Education
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New York Times: Penn State Brandywine Earth Science Professor Uses Knitting to Teach About Climate
Laura Guertin crochets temperature tapestries and shares them with her non-science majors at Penn State Brandywine in Media, writes Laura M. Holson for the New York Times. Guertin, a professor of earth science, crochets baby blankets for friends, chronicling the daily temperature of a newborn’s first three months. “They show them to their friends and…
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Dogs of Villanova: Maggie the Goldendoodle from Pals for Life
Wednesdays are dog days at Villanova University, when the non-profit Pals for Life visits the campus with a group of four-legged friends to help students de-stress, writes Olivia Sabalaskey in the Dogs of Villanova column for The Villanovan. These certified stress-therapy dogs are particularly appreciated with mid-term exams just around the corner. Featured dog this…
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Check Out How Delaware County High School Students Did On Last Year’s SATs
The Pennsylvania Department of Education recently published results from the 2019 SATs, showing that six Delaware County high schools are on Pennsylvania’s 100 highest-scoring high schools, writes Ethan Lott for the Philadelphia Business Journal. One school made it into the top five statewide, while two more came in the top 30. The highest scoring school…
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Penn State Great Valley’s John Sosik One of PSU’s 10 Distinguished Professors for 2020
Penn State’s Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs has named John J. Sosik, professor of management and organization at Penn State Great Valley, as one of the university’s 10 distinguished professors for 2020. The distinguished professor title recognizes outstanding academic contribution to the university. This special academic title is bestowed upon a limited…
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See Which Delco Schools Made the List of Top 100 in Pennsylvania
Ten schools from Delaware County made a top 100 list of the best public and private schools in the state compiled by Niche.com, writes Max Bennett for Patch.com. Each school received a letter grade in Academics; Diversity; Teachers; College Prep; Clubs & Activities; Health & Safety; Administration; Sports; Food; and Resources & Facilities. Niche analyzed…
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State Study Says Teens Need More Sleep. Upper Darby Weighs Later School Start Time for High Schoolers
The Upper Darby School District is considering a later start time for its high school students, on the heels of a state study supporting the practice, writes Kevin Tustin for the Daily Times. At a recent school board meeting, it was agreed an 8:30 a.m. start was better for sleep-deprived adolescents , who now start…
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Vote for Your Favorite Student Video in the ‘What’s So Cool About Manufacturing?’ Contest
Now is the time to cast your vote for the Viewer’s Choice Award in the 2020 What’s So Cool About Manufacturing? contest produced by the Manufacturing Alliance of Chester and Delaware Counties. Voting ends at 11:59 PM on Feb. 14. The contest is designed to inform and excite students, as well as their parents and…
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Delaware’s Lerner College of Business & Economics Shares Five Reasons to Become a Mentor/Mentee
Editor’s Note: In honor of January being National Mentoring Month, Sarah Baker Andrus, Assistant Director of the Lerner Career Services Center at the University of Delaware, shared her top five reasons to become a mentor or mentee. By Sarah Baker Andrus Much has been said and written about the importance of mentors for a successful…
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Villanova Professor Pens Book on the New Student Activist
Jerusha Conner, a Villanova University professor of education, has written a book looking at the modern student activist and the causes they support, writes Greta Anderson for insidehighered.com. Conner’s research was inspired by the 2009 activism of low-income high school students in Philadelphia. In her upcoming book, The New Student Activists: The Rise of Neoactivism…
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The Episcopal Academy among Philadelphia-Area High Schools That Send Most Students to Elite Universities
The Episcopal Academy in Newtown Square places the most graduates at Harvard, Princeton and Massachusetts Institute of Technology from the Philadelphia area, writes Kennedy Rose for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The Episcopal Academy tied with two more area schools – Conestoga Senior High School and The Haverford School – for the most in Pennsylvania with…
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Make Time for Your Children’s Teeth During National Children’s Dental Health Month
By Gale Martin and Jean Byrnes-Ziegler February is National Children’s Dental Health Month. It’s the perfect time to consider that preventative oral care and healthy dental habits can benefit children for the rest of their lives. Did you know that children’s oral health can impact their self-esteem, school performance, and general overall well-being? Problems in…
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These 4 Delaware County Colleges Ranked in Top 100 Nationally for Students Earning a BA in Four Years
Students often take longer to earn a bachelor’s degree than the normal four years allotted, but at four Delaware County universities, that goal is still within reach for many students, writes Jan Murphy for pennlive.com. Here’s a look at which colleges and universities from Delaware County ranked among the Top 100 nationally for having the…
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Ed Snider Youth Hockey Foundation Gives $500,000 for Scholarships to Neumann University
The Ed Snider Youth Hockey Foundation and the Goals & Assists Scholarship Fund presented a grant of $500,000 to Neumann University on Jan. 30. The gift will support 100 scholarship years — including tuition, room and board — for freshman or transfer students who participated in Snider Hockey programming as youngsters. Snider Hockey President and…
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Leading Women Executives Share Experiences at Women in Leadership Program at Neumann University
Several high profile women executives will share their paths to success at a Women in Leadership program, Thursday, Feb. 13, 1 to 4 p.m., at Meagher Theatre, Neumann University in Aston. Featured speakers include Leslie Richards, general manager, SEPTA; Donna Crilley Farrell, vice president of corporate communications, Independence Blue Cross; Angela Wilsey, managing director, global…
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University of Delaware’s Blue Hen Investment Club Beats the S&P 500 … Again
By Dena Hillison Despite an incredibly volatile time in the financial markets last year, the University of Delaware’s Blue Hen Investment Club (BHIC) was able to beat the S&P 500 Index for the first time in the group’s 20-year history. Then, in 2019, it did it again. At the close of 2019, the S&P 500…
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Valley Forge Military College Offers Rare Path to Becoming an Army Officer in Just Two Years
Having been designated by the Governor and Legislature as the Military College of Pennsylvania, Valley Forge Military College in Wayne boasts a number of differentiators that distinguish it from other schools. One is its Army ROTC Early Commissioning Program (ECP). The college offers ECP cadets the rare and prestigious opportunity to become a second lieutenant…
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Which Colleges Will Earn You More Than $1 Million? Probably Not the Ones You Think
Over the long haul, an associate degree could be worth more than a more expensive Ivy League College degree, writes Erin Arvedlund and Bob Fernandez for The Philadelphia Inquirer. That conclusion is based on a study by Georgetown University which looked at a return on investment based on projected earnings over a career, minus the…
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U.S. News Ranks Neumann University’s Online Program among 2020’s Best
U.S. News & World Report has ranked Neumann University’s online bachelor’s degree as one the country’s 2020 Best Online Programs. Neumann’s online degrees for adults placed in the top 12 percent of such programs in the country among more than 1,200 programs surveyed by U.S. News. It is also the 8th highest rated online bachelor’s…
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