Spring 2007 - Robert Morris University
Spring 2007 - Robert Morris University
Spring 2007 - Robert Morris University
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SPRING/07 Foundations<br />
Departments<br />
2 CAMPUS REPORT<br />
Check out the latest happenings<br />
on campus, including commencement,<br />
a rock concert and a visit from<br />
Congressman Jason Altmire.<br />
4 FACULTY SPOTLIGHT<br />
A roundup of the latest faculty news,<br />
including awards, publications<br />
and appointments.<br />
5 STUDENT SPOTLIGHT<br />
Meet some of RMU’s best and<br />
brightest and follow several<br />
students who hope getting a job<br />
will be a slam dunk.<br />
6 SCOREBOARD<br />
Catch up with Colonial athletics with<br />
this review of <strong>2007</strong> spring sports.<br />
24 ADVANCEMENT<br />
Meet the new Alumni Association<br />
president and learn about RMU’s<br />
scholarship program.<br />
25 CLASS NOTES<br />
Check in to see what your former<br />
classmates are up to!<br />
28 UPCOMING EVENTS<br />
Mark your calendar now for these<br />
upcoming alumni events.<br />
ON THE COVER: DAVID TOOLE, DARIN<br />
DINAPOLI 06’ AND BRAD GRIMM TOOK<br />
HOME A COLLEGE EMMY FOR THE MUSIC<br />
VIDEO THEY PRODUCED FOR A CLASS<br />
AT RMU. (KEVIN COOKE PHOTO)<br />
Welcome to Hollywood . . . . . 8<br />
A year ago, three RMU students set out on a semester-long<br />
adventure: filming a music video. They didn’t anticipate their<br />
work would take them all the way to sunny L.A.<br />
Filling the Health Care Void . . 12<br />
The U.S. is facing looming shortages of health care professionals.<br />
RMU is stepping up with a new doctoral degree program that<br />
prepares nurses for an expanded role in the health care industry.<br />
Right at Home in the<br />
World’s Worst Weather . . . . . 16<br />
An alumnus’ fascination with weather has taken him to Mt.<br />
Washington, where winds reach hurricane force every three days.<br />
Mixed Messages . . . . . . . . . . . 20<br />
Kids are bombarded with advertisements for unhealthy foods,<br />
and more than 25 percent of children are considered to be obese.<br />
An RMU professor is researching the connection.<br />
Journey to the Big Dance . . . 22<br />
Over the course of four seasons, the women’s basketball team<br />
transformed itself into one of the top programs in the NEC –<br />
and won its first-ever bid to the NCAA Tournament.<br />
Raised to Coach . . . . . . . . . . . 23<br />
RMU’s new men’s basketball coach was raised in a basketball<br />
family and has more than a decade of experience in<br />
leading winning programs.<br />
ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONS • 1