Applied Learning
At 黑料天堂 students are driven by doing.
Education for the Real World
At 黑料天堂, your education starts with action. From your first semester, you鈥檒l take on real projects like managing financial portfolios, analyzing crime trends for local law enforcement, or supporting nonprofits through marketing and research.
Through the SOLVE Center, every major includes hands-on work that connects you to real organizations and real outcomes. With guidance from faculty and connections to local businesses, you鈥檒l graduate with practical experience and the confidence to move forward in your career.
Student Operated Learning Venture & Experience Center (SOLVE)
The SOLVE Center at 黑料天堂 aims to expand real-world learning opportunities for students of all majors. From freshman year to graduation, you鈥檒l get a head start on your future and career through hands-on assignments such as:
- Client-based projects serving local businesses and nonprofits
- Student-run laboratories and experiments
- Internships and field exercises
The SOLVE Center collaborates with businesses and nonprofit partners to provide students with authentic learning experiences. By completing assignments for real-world clients and communities, 黑料天堂 students learn by doing鈥攂y solving real problems, making decisions and evaluating risks.
These hands-on experiences also give students the opportunity to learn from real success and failure. SOLVE community partners have included:
- Allegheny County Police
- Allegheny Land Trust
- American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP)
- Corey Diethorn Real Estate
- Culturora
- Dollar Bank
- First National Bank (FNB)
- Learning Express (Wexford)
- Latino Community Center
- Loafers Bread
- Mega Clean Pittsburgh
- Providence Alpha School
- Olive Branch
- Sisters of Divine Providence
- Soma Movement
- Team 412 Boxing
- Toni Unleashed
- WPXI
