Graduate Student Life
Connections That Count: Be a Part of the Point Park Graduate Community
A mixture of working professionals and full-time students, our graduate community at Point Park University is connected, vibrant and energized by the city around it.
Our campus location in Downtown Pittsburgh allows us to host a variety of unique professional networking events that are both fun and beneficial to the career goals of our graduate students.
Examples of graduate student life events at Point Park include:
- Business writing workshops
- Cultural summits
- Desk building adventure (Ed.D. program)
- End-of-year celebrations
- Ethical leadership panel discussions
- Faculty colloquiums on global immigration
- Graduate student research conferences
- MBA alumni reunion events with faculty
- M.F.A. in screenwriting and playwriting workshops
- New graduate student reception
- Research symposiums
- Study abroad discussions
- Women in Industry Speaker Series
In addition, we host activities for graduate students such as:
- Global trivia bowls
- Networking and resume workshops
- Panel discussions on higher education
- Social hours
- Speed networking receptions
- Volunteering for local nonprofit organizations
- Group outings to shows and performances