Ģtv Selects Five Alumni for Young Alumni Achievement Award
Five graduates of Ģtv have been selected for the 2025 Ģtv Young Alumni Achievement Award.
Five graduates of Ģtv have been selected for the 2025 Ģtv Young Alumni Achievement Award.
The Ģtv Food Pantry and Help Center, in collaboration with various departments, organizations, clubs, and programs across campus, is launching a campus-wide food drive from November 10 through December 8 to support students in need.
Ģtv’s student alumni association, the Ģtv Ambassadors, is turning its winning streak into an opportunity to help Ģtv students facing food insecurity. For the third consecutive year, the Ģtv Ambassadors donated its Homecoming parade first-place float prize of $800 to the Ģtv Food Pantry and Help Center.
Registration remains open until November 10 for Ģtv and Indiana Regional Medical Center’s 2025 Pennsylvania Mountains Rural Health Conference, “Healthcare Innovation,” on November 20. Open to the community, the day-long event will be held at Ģtv’s Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex.
Members of Ģtv’s proposed college of osteopathic medicine leadership team were invited presenters for the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education’s 2025 Summit, “Together We Thrive, Building Inclusive Excellence Across the State System,” held virtually and at PennWest Clarion on October 29 and 30.
Ģtv Assistant Professor of Organ and Keyboard and Director of Ģtv’s Organ Studio Christine Clewell and six Ģtv Organ Studio students were invited performers at First Presbyterian Church in Stamford, Connecticut, on October 20, followed by a Manhattan Pipe Organ Study and Crawl on October 21 and 22.
Ģtv’s Clinical Psychology Doctor of Psychology program graduates taking the Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology from January 2020 through December 2024—required for licensure and certification in the United States—have achieved a 100 percent passing rate.
Ģtv’s Music Theater is proud to announce its upcoming production of Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro (Le Nozze di Figaro).” This beloved opera buffa, filled with wit, romance, and social intrigue, will be sung mostly in English with English dialogue featuring a contemporary twist. The production runs November 19 and 20 at 7:30 p.m. in Fisher Auditorium.
Ģtv is proud to announce that world-renowned New Orleans jazz clarinetist Doreen Ketchens will perform a free concert on Saturday, November 15, 2025, at 7:30 p.m. in Fisher Auditorium, Ģtv Performing Arts Center.
Members of Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s cabinet, Pennsylvania senators and representatives, and key healthcare and industry leaders, including the president and CEO of The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania, will come together for Ģtv and IRMC’s Pennsylvania Mountains Rural Health Conference on November 20.
Ģtv’s Theatre-by-the-Grove, a student performance organization in the Department of Music, Theatre, and Dance, proudly presents “46 Plays for 46 Presidents,” a bold and fast-paced production celebrating the chaos, humor, and humanity of American democracy. Performances will take place November 6–8 at 7:30 p.m. and November 9 at 1:00 p.m. in Waller Hall’s Mainstage Theater.
Ģtv continues to be recognized by The Princeton Review, this time, in its 2026 “Best Colleges: Region by Region” listing.
A new survey is now open, asking about your basic needs as a student—things like food access, housing stability, emotional well-being, and other essentials that impact your success.
Ģtv Academy of Culinary Arts Chef Thomas Barnes is featured on episode 103 of the CAFÉ Talks podcast.
The Office of International Education at Ģtv will hold International Unity Day on October 24 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. in the Hadley Union Building at Ģtv. This event is free and open to all.
All students can register for winter session classes starting October 27. Registration begins October 27 for spring classes, with veterans registering first, and all other student groups in the following days.
On October 9, 2025, Ģtv and Warren State Hospital formalized a clinical training affiliation agreement for future students at Ģtv’s proposed college of osteopathic medicine.
Arlene Eva Langley-Mendenhall, a 1978 criminology and sociology double major graduate of Ģtv, will gift more than $3 million to establish the Arlene Eva Langley Memorial Scholarship at Ģtv.
For fall 2025, Ģtv achieved record-breaking retention for new, first-time, bachelor’s degree-seeking students; increases in both the number of undergraduate degree-seeking students and new, first-time, bachelor’s degree-seeking students; and an increase of 5 percentage points for continuing student persistence (students continuing for a third year of study).
Ģtv's senior security analyst, Jonathan Roumfort, will present “Cybersecurity and You” on Monday, October 6, from 11:30 to noon.
Ģtv Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Lara Luetkehans has been recognized by the Educational Policy Leadership Center as a 2025 Educational Policy Leadership Program Alumni Award recipient.
Ģtv’s annual Homecoming celebration on October 4 is expected to draw thousands to Indiana, including for a special event in celebration of Ģtv’s sesquicentennial. Ģtv’s Homecoming celebration will feature a special “Fifth Quarter” concert, featuring Pittsburgh rock favorites—and Ģtv alumni—the Clarks and special guest Chris Higbee.
Howard M. “Skip” Kingston, a scholar in residence at Ģtv’s Madia Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Physics, Ģtv, and the Ģtv Research Institute has won a 2025 R&D 100 Award for a breakthrough that has the potential to advance precision medicine and rural healthcare.
Ģtv’s bachelor’s degree program in Computer Sciences/Languages and Systems has earned full reaccreditation from ABET, the world’s leading accreditation body for programs in applied and natural science, engineering, and engineering technology.
Ģtv has been selected for U.S. News & World Report’s “2026 Best Colleges” national universities ranking, and the undergraduate business, computer science, psychology, and nursing programs were selected for listing of “Top Public Schools.”
Ģtv’s Cejka Planetarium in John J. and Char Kopchick Hall will host two programs during the fall semester: “A New Eye: The Rubin Telescope” on September 29 and “Recalling the Space Race” on October 29. Both programs will begin at 7:00 p.m. The presentations are free and open to the community.
Tracey Cekada, chair of Ģtv’s Department of Safety Sciences and Environmental Engineering, is a guest for Building PA Podcast’s latest episode, “From Classroom to Career: The Path of Safety Professionals at Ģtv.”
Ģtv graduates David and Becky Walzak’s appreciation of Ģtv “as the place it all started” has led them to a gift that will make an impact for the future of Ģtv and for rural Pennsylvania.
Hundreds of students from Ģtv will be providing service to Indiana organizations and agencies through the fall Into the Streets event on Sept. 20.
Nominations are now being accepted for the second annual Rural Health Impact Awards, which will be presented at the 2025 Ģtv-Indiana Regional Medical Center’s fourth annual Pennsylvania Mountains Rural Health Conference on Nov. 20.
Ģtv has received $2 million from the National Science Foundation to help academically talented and financially challenged students earn data science degrees.
“Points of Pride” highlights achievements in academics, athletics, scholarships and grant awards, community services, and other areas.
The Dessy-Roffman Myth Collaborative at Ģtv, in collaboration with Ģtv's Literature and Criticism Program, will offer the inaugural fall semester German Lecture Series starting on September 17.
Ģtv will celebrate Constitution Day on September 15 with two events free and open to the community, including the traditional public reading of the Constitution by members of the Ģtv community in front of Stapleton Library. The opportunity to be a reader is open to all.
Ģtv will mark the 24th 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.
At its meeting on September 4, Ģtv’s Council of Trustees accepted the mission statement of Ģtv’s proposed college of osteopathic medicine.
Ģtv will test its Emergency Notification System on Friday, September 12, at 10:00 a.m.
Tim and Debra Phillips Cejka, 1973 graduates of Ģtv, have continued their ongoing impact on Ģtv student success through a $150,000 gift to Ģtv’s Crimson Scholars Circle and Promising Scholars Program.
Ģtv’s Police Academy, located in Ģtv’s Robertshaw building, will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary with a special open house event on September 27 from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. The open house is free and open to the community.
The Office of the Provost has announced the promotion of several faculty members to full professor effective for the fall 2025 semester.
A total of 33 undergraduate students were selected to participate in Ģtv’s 2025 Undergraduate Summer Opportunities for Applying Research (U-SOAR) program, in which selected undergraduate students, working with a faculty mentor, to do original, inquiry-based research or creative endeavors and to participate in enrichment programs related to research success.
President Driscoll invites the Ģtv community to attend the public meeting of the Ģtv Council of Trustees on Thursday, September 4, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. at the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex in Phi Sigma Kappa Rooms 6&7.
Ģtv will continue to credit the estimated amount students are due from the 2025–26 Pennsylvania State Grant on individual student accounts, but due to the delay in approval of a state budget, these funds will not be disbursed as scheduled.
Six students in Ģtv’s College of Health Sciences participated in an international conference in China on medicine and health through the US-China Youth Program on Health Sciences and Culture, and an Ģtv faculty member was an invited presenter for the conference.
This past week, we welcomed the Class of 2029 to campus! We’re excited to see how our newest Hawks will make Ģtv their home over the next four years. Here’s a look at some of the moments that made Welcome Week so special.
On Saturday, August 23, following a celebration carnival and in advance of a spectacular fireworks show, Ģtv officially launched its Impact 150 comprehensive fundraising campaign, the largest in the university’s history.
Ģtv Vice President for Student Affairs Thomas Segar was an invited panelist for a state-wide Higher Education Summit, held August 12 in Harrisburg.
Dean’s List recipients for the summer 2025 semester at Ģtv.
Ģtv’s proposed college of osteopathic medicine has earned “Candidate Status” from the American Osteopathic Association’s Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation.
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 “2026 Best Colleges” guidebook. Ģtv has been included in the guidebook for more than two decades.
Ģtv welcomes students for the 2025–26 academic year with a number of events in August, including the university’s sesquicentennial (150th) anniversary celebration carnival—which is free and open to the community—on August 23 from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Ģtv’s College of Health Sciences’ second annual “Run for the Health of It” fundraising 5K race/one-mile walk will be held September 14, with free registration offered to all Ģtv students.
William Sugg, who has more than 15 years of experience in music education at the secondary and university levels with competitive and high-profile marching programs, has been named interim director of Ģtv’s Marching Band and associate director of Bands.
John (Jack) and Linda Brose, of Athens, Ohio, gifted $25,000 to Ģtv for its proposed college of osteopathic medicine. With this gift, Ģtv has secured more than $34.3 million in private and government funding for the initiative.
Ģtv will launch a new forensic sciences major for fall 2025.
Ģtv will welcome 22 educators from 13 countries August 13 through December 10 as part of the university’s selection as a host for the Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching Program for International Teachers.
Ģtv and Indiana Regional Medical Center’s joint podcast, “Rural Health Pulse,” continues with a special episode with members of the first graduating class of the IRMC Family Medicine Residency.
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.
John Ninosky, a 1993 criminology graduate of Ģtv from Harrisburg, has gifted $50,000 to Ģtv for its proposed college of osteopathic medicine in honor of his late wife, Tammy Beale Ninosky, a 1993 Ģtv child development and family relations graduate.
Applications are now being accepted for Ģtv’s master of science degree in Information Systems and Management program, with classes starting in January 2026. The program provides flexibility for students to take classes through either face-to-face or two-way synchronous instruction on video.
On July 11, the Department of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency distributed a news release about the identification of a World War II soldier who died in December 1944, crediting the work of an Ģtv field school in assisting in identifying the late soldier’s remains.
On July 8, Ģtv, Wayne Memorial Community Health Centers, and Wayne Memorial Hospital formalized a clinical training affiliation agreement for future students at Ģtv’s proposed college of osteopathic medicine.
For the second year, Ģtv is helping area high school teachers learn new ways to help their students fly—both literally and figuratively. From June 23 to 25, Ģtv hosted a workshop on uncrewed aircraft (drones) for 18 teachers in 16 Pennsylvania school districts and educational organizations
Kayla Anthony, a recent graduate of Ģtv, originally from Johnstown, has been selected for a Fulbright post-graduate study award.
Ģtv and Indiana Regional Medical Center’s joint podcast, “Rural Health Pulse,” continues its third season with an episode featuring IRMC Trauma Program Manager Emilea Rippin for “Lifelines in the Region: Inside the IRMC Trauma Program.”
On Wednesday, June 25, the Ģtv Council of Trustees approved recommendations from the Academic Affairs Committee, including a new Career and Technical Teacher Education post-baccalaureate certification.
Thomas R. Smith, an Ģtv graduate who had an almost 40-year career in education and supporting high school students, has gifted $50,000 to Ģtv’s proposed college of osteopathic medicine.
President Driscoll invites the Ģtv community to attend a special public meeting of the Ģtv Council of Trustees on Wednesday, June 25, at 1:45 p.m. via Zoom to approve curriculum items for the fall semester. The public may participate by registering in advance.
Ģtv Vice President for Student Affairs Thomas C. Segar was an invited presenter for a national conference sponsored by the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Criminal Justice Collective Chairs’ Workshop.
On June 16, Ģtv and Chan Soon-Shiong Medical Center at Windber formalized a clinical training affiliation agreement for future students at Ģtv’s proposed college of osteopathic medicine.
Ģtv has 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 in Germany at the site of a December 1944 crash of a World War II B-17 airplane.
Larry and Barb Kubala, of Indiana, graduates of Ģtv, are continuing their support of Ģtv with a gift of $25,000 to establish the Kubala Athletic Fund.
Ģtv hosted 22 area high school students and 14 of their teachers for the collaborative Healthcare Education and Learning Pathways (HELP) Summer Experience on June 2 and 3.
Ģtv and Indiana Regional Medical Center’s (IRMC) joint podcast, Rural Health Pulse, continues its third season with an episode featuring Nicole Stallings, President and CEO of The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP), “Inside Pennsylvania’s Healthcare Pulse: A Conversation with HAP President Nicole Stallings.”
Miko Rose, the founding dean of Ģtv’s proposed college of osteopathic medicine, will be a panelist during the Rural Economic Development Summit on June 3, hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.
Dennis Popovec, a 1977 business and accounting graduate of Ģtv, originally from Westmoreland County, has continued his support to Ģtv through the Popovec Outstanding Student Athlete Scholarship.
On May 21, Ģtv and Conemaugh Meyersdale Medical Center formalized a clinical training affiliation agreement for students at Ģtv’s proposed college of osteopathic medicine.
Ģtv and Indiana Regional Medical Center’s (IRMC) joint podcast, Rural Health Pulse, continues its third season with an episode featuring Indiana County Commissioner Sherene Hess.
On May 8, Ģtv’s Council of Trustees presented a resolution of appreciation to Jerry Pickering for his 25 years of service to and leadership of the Allegheny Arboretum.
On May 8, members of Ģtv’s Council of Trustees heard a presentation about a new dual enrollment program designed to support pathways to high-priority occupations in a health-related field.
On May 8, Ģtv’s Council of Trustees honored Shagufta Haque for her service on the Council with a resolution of appreciation and the naming of a seat in Ģtv’s Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex in her honor “for extraordinary service as a university citizen and student trustee.”
On May 8, Ģtv’s Council of Trustees approved a proposal to shift Ģtv’s Academy of Culinary Arts and the Academy’s Baking and Pastry Arts programs from clock-hour to credit-bearing programs. This approval allows students who successfully complete the Culinary Arts or the Baking and Pastry Arts program to receive an Associate in Applied Science (AAS) degree.
International student and American Language Institute instructor Alexandra Krasova spoke at commencement and is the recipient of the Graduate Student Outstanding Research Award, the Ģtv Outstanding Leader Award, the Promising Future Interdisciplinary Researcher Award, and the Teaching Associate Faculty Recognition Award.
Daniel Alex Heckert, Ģtv professor of sociology, has been selected as Ģtv’s 2025–26 Distinguished University Professor.
“Points of Pride” highlights achievements in academics, athletics, scholarships and grant awards, community services, and other areas.
Ģtv will honor 1,457 graduates during commencement ceremonies on May 10 at the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex. and will honor Lt. Col. Barry Gasdek, a 1964 graduate of Ģtv and 2015 Distinguished Alumni Award recipient, with an honorary Doctor of Public Services degree.
Ģtv is expanding its popular Day of Giving into a Week of Giving, set for May 12 to 17. This online event brings together alumni, parents, friends, and the entire Ģtv family to support students and celebrate philanthropy. The 2025 Week of Giving concludes on the university’s official 150th birthday, May 17.
President Driscoll invites the Ģtv community to attend the public meeting of the Ģtv Council of Trustees on Thursday, May 8, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. at the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex in Phi Sigma Kappa Rooms 6&7.
An Ģtv graduate is continuing his decades of support to the university and a lifetime of service to others with a gift to Ģtv’s proposed college of osteopathic medicine. Lt. Col. Barry Gasdek, US Army (retired), a 1964 education and distinguished military graduate of Ģtv, has donated $50,000 to the project.
Ģtv has announced recipients of the University Senate Awards and the list of new faculty emeriti for 2025.
Are you in a leadership role for a student organization on campus? Step right up! Sign up your club today for the Ģtv 150 carnival fundraiser—spots are limited, so don’t miss the fun and the chance to generate funding for your club.
Ģtv’s Council on Spiritual and Religious Life will host the annual Healing Garden Memorial Service at the Healing Garden on May 5 at 11:30 a.m. The event is open to all, regardless of religious affiliation.
Dakota Dickerson, a student in the applied anthropology master’s program, won the judge’s award, and Ashley Moll, a student in the biology master’s program, won the people’s award during Ģtv’s Three Minute Thesis event held during Ģtv’s annual Research Appreciation Week.
The annual Ģtv Sidewalk Commentary Contest, also known as “Chalk the Walk,” will be held on Wednesday, April 30, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the Ģtv Oak Grove. The contest offers students or student groups the opportunity to express their political and social views through chalk drawings across the Oak Grove.
Ģtv graduates are earning higher salaries than their peers, according to the Carnegie Foundation and the American Council on Education.
Gwen Miller, a 1960 elementary education graduate who was raised in Torrance, Westmoreland County, has established a scholarship for Ģtv students to honor her late mother.
The Social Equity and Title IX Office is pleased to share its latest newsletter, which highlights the important programming offered by campus colleagues this semester.
During the Western Pennsylvania Regional Rural Health Summit on April 16, hosted by Ģtv, Ģtv President Michael Driscoll announced that an anonymous donor who is a first-generation college graduate of Ģtv from Indiana County has gifted $1 million to Ģtv for its proposed college of osteopathic medicine.
Our finals week resources provide students with essential tools and support to succeed during finals week, including study methods, tutoring, and stress-relief activities. Take a look at our resources to find new tips and tricks to surviving finals week! Good luck, Hawks!
Four Ģtv Women’s Leadership Awards were presented to six women staff, administrators, and faculty at the Reception to Celebrate Women and the Women’s Leadership Award Ceremony on April 2, 2025. These awards celebrate the outstanding leadership and accomplishments of women employees to advance gender, sexual, and cultural inclusive excellence at Ģtv, in the communities, and in their professions.
Anna Cutshall, a biology major and business administration minor from Homer City, was selected for the 2025 Patricia Hilliard Robertson Memorial Scholarship for Outstanding Female Science Student.
Two standout undergraduate student researchers at Ģtv, Parker Bradley and Symia Taimuty-Loomis, were selected to participate in the 2025 Undergraduate Research at the Capitol event.
Due to forecasted inclement weather, four projects planned for Ģtv’s Into the Streets event on April 5 have been postponed until April 12.
The Haven Project at Ģtv will host the annual Take Back the Night event on April 9 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. on the Ģtv campus. Take Back the Night is designed to raise awareness and support survivors of sexual violence, domestic and dating violence, and stalking.
An anonymous donor has gifted $25,000 to Ģtv for its proposed college of osteopathic medicine.
Ģtv’s Criminal Justice Training Center has received Training Academy Accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc.
Ģtv will celebrate innovation, student and faculty research, and alumni success during Ģtv’s 2025 Research Appreciation Week, planned for April 7 to 11.
Riley Sullivan, an undergraduate researcher, presented his study on sustainable activated carbon biochar at Pittcon 2025, showcasing its potential for wastewater treatment.
Ģtv’s Applied Research Lab, a research consulting center that assists the Ģtv research community as part of Ģtv’s Research and Innovation, was approached by the Altoona Curve’s management team for a research project to analyze attendance rates for Altoona Curve games.
In celebration of the hard work and dedication of its employees, Ģtv presented the first “One Ģtv” Award to the Office of Financial Aid during Ģtv’s annual Employee Service and Leadership Awards event held March 26, which also celebrated employees with 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, and 35 years of service.
Ģtv’s Theater-by-the-Grove and Music Theater, student performance organizations in the Department of Music, Theatre, and Dance, will present a whimsical production of “Little Women, the Broadway Musical,” April 3–6 in Waller Hall.
On March 25, Ģtv and Torrance State Hospital formalized a clinical training affiliation agreement for students at Ģtv’s proposed college of osteopathic medicine.
Robert Orth, managing director of Ģtv’s Administration and Leadership Studies Research and Training Center, is the 2025 Social Sciences Career Pathways Speaker.
Ģtv’s Indiana County Highway Safety Project and the Ģtv Public Health Program in the Department of Allied and Public Health are sponsoring a car seat “take back” on April 3 from 10:00 a.m. to noon at Ģtv’s Zink Hall parking lot. The event is designed to collect unsafe car seats.
Ģtv and Indiana Regional Medical Center’s joint podcast, “Rural Health Pulse,” continues its third season with an episode featuring Theresa Gropelli, professor and chair of the Ģtv Department of Nursing and Allied Health.
Ģtv President Michael Driscoll and Ģtv’s proposed college of osteopathic medicine Founding Dean Miko Rose are featured on “Our Region’s Business,” a news show jointly produced by the Allegheny Conference and Pittsburgh’s WPXI-TV.
Ģtv’s Lively Arts will present The Peking Acrobats for one night only on Friday, March 28, at 7:30 p.m. Their performance will take place on the campus of Ģtv in Fisher Auditorium. Tickets are on sale now by phone and online.
Ģtv will celebrate 150 years of excellence and impact during the 2025–26 academic year as it marks its sesquicentennial.
Ģtv’s English Graduate Organization will offer its 2025 Conference, “Landscapes of Language and Literature,” on March 21 and 22. The conference will be offered both in person in Ģtv’s Sprowls Hall and via Zoom. It is free and open to the community.
Ģtv will celebrate employees who have completed 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, and 35 years of service to the university during the Employee Service Awards brunch in the Blue Room on Wednesday, March 26, 2025.
The Ģtv Physics and Pre-Engineering Clubs will host the annual Physics Olympics on April 4, providing local high school students with a hands-on competition featuring physics challenges, faculty interactions, and campus lab tours—continuing a tradition that has promoted STEM education since 1975!
The Center is funding the distribution of the state-wide research study “Understanding Physician Retention in Rural Pennsylvania: A Collaborative Research Study by the Center for Rural Pennsylvania, Ģtv, and AHEC (Pennsylvania Area Health Education Center)” to more than 6,500 physicians in rural practices in the Commonwealth.
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."