RMU Marks 90th Anniversary With New Business School Complex, the Centerpiece of a $40 Million Fundraising Drive

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Robert Morris University marked its 90th anniversary Tuesday evening during a celebration at its new School of Business complex, the centerpiece of a $40 million fundraising campaign.

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Robert Morris was founded on Sept. 21, 1921, in downtown Pittsburgh as the Pittsburgh School of Accountancy. The new 18,000-square-foot School of Business complex, which includes The PNC Trading Center, The United States Steel Corporation Video Conferencing and Technology Center, and The ATI Center, gives the university's business school its first official home at its suburban Pittsburgh campus.

The building was funded through RMU's Changing Lives, Building Futures capital campaign. RMU has already raised $36 million toward the campaign's $40 million goal.

The new School of Business building features the latest in business technology. Among other features, 12 Bloomberg terminals give students access to real-time financial data and a telepresence room allows for an immersive video conferencing experience.

"This high-tech business laboratory gives RMU, its graduates, and its faculty the reputation they deserve and that they have earned through hard work, professional success, and dedicated service to the community," said President Gregory G. Dell'Omo, Ph.D. "It will move our business school and university to another level."

The original School of Accountancy's first graduating class of 25 students completed their degrees in 1925. In 1935, the school changed its name to the Robert Morris School of Business in honor of the Founding Father known as the financier of the American Revolution.

In 1962, to meet the growing demand among students for residences, Robert Morris purchased the 230-acre Oliver Kaufmann estate in Moon Township. Today approximately 1,700 students live on campus.

In 1969, the school became Robert Morris College. Robert Morris achieved university status in 2002, and today includes five academic schools, offers 60 undergraduate and 20 graduate degree programs, and enrolls 5,000 students. In May, 819 students participated in RMU's 86th commencement ceremonies.

ABOUT ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY

Robert Morris University, founded in 1921, is a private, four-year institution with an enrollment of approximately 5,000 undergraduate and graduate students. The university offers 60 undergraduate and 20 graduate programs. An estimated 22,000 alumni live and work in western Pennsylvania.

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