Education
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Radnor High School Students Learn Government Lessons from Board Game
Combining fun and learning, Radnor High School teacher Paul Wright recently used the popular board game Catan to teach students about the inner workings of government, writes Max Bennett for the Radnor Patch. Catan, previously known as Settlers of Catan, is a board game created by Germany’s Klaus Teuber. Using the game, students in Wright’s…
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Delaware County Community College’s Municipal Police Academy Graduates 48 Cadets
Delaware County Community College’s Municipal Police Academy has broken another record. Twelve female cadets – the most to have ever graduated at one time from the Police Academy – were among 48 students lauded at the Academy’s graduation ceremony held recently at Ridley High School. The female cadets join the 10 women who, last year,…
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St. James Alumni Mark 25 Years Since School Closed
Alumni of St. James High School in Chester marked 25 years since their alma mater closed with an event entitled “Keeping the Spirit Alive at 25,” writes Colin Ainsworth for the Delaware County News Network. The former Bulldogs held a mass at St. Rose of Lima in Eddystone, followed by lunch at the Doghouse alumni…
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Philadelphia Nonprofit Makes College Possible for Four Students from Penn Wood, Upper Darby
A pair of graduating seniors from Penn Wood High School and another two from Upper Darby High School are continuing their education with the help of College Possible Philadelphia, writes Kevin Tustin for the Daily Times. Penn Wood’s Destany Fields and Fatoumata Kane and Upper Darby’s Hibah Ali and Davy-Anna Phosouvank Chamroeunphorn took part in…
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Penn State Brandywine Program Helping to Bridge Gender Gap in STEM Careers
Penn State Brandywine recently welcomed seventh-grade and ninth-grade girls from Greater Philadelphia for its annual STEM Options Day, writes Michael McDade for Penn State News. The event featured workshops led by successful women from Boeing, Johnson & Johnson, Lockheed Martin, the Department of Defense, and many more. Among the topics were biotechnology, chemistry, engineering, forensic…
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Chichester School District Hires Upper Darby Superintendent for Same Position
The Chichester School District has appointed Dan Nerelli, superintendent of the Upper Darby School District, as its new superintendent, writes Kevin Tustin for the Delaware County News Network. Nerelli will succeed Kathleen Sherman, who retired after four years as superintendent. “I’m looking to build a very long history here in this wonderful school district with…
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Upper Darby Resident, Other Local Students Struggle with Loan Debt
Rhapsody Taylor, 20, a rising junior at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, is a straight-A student. However, she may not be able to return to school in the fall, writes Anna Orso for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Taylor can’t afford tuition costs and her mother’s own $80,000 in student debt has left her without…
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Local Catholic School Draws National Attention for Gifts Given to Graduating Eighth-Graders
In the wake of several school shootings throughout the country, Robert Vito of Glen Mills-based Unequal Technologies presented 15 eighth-graders at St. Cornelius School in Chadds Ford with bulletproof protection, writes John Chambless for the Chester County Press. During a recent assembly, Vito, whose daughters attend the school, handed out bulletproof panels for students to…
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Two Profs at Delaware County Community College Receive Awards for Excellence in Teaching
Two Delaware County Community College faculty members – described by students and fellow colleagues as having a passion, exuberance, and zest for teaching – recently received honors for performance excellence in their craft. Tanya Gardner, associate professor of Communication Studies at the college’s Marple Campus, is a 2018 recipient of a Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award,…
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Villanova’s Capital Campaign Raises $759M, Beating its Goal by $150M
Villanova University’s capital campaign has raised an astonishing $759 million, surpassing the originally goal by more than $150 million, writes Susan Snyder for Philly.com. The campaign titled “For the Greater Great: The Villanova Campaign to Ignite Change” to raise $600 million was launched in October 2013. It achieved this goal eighteen months early, but continued…
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DELCO Careers – Swarthmore College
Swarthmore College is a highly selective liberal arts college whose mission combines academic rigor with social responsibility and draws students from around the nation and world. Admissions Counselor This position performs multicultural recruitment and student employee management; represents the College at professional conferences and the Admissions Office on College committees; and interviews prospective students, conducts information…
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Washington Post: Villanova Initiative Helps Prison Inmates Turn Their Lives Around
Villanova University is among a growing number of schools that are helping inmates turn their lives around by giving them a chance to earn a college degree while in prison, writes Nick Anderson for The Washington Post. Villanova has taught inside Graterford for decades. Since 1986, 75 men have earned bachelor’s or associate degrees from…
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Swarthmore College One of The Nation’s Top 20 Hardest Schools to Get Into
Swarthmore College is among the nation’s Top 20 hardest schools to get into, writes Emily Rolen for PhillyVoice. The school checked in at No. 19 in a new report by Niche.com that ranked the hardest schools to get into this year. Niche used data from the U.S. Department of Education to rank the schools according…
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Temple University, Delaware County Community College Enhance Transfer Opportunities
The presidents of Temple University and Delaware County Community College have signed an agreement that will allow qualified associate degree graduates to transfer seamlessly into Temple’s Klein College of Media and Communication starting in the fall. Known as a program-to-program agreement because it only applies to students within a specific major, the new agreement will…
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Check Out the Average Salary in Each School District in Delaware County
Employees of the Ridley School District have a higher average salary than their counterparts in other school districts in Delaware County, writes Clara Lefton for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The PBJ used data from openPAgov.org, a project of the Commonwealth Foundation, to calculate the average salary in each school district in southeastern Pennsylvania. This includes…
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Neumann’s New VP for Student Affairs a Former Administrator at University of Portland
Neumann University has named Dr. Christopher T. Haug as its new vice president for student affairs. Haug – currently the director of residence life, housing, and student conduct at the University of Portland in Oregon – will assume his responsibilities at Neumann in mid-June. In his current position, Haug is responsible for recruiting, hiring, training,…
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State’s School Funding Gap the Second Worst in America; Upcoming Trial May Change That
The trial expected to be heard by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in the fall could ensure more equitable school funding in the Keystone State, writes Charlie Bacas for the York Daily Record. The state currently has more than 200 urban and rural school districts that are significantly disadvantaged, according to a 2015 Education Trust study.…
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Local Student Chooses Between Studying Science at Princeton or History at Oxford
Natalia Orlovsky was having trouble deciding whether she wants to study science at Princeton University or history at University of Oxford once she graduates from Garnet Valley High School, writes Erin Logan for The Washington Post. The Chadds Ford teen recently displayed an award-winning proficiency in science by taking home $175,000 in the prestigious Regeneron…
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