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When Lyndon Orinion came to Pitt-Bradford, he thought that most other first-generation students would be like himself: children of immigrants.

Two members of the Pitt-Bradford faculty, Isabelle Champlin and Dr. Gillian Boyce, are retiring this spring.

When Pitt-Bradford students Phylicia Patterson and Kaitlin Zapel went to Costa Rica last summer as Vira Heinz scholars, they gained a new appreciation for trees in the earth’s ecosystem.

Pitt-Bradford will graduate its largest class – 335 students – during commencement exercises at 2 p.m. on Sunday, May 1, in the KOA Arena of the Sport and Fitness Center.

The Pitt-Bradford Alumni Association will honor Dr. Lee Colosimo with its PBAA Alumni Award of Distinction for outstanding professional achievement and exemplary service to the community.

Hannah Penman of Olean, N.Y., a sport and recreation management major, presented a paper on Muslim women in sports earlier this month.

Pitt-Bradford's Entrepreneurship Program presented 17 public libraries with business start-up backpacks at the quarterly meeting of the libraries’ Seneca District.

Isabelle Champlin, assistant professor of anthropology, has received the 2011 Chairs’ Faculty Teaching Award for excellence in teaching.

More than 40 students at the Pitt-Bradford were recognized for their academic achievements and contributions to campus life at the university’s annual Honors Convocation held today.

Two Pitt-Bradford students made a poster presentation on the effectiveness of hand-washing versus hand sanitizer at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society in Anaheim, Calif.