University Of Pittsburgh-Greensburg

1150 Mount Pleasant Rd, Greensburg, PA 15601 -  View Map

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• In addition to its own baccalaureate programs, UPG offers opportunities for students to complete one or two years of work on degrees in selected programs in the University of Pittsburgh’s Schools of Engineering, Health and Rehabilitation Science, Pharmacy and Social Work.
• UPG strives to promote the theory and enhance the practice of academic advising to ensure students’ intellectual, personal, and social development. We also actively support and promote the dissemination of University policy, procedure, and requirements to encourage student self-reliance and academic progress.
• The UPG campus occupies the the former private estate of Commander Charles McKenna Lynch. Lynch's Tudor mansion, built in 1923 and named Starboard Light, serves as the administration building. The UPG campus now includes 219 acres and 26 buildings, including 12 residence halls. UPG is located in suburban Hempfield Township just two miles southeast of the center of the city of Greensburg and approximately forty miles southeast of the center of the city of Pittsburgh.
• The University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg integrates the intercollegiate athletics programs into its educational mission. To fulfill this mission, the University adopts and is firmly committed to the Division III philosophy of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The primary goals of the University's Athletics Program are: providing participants with the opportunities and support for success in learning, securing the welfare of the participants, and assisting student athletes in reaching their highest level of performance.
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In the News:

• RAISE THE ROOF: In a spring break from the norm, students team up with Habitat to build home for Walton resident ... (The Destin Log)
  posted on March 10, 2011 at 07:04:16 pm
  University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg student senior Kate Sadler decided to skip the bikinis and beach parties this year and spend her spring break sporting a hardhat and tool belt. “Today I have helped wrap the house and put up some of the interior...
• Friday Evening Music Club features Schumann, von Weber works (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
  posted on March 1, 2011 at 10:39:13 pm
  The concert will be at the Campana Chapel and Lecture Hall at the University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg. It is free to members and donations are accepted from nonmembers.
• Student recital at Pitt-Greensburg to feature scholarship winner (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
  posted on January 11, 2011 at 08:36:37 pm
  Josh Dick, the winner of the Friday Evening Music Club's 2010 Mildred A. Gardner scholarship, will perform at the group's student recital Jan. 21 at the University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg.
• Andrew Mellon paved way for art donors, scholar says (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
  posted on October 7, 2010 at 04:02:40 am
  Historian David Cannadine, speaking at Wednesday's 11th annual St. Clair Lecture at the University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg, characterized Andrew W. Mellon as an "enabler" both in business and in philanthropy.
• Winter salad: recipes (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
  posted on January 28, 2010 at 05:17:52 am
  Richard McMahon, director of dining services for Chartwells Dining Services at the University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg, prepared this colorful salad as a first course for the school's recent 2010 La Cultura Winter Gala. It featured a mix of hydroponic lettuce and watercress from Alexander's Greenhouse in Latrobe.

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