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Point Park University's Student-Run Newspaper

Point Park Globe

Point Park University's Student-Run Newspaper

Point Park Globe

Point Park University's Student-Run Newspaper

Point Park Globe

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(Back to front: Left to right:) Nick Koehler, Daniel Kelly, Sydney Patton, and Annie Brewer are all part of the Point Park social media team under Felicia McKinney.

University’s social media enlists student team

Written By Kayla Snyder, Co-Copy Desk Chief October 17, 2017

Nick Koehler and Daniel Kelly posted creative, high quality photographs of Point Park and Downtown Pittsburgh on Instagram. They tagged Point Park University, which allowed Felicia McKinney, the university...

Pioneer Public – Edward Strimlan

Written By Matt Petras, Co-Features Editor October 17, 2017

Before Edward Strimlan was a professor on campus, he was the chief forensics investigator for the Allegheny County Office of the Medical Examiner. “I’ve seen a lot of death,” Strimlan said in a...

Dancers on stage performing in the Student Choreography Project at the Playhouse.

Student Choreography Projects headline weekend

Written By Dannys Marrero, Staff Writer October 17, 2017

Every year, certain Point Park University dancers cast and choreograph pieces by themselves, and this year was no exception. “[The Student Choreography Project] has happened every fall semester since...

Pioneer Public – Gina Baker

Written By Matt Petras, Co-Features Editor October 10, 2017

It was after a grim event in freshman student Gina Baker’s life that she decided she wanted to study mortuary science. “I wasn’t really keen on anything for a long time there, and then my seventh...

Center for Student Success celebrates tutors

Center for Student Success celebrates tutors

Written By Aidan Segal October 10, 2017

The first room exiting the elevator on West Penn’s fifth floor has a bookshelf compacted with many of the required textbooks. Littered with equations, the whiteboard reveals the extensive work of both...

SPJ moves out of shadows with new president

Written By Carley Bonk, Co-Features Editor October 10, 2017

Taking over the Society of Professional Journalists’ (SPJ), new president Lindsay Haslett has some ideas in mind for revamping a campus organization that has primarily been absent from the conversation....

Bryan Partika, junior journalism major, discusses the internship program at Allegheny Intermediate Unit (AIU) with Sarah McCluan, Supervisor of Communication Services.

Students set sail for internships

Written By Sarah Gibson October 3, 2017

Over 100 different companies and workplace representatives attended Point Park’s Internship and Job Fair on Sept. 28 which offered students the chance to meet with prospective employers and network with...

Chris Copen and Krist Muñoz-Malavé, freshmen cinema majors, recording their show “Radio Somewhere.”

New WPPJ radio show injects humor, music

Written By Dannys Marrero October 3, 2017

A new WPPJ radio show was founded on a unique idea: it imagines what it would be like if WPPJ frantically gave time slots to random people they have no confidence in. The new show, “Radio Somewhere,”...

Pioneer Public – Ben Schonberger

Written By Matt Petras, Co-Features Editor October 3, 2017

Ben Schonberger is a photography professor on campus, but that’s not all there is to say about him. Recently, Schonberger left his home in the North Side for a five-day trip to Amsterdam where he attended...

Pioneer Public – Matt Bauman

Written By Matt Petras, Co-Features Editor September 26, 2017

Matt Bauman is a Just Ducky tour-guide and likes watching movies, but, more than anything else, he’s a writer. He’s a senior creative writing student. He spent his freshman year of college at Ithaca...