The PITT-Johnstown Pledge

A Commitment to Academic Excellence, Career Readiness, Campus Life Engagement & Active Participation, Civic Action, Wellbeing, Health & Happiness.

To offer a high-quality educational experience in a supportive living-learning environment,
that is grounded in the liberal arts and sciences, that is current,
and that is responsive both to our students’
personal and professional needs and to our communities’ needs.

To prepare students for personal and professional success throughout their lives, UPJ is committed to the following mission:

By joining the University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown, I acknowledge this commitment.

Recognizing that by virtue of my admission into Pitt-Johnstown, I am a person of tremendous potential capable of succeeding, achieving my promise, and fulfilling my special purpose, I make the following Pledge:

• I pledge to honor Pitt-Johnstown’s legacy of Academic Excellence, to build foundational skills for personal and professional success, including advancing my critical thinking, analytical, and logical reasoning, communications, and problem-solving skills, to make progress on my major coursework, to develop strong skills through practical and applied competencies, and to persist until graduation.

• I pledge to develop a plan for professional, career, and personal success that also includes a commitment to develop in-demand job skills valued by employers, to avail myself of faculty and staff resources for career guidance, and to engage in practical experiences such as internships and apprenticeships for career readiness.

• I pledge to make the most of college through extensive campus life engagement and active participation in appropriate co-curricular programs and to model core community values, including equal respect for every person and civility towards all.

• I pledge to be a more informed and civic-minded person and citizen, to expand my knowledge about our world, to uphold the principles of a pluralistic society, to use my knowledge and skills in the service of community and country; to get involved, to take positive civic action to make a difference; to be public-spirited and to advance the public good.

• I pledge to actively maintain my wellbeing, health, and happiness, to seek meaningful fulfilment, to pursue experiences, activities, relationships that also help build resilience, agency, self-efficacy, a positive mindset, and greater connectedness; to seek greater life satisfaction, always consistent with my values, passions, and sense of purpose.

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