Point Park offers assistance, expedited transfer process to AB students

August 3, 2023

PITTSBURGH — Point Park University recognizes how traumatic the closure of Alderson Broaddus University in West Virginia is for affected students, and we want you to know we are ready to assist as you consider next steps. “A lot of us have college-age children, and a member of our leadership team has a son in his senior year at ABU,” President Chris W. Brussalis said. “We have an entire team of people here who also understand the stress and anxieties that can impact college students, and we stand ready to help anyone who reaches out to us.” Classes start Aug. 28 at Point ...

Sales Tax Holiday arrives — just in time for back to school

August 2, 2023

The right school clothes are still the right school clothes. That time-honored rite of fall fashion is, in part, why U.S. families with children in elementary school to high school will spend $890, or better, on back-to-school items this year — according to projections from the National ...

Frostburg State University hosting virtual event for Alderson Broaddus students

August 2, 2023

In response to the recent decision by the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission to revoke Alderson Broaddus’ (AB) authorization to confer degrees, Frostburg State University’s Office of Admissions will host a virtual event exclusively for AB students, from 3-3:45 p.m. Thursday. During this virtual event, AB students will learn about the opportunities available to them at FSU, including merit scholarship eligibility and generous transfer credits to keep them on track for graduation. It is the University’s goal to offer AB students a smooth and affordable transition to ...

Survey shows parents ‘extremely concerned’ about possibility of gun violence in their children’s schools this year

August 1, 2023

Nearly 80% of parents responding to an annual back-to-school survey by a nonprofit, national advocacy group say they are worried about the possibility — and the inevitability, even — of gun violence in their child’s school this coming year. That’s one of the more-telling results of ...

HEPC revokes authority from AB

August 1, 2023

Financially troubled Alderson Broaddus University had its authorization pulled Monday during an emergency meeting of the Higher Education Policy Commission, and state higher education officials prepared an order leading to its wind-down. Commissioners voted unanimously to revoke Alderson Broaddus’ authorization to confer degrees in the state effective this Dec. 31. The revocation means the institution is not permitted to enroll new students beginning this fall semester. However, seniors scheduled to graduate at the end of the fall term may return to complete their degrees on ...

Interim, no more: Rosetta Le in as principal at Suncrest Elementary

July 31, 2023

Rosetta Le will move one office over at Suncrest Elementary for the start of the new year. Le had been serving in the top leadership role there on an interim basis since April. That’s when Suncrest Elementary’s then-principal Doug Gaither took a job out of state and Le, then an ...