Type Private, nonsectarian Endowment $31.76 million (2015) Undergraduates 4,144 Undergraduate tuition and fees 26,054 USD (2015) Total enrollment 5,359 (2014) President Christopher B. Howard | Established 1921 Academic staff 196 full-time faculty Postgraduates 1,037 Acceptance rate 76.2% (2014) Mascot RoMo Phone +1 800-762-0097 | |
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Address 6001 University Blvd, Moon, PA 15108, USA Notable alumni Hank Fraley, Brianne McLaughlin, Kevin Colbert, Robin R Sanders, Wale Similar Duquesne University, Saint Francis University, University of Pittsburgh, Point Park University, Community College of Alleghen Profiles | ||
Actuarial science at robert morris university
Robert Morris University (RMU) is a private, coeducational university located in Moon, a suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The school was founded in 1921. It enrolls more than 4,000 undergraduates and more than 1,000 graduate students and offers more than 60 bachelor's degree programs and more than 20 master's and doctoral programs. Most students are from the Pittsburgh area, while 17 percent of freshmen in 2014 were from outside Pennsylvania.
Contents
- Actuarial science at robert morris university
- History
- Campus
- Academics
- Athletics
- Presidents of Robert Morris University
- Notable alumni
- References
Robert Morris University is named after Robert Morris, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and financier of the American Revolution. It is not affiliated with Robert Morris University Illinois.
History
Robert Morris University originated in 1921 as the Pittsburgh School of Accountancy, founded by Andrew Blass. It was based in various downtown buildings during its early decades, including the William Penn Hotel.
In 1962 the school purchased Pine Hill Manor and Farm in Moon Township, Pennsylvania, formerly the home of Oliver Kaufmann, vice president of Kaufmann's department store in Pittsburgh, his wife, Freda, and their children. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania then granted the school permission to award associate degrees, and the school became Robert Morris Junior College. The first new buildings, Franklin Center and three residence halls, were erected in 1963. The school became Robert Morris College in 1969, and for decades operated two separate campuses. In 2002, it attained university status and was thus renamed Robert Morris University. In 2010, the university sold its Downtown Center at 600 Fifth Avenue to Duquesne University.
On Dec. 4, 2014, Gregory G. Dell'Omo announced that he had accepted an offer from Rider University to become its next president in August 2015. The university at that time announced plans for the formation of a presidential search committee. On Sept. 10, 2015, Robert Morris named Christopher Howard, currently president of Hampden-Sydney College, as its next president. Howard, the first African-American president in school history, assumed office in February 2016.
Campus
The core campus consists of a 230-acre (0.93 km²) tract in Moon Township, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh near Pittsburgh International Airport. Of the 21 instructional and administrative buildings, the newest are the Scaife Center's School of Nursing building, opened in 2015, and the Wheatley Center, opened in 2012. Of 14 residence halls, three are newer apartment-style complexes; the university also has converted a former hotel nearby into Yorktown Hall, now entirely student housing. More than 2,000 students live in campus housing, including 86 percent of freshmen.
The main building on campus is the Edward A. Nicholson Student Center, or Nicholson Center for short, and consists of four main levels. The Ground Level, which contains a Barnes and Noble Bookstore that doubles as a school spirit store. The Mezzanine Level, which houses the PNC Cafe as well as the Office for Student Life, the mail room, and Center for Student Success. The Plaza Level, which contains the Admissions Office, Heritage Room, and RoMo's Cafe. The Library Level, which consists of the School of Education and Social Sciences, and lounge areas. The Nicholson Center is attached to the Patrick Henry Center, which has recently undergone exterior renovations.
The library is on the second and third floors of the Patrick Henry Center. RMU participates in inter-library lending consortia PALINET and PALCI that allow RMU students to borrow books on site from most of the college and university libraries in the Pittsburgh area.
The School of Business Complex was opened in the Fall of 2011, and contains The PNC Trading Center, The United States Steel Corporation Video Conferencing and Technology Center, and the ATI Center, as well as a number of classroom's and the President's Office. The building also houses 12 Bloomberg Terminals, and an 18-seat Cisco telepresence room which enables videoconferencing experience.
The 84 Lumber Arena is the home of the men's and women's ice hockey teams at the RMU Island Sports Center, a 32 acres (130,000 m2) sports and recreation facility located on Neville Island in the Ohio River 9 miles (14 km) from Downtown Pittsburgh. The center is open to the public year-round and contains two indoor and two outdoor ice rinks, an indoor hockey arena (home to the Steel City Icebergs), and a sports and golf dome, which accommodates an indoor golf driving range and field sports including soccer, lacrosse, softball, and youth baseball. The Center also has an outdoor 18-hole miniature golf course.
The university also has classes at its Downtown campus at 339 Sixth Avenue in Pittsburgh, also the home of the Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management at Robert Morris University.
Academics
RMU offers 49 undergraduate and 35 graduate degree programs, as well as three doctoral programs. The university consists of five academic schools:
- the School of Business offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs, which are AACSB accredited
- the School of Education and Social Sciences (TEAC accredited) offers undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degree programs.
- the School of Nursing and Health Sciences offers undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degree programs.
- the School of Communications and Information Systems offers undergraduate (ABET accredited), graduate, and doctoral degree programs
- the School of Engineering, Mathematics, and Science offers undergraduate degree programs, including ABET-accredited engineering programs, and one graduate program.
Athletics
Robert Morris' sports teams, nicknamed "the Colonials", use the school colors of blue and white. The Colonials compete in NCAA Division I (FCS, formerly Division I-AA, in football). Most of the school's sports participate in Northeast Conference. The men's ice hockey team competes in Atlantic Hockey, women's ice hockey team is a member of the College Hockey America, and women's rowing, which competes in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.
Robert Morris field men's teams in: basketball, football, golf, ice hockey, lacrosse, and soccer. Women's teams are: basketball, cheerleading, cross country, ice hockey, lacrosse, rowing, soccer, softball, track & field, and volleyball.
As of the fall 2016 semester all athletic teams official uniform provider will be Under Armour.
Presidents of Robert Morris University
The following is a list of the Presidents of Robert Morris University from its opening in 1921 as the Pittsburgh School of Accountancy through present day.