The faculty, staff, and students are delighted with the progress. The most important development is UPG s unique system of academic villages that extend learning and personal development beyond the classroom. Last year we launched the Humanities Village and Rossetti International House. This fall we shall announce the formation of the Behavioral Sciences Village and the Natural Sciences and New Technologies Village. Each village has a village hall where special activities take place.
Some students live in residence halls that are attached to the villages.
Village participants enjoy special learning opportunities including trips to other cities and abroad. Villages are administered by UPG faculty. Another important new development involves UPG s commitment to linking learning to new technology. With the help of large private grants, UPG has wired all residence hall rooms into the Internet and into the vast computer resources of the University of Pittsburgh. Moreover, UPG, by the fall of 2000, will have installed university-owned computers in every dormitory room for the use of the residents.