PASSHE Institutions Merging

[iupgroundhog]

This is big news. I'm not sure what to make of the guy, but he was the first chancellor to effectively advocate for more funding.

https://triblive.com/news/pennsylvan...s-resignation/

Wow! Shouldn't be surprised, I guess. He wasn't going to retire there.

I suddenly have this great appreciation for the guy. His departure makes me kind of afraid, at this point in time.

[Fightingscot82]

This is big news. I'm not sure what to make of the guy, but he was the first chancellor to effectively advocate for more funding.

https://triblive.com/news/pennsylvan...s-resignation/

[IUPbigINDIANS]

For the benefit of those who hadn't heard of Waynesburg, I just read somewhere today that Mason Miller, the All-Star relief pitcher for the Oakland A's, is a Waynesburg graduate.

On a side note, the town where I live was once named Waynesburg, but there turned out to be more than one of those in Pennsylvania, which complicated things for postal delivery. So our town became Waynesboro, which it remains today.

The A's also just drafted Seton Hill's ace in Rd 17 this week.

[Ship69]

For the benefit of those who hadn't heard of Waynesburg, I just read somewhere today that Mason Miller, the All-Star relief pitcher for the Oakland A's, is a Waynesburg graduate.

On a side note, the town where I live was once named Waynesburg, but there turned out to be more than one of those in Pennsylvania, which complicated things for postal delivery. So our town became Waynesboro, which it remains today.

[iupgroundhog]

They didn't recruit Kobe. He just chose to go to LM when the family came back from Italy. It was as much a choice about academics than anything and he had family in Ardmore.

Speaking of Kobe, his dad, Joe Bryant, passed away. He was only 69. Sheez.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/16/sport...ntl/index.html

[ctrabs74]

I found the reference.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_...%93_Waynesburg

Thanks. I didn't realize PennDOC had two prisons that close in the same part of Greene County (the old prison was in Morgan Township; the current SCI Greene super-max facility is in Franklin Township).

[Bart]

SCI Greene opened in 1993 and remains active; it's located outside Waynesburg at I-79 and PA 21.

Could you possibly be thinking of SCI Greensburg (which closed in 2013)?

I found the reference.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_...%93_Waynesburg

[ctrabs74]

They had a state prison in Waynesburg until 2003, but I think someone else bought the place.

SCI Greene opened in 1993 and remains active; it's located outside Waynesburg at I-79 and PA 21.

Could you possibly be thinking of SCI Greensburg (which closed in 2013)?

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Nope. Never heard of it.

Well, I will make sure to include them at least once this year in the Pick 'Em.

[IUPNation]

I'm sort of surprised you want to a Western Pa. school and hadn't heard of Waynesburg. They have shrunk, like many small Pa. colleges now, but some years back were a serious power in small-college football and wrestling. One of my close friends is a Waynesburg graduate.

Nope. Never heard of it.

[Ship69]

Never heard of it…

I'm sort of surprised you want to a Western Pa. school and hadn't heard of Waynesburg. They have shrunk, like many small Pa. colleges now, but some years back were a serious power in small-college football and wrestling. One of my close friends is a Waynesburg graduate.

[Fightingscot82]

State budget signed late last night. I can't find it for certain, but reports sound like PASSHE ended up getting the money to keep tuition frozen for the 6th straight year. $7,500 a year plus fees is an incredible bargain. The local Catholic elementary school is $7,200.

[Fightingscot82]

Wheeling University OPE ID: 00383100

Location: 316 Washington Ave Wheeling, WV 26003

Phone: (304) 243-2000

Number of Full-time Undergraduates: 527

Men: 332

Women: 195

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BTW - when is the last time you saw a M/F ratio like that?

Its pretty rare anymore. Robert Morris University is about 60/40 men in a world where most colleges are 55/45 to 60/40 women.

[Fightingscot82]

Here’s a question: how does wheeling have a football team? They just added it a few years back, but sometime after that the jesuits pulled out.

100-125 students paying tuition who would otherwise be paying another school tuition if not for Wheeling football. Football players notoriously require little academic aid, so even a 50% scholarship isn't far from the average non-athlete student. And that's before every one of them pays for housing, food, etc. Not sure if Wheeling requires students to live on campus all four years like many private schools.

[IUPNation]

Because they need the students. Wheeling has 527 full time students. 127 are football players.

Edit: 465 of their 527 students are athletes. How many of the other 62 are Profs/Staffs kids? I don't see how this is sustainable.

That school is closing.

Frostburg must have its application filled out.