approved naming the university’s hotel front desk simulation lab in honor of the Statler Foundation.
On March 7, 2024, Ģtv’s Council of Trustees reviewed Ģtv President Michael Driscoll’s recommendation of reducing the overall cost of enrollment for dual enrollment students, resulting in savings ranging from $104.50 (for a one-credit course) to $3,344 in savings for students who take 32 credits in four semesters.
“Points of Pride” highlights achievements in academics, athletics, scholarships and grant awards, community services, and other areas.