University of Pittsburgh at Bradford

Infobox University


name=University of Pittsburgh at Bradford
motto= "Veritas et Virtus" (Truth and Virtue)
established=1963
type=Public, Liberal Arts
president=Dr. Livingston Alexander
city=Bradford
state=Pennsylvania
country=USA
students=1250 (spring 2006)
faculty=131 (spring 2006)
staff=146 (spring 2006)
campus=Rural
colors=Blue and gold
mascot=Panthers
website= [http://www.upb.pitt.edu/ www.upb.pitt.edu]

The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford (Pitt-Bradford) is a comprehensive undergraduate college in the University of Pittsburgh system. It was named to the list of "2006 Best Colleges in the Northeastern Region" by The Princeton Review and welcomed its largest freshman class, 388 students, in the fall of 2008.

Location

The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford is located in Bradford, Pennsylvania, a small city located in rural McKean County, Pennsylvania, 78 miles (126 km) south of Buffalo, New York, and 160 miles north of Pittsburgh, PA. An oil boomtown in the late 1800s, Bradford is now well known as the home of Zippo Manufacturing Co. The city and two adjoining townships have a combined population of 18,000.

Campus

The university has nine main buildings, an athletics complex, which includes baseball and softball diamonds, a soccer field, and basketball and tennis courts; and several apartment-style residence halls.

Swarts Hall, Pitt-Bradford's first academic building, is home to several academic disciplines, including business, education, nursing, history and political science, economics and sociology. The building also houses several multimedia classrooms.

Fisher Hall houses science classes such as biology, chemistry, physics and engineering and is also home to the science labs. The building also houses two computer-aided learning centers, known as CALC labs. And, atop the building is the campus greenhouse.

Blaisdell Hall is Pitt-Bradford's fine arts and communication arts building and is home to the broadcast communications, public relations, interdisciplinary arts, art, theater and music programs. The building features all-digital television and radio studios, an art gallery, a 500-seat theater, art studios, a music rehearsal hall, cutting-edge lighting and sound booths, and music theory and technology studios. Hanley Library houses more than 95,000 books. The library also houses 250 elecronic data bases, 9,300 e-journals, e-books and other electronic resources. And, because Pitt-Bradford is part of the University of Pittsburgh, students also have access to more than 4 million books through interlibrary loan. The library is also home to the Academic Success Center and the TRiO Student Support Services, which provides academic assistance to the students who need it.

The Sport and Fitness Center houses a performance arena, where basketball and volleyball play; a fully equipped fitness center; an NCAA-regulation, six-lane swimming pool; a dance studio; a fieldhouse, where students participate in intramural and other recreational activities; a physiology lab, where students perform cardiac testing or fitness analyses; and a specially equipped athletic training room. The Ceramics Studio allows students to get their hands dirty, literally. The studio houses all of the equipment needed to create ceramic masterpieces, including 16 motorized pottery wheels, a manual kick wheel, a work table and a kiln.

The CSI House, also known on campus as the Red House, is home to the Forensic Science program. Students can learn how to process a crime scene, and collect evidence

The Seneca Building , which is located in downtown Bradford, houses the offices of Outreach Services, the Center for Rural Health Practice, a component of the entrepreneurship program and the TRiO Student Support Services Talent Search Program.

The Frame-Westerberg Commons is known as the students center. The building housesthe campus dining room, a Commons Cafe, where students can get a quick meal while sitting by the fireplace; the Panthershop, which services as the campus bookstore and also features an after-hours convenience store; WDRQ, the campus radio station; a gameroom, which includes pool tables and ping pong tables; and a lounge area, where students can relax on one of several couches while watching the big-screen TV.

The Hangar Building, which actually used to be an airplane hangar, houses the Office of Enrollment Services and Registrar, the Office of Financial Aid and the Office of Business Affairs.

Pitt-Bradford has no traditional dorm rooms. Instead, students live in apartments, which are all fully wired for cable TV and Internet access.

And, coming soon, a Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) House will be added to the campus. In the building, students will investigate "crime scenes" and use sophisticated and high-tech tools.

Academics

The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford offers 41 majors, several pre-professional programs and two graduate programs, including a Master's of Nursing and a Master's of Social Work.

The most popular majors are business management [http://www.upb.pitt.edu/rightFeature.aspx?menu_id=26&id=3984] , nursing [http://www.upb.pitt.edu/academics/nursing.aspx] [http://www.upb.pitt.edu/rightFeature.aspx?menu_id=26&id=4888] , education, criminal justice [http://www.upb.pitt.edu/rightFeature.aspx?menu_id=26&id=4060] , and biology [http://www.upb.pitt.edu/academics/biology.aspx] . In addition to liberal arts and sciences such as English [http://www.upb.pitt.edu/academics/english.aspx] , history/political science [http://www.upb.pitt.edu/rightFeature.aspx?menu_id=26&id=4836] , biology [http://www.upb.pitt.edu/academics/biology.aspx] and chemistry [http://www.upb.pitt.edu/academics/chemistry.aspx] , the university offers professional programs in business management [http://www.upb.pitt.edu/rightFeature.aspx?menu_id=26&id=3984] , entrepreneurship [http://www.upb.pitt.edu/rightFeature.aspx?menu_id=26&id=4780] , nursing [http://www.upb.pitt.edu/rightFeature.aspx?menu_id=26&id=4888] , accounting [http://www.upb.pitt.edu/academics/accounting.aspx] , broadcast communications [http://www.upb.pitt.edu/rightFeature.aspx?menu_id=26&id=4050] and hospitality management [http://www.upb.pitt.edu/rightFeature.aspx?menu_id=26&id=4828] .

Many students can also take advantage of internships or research opportunities thanks to many partnerships the university has with area businesses and industries.

At Pitt-Bradford, the faculty/student ratio is 13:1 and the average class size is 17.

The Bradford campus also offers the Bachelor of Science in Business Management degree at the University of Pittsburgh at Titusville campus.

Athletics

The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford is an NCAA Division III institution and a charter member of the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference. The school offers 13 sports: men's baseball [http://www.upb.pitt.edu/interior3Default.aspx?menu_id=96&id=3018] , basketball [http://www.upb.pitt.edu/interior3Default.aspx?menu_id=96&id=3020] , cross country [http://www.upb.pitt.edu/interior3Default.aspx?menu_id=96&id=3022] , golf [http://www.upb.pitt.edu/interior3Default.aspx?menu_id=96&id=3024] , soccer [http://www.upb.pitt.edu/interior3Default.aspx?menu_id=96&id=3026] and swimming [http://www.upb.pitt.edu/athletics/swimming.aspx] and women's basketball [http://www.upb.pitt.edu/interior3Default.aspx?menu_id=96&id=3030] , cross country [http://www.upb.pitt.edu/interior3Default.aspx?menu_id=96&id=3022] , golf [http://www.upb.pitt.edu/interior3Default.aspx?menu_id=96&id=303624] , soccer [http://www.upb.pitt.edu/interior3Default.aspx?menu_id=96&id=3038] , softball [http://www.upb.pitt.edu/interior3Default.aspx?menu_id=96&id=3040] , swimming [http://www.upb.pitt.edu/athletics/swimming.aspx] and volleyball [http://www.upb.pitt.edu/interior3Default.aspx?menu_id=96&id=3042] .

Students who play basketball or volleyball or participate on the swim team compete in the university's Sport and Fitness Center [http://www.upb.pitt.edu/athletics2.aspx?menu_id=96&id=534] , which was renovated and expanded a few years ago and features a performance arena and an NCAA-regulation, six-lane swimming pool. The building also includes a well-equipped fitness center; a fieldhouse, where students take part in intramural activities; locker rooms; and a dance studio.

Baseball, softball and soccer athletes play at the Kessel Athletic Complex [http://www.upb.pitt.edu/athletics2.aspx?menu_id=96&id=536] , which features a regulation baseball/softball diamond, a competition soccer field and tennis and basketball courts.

External links

* [http://www.upb.pitt.edu Official site]