Education
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Harcum College Teams Up with National Interior Design Firm to Create New Student Success Center
Harcum College has teamed up with Herman Miller, the national interior design and furnishing company, to create a new Student Success Center on campus, according to a report in Patches, the magazine of Harcum College. The new SSC is in Room 101 of the Academic Center and offers a sense of community and belonging while…
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Villanova Professors Denounce University’s New Assessment of Faculty Sensitivity, Bias
Professors at Villanova University have denounced the school’s new assessment of faculty sensitivity and bias as harmful to its mission of providing a liberal education, write Colleen A. Sheehan and James Matthew Wilson for The Wall Street Journal. In a letter to The Wall Street Journal, professors said Villanova’s administration notified the faculty that course…
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Investigative Reporter Donates Research on Burglary of FBI Office in Media to Swarthmore College
Investigative reporter Betty Medsger, the first journalist to report on files stolen from an FBI office in Media nearly a half-century ago, has donated her research to Swarthmore College, writes Kevin Tustin for the Daily Times. Medsger, who was a Washington Post reporter at the time, was one of the five people who received copies…
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Neumann University Raises $140,000 for Student Scholarships at Annual Gala
Neumann University raised more than $140,000 for student scholarships at its annual Scholarship Gala, held in early April at the Hilton Philadelphia at Penn’s Landing. The annual event raises funds to support Neumann students as they pursue their dreams of a college degree and successful career. Since the event was first held in 2000, it…
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Garnet Valley Wins National Hi-Q Championship
The Garnet Valley High School Hi-Q team won its second-ever National Hi-Q Championship in a competitive contest against regional champions. Garnet Valley recently competed against teams from Marinette High School in Wisconsin, Alma Bryant High School in Alabama, and Stanwood High School in Washington for the national crown via video conference at the Delaware County…
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Ceremony Marks Opening of New STEM Center at Academy of Notre Dame de Namur
The Academy of Notre Dame de Namur in Villanova celebrated the opening of its new 30,000-square-foot Riley Center for STEM Education with a dedication, blessing, and ribbon-cutting ceremony last Friday. The state-of-the-art facility incorporates the latest technology and teaching/learning environments for study of the STEM disciplines of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. “The Academy of…
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Widener Takes ‘Innovate Leap’ as School of Engineering Unveils New Robotics Laboratory
Six months after becoming the first school in the region to offer a bachelor’s degree in robotics engineering, Widener University’s School of Engineering has unveiled its new robotics laboratory, writes Michelle Caffrey for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The new laboratory has advanced equipment, including an industrial automation robot, smart machine vision camera, 3-D printer, and…
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How ALL Colleges Make Admissions Decisions. Remove the Mystery.
By David W. Clark, Ed.M. All college admission departments divide the detailed information submitted by an applicant into three categories of importance: Essentials single most important: quality of your high school program, the best predictor of college grades: high school grades the first filter for approximately 75% of colleges in America today: SATs or…
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Lawmakers, Realtors, Policy Analysts Discuss New Report on How Schools Affect Home Values
A new report by ReadyNation entitled “Real Estate Markets Thrive When PA Schools Work” was discussed by a panel of lawmakers, realtors, and policy analysts at Ridley High School last week, writes Kevin Tustin for the Daily Times. The report states that adequate funding for public schools affects the achievements of public school children, which…
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Nursing Professor at Neumann University Named Chester’s Woman of the Year
Dr. Michelle Santana, a nursing professor at Neumann University, recently received Chester’s Woman of the Year Award in recognition of her new program, Angel’s Rise, a mentorship program for Chester youth, grades nine through 12. Each child in this program is assessed on several developmental cycles, including professional, personal, financial, political, and cultural. The result…
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Neumann University Joins the Video Gaming Craze with New eSports Team
“We compete in teams of two and the winner is based on whoever receives the highest number of (on-screen) kills,” said Deidre Turner, who is one of the six members of Neumann University’s new eSports team. In the fall of 2018, Neumann began its inaugural season in ECAC eSports, a league of online video gaming…
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State System of Higher Education’s Newly Approved Tuition Reform the Largest Overhaul in Its History
The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education’s Board of Governors has voted to adopt tuition reform that will give the 14 state-owned universities more of a say in what their students pay, according to reports from The Associated Press and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. This is the largest price and financial aid overhaul in the history of…
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Stories Fly as Teachers from Middle School in Upper Darby Reunite Decades Later
Decades after working together at Beverly Hills Middle School in the Upper Darby School District, teachers and a principal shared stories at a recent reunion at Charlotte’s Restaurant in Newtown Square, writes one of their students, Maria Panaritis, for the Philadelphia Inquirer. The writer and her peers remembered the teachers as a unifying force that…
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Delaware County Community College to Host Presentation on Relationships, Intimacy, Sexual Assault
Author Michael Domitrz will present “Can I Kiss You?” – an interactive and thought-provoking look at relationships, intimacy, and sexual assault – on Tuesday, April 23 from 11:05 AM-3 PM in the Large Auditorium on Delaware County Community College’s Marple Campus. Domitrz’s frank discussion will help students discover specific how-to skills for asking for consent,…
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Haverford College Once Again Among Nation’s Top Fulbright Producers
Haverford College is once again among the schools nationwide with the most Fulbright Student Award recipients, writes Rebecca Raber for the college. The college earned its place on the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs’ list with five students earning Fulbright Awards for 2018-2019. This puts Haverford College among the approximately…
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Former FBI Cybersecurity Expert Offers Anti-Hacking Advice at Neumann University
Robert Anderson, a cybersecurity expert and former national security executive with the FBI, offered some practical tips to prevent cybercrime during several presentations last week at Neumann University. For businesses, he urged CEOs to “educate your workforce,” noting that e-mail phishing scams, which are relatively easy to avoid, still cause enormous damage when employees respond…
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Garnet Valley High School Student Wins $25,000 for Her Study of Renewable Energy
Sai Preethi Mamidala, a senior at Garnet Valley High School, has been awarded $25,000 for being a finalist at this year’s Regeneron Science Talent Search, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious science and math competition for high school seniors, writes Geeta Goindi for The American Bazaar. Mamidala, compelled by the effects of fossil-fuel pollution in…
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Despite Issues Plaguing State System of Higher Ed, Chancellor Says Cheyney Will Succeed
Daniel Greenstein, the new chancellor of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, says Cheyney University will overcome its challenges, writes John Micek for the Pennsylvania Capital-Star. During the monthly Pennsylvania Press Club luncheon in Harrisburg last week, Greenstein said Cheyney will “survive and thrive.” He emphasized, however, that he did not want to “narrowly…
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