University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg

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University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg
Motto	Veritas et Virtus (Latin)
Motto in English	Truth and Virtue
Established	1963
Type	State-related[1], liberal arts
President	Sharon Smith
Faculty	74 (full-time)[2]
Students	1,826[2]
Location	Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Campus	Suburban, 219 acres
Colors	Blue and gold
Nickname	Pitt-Greensburg, UPG, Bobcats
Athletics	11 varsity sports NCAA Division III AMCC
Website	www.upg.pitt.edu

University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg, commonly referred to as Pitt-Greensburg or UPG, is a four-year, baccalaureate degree-granting, regional residential campus of the University of Pittsburgh. Opened in 1963, UPG was granted four-year degree-granting status in 1988. Pitt-Greensburg has been voted "Best University in the Region" for 8 straight years (1999-2007) by the readership of the Tribune-Review.^[3]

As of 2008, Pitt-Greensburg had 1,640 full-time undergraduates (1,777 total) and 76 full-time (84 total) faculty. Approximately 650 students live in the residence halls.^[2]

[edit] History

The campus of the University of Pittsburgh Greensburg. The Millstein Library's Chew Memorial Window, a 32 by 14 foot leaded glass window titled Upward to the Light by Terry Bengel, can be seen behind the clock.

Pitt-Greensburg opened in September 1963, following a request of area school superintendents for a branch campus of the University of Pittsburgh. UPG began with two buildings, instruction in nine areas of study, 15 faculty, 56 full-time, and 156 part-time students and was originally located in the former city administration building at 122 North Maple Avenue in downtown Greensburg across from St. Clair Park. Fine arts classes were originally taught at the Westmoreland Museum of American Art, physical education was held at the Greensburg YMCA, and laboratory classes were held in what is now Greensburg Salem Middle School. In 1964, the university purchased the 104-acre Charles McKenna Lynch estate in Hempfield. At first, faculty offices and classrooms were split between Greensburg and Lynch Hall, a former residence on the Lynch estate campus. In 1976, the entire Pitt-Greensburg campus moved to the Hempfield location on the former Lynch estate. Until 1988, when it received 4-year degree-granting status, UPG served as a two year feeder school to the main campus as the University of Pittsburgh in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh. By 1989, UPG had its first graduating class. In 1999, a distinctive feature of Pitt-Greensburg opened when the first of three Academic Villages (Behavioral Sciences, Natural Sciences, and Humanities), where high-achieving students live in residences based on their majors and participate in after-class events geared to those disciplines. As of 2008, UPG has over 1,600 full-time students, 29 buildings, 249 faculty and staff, and 21 majors and 19 minors.^[4]

Five presidents have led the campus since its founding: Al Smith (1963-1980), George Chambers (1980-1996), Norm Scanlon (interim president, 1996-1997), Frank Cassell (1997-2007), and Sharon Smith, who was became UPG's fifth president on July 1, 2007.

[edit] Location and campus

Bridge across Slate Run

The University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg (UPG) is located two miles south of the center of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, a city located in Westmoreland County, and approximately 33 miles to the southeast of Pittsburgh. Since 1976, the university has been centralized at its current location on the former estate of Charles McKenna Lynch in suburban Hempfield.

Lynch Hall, designed as a residence for Commander Charles McKenna Lynch in 1923 by architect Paul A. Bartholomew, was redesigned as the first building of the Pitt-Greensburg campus in 1965 by Bartholomew's architectural firm and now houses the main UPG administrative offices.

The entire campus consists of 22 buildings on 219 acres. Student residences consist of "Houses" in the Academic Village section (Apollo, Athena, Benjamin Franklin, Margaret Mead, Selene, and Thurgood Marshall), with Village Hall as the Villages' social hub. Residence Halls are also located in College Hall and Robertshaw Hall, Westmoreland Hall and the University Courts. Other campus facilities include three classroom buildings (Powers, Smith, and McKenna -- which also serves as the computer center), Millstein Library, Chambers Hall, the administration building (Lynch Hall), the admissions office (Rosetti Hall) and the Ridilla Athletic Fields. The campus also features a nature trail and a small creek (Slate Run) that runs through the center of campus.

[edit] Academics

Pitt-Greensburg offers approximately 21 bachelor's degree programs and 19 minors. The Katz Graduate School of Business will begin offering an MBA at Pitt-Greensburg in the fall of 2009.^[5] The University of Pittsburgh, including UPG and its other regional campuses, is fully accredited through the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools’ Commission on Higher Education. UPG is ineligible for U.S. News rankings as its accreditation is not separate from the main accreditation of the University of Pittsburgh.^[6]

[edit] Athletics

UPG athletics Bobcat logo

Pitt-Greensburg competes athletically as a member of NCAA Division III and is a charter member of the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference. Men's athletic programs include basketball, soccer, baseball, tennis, golf, and cross country. Women's programs consist of basketball, soccer, softball, volleyball, golf, cross country. UPG also has an intramural program with flag football, racquetball, and billiards. On January 31, 2003, the men's and women's basketball teams of the Pitt-Greensburg and the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford held a doubleheader at the Petersen Events Center on the University of Pittsburgh's main campus in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh in celebration of the both school's 40th anniversaries.^[7]

[edit] References

Ridilla Athletic Fields

[edit] External links

• Official site
• Pitt-Greensburg 1963-2008: Celebrating 45 Years
• The Insider, UPG's student-run campus news website

[edit] Gallery

Rossetti House, the former Quinn house, now houses UPG admissions	Mary Lou Campana Chapel and Lecture Center contains lead, glass, steel and brass windows entitled The Fountain of Life by Terry Bengel	Pedestrian bridge over Slate Run creek heading towards Chambers Hall	Chambers Hall contains a dining hall, athletic facilities, book store, health center, student services and information desk
Lynch Hall	Lynch Hall as viewed from Ridilla Athletic Fields	Lobby inside Lynch Hall

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