News by Category - Alumni


January, 2010

  • Help for Haiti

    Help for Haiti

    January 27, 2010

    Cal U is joining in the Haiti relief effort coordinated by PASSHE. President Armenti invites the entire Cal U community to join the fundraising effort and help rebuild a school destroyed by the earthquake.

  • FPDC Merit Award

    FPDC Merit Award

    January 25, 2010

    FPDC Merit Award The deadline for the Faculty Professional Development Committee’s 2010 Merit Award nominations is Feb. 15. Nomination forms can be downloaded from the FPDC website.

  • Talkers bundle bears

    Talkers bundle bears

    January 22, 2010

    At the Women's Center, Tie-n-Talk participants created nearly 30 “Blanket, Book and Bear Bundles” for the Washington Women’s Shelter. At Tie-n-Talk, students can network, clubs meet service goals and children benefit.

  • Outstanding women

    Outstanding women

    January 22, 2010

    Melissa Nelson, Katie Mercadante and Julie Miller have received the Outstanding Woman of the Year award for fall 2009. The awards are given each semester by the President’s Commission on the Status of Women, established in 1990 with the support of President Angelo Armenti, Jr.

  • Published work explores federal sentencing

    Published work explores federal sentencing

    January 18, 2010

    An article by Dr. Keith Wilmot, assistant professor in Cal U’s Department of Justice, Law and Society, was published recently in the journal Social Justice in Context.

  • Play premieres at Cal U

    Play premieres at Cal U

    January 08, 2010

    Cal U will host the national premiere of a play that traces the immigrant experience in America from the mid-1800s to the present. "America Amerique" begins its national tour with a free performance 8 p.m. Jan. 23 in Steele Hall Mainstage Theatre. The show is open to the public; registration is required.

  • Cal U marks Black History Month

    Cal U marks Black History Month

    January 01, 2010

    Cal U celebrates Black History Month with many campus events and a trip to the National Afro-American Cultural Center and Museum. Campus highlights include a talk by Sapphire, whose best-selling novel Push is the basis of the hit movie Precious.

  • Zetas, Fijis win top Greek award

    Zetas, Fijis win top Greek award

    January 01, 2010

    The Zeta Phi Beta sorority and the Phi Gamma Delta (Fiji) fraternity have earned the President’s Award, the highest recognition a Cal U sorority or fraternity can receive. Both were recognized for scholarship, community service, overall Greek activities and educational programming.


December, 2009

  • Lambert Trophy Win

    Lambert Trophy Win

    December 20, 2009

    For the third consecutive year, Cal U’s football team has earned the NCAA Division II Lambert Meadowlands Cup, awarded by the Eastern College Athletic Conference. Cal U finished atop the final Lambert Meadowlands weekly poll with 120 points. Shippensburg, Edinboro, East Stroudsburg and Bentley (Mass.) universities rounded out the top five.

  • Athletes make the grade

    Athletes make the grade

    December 20, 2009

    For the seventh consecutive semester, Cal U’s athletic programs have compiled a cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 or higher. In all, 201 student-athletes were named to the fall 2009 edition of the Vulcan Athletic Director’s Honor Roll. To be eligible, student-athletes must earn a GPA of 3.0 or higher.

  • Cal U ‘military friendly’

    Cal U ‘military friendly’

    December 08, 2009

    For the second consecutive year, Cal U has been named one of America’s Top Military Friendly Colleges and Universities by Military Advanced Education, a magazine for service members who are continuing their studies.

  • Dixon Trophy standings

    Dixon Trophy standings

    December 08, 2009

    Cal U ranks third in the this year’s race for the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference’s Dixon Trophy. Shippensburg leads with 79.5 points; Bloomsburg has 75. Cal U currently holds the trophy, which recognizes the school with the best overall athletic program.

  • Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition

    Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition

    December 08, 2009

    Digital technology reveals the beauty of nature in Transitions: Photographs by Robert Creamer, an exhibition created by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service in collaboration the National Museum of Natural History. Transitions will open Dec. 18 in Manderino Gallery, on the third floor of Manderino Library at California University. The images will remain on view through April 27.


January, 2009

  • Alumni share thoughts at winter Commencement

    January 18, 2009

    Inspiration and advice from three distinguished alumni highlighted Cal U’s 169th Commencement. President Angelo Armenti, Jr. conferred degrees on more than 1,200 graduates, including students whose diplomas were awarded in absentia. “This is your University. For all time to come, California will be your alma mater, and you will always be welcome here,” President Armenti said. “I invite you to return often and to keep in touch with us. Be sure to let us know about your life after you leave here. Please know that California University of Pennsylvania is extremely proud of you and your accomplishments.”