It's Official: Mercyhurst College is now Mercyhurst University

IT'S OFFICIAL! Mercyhurst College is now Mercyhurst University, which was just recently announced this afternoon by President, Dr. Thomas Gamble! I just want to say how great of a feeling it is to know that my class, Class of 2012, will be the first to walk across the stage with a diploma that states Mercyhurst University. It's definitely a great moment for the institution and has many things to look forward to. Dr. Gamble has stated that the change has been in the works for a couple years, but we've finally reached the goal to become university status just yesterday (January 24th) when the Pennsylvania Secretary of Education signed the document that made it official.

There is a lot of press that is going on about the big announcement today, but I wanted to make sure that all future students know that when you come through the gates, Mercyhurst University will be here to greet you and make sure that your four years as an undergraduate student will be successful. There are many opportunities headed the way of prospective students most definitely!

If you would like to read more about this amazing event in history today, please visit the link below! Carpe Diem! Mercyhurst University Announcement

Update On Construction of the New Academic Building

If you don't know already, Mercyhurst is adding a new academic building to the main campus that will open to students in the Fall of 2012. I thought I would give everyone an update on how the construction is going.

Here is an updated picture on what the building is eventually going to look like, but they have added a hallway that is going to be a cross over from the building to the 3rd floor of the library. Everyday so far I've been hearing sounds of the construction company working hard on getting the building ready one little bit at a time. In passing, I have been able to see that the brick is getting put on as well now. Erie has recently gotten hit with a lot of snow and really cold wind chills so I'm sure construction has stopped for a little while.

Mercyhurst students have a lot to look forward to, especially Intelligence Studies and Hospitality Management majors, considering this building is mainly for them! Mercyhurst has it's own website dedicated to looking at the progress of the building and everyone is more than welcome to view it.

Mercyhurst Construction Photos

Senior Class of 2012: Senior Gift!

The senior class is a big deal for a lot of people for a lot of reasons, but what a lot of people don't know is that the senior class also gives a gift to the school to leave a legacy. At least I know when I was a freshman, I had no idea what the senior class gift was until Spring term when it was revealed to the school. As a senior, I am apart of the Senior Gift Committee and has been a great experience so far during the year. It's great to get together with your classmates and talk about what you would like to leave as your legacy to the school.

This year, the committee has just announced to the school that our gift is going to be a "revamping" of the Student Union Great Room, which we are helping Mercyhurst Student Government (MSG) with. The basic idea is that we are going to help MSG turn the union into a game room with big screen TV's, gaming systems, movies, etc. Want to make it a place for students to want to come to and have fun on the weekends or weeknights when they just want to hang out with friends or want to get out of their dorm/apartment. 

Right now the committee is raising money in order to provide the items for MSG. Our basic target are seniors, but we are always looking for any supporters of the college to donate as well! If you will be attending Mercyhurst in the future, then you will definitely get to enjoy the Senior Class of 2012's gift to the college! The picture below is what the union is going to look like when new doors and windows get added to it. If you'd like to read more about the gift, please visit the Merciad article