Education
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‘It Stretched My Mind’: WilmU Plays Critical Role in HVAC Contractor’s Quest for Self-Improvement
Until last year, Michael Mendick was self-taught, the bulk of his education coming from real-world experience and books on tape (“Automobile University,” he calls them). He devours the books while driving 70,000 miles a year covering a three-state area for his HVAC company. As a result, he peppers his conversation with quotations from self-improvement gurus…
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Drexel Hill Native and Neumann Graduate Illustrates Children’s Book
When Mary Kratz learned that her aunt was writing a children’s book and needed an illustrator, she jumped at the chance to combine her two loves – early education and art. The creative duo recently published Ella Bella Loves the Rain, the first book in what they hope will become a series. The 20-page rhyming book follows the journey of Ella Bella as she turns…
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Former Bonner/Prendie President Hospitalized, Fighting a COVID-19 Battle
The former president of Monsignor Bonner and Archbishop Prendergast High School in Drexel Hill is battling for his life after being hospitalized for several weeks with COVID-19, reports Joe Holden for Philadelphia.cbslocal.com. The family of Augustinian Priest Father Gus Esposito announced his COVID fight days before Christmas and reported he has been on a ventilator…
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Haverford College Senior Runs a Free Tutoring Service for Frontline Families
A Haverford College chemistry major has found a unique way to help the families of frontline workers during the pandemic, reports 6abc.com. Senior Brett Mozarsky started Free for the Frontlines Tutors, a free tutoring service for the children of health care workers. “I obviously saw on the news all the work and sacrifice that healthcare…
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Valvoline Partners with WilmU to Provide Higher-Ed Opportunities to Its Employees
Wilmington University and Valvoline, Inc. – the renowned supplier of premium branded lubricants and automotive services based in Lexington, Ky. – have announced a new education partnership that will provide expanded opportunities to Valvoline employees interested in pursuing an undergraduate or advanced degree. As part of the new partnership, the university will offer online undergraduate…
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Schedule a Virtual Meeting with a Program Manager at Penn State Great Valley
The job market will be more competitive in 2021 than in 2020. Now is the time to achieve your professional goals with a graduate certificate or degree. Even when the world around you slows down, keeping your life and career moving forward gives you an advantage. Penn State Great Valley wants to help you attain…
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Strategic Planning During the Time of COVID: A Blueprint to Fulfill Harcum College’s Mission
How do higher education institutions move forward in the midst of a pandemic? Harcum College has found itself, like many institutions, organizations and businesses, immersed in the immediate need to grapple with the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic while still staying true to longer range planning. Our responses have included expanding our distance learning offerings,…
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Behind the Scenes at VFMAC, Where In-Person Instruction Continues by Virtue of Exemplary Planning
With a comprehensive and disciplined plan of risk assessment and management, Valley Forge Military Academy and College has been able to provide in-person instruction to all its cadets during the current school year without incurring any COVID-19 cases among cadets or staff. Like all other schools, VFMAC switched to remote learning last March, as cadets…
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William Penn School District Struggles With a Lack of Teacher Diversity
Ashley Dawson was one of only a few Black students when she was in first grade at Walnut Street Elementary School in Darby. By fifth grade, a teacher, principal and assistant principal at the school were all Black women. It inspired Dawson to pursue an education career, writes Sojourner Ahebee for whyy.org. “There was something…
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Virtual Classes Or Not, When It Snows, This Kid Wants to Play
Upper Darby School District students can thank an outspoken kindergartener for having a snow day today, reports David Chang for nbcphiladelphia.com. With coronavirus cases on the rise, Upper Darby students have been learning virtually at home. Upper Darby School District Superintendent Dr. Daniel P. McGarry was considering having online classes Thursday since the snow fall…
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Neumann Professor Elected President of American Board of Wound Management
Dr. Karen A. Wientjes, a professor of physical therapy at Neumann University, has been elected president of the American Board of Wound Management (ABWM). The ABWM is a not-for-profit organization established for the purpose of credentialing multidisciplinary professionals in the field of wound management. It establishes and administers a certification process to elevate the standard of care in wound management and is dedicated to an…
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No Need to Cancel Visits with Santa; Harcum College Alum Offers Virtual Option This Season
To the Harcum College community, Joe Gruszka is a 2004 graduate of the Dental Hygiene program and a former faculty member. To the rest of the tri-state area, though, he’s Santa Joe. Prior to the pandemic, Gruszka, dressed as Santa Claus, traveled all over the Delaware Valley during the holiday season. He brought the magic…
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Chestnut Hill College Supports Adult Learners
For more than 20 years, Chestnut Hill College has been a leader in the region in serving adult learners looking to begin or complete a certificate, associate, or baccalaureate degree through the Accelerated Adult Degree Program. According to the Pew Charitable Trusts, seventeen percent of people over 25 years old in Philadelphia have earned college…
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Neumann Students Finish in Top 50 at Global Business Competition
A team of Neumann University business students finished 42nd worldwide in an international Business Strategy Game that involved 2,968 teams from 164 colleges. The management skill of the team, based on the performance of fictitious footwear companies that they operated, placed them in the top two percent of teams that entered the global competition. The Business Strategy Game (BSG) casts students in the role of company managers, who are…
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Harcum College’s New Online Certificate Courses Offer Personal Enrichment
Responding to the surge of interest in home design and a pivot to online operations and sales amidst the pandemic, Harcum College’s Department of Professional Studies is offering two new certificates, beginning in January, that can be acquired in synchronous, fully online studies. Harcum’s Interior Design Program is launching a feng shui certificate course that…
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Neumann University Volleyball Player Appointed to NCAA Advisory Committee
Neumann University volleyball player Ariana Pena has been selected to serve on the NCAA Division III National Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), representing the Atlantic East Conference. She is one of 24 students in the country chosen for this committee. At the national level, the SAAC provides student-athletes with opportunities to review and vote on legislation…
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Villanova Athletes Record Highest Graduation Rates Ever
The NCAA is reporting that Villanova University athletes recorded their highest mark ever in the Graduation Success Rate, at 97 percent, reports villanova.com. Twelve of Villanova’s athletic programs posted a perfect 100 percent graduation success rate for the 2010-2013 cohort. The data looked at the percentage of student athletes who entered college on institutional aid…
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Penn State Great Valley Residency Creates Valuable Experience for Finance Student
As an undergraduate biochemistry student headed toward a career in pharmacy, Angela Gray never considered a job in accounting or finance. She enrolled in an accounting course only to satisfy a prerequisite for her chosen doctor of pharmacy program. Much to her surprise, she loved numbers even more than molecules, and even considered changing her…
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