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Entrepreneur and Alumnus Jamal Woodson is Pitt-Greensburg’s 2026 Commencement Speaker
GREENSBURG, PA – Entrepreneur and community developer Jamal Woodson will serve as the 2026 commencement speaker during the two ceremonies that will be held Saturday, May 2 in the Chambers Hall Gymnasium. Woodson, from Pittsburgh, graduated in 2002 from Pitt-Greensburg with a degree in communication. This past fall, he was recognized as the Pitt-Greensburg Alumni Association (PGAA) Alumnus of Distinction. The award is the highest honor the PGAA gives to an individual alumnus/alumna and recognizes
Prominent environmental engineer to deliver 2026 Spring Honors Convocation address at SVC
LATROBE, PA – Dr. David A. Dzombak, C’79, Hamerschlag University Professor Emeritus in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, will be the featured speaker at Saint Vincent College’s 2026 Spring Honors Convocation. The convocation will be held at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, April 22, in the Saint Vincent Archabbey Basilica. Dzombak is a premier environmental engineer and a leading authority on water quality engineering, water resource sustainability and
SVC launches fellowship to help AHSS students pursue career experiences
LATROBE, PA – Saint Vincent College’s School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (AHSS) is piloting an Applied Career Exploration (ACE) Fellowship, a new program providing financial support for students pursuing internships, workshops and other structured preprofessional experiences. “Many of us on the faculty have worked with students who turned down a summer internship at the Smithsonian because housing costs were an issue or skipped a low-paid semester internship because they could earn more at a
Registration for Saint Vincent’s annual PreK-12 academic summer program underway
2026 Challenge Program June 14-19; registration closes May 31 LATROBE, PA – Registration for the 2026 edition of Saint Vincent College’s popular Challenge Program, a STEM-based, immersive, academic summer program for students from PreK to grade 12, will close on Sunday, May 31. Space is limited and registration will close prior to May 31 if full. Earlybird registration at a larger discount than usually offered is available through March 15. Complete information on the 2026 SVC Challenge Program,
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