Local colleges are seeing some encouraging enrollment numbers for the 2024 fall semester. Washington & Jefferson College welcomed its largest freshman class since its founding in 1781, with a record 471 new students. That reflects a 30% increase from the 361 welcomed in 2023. The ...
Local colleges have welcomed both new and returning students for the start of a new school year. Waynesburg University held its matriculation ceremony Friday, as the university embarks on its 175th anniversary year. The Class of 2028 represents 55 different majors and academic areas and ...
For Sydney Speicher, being at the recently completed Democratic National Convention was an inspiring experience. “Every day I woke up and I still couldn’t believe I was here because of how big of an opportunity this was for me,” Speicher said Friday. “Getting to see some of the biggest ...
Cheers: Thanks to the efforts of a local nonprofit, homeless female veterans now have a place to go in Uniontown. The United Veterans Billeting of Fayette County opened The Rendu House, a three story, 12-room home on Gallatin Avenue that is intended to accommodate women and their children while ...
Dr. Jon Anderson’s first order of business as the new president of Pennsylvania Western University is to vigorously promote the three campuses of California, Clarion and Edinboro. That is key, he says, to addressing the formidable challenge he faces at all three PennWest campuses – a ...
Students at schools in Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) will not see any increase in tuition for the coming school year. PASSHE’s board of governors voted unanimously Wednesday to freeze tuition for in-state undergraduate students for the 2024-25 academic year. It ...
