Education
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Swarthmore College Ends Greek Life on Campus
Swarthmore College President Valerie Smith announced May 10 that fraternities and sororities, “exclusive, dues-paying organizations” will no longer exist at the Delaware County liberal arts college, writes Anna Orso for the Philadelphia Inquirer. The move was part of an effort to deal with sexual misconduct on campus. A national outcry erupted after one of the…
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Neumann Students Study Chester Creek Health
Chester Creek habitats upstream and downstream of a fluid spill in May 2017 have good water quality, according to a study conducted by Dr. Mac Given, a biology professor at Neumann University. Larval insect communities in Chester Creek have not been affected by the spill, the study concludes. Students in Given’s Ecology Lab have been…
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Springfield’s Sabold Elementary School Drops ‘God Bless America’ From Pledge of Allegiance Ritual
Students can still say “God bless America” if they want to after the morning Pledge of Allegiance at Sabold Elementary School, but administrators will no longer recite the phrase over the public address system at the Pledge’s conclusion, writes Susan Serbin for the Daily Times. Each morning, Principal Peter Brigg leads the children in the…
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Upper Darby High Community Remembers Athletic Trainer
Brian Smart was an athletic trainer at Upper Darby High School for less than a year but he was loved by the students he helped train, writes Greg Argos for CBS Philly. The 25-year-old, known for his caring nature and sense of humor, suffered a fatal heart attack during Sunday’s Broad Street Run. The school…
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Garnet Valley High School Grad Signs with Los Angeles Rams
Garnet Valley High School graduate and Villanova University offensive tackler Brandon Hitner has signed with Los Angeles Rams as an unrestricted free agent, writes Terry Toohey for Delaware County Daily Times. “This truly is a dream come true,” said Hitner. “It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.” The Springfield native was an All-Central League and All-Delco Honorable Mention…
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Which County Schools Rank Among Top 10 Schools in PA?
Radnor and Strath Haven high schools earned highest marks among county schools in U.S. News and World Report’s annual rankings of secondary education institutions, writes Kevin Tustin for the Delaware County News Network. The publication’s 2019 Best High Schools Rankings places Radnor at No. 3 in Pennsylvania and 237 in the nation, with Strath Haven…
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Villanova University’s College of Professional Studies a Hub for Innovative Programming for Working Adults
Villanova University boasts a longstanding tradition of service to adult learners. The College of Professional Studies (CPS) embodies this enduring commitment to provide access to academic excellence by offering premier, relevant, and innovative programs. Taught by an engaging faculty of scholars and practitioners, the breadth of academic offerings, both on campus and online, range from…
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Darby Music Teacher Named Phillies All-Star Teacher
A Delaware County music teacher received the surprise of a lifetime May 3 when he was named a 2019 Phillies All-Star Teacher, writes Natasha Brown for CBS Philly. Andrew Kruc is affectionately known as the Pied Piper of Walnut Street Elementary School in Darby, and the entire school showed their love at a surprise assembly.…
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Widener Student Takes University’s Reins, Becomes President for a Day
Honey Brook’s Gabrielle Gehron, a senior at Widener, recently took over the reins as the university’s 2019 President for a Day, writes Colin Ainsworth for the Daily Times. The biomedical engineering student will finish a five-year engineering program a year early this semester. In her temporary role, she made financial transparency the top agenda item…
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Proposed Middle School Faces Zoning Obstacles in Clifton Heights
Zoning changes proposed by Clifton Heights officials could prevent or slow down construction of the new Upper Darby School District middle school on what the township residents call the ”Field of Dreams,” writes Kathy Boccella for Philadelphia Inquirer. The changes would also require new environmental and traffic-impact studies before the project is implemented on the…
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Learning Accounting and Life Lessons at Anna’s Place
Fourteen students in Professor Janet Massey’s Cost Accounting class learned much more than Accounting during a service-learning project at Anna’s Place, a Franciscan hospitality center in Chester, PA. The students planned, budgeted and shopped for food, and even helped prepare and serve meals at the center. According to Dr. Massey, students strengthened their accounting skills…
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Springfield Alum Donates $1 Million to New High School in Honor of His ‘Legendary’ Kin
Nicholas Giuffre – the recently retired CEO of Bradford White, a major water-heater company – has donated $1 million to the new Springfield High School to name two of its facilities after his mother, a former lunch lady in the school district, and mother-in-law, a former bus driver, writes Kathy Boccella for the Philadelphia Inquirer.…
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Alumnae to Mark Centennial of Long-Gone Ellis College
Former students of the closed Ellis College in Newtown Square will gather there this weekend to relive a special time in their lives. The college, known 100 years ago as the Charles E. Ellis College for Fatherless Girls, closed in the late 1970s, writes Joseph N. DiStefano for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Ellis College was started…
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Cheyney’s President Has a Plan to Save Nation’s Oldest HBCU
Cheyney University president Aaron Walton is on a mission to save the nation’s oldest historically black university, writes Michael Bradley for Main Line Today. Walton, 72, is nearly halfway through his four-year commitment to Cheyney. He was retired from healthcare provider Highmark for eight years, before being lured back to work by Cheyney to bring…
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As Celebrity Scooper at Rita’s, Neumann Prez Raises Funds for Sport Management Event
Dr. Chris Domes, president of Neumann University, rolled up his sleeves to serve Rita’s Italian Ice at a “celebrity scooper” spirit night in Aston. Rita’s donated part of the proceeds to the Sport Management Senior Seminar project, an annual student-managed networking event with executives from local sports franchises. Each spring semester, the Sport Management seniors…
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Five High Schools in Delco Among Top 25 with the Best Teachers in Greater Philly
Delaware County is home to five of the Top 25 Public High Schools with the Best Teachers in Greater Philadelphia, writes Clara Lefton for The Philadelphia Business Journal. Niche.com recently published its 2019 list of the Public High Schools with the Best Teachers. It based its ranking on analysis of academic and teacher data from…
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Male Students at Widener Slip on High Heels to ‘Walk a Mile in Her Shoes’
A group of 75 male students at Widener University recently slipped on high heels for Walk a Mile in Her Shoes, the international men’s march that highlights the causes, effects, and remediation for men’s sexualized violence against women, writes Pete Bannan for the Daily Times. The goal is to raise awareness of the seriousness of…
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Team from Neumann University Selected for Student Success Institute
The Association of American Colleges & Universities has accepted a team from Neumann University to participate in its Summer Institute on High-Impact Practices and Student Success. The institute will be held at Villanova University from June 18-21. According to the ACC&U, the institute will help campus and state-system teams advance student success by making quality…
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