UPT
ANNUAL UPDATE
FOR REGIONAL PROGRESS REVIEWS
TITUSVILLE,
Feb.5 --
For 39 years, the University of
Pittsburgh at Titusville has provided students
with career-oriented associate degree programs
including business, liberal arts and their most
recent addition, physical therapist assistant.
In addition, UPT provides the opportunity
to build the core curriculum needed to pursue
degrees in other areas, such as nursing,
pharmacology, medicine, law and education.
“Students
enroll at UPT for the opportunity to begin their
academic careers in a small, supportive
environment with instruction provided by a
high-quality faculty,” says President Michael
Worman. “This
year’s freshman class boasts students from
half way around the world, and, also, two blocks
from campus.”
To
keep their students on top of the world, UPT
connects them to the world with state-of-the-art
computer and lab equipment in the Broadhurst
Science Center, which opened in 1998.
The residence halls have been rewired to
permit each and every student the chance to be
connected to the Internet and to the PittCat
System right from their rooms.
PittCat makes available more than six
million volumes at the University of Pittsburgh
and its UPMC affiliates.
According
to President Worman, “Students enjoy
individual attention, both in and outside the
classroom, and many opportunities for
involvement and leadership in campus activities. At
the same time, they enjoy access to the support
services and comprehensive offerings of the
University of Pittsburgh, one of America’s
leading research institutions.”
This year’s freshman class consists of 243
students attending from Pennsylvania,
Connecticut, Florida, Massachusetts, Maryland,
Minnesota, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York,
and Washington, DC.
The majority of freshmen are from five
counties within Pennsylvania:
Allegheny, Crawford, Venango, Erie and
Philadelphia.
UPT has a 19% minority population and an
equal split of males and females on campus.
The University of Pittsburgh at Titusville looks
forward to 2001 with plans to renovate
Boomer’s, the snack bar located in the J.
Curtis McKinney II Student Union.
At a recent reception, President Worman
unveiled the plans, designed by Tim Benson and
Associates of Erie.
The heart of the design will feature the
blue and gold Pitt seal in the center of the new
flooring.
Also unveiled at the reception were plans to
restructure a street that currently divides the
campus. “We
are working closely with the Titusville City
Council to close the street,” says President
Worman. The
restructuring plans, featuring a meandering
sidewalk bordered in red brick and lined with
sugar maples, would unite the campus and enhance
the natural beauty that prevails.
According to President Worman, Dahlkemper
Landscape Architects and Contractors from Erie
have created the design.
The renovation of Bennett Davis Hall, formerly
Davis Lab, was completed in the fall.
The Vice President of Finance and the
Registrar, as well as the offices of Human
Resources, Purchasing and Student Accounts now
occupy the completely revamped building.
On the academic side, with five certificate
programs already available to the students, UPT
plans to offer at least two new certificate
programs this fall.
In addition, President Worman says that
within the next five years two new associate
degree programs will be offered.
President
Worman is firm in his commitment to the progress
of the campus for the benefit of the students.
He states, “The University of
Pittsburgh at Titusville will continue to
experience steady growth and development both in
2001 and the years to follow.”
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