PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A professor from Duquesne College goes viral after he canceled class for his college students following the varsity’s huge win within the NCAA match!
Professor Robert Healy III shared his message to his college students on social media with a topic line of “Class Canceled Because of March Insanity” and saying “Go have a good time. I am going to determine it out.”Â
Dick’s Sporting Items referenced Professor Healy with a goat emoji in response to the information concerning the cancelled class.
Healy’s put up on X, the social media platform previously referred to as Twitter, has been seen greater than 643,000 occasions.Â
In response to his biography on Duquesne College’s web site, Professor Healy lecturers a lot of lessons together with media literacy, sportswriting, and public relations.Â
Duquesne’s Cinderella story
The Atlantic 10 champs stayed alive with a 71-67 win over BYU on Thursday in Omaha, Nebraska and are actually will face Illinois and are one win away from the Candy 16.Â
It was Duquesne’s first NCAA match win since 1969 and round 800 college students, workers, and supporters confirmed up in droves for a campus watch get together.Â
Even LeBron James is cheering for Duquesne, writing on social media, “AYYYYYYYEEEEE!!! First match win in 55 years!”Â
“It is a proud second for Duquesne,” college president Ken Gormley informed KDKA-TV on Thursday. “It’s one for the historical past books, and I’m simply so joyful and proud to be a part of it.”
Gormley mentioned he might hardly include his pleasure as he sat courtside in Omaha, Nebraska.
“The place was packed,” he mentioned. “It was crawling with Duquesne followers far and wide. We took over Omaha.”
Gormley and different Duquesne followers are prepared for Saturday.
“‘It is really a Cinderella story,” Duquesne pupil Victoria Mobley mentioned.Â