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Convocation 2015 Highlights Book Final.Indd DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY ACCOMPLISHMENTS 2014-2015 DUQ.EDU ■ 1 DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY ACCOMPLISHMENTS 2014-2015 Each year, convocation provides our campus community with a unique opportunity for refl ection and for celebrating the many accomplishments of our faculty, staff and administrative units. As we embrace a new academic year with a renewed focus on advancing the Duquesne mission to serve God by serving students, we are proud to present a sampling of our accomplishments for the 2014-2015 year. 2 ■ UNIVERSITY ACCOMPLISHMENTS DUQ.EDU ■ 3 At Duquesne, we are committed to excellence in all RANKINGS & we do. This commitment shows in the recognition we achieve and the honors we receive, boosting ever higher COMMENDATIONS the overall reputation of Duquesne University. Looking at student outcomes, Duquesne Athletics combined for U.S. News & World Report continued Forbes again has named Duquesne eight individual and one team Atlantic to recognize the School of Education one of America’s Top Colleges for 10 Championship in 2014-2015, on its list of Best Graduate Schools 2015. Duquesne was listed as No. 129 bringing the school’s all-time A-10 for Education. Of a pool of more than among research universities, No. 120 Championship total to 111. Duquesne 350 graduate schools of education, in the Northeast and No. 312 on the has won more Atlantic 10 team titles in Duquesne ranked No. 149, tying with 650-school list. The rankings were the past three years than it had in the DePaul, Louisiana Tech and Western based on measurements of student previous 35. Five of Duquesne’s athletic Carolina universities. satisfaction; student debt; academic programs either tied or surpassed their success; graduation rate; and post- all-time best Atlantic 10 finish in 2014- Students in the Rangos School achieved graduate success. 2015. a 100 percent first-time pass rate on the national certifying exam in athletic In the U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Programs.com has ranked training and occupational therapy. Colleges ranking, Duquesne climbed the School of Pharmacy No. 4 among two places in the Great Schools, Great the top 25 pharmacy programs in the The Office of Public Affairs produced Prices list for 2015 to No. 43 of the country. The school was recognized in several award-winning multi-media schools nationwide providing students particular for its financial aid, quality of projects in 2014. The New Student with the best value. Duquesne also network, use of technology and career Orientation Mobile Site was recognized rose 12 spots this year to a tie at No. support. with a silver award by both CASE, the 115 in a poll of high school guidance Council for Advancement and Support counselors, and reached No. 116 in the The School of Law has risen in the U.S. of Education, and Education Digital overall rankings of top schools for 2015. News & World Report national rankings Marketing (EDM). The University for three consecutive years; most mobile site, Sustainability Report and Duquesne University again earned the recently it moved up three additional social media sites captured gold awards highly selective Carnegie Foundation’s slots to No. 118. U.S. News also ranked from EDM. Community Engagement Classification, the Legal Writing Program No. 14 and carried by only 361 institutions of the part-time evening program No. 48. Forensic Science students in the Bayer higher education across the nation. School taking the Forensic Science Duquesne is one of 24 Pennsylvania The School of Nursing has been ranked Aptitude Test, which assesses a schools recognized, and the only one No. 75 in the nation by U.S. News & student’s level of forensic knowledge, in Southwestern Pennsylvania. The World Report for its graduate programs, earned Duquesne a No. 5 rank out of University will hold the classification an increase of 52 places from the the 16 schools taking the examination for 10 years. previous year’s ranking. In addition, the during the 2014-2015 academic year. school was ranked No. 9 for graduate U.S. News & World Report named online programs generally and No. 9 for According to National Jurist, the School Duquesne No. 28 among the nation’s top graduate online programs for veterans. of Law is a Best Value among private law schools for veterans for participating in schools. One of just seven private law federal initiatives that help veterans and The Princeton Review listed the schools on the overall Best Value list, active-duty service members apply for, Donahue Graduate School of Business Duquesne was ranked No. 6 in 2014. pay for and complete their degrees. among The Best 296 Business Schools for 2015. The ranking called the school U.S. News & World Report has ranked Duquesne University secured an outlook “unique because of its emphasis on the John G. Rangos School of Health upgrade from stable to positive from sustainability and business ethics.” Sciences No. 27 among physician Standard & Poor’s Ratings. assistant programs for 2016. 4 ■ UNIVERSITY ACCOMPLISHMENTS RANKINGS & COMMENDATIONS The Donahue Graduate School of underserved community through the to elevate the sales profession. Less Business made the U.S. News & World intersection of service, scholarship and than 5 percent of four-year colleges Report list as one of the nation’s Best teaching. and universities in North America offer Graduate Schools for 2016. Among 290 verified sales programs. eligible institutions, the part-time MBA Two graduate students from the program was ranked No. 145. Department of Philosophy have been University Advancement earned the selected as Fulbright scholarship Peak Performance Award at the The School of Pharmacy ranked fourth recipients and will continue their Reeher Vista Executive Conference in highest among all private schools of dissertation research in Germany. Four recognition for increasing both annual pharmacy in the nation for NIH grant other graduate philosophy students also fund dollars and donors. funding for research in drug discovery received prestigious awards for study and neuropharmacology applications. abroad. The School of Law’s Veterans Clinic was named as one of the country’s 15 most Students in the Family Nurse Duquesne’s 409 student-athletes posted innovative clinical programs by preLaw Practitioner Program earned a 100 a combined 3.147 GPA in 2014-2015, Magazine. percent pass rate on their national following an annual trend of nearly certification exams. two-thirds of Duquesne student- Last year, more than 200 faculty athletes routinely posting GPAs of 3.0 and senior administrative experts Duquesne was recognized on the or above. Thirty-one student-athletes appeared in the media 1,970 times President’s Higher Education posted 4.0 GPAs in the 2014-2015 in outlets including Bloomberg Community Service Honor Roll in academic year; 147 student-athletes had Businessweek, The Chronicle of Higher two categories: General Community GPAs of 3.5 or higher. Education, CNN Radio, CNBC Europe, Service with Distinction and the newly Entrepreneur, National Catholic established category of Education. The School of Law was No. 3 among Reporter, Forbes, Politico, Fox Business 10 Pennsylvania-area law schools for News, The Huffington Post, Inside Duquesne’s MBA Sustainability first-time test takers of the July 2014 Higher Ed, Scientific American, Sports Program was ranked among the Top 10 Pennsylvania bar examination. The Illustrated, Los Angeles Times, U.S. Graduate Programs in the World for school’s 91.5 percent pass rate exceeded News & World Report, The Washington Environmental Sustainability by Net the Pennsylvania state average pass rate Post, Wired, MSNBC, Money and Yahoo! Impact. by nearly 10 points. News. The Department of Speech-Language Duquesne was honored again with a Pathology is ranked No. 62 out of 246 national award for Best Use of Theme accredited programs nationwide by U.S. for the 2014 student-run Orientation New & World Report. Program: “Rise! You’re Limitless.” The Duquesne University School of Duquesne was one of only two Pharmacy was one of the top three institutions in the state to be named to finalists selected nationwide for the the Sales Education Foundation’s 2015 2014-2015 Lawrence C. Weaver Top Universities for Professional Sales Transformative Community Service Education list. The honor recognizes Award. The school was recognized for universities that prepare students for its outstanding commitment to the careers in professional selling and helps DUQ.EDU ■ 5 Our focus on continuous quality improvement across PROGRAM GROWTH the University allows us to be innovative as we seek to grow our academic and workplace programs and & DEVELOPMENT initiatives to build an even stronger Duquesne. Through the Office of Financial Two new international initiatives wait times, and a new computer lab Aid, $5,214,583 was awarded to were undertaken by the School of deployment process for nearly 900 lab 1,312 students in the Federal Pell Pharmacy. In the fall, four Duquesne computers at the start of the academic Grant Program or to students with students spent 10 weeks in an advanced year. significant need determined by pharmacy practice study abroad FAFSA. Additionally, more than $5 experience at the University of Perugia, Duquesne reached a new milestone million was awarded to 1,642 students Italy. In the spring, the School hosted with the largest number of international through the Pennsylvania State Grant 18 pharmacy students from the Kobe- students in its history. More than 850 Program; $587,841 was awarded to Gakuin University in Japan. international students, with notable 80 students through The Pittsburgh increases in students from China and Promise; $515,447 was awarded to 1,151 The Center for African Studies continues the Middle East, studied at Duquesne students in the Supplemental Education to experience phenomenal growth, during the 2014-2015 academic year. Opportunity Grant (SEOG) program; doubling the number of students and $59,375 was awarded to assist 33 choosing to minor in African Studies Now in its seventh year, the qualified middle-income students from the previous academic year.
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