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CAMPUS REPORT> School of Education and Social SciencesEarns National AccreditationRMU’s School of Education and Social Sciences (SESS) has been accredited by the Teacher EducationAccreditation Council (TEAC). The certification is the culmination of a rigorous four-year process inwhich RMU’s education and teacher training programs were evaluated largely on the quality ofinstruction and student learning. SESS is the first education school in Pennsylvania to be accredited byTEAC, who granted the school the agency’s maximum initial accreditation of five years. “The facultyand staff of the School of Education and Social Sciences are to be commended for this outstandingachievement,” said RMU President Gregory G. Dell’Omo, Ph.D. “This accreditation is a benchmarkof RMU’s academic quality and its commitment to student-centered instruction.” Approximately700 students are enrolled in SESS, and about 500 of them are pursuing an education degree orteaching certification.RMU’s five-year strategic plan, which was crafted in 2007, calls for the University to seek andmaintain discipline-specific accreditations for its academic programs. Accreditations aresignificant because they represent third-party validation of the University’s instructionalprograms. The University’s engineering, computer science and nursing programs have beenaccredited, and RMU is in the final stages of accreditation for its School of Business. As an institution,RMU is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.John Graham, dean of the school and a professor of education, noted that, among other things, theaccreditation process demanded intense assessment of program quality by nationally recognized expertsand peers from other TEAC-accredited institutions. “These are professionals from very prestigiousuniversities, and they are evaluating whether RMU faculty provided sufficient evidence to support theircase for becoming nationally accredited,” said Graham. “This means a lot for our students, who can saythey’ve graduated from a high quality, accredited institution.”“THE FACULTY AND STAFF OF THE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION ANDSOCIAL SCIENCES ARE TO BE COMMENDED FOR THISOUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT.”> Serapiglia Delivers KeynoteConnie Serapiglia, D.Sc., director of Information Technology Customer Services at RMU, was thecommencement keynote speaker at Sto-Rox High School on June 5, 2008. Serapiglia is a four-timegraduate of RMU, holding an A.S. in administrative services, a B.A. in communications, anM.S. in communications and information systems, and a D.Sc. in information systems andcommunications. Serapiglia’s speech focused on the subject of change, its challenges, and theimportance of making the most of the opportunities it presents.2 W W W. R M U . E D U
Heroes of Post 639“The Heroes of Post 639,” a World War II documentary by Justin Seaman ’08, recently won first placein the first MCA-TV Film Fest held in Moon Township on May 31, 2008. The film first premiered atRMU on Veterans Day 2006, with several veterans in attendance. In addition, Seaman’s feature-lengthfilm about child abuse, “The Miracle of Danny,” which he made for his senior project at Robert MorrisUniversity, premiered in Claysville, Pa., on May 30 to a sold-out crowd of over 500 people. Seaman iscurrently working a summer internship in Los Angeles with the Academy of Television Arts andSciences (Emmys). He is the second consecutive RMU student to receive one of these prestigiousinternships; the first was Brad Grimm ’07.> FOR THE LATEST NEWS RACE ON OVER TO WWW.RMU.EDU/FOUNDATIONS> Three CheersRandon Willard, community andvolunteer services coordinator atRMU and staff member of theCoalition for ChristianOutreach(CCO),wasrecentlynamedHonoraryBrother of theYear by Alpha Phi Omega, aservice fraternity. Each year, thefraternity nominates one RMU faculty orstaff member for the honor. Willard wasinitiated into the fraternity on March 24,2008, and Alpha Phi Omega held theirend-of-the-year banquet on April 18,where Randon was invited to speakabout the influence that communityservice has played in his life. CCO isa campus ministry that partnerswith churches, colleges and otherorganizations to develop men andwomen who live out their Christianfaith in every area of life.In its spring 2008 issue,the Hiram Poetry Reviewpublished an essay byJim Vincent, associateprofessor of English andcommunications skills. “Livingin the Shadow of Hart Crane” wasthe title of an address given by Vincentat the Seventh Annual Bissell Symposiumin March 2006 at Hiram College. HartCrane, the American poet and authorof the long poem, The Bridge, was bornin Garrettsville, Ohio, and was anchoredin the northeastern parts of the state.Vincent’s personal essay recounted thevillage life of Crane and the impact ofthe area on Crane’s poetry.R O B E R T M O R R I S U N I V E R S I T Y F O U N D AT I O N S • 3
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