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Valley Forge Military Academy Cadet Selected as Main Line Student of the Week
Chris Howard, a junior and Cadet Second Lieutenant and Battery Section Leader at Valley Forge Military Academy, has been recognized as the Main Line Student of the Week, writes Bruce Adams for Main Line Media News. This year, Howard has received The Nancy L. Wenzel Memorial Scholarship for Athletic Achievement, The Harvey Medal for English…
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How Faking Social Responsibility May Get Companies Hacked
By Sunny Rosen When we think about hackers, we might imagine someone stealing data and selling it on the dark web for financial gain. But new research from the University of Delaware’s John D’Arcy suggests that some hackers may have a different motivation: disappointment in a company’s attempts to fake social responsibility. “There is emerging…
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Director of VFMAC’s Health Center Provides Glimpse into Campus’s Safety Precautions
“The Garrison” is a weekly update from Valley Forge Military Academy and College’s Garrison Sergeant Major Bill Mott. Each week, GSM Mott hosts a special guest to show how VFMAC is forging young leaders. This week, Deb Hammer, the Director of VFMAC’s Health Center, provides a glimpse into the precautions being taken to keep the…
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Pipelines Power Skilled Workers Through Tough Economic Times
By Jim Snell, Business Manager, Steamfitters Local 420 It’s no secret: Our national economy is battered and bruised, and any widespread recovery may still be slow to take hold. Yet, even during a pandemic, many of Pennsylvania’s skilled workers have something to be thankful for and celebrate. First and foremost, we’ve mostly been able to…
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Dynamic Dental Solutions Fills Unmet Admin Needs for Dentists
Some business ideas are created out of a passion, a favorite hobby, or a particular artistic or technical talent. Truly remarkable businesses emerge from the discovery of an “unmet need,” a market opportunity to get a priority job done in a way that results in business revenue and profit growth. Dynamic Dental Solutions (DDS) is…
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Swarthmore-Based Nonprofit Banks on Life-Changing Initiatives for Success
A time bank is a trading system in which hours of work become the currency, as service hours of one skillset are exchanged for another. Meet Woodstock Timebank, Inc., a nonprofit with life-changing initiatives. Its business model is designed to help prepare vulnerable populations for a post-carbon, climate-changed future. The organization provides a framework of…
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Aqua Pennsylvania: The Cost of Service
By Marc Lucca, Aqua Pennsylvania President Bill Packer, Vice President, Controller, Aqua Pennsylvania and Aqua New Jersey The post WWII economy, between 1945 and 1960, was a time of significant economic growth in the United States. Our country and its many cities and suburbs saw a return of prosperity that led to a housing boom.…
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Penn State Great Valley’s NoonTimeU: Diverse Topics for Different Interests
Penn State Great Valley and Penn State at the Navy Yard’s educational webinar series, NoonTimeU, will return this week. NoonTimeU began last year as in-person talks at the Navy Yard; the event series shifted to webinars in mid-April and covers a variety of topics to help with personal and professional development. The fall series kicks…
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Chesterbrook-Based Nonprofit Dedicated to Helping Professionals Find Their Dream Job
Lynne Williams was passionate about the career transition and career management business long before managing the Philadelphia Area Great Careers Group (PAGCG), a nonprofit based in Chesterbrook. Her story and her life experiences from as far back as 1989 have shaped the business leader she is today. Williams brought her skills in finance, human resources…
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Media-Based Beauty Business Focuses on Service Side of Industry to Find Success in Competitive Market
Crystal Carmen’s motto is “to provide big-city glam to America’s hometown.” At her Vanity Image Studio on State Street in Media, Carmen specializes in microblading eyebrows and other long-lasting beauty and skincare solutions. Through Carmen’s experiences applying makeup for celebrities over the years, she found that often the makeup was really covering up something people…
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New Research from Finance Prof at University of Delaware Explores Inequity at Top of Corporate Ladder
By Sunny Rosen As recent protests across the United States and the world have put a magnifying glass on issues of diversity and equity, new research from the University of Delaware’s Laura Field explores the ways in which these issues go all the way to the top of the corporate ladder. In “At the Table…
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Zommick McMahon Finds Perfect Location for Local Restaurateur’s Stainless-Steel Diner
James Pinckney and Tess Scott, brokers who specialize in restaurants for West Chester-based Zommick McMahon Commercial Real Estate, helped local restaurateur Andy Elghawy find the perfect location for his soon-to-open, stainless-steel diner, writes Patricia Talorico for the Wilmington News Journal. “Providing that everything goes to schedule, I intend to open in October,” Elghawy said of…
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Two Entrepreneurs Who Share Long History Together Transform a Honey Brook-Based Trucking Firm
Rob Eldredge and Chip Mayo, the proprietors of Honey Brook-based ME3 Corporation, share a long history together in their professional lives. Eldredge grew up in West Bradford and worked in the family trucking business for 20 years through high school and college, and again after he served in the Marine Corps. Eldredge met Mayo 21…
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Marjorie the Berwyn Bovine Champions Local Businesses During Her Appearance at Malvern Bank
Marjorie the Berwyn Bovine, an ambassador for the community’s small businesses, has been spotted along the Lancaster Avenue corridor throughout the summer. She has stopped at a number of businesses, including Malvern Bank, National Association, to remind everyone of the importance of shopping and eating locally. Marjorie was recently seen at the bank’s Berwyn branch,…
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University of Delaware’s Lifelong Lerner Webinar Series Looks at the Sports Industry’s New Normal
The Lifelong Lerner Webinar Series, hosted by the University of Delaware’s Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics, addresses today’s top business challenges with Lerner expertise, pairing evidenced-based research with practical application. The next topic in the series takes a deeper look into the sports industry. The conversation will cover how this industry is facing…
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Penn State Great Valley: ‘When We Adapt, We Just Do Better’
Penn State Great Valley spent the summer working toward a safe return to campus for the fall 2020 semester. Modified classroom setups, protective plexiglass barriers, hand-sanitizing stations, regular cleaning and disinfecting, and signage promoting social distancing are among some of the measures being taken to ensure the health and safety of students and employees. In…
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Valley Forge Military Academy, Online High School Join Forces to Overcome Educational Inequality
With many Pennsylvania schools starting the academic year with virtual or hybrid classrooms, a new program offers paper-based textbook versions of the online curriculum for students without Internet access or computers. A partnership between Valley Forge Military Academy and Citizens High School now enables accessibility for distant learners with virtual and paper-based textbooks to high…
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Dunwoody Village Residents Show Their Appreciation to Staff with Homemade Gift Bags
One of the many creative outlets afforded residents at Dunwoody Village, a continuing care retirement community in Newtown Square, is a floral studio. Dunwoody staff recently reaped the benefits of that creativity, after more than 20 residents decorated gift bags that were then filled with goodies and distributed to workers in all departments across the…
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