Student Experience at Chatham University
These stories showcase student life at Chatham, from clubs to athletics, traditions to activities, and more—
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These stories showcase student life at Chatham, from clubs to athletics, traditions to activities, and more—
When a Chatham University student has an unexpected emergency and needs help, they can apply for financial assistance from the Student Emergency Fund.
Everyone knows about caps and gowns, but why do graduates wear them? It’s a tradition going back to Medieval times.
Three of Chatham’s faculty members give updates on the research they’re conducting in their respective fields.
“You can’t do your job at all unless people around you are doing their job properly,” said Grace, who plays on the women’s volleyball team at Chatham.
Reaching out to OAAR to ask for accommodations can be a game changer for students with disabilities.
When Lisa Lambert was named the 21st president of Chatham in October 2025, she did an interview with the Chatham Recorder talking about her history at Chatham, her approach as the University’s president, and what she wants to see from Chatham in the future.
In her art history course at Chatham, Jet Plutko learned about some of the great works by the painter Artemisia Gentileschi. When she studied abroad in Italy last year, she saw them in person.
The Spring 2026 Job & Internship Networking Mixer is approaching on Wednesday, March 25. Ahead of the mixer, Pulse sat down with Chatham’s Office of Career Development to break down some of the common myths students believe about networking.
Emma Waltz had a love of travel instilled in her by her parents. So, when it came time to do her clinical rotations in Chatham University’s MPAS program, she went to Ghana.
What started as an offhand idea became an event that united Chatham students with dozens of others across Pittsburgh. Now, the Pittsburgh Feminist Student Summit is back for its second year on March 21, 2026.
From teaching Polish students about pierogi races to watching flamingos off the Venice Lagoon—three humanities faculty members share their experiences doing academic work and seeing the sights in cities across Europe last year.
Name a progressive American activist movement from the last 60-plus years, and there’s a good chance Kipp Dawson ’94 was there.
A rickshaw ride at breakneck speed was just the beginning of Natalie Callahan’s Fulbright experience in India, which she was awarded just after she graduated from Chatham.
Madison Black Wilk and Andrew Warhoftig Wilk met when they were both students at Chatham. They were married this past December.
Chatham’s first Love A Donor Day is Feb. 5, so Pulse is sharing a few highlights of how donors improved university life last year.
Sally Guzik ’14 and Nicole Muise-Kielkucki, MAFS ’12, came to Chatham University at different times for different reasons, yet they’ve crossed paths more than once. Just a few years ago, they ended up at the same place.
If you’re wondering what happens after you make a deposit to Chatham, Pulse is here to fill you in!
Her show, “The Weavers of Benares,” is on display at the Susan Bergman Gurrentz ’56 Art Gallery through Feb. 27.
“I told him I really appreciated how they portrayed everything on The Pitt,” Murray said of star Noah Wylie. “I was able to draw from that … and I was able to apply that to my project.”
Marley McFarland ’27 has been involved in climate activism since she was a teen. This year, she got to attend the UN’s COP 30 climate conference in Belém, Brazil.
Students spent 10 days in Costa Rica last month walking through coffee fields, hiking an active volcano, and exploring local markets during a class trip.
Finals can hit hard if you don’t manage your time and stress well. This is a chance to take a step back and listen to some advice from your professors on how to handle this season.
Whether you’re dusting off a resumé you haven’t opened in years or scrambling to find an internship, there are some things students might not know how to do on their own. That’s where the Office of Career Development can help.
A lot of Chatham University’s exercise science students matriculate directly into a post-graduate program. Not Lily Meyerson ’25, who this year graduated and became an exercise physiologist in Tacoma, Washington. But that wasn’t always her plan.
She's been a clinical staff nurse, deployed to Afghanistan, helped Operation Warp Speed, and was just awarded the Hero of Military Medicine San Antonio Award by the Henry M. Jackson Foundation.
Jada Jenkins ‘26—who majors in media arts and minors in Middle Eastern Studies and public relations—shares her experience studying abroad in Morocco.
No, there are no baristas lurking in the basement of Rea House. It’s the Coffeehouse Committee—comprised of just four students—that rock out together to plan some of Chatham’s most popular events, pulling in students from all over Pittsburgh.
There’s plenty of fun ahead at Chatham University’s Homecoming & Alumni Reunion Weekend in October, including live entertainment, a food truck, a tailgate and volleyball game, and more.
Explore a brief history of the rehabilitation of Eden Hall Farm’s apple orchard ahead of this year’s Eden Hall Day.