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Commitment to honors education leads to exciting partnership at Pitt-Greensburg

The Honors Program developed by dedicated faculty at the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg is about to receive a major upgrade through a Pittsburgh campus partnership.

Teaching Summit to Explore Strategies for Enhancing Undergraduate Student Identity and Retention

Educators and stakeholders in undergraduate education will gather at the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg on Saturday, May 18, for a Teaching Summit to explore innovative approaches to bolstering undergraduate student identity and retention. This free hybrid event will open at 8:30 a.m. and run through 2 p.m.

Pitt-Greensburg Commencement celebrates the Class of 2024

The University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg held its annual commencement on Saturday, April 27, in Chambers Hall Gymnasium (150 Finoli Drive, Greensburg, PA 15601). As in the recent past, two ceremonies (10 a.m. and 1 p.m.) were held in order to allow graduates and their guests to sit together in small groups, creating a more personal experience for the graduates and their families. Faculty and staff individually escorted each family into the gymnasium, which further personalized the day’s experience.

Joan Chambers Concert Series: The Heinz Chapel Choir to perform April 19 at Pitt-Greensburg

The University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg welcomes the Heinz Chapel Choir (HCC) to the Mary Lou Campana Chapel and Lecture Center as part of the Joan Chambers Concert Series on Friday, April 19. The performance will begin at 8 p.m. and is free and open to the public.

Cobetto Lecture: Panel to discuss Artificial Intelligence, its present and its future

The Dr. Bernard Cobetto Lecture on Contemporary Ethical Issues will be available in person (Ferguson Theater) and via live stream.

Pitt-Greensburg earns 2024-2025 Military Friendly School Gold Designation

The University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg has earned the 2024-2025 Military Friendly® School designation, an honor it has held consistently since 2012. This is the second time that Pitt-Greensburg has received the Gold designation, which became a part of the Military Friendly® School categories in 2017.

​Inspiring the Next Generation: Pitt-Greensburg professor and NSF ensuring that local schools have solar eclipse glasses

Fun Home, the musical, to be performed at Pitt-Greensburg

Photo: Jordan Alexandra Gilbert portrays "Adult Alison" in the spring musical production of Fun Home.

Pitt-Greensburg presents full-tuition scholarship to Hempfield High School Senior

Today (March 27, 2024), the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg surprised Hempfield Area Senior High School senior Kylee Grew with a full-tuition scholarship valued at more than $54,000 over four years.

Get Ready for Stories Capturing Work at Pitt-Greensburg’s 2024 Writers Festival

“It sounds like a joke—a professor, a social worker, an editor, and a high school teacher walk into a bar where the bartender is a poet—but it captures the spirit of the 2024 Writer’s Festival at Pitt-Greensburg,” says Dave Newman, assistant professor of Creative Writing at Pitt-Greensburg. “This year’s lineup features writers from wildly varied backgrounds but with the same goal—to tell stories in precise language.”

Pitt-Greensburg to host blood drive with the American Red Cross

The University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg will host an American Red Cross Blood Drive on Wednesday, March 27, from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Smith Hall Lounge.

Westmoreland Reads welcomes NYT’s Bestselling Author Clint Smith in a virtual visit

Westmoreland Reads welcomes New York Times Bestselling Author Clint Smith to Westmoreland County via a live virtual event set for Wednesday, March 20.

Pitt Fight professional wrestling event to benefit Central Westmoreland Habitat for Humanity

Pitt Fight: Fight or be Forgotten! will bring 10 action-packed professional wrestling matches to the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg for a fund-raising event that will benefit Central Westmoreland Habitat for Humanity. The event on Friday, March 22, will feature more than 50 independent professional wrestlers in a variety of match types.

​Pitt-Greensburg: LIVE at the Greensburg Hempfield Library

Award-winning authors who also happen to be Pitt-Greensburg writing professors—Dave Newman and Lori Jakiela—will take the University’s new LIVE AT THE LIBRARY reading series on the road when they visit the Greensburg Hempfield Area Library on Thursday, March 14, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Pitt-Greensburg's Life Sciences Building wins an MBA Crystal Award for Building Excellence

The Life Sciences Building (LSB) at the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg received a Crystal Award for Building Excellence in the category of New Construction Under $15M from the Master Builders’ Association of Western PA.