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Pittsburgh Technical College hosts final commencement ceremony before August shutdown
OAKDALE, Pa. (KDKA) — The Pittsburgh Technical College celebrated its final commencement ceremony on Saturday. The nearly 80-year-old Oakdale institution announced just weeks ago that it would close for good.
Pittsburgh Technical graduate Ryan Leichty told KDKA-TV that he’s most worried about his friends who haven’t graduated yet and all the instructors who are suddenly out of a job.
Leichty just got a welding degree. He says there are a lot of jobs open for things like welding.
Now, he says, one of the best places locally to learn those skills, and many others, is closing for good.
A college graduation is supposed to be about celebrating, but for the many students who graduated on Saturday from Pittsburgh Technical College, those feelings are complicated.
“I don’t know; it’s kind of bittersweet. It was nice graduating and everything,” Leichty said.
A cloud was hanging over the ceremony.
“I think this commencement is made even more special because it is our last,” president Alicia B. Harvey-Smith said.
The school says they are shutting down due to declining enrollment and financial challenges.
“It is a shame seeing the school was so badly managed,” Leichty said.
Instead of walking across the stage thinking about his accomplishments, Leichty says he was thinking about how poor the ceremony was.
“It felt like a backyard BBQ of a graduation ceremony, in my opinion. Like, it was very pieced together,” Leichty added.
On this hot day, he noted how graduates sat in the sun, while only the stage was covered. He says the loss of the school is a loss for a region rich with an industrial history.
“Instead of going to a four-year college where you’re paying $100,000 in student loans, someone like me, I went, I learned welding for a quarter of the cost, and I got a job right out of school,” Leichty added.
In her remarks, the school’s president told students that as leaders there are many things graduates will face that won’t be pleasant.
“There are many things that will be said about you, and those things will not be true. In closing, today, yes it is bittersweet, but because of you, PTC will live on forever.”
Leichty wants to think about his accomplishments, but it’s tough.
“The bitterness is really a large part of this day. I don’t know. It didn’t have to be this way if they had managed their money better, not lost all their money, and shut the school down.”
The school said they have attempted to raise revenue or merge, but all those attempts failed.
The official last day is set for Aug. 9, 2024.
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What channel is Louisville vs Pittsburgh on today? UofL volleyball game time, TV, schedule
Four of the last five matches between third-ranked Louisville volleyball and top-ranked Pittsburgh have gone five sets.
Cardinals fans should expect another thriller tonight at the KFC Yum! Center, where the winner will clinch at least a share of the ACC title.
The Cardinals’ (25-3, 17-1 ACC) only conference loss came against Pitt (27-1, 17-1) on Oct. 25.
Louisville will attempt to snap a three-match losing streak against Pitt.
The Cardinals lead the all-time series, 20-17.
Pitt is on a 12-match win streak, and Louisville has won nine straight.
The last seven ACC titles have been won outright or shared by the programs.
Here’s how to watch the Louisville vs Pittsburgh match today, including time, TV schedule and streaming information:
- Date: Wednesday, Nov. 27
- Start time: 7 p.m.
The Cardinals and the Panthers are scheduled to play at 7 p.m. today at the KFC Yum! Center.
TV channel: ACC Network
Livestream: Fubo (free trial)
- Aug. 27 – vs. Wisconsin (AVCA First Serve Showcase), W 3-1
- Sept. 1 – Tennessee, W 3-0
- Sept. 3 – at Penn State, L 3-0
- Sept. 6 – vs. South Dakota (Northern Kentucky Tournament), W 3-1
- Sept. 7 – vs. Missouri (Northern Kentucky Tournament), W 3-0
- Sept. 8 – vs. Northern Kentucky (Northern Kentucky Tournament), W 3-0
- Sept. 14 – Northern Iowa, W 3-0
- Sept. 15 – Creighton W 3-2
- Sept. 18 – at Kentucky, W 3-1
- Sept. 22 – Nebraska, L 3-0
- Sept. 27 – California, W 3-0
- Sept. 29 – Stanford, W 3-0
- Oct. 4 – Clemson, W 3-0
- Oct. 6 – Georgia Tech, W 3-0
- Oct. 11 – at Florida State, W 3-2
- Oct. 13 – at Miami, W 3-1
- Oct. 18 – Wake Forest, W 3-0
- Oct. 20 – N.C. State, W 3-0
- Oct. 25 – at Pittsburgh, L 3-2
- Oct. 27 – at SMU, W 3-1
- Oct. 30 – Notre Dame, W 3-0
- Nov. 2 – at Notre Dame, W 3-0
- Nov. 8 – at Syracuse, W 3-0
- Nov. 10 – at Boston College, W 3-0
- Nov. 15 – Duke, W 3-0
- Nov. 17 – North Carolina, W 3-0
- Nov. 22 – at Virginia, W 3-1
- Nov. 24 – at Virginia Tech, W 3-0
- Nov. 27 – Pittsburgh
- Nov. 30 – at Stanford
- Aug. 30 – at Oregon, W 3-0
- Aug. 31 – vs. Long Beach State, W 3-0
- Sept. 3 – Buffalo, W 3-0
- Sept. 11 – at USC, W 3-0
- Sept. 13 – at Pepperdine, W 3-0
- Sept. 14 – vs. UC Santa Barbara, W 3-0
- Sept. 18 – Penn State, W 3-0
- Sept. 20 – East Carolina, W 3-0
- Sept. 22 – Marquette, W 3-0
- Sept. 25 – UMBC, W 3-0
- Sept. 27 – at Clemson, W 3-0
- Sept. 29 – at Georgia Tech, W 3-0
- Oct. 4 – at Boston College, W 3-1
- Oct. 6 – at Syracuse, W 3-0
- Oct. 9 – SMU, W 3-0
- Oct. 12 – at SMU, L 3-2
- Oct. 18 – California, W 3-0
- Oct. 20 – Stanford, W 3-0
- Oct. 25 – Louisville, W 3-2
- Oct. 27 – Notre Dame, W 3-1
- Nov. 1 – at Virginia, W 3-0
- Nov. 3 – at Virginia Tech, W 3-0
- Nov. 8 – North Carolina, W 3-0
- Nov. 10 – Duke, W 3-0
- Nov. 15 – Florida State, W 3-0
- Nov. 17 – Miami, W 3-0
- Nov. 22 – at Wake Forest, W 3-0
- Nov. 24 – at N.C. State, W 3-0
- Nov. 27 – at Louisville
- Nov. 30 – Georgia Tech
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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Pittsburgh officials helped rescue a deer from the Highland Park reservoir last week.
According to the Pittsburgh Public Safety Facebook page, animal care and control officers saw a deer in the Highland Park Reservoir on Nov. 21.
After several attempts to free the deer, officials were able to help get the deer to safety and out of the reservoir. Pictures showed the deer standing in the middle of the reservoir, while it was empty.
However, this is not the first time a deer has been stuck in the Highland Park Reservoir. In 2017, rescue crews had to help a deer that got stuck on Oct. 12. The rescue efforts began at about 2 p.m. that afternoon, and the deer was finally rescued near 3:40 p.m.
The biggest difference was that the rescue occurred while the reservoir was full of water. Crews had to use an inflatable boat and a lasso around the deer’s antlers to get him securely out of the water.
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