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Robert Morris University President Chris Howard on Thursday, announcing the new RMU Gateway program.
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Leaders of five higher education institutions in the region announced a new partnership Thursday, with the goal of improving college accessibility and affordability.
Officials from Robert Morris University, Community College of Allegheny County, Community College of Beaver County, Butler County Community College and Westmoreland County Community College signed an agreement for a new initiative called RMU Gateway.
Starting in Fall 2021, students enrolled in any of the four community colleges can have dual enrollment at RMU and take 12 RMU courses while working toward their associate degree. Tuition for those credits will be equal to what students pay at their community college.
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PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh woman who fell over a gardening border on the campus of the Community College of Allegheny County has denied the school’s discounting of liability for her injuries.
Yugonda Moore of Pittsburgh first filed suit in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas on Nov. 19 versus Community College of Allegheny County, also of Pittsburgh.
“On April 8, 2019, while walking on the sidewalk adjacent to the Leroy Ewing Building, the plaintiff was caused to fall as a result of the dangerous and hazardous condition of the gardening border which was protruding from the ground along the sidewalk, which condition the defendant had allowed to exist for an extended period of time, which caused the plaintiff to be thrown to the ground with such force and violence as to cause the injuries to the plaintiff,” the suit stated.
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Fred Kraybill uses only solar power to provide electricity for his building in Point Breeze. Portrait taken on Thursday, May 28, 2015.
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Community College of Allegheny County (CCAC) will install solar panels at the North Campus location, an environmentally friendly measure that has already been employed at other CCAC buildings.
The North Campus in McCandless is the most energy-efficient of CCAC’s campuses, Elaine Sadowski, the school’s energy manager, said. But it also has the highest electricity rates.
“We pay more per kilowatt hour at North Campus than we do anywhere else, so we were looking at ways to cut costs,” Sadowski said. “One of the things that came up was solar energy. We can actually generate electricity cheaper than we can buy it. So that was the main impetus.”
CCAC Announces Third and Most Extensive Clean Energy Installation
The 540-kilowatt solar array will save Community College of Allegheny County over $750,000 in energy costs in less than 30 years.
January 15, 2021
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Community College of Allegheny County is further committing to solar power by giving the go-ahead to its third and biggest solar panel installation yet. The new array will cover the roof of the North Campus building in McCandless and produce more than half a megawatt, or 540 kilowatts, of energy. To compare, CCAC’s two current solar arrays generate 15 and 64 kilowatts. CCAC is predicted to save about $27,000 in energy costs a year, which equates to $750,000 over the next 28 years.
CCAC goes big on solar with planned 540-kilowatt panel installation
Pittsburgh, not exactly known for its sunshine, is swiftly becoming a city that embraces the myriad benefits of solar power.
Recent large installations at Hazelwood Green’s Mill 19 (the country’s largest single-slope array) and Global Links in Green Tree have shown the momentum for solar is real.
Now the Community College of Allegheny County (CCAC) is affirming its commitment to clean solar energy with a new 540-kilowatt solar panel installation that covers the entire roof of their North Campus building in McCandless.
It’s about efficiency, of course, but also about setting an example for students.