Education
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Widener Opens State-of-Art Finance Lab Where Students Can Become Bloomberg-Certified
The Widener University School of Business Administration has opened a state-of-the-art learning environment for students interested in wealth management. The new Finance Lab features the same technology used by financial planners and investors. Students use the space for coursework, individual study, and to manage the Money Club’s Student Managed Investment Fund. Twelve computer stations are…
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Elwyn’s 15th Annual Art Exhibit, Benefit for Children with Special Needs a Success
Artwork by students from various special education programs at Elwyn was on display at the 15th annual Student Art Exhibit held at the White Manor Country Club in Malvern. Guests enjoyed hors d’oeuvres, drinks, and dinner while socializing and viewing the dazzling art displays. Both live and silent auctions were also held. The art show…
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Celebs in House as Neumann University Showcases New Communications Studio to Prospective Students
Studio Day at Neumann University was a unique, if not unusual open house for a college. The school in Aston invited only high school seniors who are interested in studying communications to the Oct. 23 event. The intent was to provide prospective students with actual hands-on experience in radio and television studios. Thirty-nine high school…
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Widener University Panel Discusses History, Pros and Cons of Electoral College
“The Electoral College is the strange way in which we elect presidents in the United States,” said Rod Smolla, Dean of the Widener University Delaware Law School. In this video, Smolla is joined by Brian Tierney, a member of the board of trustees at Widener, political science professor James Vike, and Alan Garfield, a professor…
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Northley Guidance Counselor to Visit White House as State’s Middle School Counselor of the Year
The Pennsylvania School Counselor Association has named Nicole Sayre, a guidance counselor at Northley Middle School in the Penn-Delco School District, the 2016 Pennsylvania Middle School Counselor of the Year. The award honors professional school counselors who have helped both their students and their school district. This includes developing and implementing comprehensive counseling programs based…
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Exton Mall to Host College Fair on Monday
High school students and their parents will be able to trick-or-treat for higher education at the Exton Square Mall on Monday from 5:30-7:30 PM, when representatives from more than 230 colleges nationwide gather for the 2016 Chester County College Fair. West Chester University, Neumann University, Penn State Great Valley, and Delaware County Community College will…
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Study Reveals Student Population Growth Negatively Affects Local School Districts, Property Taxes
School district enrollment levels have dramatically shifted in Pennsylvania over the past 25 years, writes Kevin McCorry in a fascinating report for NewsWorks that reveals the inequity of the state’s school-funding formula for the last quarter-century. More than a third of the state’s 500 districts have either grown or shrank by more than 25 percent…
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Upcoming Workshop from Achievement Unlimited Offers Swift Kick Toward Success in 2017
The inertia of the daily grind and the strangle of bad habits are slow and painful success killers, and it often takes a swift kick to break free in a new direction and achieve full potential. That’s the promise of a new workshop coming to the Penn State Great Valley Conference Center in Malvern on…
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Haverford College Launched Career of Top Corporate Investigator
She tracks down the truth behind elusive business hacking, fraud, scandal, and other illegal activity for a living, and she got her start in challenging history courses at Haverford College. One of the few female leaders in the global corporate investigation industry, Lisa Silverman, the Managing Director of Chicago-based K2 Intelligence, is living proof that…
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Appropriately Named Student at Marple Newtown Defies Odds in School, Life
Defying the medical struggles that brought him to America as a Kenyan infant, Lucky Wavai has thrived at Marple Newtown High School, and the senior is only getting started on a life of success. “My mother originally thought she had only one chance, and that’s how I got my name,” Wavai said in a Marple…
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Find Out the Median Salary Earned by Alumni of Delaware County’s Colleges
The U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard has ranked the nation’s colleges and universities by the median salary earned by alumni – who received financial aid – 10 years after they first began taking classes at the school. Here’s how Delaware County’s institutions of higher learning stack up: Villanova University – $73,900 Haverford College –…
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Four from Delaware County Win Neumann Alumni Awards
Three Delco residents and one county native recently received alumni awards from Neumann University. Folsom native Melissa Maginnis, Ph.D., received the John Neumann Award for exemplifying the values of the university. She is an assistant professor of microbiology at the University of Maine. Springfield’s Michael Hawley, Esq., a managing partner of Lyons Dougherty LLC in…
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Two Delco High Schools to Receive Opioid Overdose Spray from Radnor’s Adapt Pharma
Adapt Pharma, which has its U.S. headquarters in Radnor, is donating two doses of its Narcan Nasal Spray treatment for opioid overdoses to 128 high schools across the state, including a pair in Delaware County, writes Alison Burdo for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The Ridley School District and Penncrest High School will receive the medication…
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Delco Home to Two of the Top-Performing Public Schools in the State
Last week, the Pennsylvania Department of Education released School Performance Profile scores that measure the academic progress of 2,860 public schools across the state, writes Kathy Boccella for the Philadelphia Inquirer. According to the data, Springfield High School and Haverford High School checked in at No. 8 and No. 10, respectively, among the top-performing public…
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Glen Mills Schools to Celebrate 190 Years of Saving Boys
In 1826, it was an unheard-of attempt to relieve overcrowded prisons; today it’s heard all around the nation as a destination for turning misdirected boys into leaders. The Glen Mills Schools are about to celebrate 190 years of that legacy, having grown into a prestigious private, nonprofit campus of learning, leadership development, and team building…
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Two Delco School Districts Among Top 25 Highest-Paying in the State
According to data from the Pennsylvania Department of Education’s latest employee payroll report for public school teachers, administrators, and staff, 20 out of the Top 25 highest-paying school districts in the entire state of Pennsylvania are within a 50-mile radius of Philadelphia, but exclude the city itself. The data speaks to the role compensation and…
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Neumann Alumna Discusses Her Experiences as Undocumented Immigrant
Maria Sotomayor, a 2013 Neumann University graduate and the civic engagement coordinator for the Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalition (PICC), spoke to Criminal Justice majors yesterday at her alma mater. She described her experience as an undocumented immigrant and discussed PICC’s mission – to advance immigrants’ rights and promote their full integration into society by…
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Sun Valley JROTC Girls’ Fitness Team Wins National Title in San Diego
Delaware County Council recognized six young women who excelled in a grueling physical fitness challenge conducted by the United States Marines Youth Foundation. The Sun Valley High School Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) girls’ physical fitness team captured first place in the 2016 National High School Physical Fitness Championships, hosted last May by the…
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