Education
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WWII Veteran Receives Honorary Degree After 24 Years of Classes at Villanova
After nearly a quarter-century of diligently attending classes, Irwin Medway, a 93-year-old WWII veteran and Purple Heart recipient from Lansdale, received an honorary degree from Villanova, writes John Kopp for PhillyVoice. Medway started taking classes at Villanova in 1993 by going to at least one class every semester. Over the years, Medway has taken a…
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Interboro, Penn Wood Students Earn 29 College Credits in Electro-Mechanical Technologies
Students from Interboro and Penn Wood high schools were recently recognized for completing Delaware County Community College’s Dual Enrollment Early College Electro-Mechanical Technologies program, which enabled them to earn 29 college credits while still in high school. At a recognition ceremony held at the college’s Marple Campus, each of the 10 students received a certificate…
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Delco Places Five Among Best Public Elementary Schools in Greater Philadelphia
Niche.com has released its 2017 List of the Best Public Elementary Schools in Pennsylvania, with five schools in Delaware County making the Top 25 in Greater Philadelphia, according to a report from the Philadelphia Business Journal. Niche.com, which is headquartered in Pittsburgh, has expanded upon the test-score-based grading system used by the state by adding…
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Neumann Students to Present Report on Folcroft Manufacturer at Economic Conference
Four students in a Neumann University senior seminar class produced a report on Cork Industries, a manufacturer of coatings and adhesives in Folcroft, and it has been accepted for presentation at the Pennsylvania Economic Association (PEA) conference from June 1-3 at Alvernia University. Under the guidance of Dr. Mehdi Hojjat, Amber Clements, Welyne Jargbah, Devon…
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Penn Professor from Upper Darby Earns National Teaching Award
The American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese has named Upper Darby native Maria Paredes Fernandez as the 2016 Teacher of the Year at college level, writes Madeleine Lamon for The Daily Pennsylvanian. Fernandez, a lecturer in the University of Pennsylvania’s Department of Romance Languages for the past six years, also serves as a…
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Where Are the Best Places to Buy a Home in Delaware County?
Spring is here, and with the change in season, people often take some time to consider the benefits of moving into a new home, according to a staff report for the Philadelphia Business Journal. To help with this, Niche.com has a compiled a list of the best places to buy a home in Greater Philadelphia.…
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Honorary Degree Rights Decades-Old Wrong for Chester Basketball Star Forced Out of College
It was the second college in the nation to go co-ed and second again to admit African-American and Native American students, yet progressive Alfred University in western New York forced out a black star athlete from Chester for dating a white administrator’s daughter. The 1959 scandal was hushed for decades … until new university president…
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Delaware County Community College Receives $200,000 Grant for Technology Training
Delaware County Community College received a nearly $200,000 state grant to augment training for adult students interested in pursuing technology careers. The college was one of 14 higher education institutions statewide to receive one of the tech grants from the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry. The grants were awarded recently to educational institutions that…
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Traumatic Brain Injury, Three Surgeries Can’t Stop Havertown Resident from Earning College Degree
Havertown resident Dana Reigner, a member of Arcadia University’s Class of 2017, will graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry on May 19, only a short five years after suffering from a traumatic brain injury that left her partially disabled. In 2012, at the age of 17, Reigner contracted a bacterial infection that spread…
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Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary, Neumann University Explore Affiliation Agreement
In May 2016, the Board of Trustees at Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood recommended – and Archbishop Charles J. Chaput accepted – that the seminary explore the possibility of a feasible plan to affiliate the seminary with a local Catholic college or university. The board asked that this first step in the study process…
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Sixteen-Year-Old from Nigeria Set to Graduate from Chester High
Deborah Ekwale, a 16-year-old native of Nigeria who immigrated to Delaware County two years ago, will soon graduate from Chester High, and she plans to further her studies in college, writes Rick Kauffman for the Daily Times. Ekwale hopes to pursue a degree in women’s studies at Bryn Mawr College, a goal that has been…
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Upper Darby Resident, Ex-Con Achieves the Dream at Delaware County Community College
More than 1,400 degrees and certificates will be conferred to students at Delaware County Community College’s commencement on Thursday morning at The Pavilion at Villanova University. This year’s commencement ceremony comes at a very special time, as the college is celebrating its 50th anniversary. Each graduate has traveled a unique path to success, and included…
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Little-Known Tradition at Haverford College Yields Evening of Insight, Inspiration
A little-known Haverford College tradition recently brought together current seniors and graduates from 50 years ago for a night of shared insight, hope, and history, writes Jeff Gammage for the Philadelphia Inquirer. The tradition began at the end of the Civil War by members of the Class of 1867. They made a pact to return…
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Upper Darby High School Grad the Newly Elected Voice of Penn State’s 40,000-Plus Students
Four years of high school leadership and a legacy of advocacy have helped position Katie Jordan as the newly elected voice of Penn State’s 40,000-plus students. Jordan, a four-time class president at Upper Darby High School, is now student president of the University Park Undergraduate Association at Penn State, according to a Daily Times report…
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Widener Appoints New Provost from Northern Kentucky University
Widener University President Dr. Julie E. Wollman has announced the appointment of Dr. Dale Scalise-Smith as the next provost of the university. Scalise-Smith, who currently serves as dean of the College of Health Professions at Northern Kentucky University, will begin her new position in August. As provost, Scalise-Smith will be the chief academic officer across…
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Cabrini University Launches Center on Immigration
Cabrini University recently launched the Center on Immigration, an academic, nonpartisan organization that promotes immigrant rights through research, education, and advocacy. “Through the Center’s work, we will seek to transform the dominant narrative about immigration, amplify the voices and sentiments of those most directly impacted, and contest prevalent misconceptions,” said Abel Rodríguez, Faculty Director of…
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Chamber of Commerce’s Youth Leadership Academy Celebrates Power of Achievement
The 9th Annual Youth Leadership Academy was held from April 24-26 at Neumann University, ending with a presentation ceremony and reception. The Youth Leadership Academy targets 30 high school sophomores from schools all across Delaware County to participate and absorb the basic skills of leadership sponsored by The Delaware County Workforce Investment Board, Youth Council,…
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Widener Student from Broomall Receives Civic Award from Boston-Based Nonprofit
Campus Compact, a Boston-based nonprofit working to advance the public purposes of higher education, has honored 273 students as 2017 Newman Civic Fellows, including Widener University sophomore Iman Elkhashab. The Newman Civic Fellows Award recognizes inspiring college student leaders who have worked to find solutions for challenges facing their communities. Elkhashab, a biology major from…
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