Talk:Point Park University/Archive 1

Ranking claim
User:Stevejabs repeatedly adds a claim that Point Parks ranks among the lowest schools in the country. I cannot judge this but such a claim has to be substantiated with references. - Lylum 02:37, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Please add
Facts about the Playhouse? Prominent for dance and performing arts? University status in 2004? (unsigned comment)

Updates
My name is J. James. I am going to be updating this page as a sort of pet project - at least to pull it out of the stub category. I just wanted to notify its usual contributors that you'll be seeing more Abbajabanana changes.

J. James 05:16, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Point Park is a university, as the Point Park University page correctly points out. However, on the bottom of that page and on all other Pittsburgh Universities and Colleges, Point Park University is listed as a college. I don't know how to change that universally, but given the fact that Point Park got accreditation to be a university, someone should change its status. Joshel03 02:14, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Photography/Photojournalism
The claim that Point Park is top ranked in the amount of photography and photojournalism classes is a slant on the truth. Point Park offers, as of Spring 2007, the following classes in photography...


 * Black and White I
 * Black and White II
 * Color Photography
 * Advertising Photography
 * Sports Photography

All of the other classes offered in photography are through Pittsburgh Filmmakers, and not strictly through the University.

Point Park also only offers two classes in photojournalism, which are:


 * Photojournalism I, a class that, as far as I know, is offered in either the spring or fall, but not both
 * Photojournalism II, which has been an option for students one time as of this posting

Peace. 208.103.176.184 20:56, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

alumni
Someone should add in Dennis Miller's brother JIMMY MILLER is a partner in Mosaic Media Group and head of its Miller Company production and management division. He manages some of the most sought-after talent in show business including actors Jim Carrey, Will Ferrell, and Sacha Baron Cohen; writer/directors Judd Apatow and Adam McKay; and producer/director Jay Roach. He has produced the movies: She's Out of My League (2010) (producer) Land of the Lost (2009) (producer) Step Brothers (2008) (producer) Get Smart (2008) (executive producer) What Happens in Vegas (2008) (producer) Semi-Pro (2008) (producer) Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006) (producer) Kicking & Screaming (2005) (producer) Elf(2003) (executive producer)

He is also on the board of trustees

Jorgan12 (talk) 00:09, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

Teaching with Wikipedia Workshop at CMU (Aug 15)
Editors interested in this article may find the Teaching with Wikipedia Workshop that will take place at CMU on Aug 15 of interest. This workshop is open to general public, and is a joint imitative of CMU and Pitt). There will be another workshop held at Pitt in the Fall as well. It will cover how to include Wikipedia in one's course (WP:SUP) and also how to become a Campus Ambassadors. Pennsylvania has currently only one ambassador (myself) and it would be great if we could recruit at least several more. Ambassadors help course instructors, showing them how Wikipedia works, and interact with students. Many current ambassadors come from the body of students, faculty and university staff; it is a fun adventure, and adds to one resume/CV, to boot :) If it sounds interesting, feel free to ask me any questions, or to come to the workshop. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; talk 20:33, 9 August 2011 (UTC)

Not-for-Profit (501(c)(3)) status
The article does not state that this school is a private not-for-profit university (which it is - http://501c3lookup.org/point_park_university/) which I think is an important fact for prospective students looking for independent information about a school they might be considering attending. This is particularly problematical given Point Parks origins as a business training school, many of which have gone on to become for-profit colleges and universities. I will add this information here but anyone editing a U.S. college or university ought to ensure this information is included. Ray Trygstad (talk) 17:56, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

Orphaned references in Point Park University
I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Point Park University's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "facts": From Drexel University:  From King's College (Pennsylvania): King's College: "Just the facts" From Harrisburg University of Science and Technology: Facts about Harrisburg University Harrisburg University. Retrieved 2011-02-05. 

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT ⚡ 20:02, 13 April 2014 (UTC)

Deletion discussion for newspaper The Globe
Ongoing deletion discussion to decided whether or not to delete article on newspaper The Globe (student newspaper), with discussion page at Articles for deletion/The Globe (student newspaper).
 * 1) The Globe (student newspaper)
 * 2) Articles for deletion/The Globe (student newspaper)

Further research would be most appreciated, and/or suggestions for additional secondary sources, at Talk:The Globe (student newspaper).

Thank you for your time,

&mdash; Cirt (talk) 21:30, 19 January 2015 (UTC)