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Pitt-Bradford has welcomed 11 new full-time faculty members for the 2013-14 academic year.

A new agreement between Pitt-Bradford and the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine allows Pitt-Bradford students to enroll in the early acceptance program at LECOM’s dental school.

Faculty at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford spent its summer writing, researching, making presentations, teaching abroad and publishing.

Christine Wolski, a 1991 graduate of the broadcast communications program, has won an Emmy Award from the National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

For the fifth year in a row, the Pitt-Bradford has been named a Military Friendly School by Victory Media.

The early days at the Pitt-Bradford found staff monitoring students in a dorm that had been once operated as a hotel, professors who taught in classrooms at a former hardware store and office employees who worked at credenzas in a former hospital building.

When it comes to loyal alumni, it's hard to beat Frank '64-'66 and Mary Cattoni Rizzo '64-'66.

Sept. 3, 1963: Opening day of the University of Pittsburgh, Bradford Campus. College freshmen gather under the portico at Hamsher House, a former dormitory for Bradford Hospital's nursing students and now the hub of Pitt-Bradford. Some students have just come from their first class; others wait for friends to join them in The Tuck Shop, a snack bar inside.

A crowd of about 500 students, faculty, staff, alumni and community members attended the Founders' Day celebration Sept. 3, marking the 50th anniversary since the school opened its doors on Sept. 3, 1963.

Pitt-Bradford opened its doors in the fall of 1963, but it wasn’t until 1967 that the campus fielded its athletic teams. Two men played a big role in introducing the university to collegiate sports: Art Schake and Keith Smith.