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Dr. Alexander, Dr. McDowell, Mr. Hartburg, Mr. Higie, Dr. Stuckart, Dr. Panah, distinguished members of the faculty, university administrators and staff, parents, grandparents, step-parents, foster parents, aunts, uncles, children, friends and supporters of all kinds, and most especially, the graduating class of this, the 50th year of the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford:

Pitt-Bradford students scattered following Sunday's commencement, but two are headed to the same place for the same job. 

Pitt-Bradford will host academic, athletic and arts camps for students in kindergarten through high school this summer. 

A book chronicling the rich 50-year history of Pitt-Bradford has been published, and current president Dr. Livingston Alexander and former president Dr. Richard E. McDowell will autograph copies at a book signing next week on campus. 

Dr. Fang-Yi “Flora”Wei, associate professor of communications, has received the 2014 Chairs’ Faculty Teaching Award for excellence in teaching. 

Pitt-Bradford’s Sustainability Committee is sponsoring a poster and video competition for students in honor of Earth Day. 

The Center for Rural Health Practice at Pitt-Bradford is asking community members to go online and vote for a proposed project that is competing against other semi-finalists for a $100,000 grant. 

The popular annual lecture by Dr. Marvin Thomas, professor of history at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, will examine the events that led to the start of World War I. 

A new program at Pitt-Bradford will offer $1,000 scholarships to qualifying high school students currently enrolled in its College in the High School courses. 

Pitt-Bradford has created a new award for qualifying students from Allegany, Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties in New York that will reduce their tuition costs, enabling them to pay standard Pennsylvania tuition rather than higher out-of-state rates.