Education
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Delaware County Community College to Host STEM Career Night on Feb. 22
Delaware County Community College’s 11th annual STEM Career Night will introduce prospective students from Chester and Delaware counties to the exciting world of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics on Feb. 22. STEM Career Night will be held in the Academy Building Lobby on the Marple Campus beginning at 5:30 PM. Keynote speakers for the event…
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Villanova Breaks More Ground, as Its Transformation of Lancaster Avenue Continues
Villanova University has broken ground on its new $60 million performing arts center, writes Natalie Kostelni for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The new center will have two main performance spaces, one of which is a proscenium-style theatre with 400 seats. The other space will be a courtyard theatre with 200 seats. In addition to the…
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Award-Winning Neumann Radio Celebrates 10 Years
On Jan. 24, 2008, Neumann Radio launched at 9 AM in the basement of Bachmann Main Building. With 14 students, the adventure started as an Internet-only, free-format college radio station. Ten years later, Neumann Radio lives on 98.5 WNUW and has become a staple in both the college and commercial radio world. [uam_ad id=”52851″] Advertisement…
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Valley Forge Military College to Rename Center for Security Studies After H.R. McMaster
This spring, the Valley Forge Military College will officially rename its Center for Advancement of Security Studies in honor of LTG H.R. McMaster, National Security Advisor to President Donald Trump and an esteemed alumnus of Valley Forge Military Academy. The new H.R. McMaster Center for Security Studies, or simply The McMaster Center, will transition from…
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National Science Foundation Awards Delaware County Community College a $650,000 Grant
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded Delaware County Community College a $650,000 grant from its Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) program. The college will use the grant to provide scholarships and support to qualified, academically talented, financially underprivileged students interested in STEM professions. It’s the second NSF grant the college has received…
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Bucks County Community College, Neumann University Sign Admissions Agreement
Officials from Bucks County Community College and Neumann University recently signed a dual-admissions agreement to make it easier for Bucks graduates to complete a bachelor’s degree at Neumann. The signing ceremony, which recently took place in historic Tyler Hall on BCCC’s Newtown campus, included Neumann Vice President for Academic Affairs Lawrence DiPaolo, Neumann President Chris…
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Villanova Receives $1 Million Commitment from Former Wildcat Kyle Lowry
Villanova has received a $1 million commitment from former Wildcat Kyle Lowry – who played two seasons on the Main Line before entering the NBA – and his wife, Ayahna, as part of the university’s comprehensive capital campaign, “For the Greater Great: The Villanova Campaign to Ignite Change.” In recognition of the gift, the largest…
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DELCO Careers – Neumann University
Founded and sponsored by the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia, Neumann University, a private Catholic co-educational institution rooted in the Franciscan tradition, Has the following Delaware County Positions posted: Associate University Registrar The Associate University Registrar serves as the Manager of the University Registrar’s Office, oversees the daily operational activities of the Office, and reviews Office…
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Sun Valley Students Pen Stories Inspired by Ominous Door at Tyler Arboretum
Judging by the stories being created by a crop of new young writers, the next J.R.R. Tolkien, J.K. Rowling, or C.S. Lewis may not be from England, but rather from Aston … Pennsylvania. For the past eight years, Sun Valley High School students have been writing stories as part of an innovative community writing initiative…
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DCIU School Psychologist Creates Tool to Keep Close Eye on Kids at Risk of Suicide
Dr. Terri Erbacher, a school psychologist with the Delaware County Intermediate Unit, has created a tool to better monitor students when they return to school after attempting suicide, writes Lynne Adkins for CBS Philly. According to Erbacher, who’s also a clinical associate professor of psychology at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, the tool works…
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Wollman Aims to Turn Widener into a Game-Changing University
Widener president Julie Wollman is determined to turn the university into a game-changing institution of higher education, writes Michelle Caffrey for the Philadelphia Business Journal. From the moment she took over two years ago, Wollman has been working toward making Widener a leader in the more intangible aspects of education. These include building leadership skills…
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Teaching, Coaching Icon at Ridley High School Dies at 84
Carl Schnellenbach, a longtime teacher and coaching icon at Ridley High School known simply as Schnell, died last month at the age of 84, write Terry Toohey and Matthew DeGeorge for the Delaware County News Network. Schnell was a titan in the Delco sports community, mostly for coaching wrestling at Ridley for 53 seasons. A…
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DELCO Careers – Delaware County Community College
Founded in 1967, Delaware County Community College is an accredited, public two-year college serving residents of Delaware and Chester Counties, has the following Delaware County full- and part-time positions posted: Assistant Dean The Assistant Dean assists the Dean of Workforce Development and Community Education in the instructional, administrative, personnel, and fiscal operations of the Division,…
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Neumann’s Pact with Delaware County Community College Benefits Criminal Justice Majors
Delaware County Community College and Neumann University have signed an agreement that will enable the latter’s students to earn a criminal justice degree faster and at less cost by attending the former’s Municipal Police Academy. The agreement is the first that Delaware County Community College’s 40-year-old Municipal Police Academy has entered into with a four-year…
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As Cigarette Ads Continue to Profile, Lincoln and Cheyney to Ban Tobacco on Campus
Lincoln and Cheyney universities are joining a growing list of colleges that are banning tobacco on campus, writes Sara Hoover for WHYY. Currently, less than half of the nation’s 102 historically black colleges and universities and only a third of community colleges have official smoke-free or tobacco-free policies. Now, an initiative started by the CVS…
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Delaware County Community College’s Police Academy Graduates Most Females in Its History
Ten female cadets – the most to have graduated at one time from Delaware County Community College’s Municipal Police Academy – were among 67 students lauded at the college’s Municipal Police Academy graduation ceremony recently held at Ridley High School. Dr. L. Joy Gates Black, a U.S. veteran and the first female president of the…
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Academy of Notre Dame Breaks Ground for New Center for STEM Education
The Academy of Notre Dame de Namur in Villanova has officially broken ground on its new 30,000-square-foot Center for STEM Education. The state-of-the-art facility will incorporate the latest technology and teaching/learning environments for study of the STEM disciplines of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Notre Dame President Dr. Judith A. Dwyer welcomed guests, students, faculty,…
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Researchers from Cheyney University Part of State-Funded Study on Brain Injuries
Cheyney University is among five institutions awarded a four-year, $4 million grant to rethink how traumatic brain injuries are diagnosed and treated, writes Stacey Burling for the Philadelphia Inquirer. The Pennsylvania Department of Health awarded the grant to a consortium of researchers from Penn Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Moss Rehab, the University of Pittsburgh,…
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