Education
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Artist from Chester Using Black Lives Matter Coloring Books to Inspire Change
Chester native D. Marque Hall is using his art to try to inspire change and cultural awareness, writes Megan Pauly for Delaware Public Media. Hall, who works for the City of Wilmington and is training to be a professional boxer, has created Black Lives Matter-themed coloring books. They feature a colorful collage of historic African-American…
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Delaware County Careers – Penn State Brandywine
Located in Media, Penn State Brandywine offers students a range of knowledge and skills as they prepare for careers in the global arena. With more than 160 Penn State majors that can be started at Penn State Brandywine and completed at University Park or another Penn State location, Brandywine offers 12 baccalaureate degrees, 11 minors,…
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Neumann Offers Free First Class for Displaced ITT Tech Students
Former students of the ITT Technical Institute – which closed its doors last week, much to the chagrin of its approximately 35,000 students who were stunned by the news – have the luxury of taking their first course for free if they choose to continue their education at Neumann University. Neumann announced this special incentive…
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Liver Transplant Recipient from Broomall Receives Scholarship to Study Nursing
Broomall’s Leanne Purcell, the recipient of a lifesaving liver transplant last year, is today studying at Villanova to become a nurse with the help of a Jessie’s Day Give the Gift of Scholarship, writes Anne Neborak for the Daily Times. Purcell, who lost her mother to breast cancer, was first prompted into becoming a nurse…
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Neumann Names New Vice President for Finance, Administration
Neumann University has appointed Eugene E. McWilliams as Vice President for Finance and Administration. McWilliams is a Certified Public Accountant who started his career with Laventhol & Horwath in Philadelphia. He was a partner with the firm of Baker Tilly in Media and Philadelphia. Included in McWilliams’s former public accounting clients are several public school…
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Villanova Makes List of 10 Best Value Colleges in Pennsylvania
Villanova has cracked the Top 10 of higher education institutions in Pennsylvania that offer the best value, writes Claire Sasko for Philadelphia Magazine. The rankings have been compiled by SmartAsset for its second annual Best Value Colleges study and ranks schools according to five factors. It gives starting salary, tuition, and living costs a 25…
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Breathtaking Rendering of New Springfield High School Set for Presentation
The Springfield School District has set the first official presentation to the township on the proposed $118 million high school for Oct. 6, writes Susan L. Serbin for the Daily Times. Doug Carney, chair of both the facilities and finance committees, said the preliminary plan has already been submitted to the township, but it will…
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Neumann University Director to Speak on Sport, Mercy at Vatican
On Tuesday, Delaware County native Lee DelleMonache will board a plane bound for Rome, as her presence has been requested by the Vatican to speak on the issue of “Sport and Mercy” at the XIII International Symposium of University Professors from Sept. 7-11. Born in Lansdowne and reared in Middletown Township, DelleMonache – the director…
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Swarthmore Professor Recognized for Contribution to National Census of Writing
Jill Gladstein, an associate professor of English Literature at Swarthmore College, has been honored with the National Council of Writing Program Administrators Extraordinary Service Award for her contribution to the National Census of Writing. The National Census of Writing recently released the results of its ambitious survey on writing centers and programs across the country.…
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Education from Cheyney in Hotel, Restaurant Management Pays Off
All of the recent graduates from Cheyney University’s Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Management program are gainfully employed in hospitality and related businesses, proving that an HRTM degree from the nation’s first Historically Black College or University is a valuable commodity. With seasoned faculty in the hospitality industry teaching HRTM students, hands-on experience via internships, and…
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Radnor’s Home for Special-Needs Children Celebrates Century of Helping
St. Edmond’s Home for Children in Radnor Township is celebrating a century of helping children with special needs, writes Richard Ilgenfritz for Main Line Media News. The home was established in 1916 by a group of nuns from New England after a request by Philadelphia Archbishop Edmond Francis Prendergast to create a home for children…
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Villanova Partners with Aqua America to Improve Water Quality in Developing Countries
Water treatment experts from Aqua America will be lending their knowledge to developing countries through a new partnership with Villanova, writes Michelle Caffrey for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The Bryn Mawr utility is linking its experts with students as it tries to improve access to better-quality water in countries that are struggling to overcome the…
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Longtime Literacy Advocate Now Head of Delaware County Library Services
Catherine Bittle, a literacy advocate with 15 years of experience in the field of Library Sciences, is the new director of Delaware County Libraries (DCL), the agency that supports 26 member libraries throughout Delco. Bittle replaces David Belanger, who retired in May after 20 years of service as the director of DCL. Delaware County Councilman…
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Widener Uses Arboretum to Plant Seeds of Knowledge
Widener is using its recently acquired Taylor Memorial Arboretum as a resource for both students and teachers to learn more about nature, writes Susan Snyder for the Philadelphia Inquirer. The 30-acre arboretum in Nether Providence Township is just across the border from the city of Chester. It is an oasis of wilderness that gives members…
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Villanova Professor Taking CIA to Court Over Classified Documents
David Barrett, a political science professor at Villanova and expert on the Bay of Pigs Invasion, is taking the Central Intelligence Agency to court to try to obtain the final volume of documents on an event the government would rather forget, writes Victor Fiorillo for Philadelphia Magazine. Barrett, the author of two books on the…
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Dynamic Children at Elwyn’s Therapeutic Camp Raise Money for Alex’s Lemonade Stand
The dynamic children who attend Elwyn’s Summer Therapeutic Activities Program – or T-camp as it is lovingly referred to by the kids and their families – have done their part in trying to find a cure for all youngsters with cancer. The children, all with a diagnosis of special needs on the Autism spectrum, recently completed…
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Aston Teen’s Business Success Illustrates Power of Young Entrepreneurs Academy
In just two years, Shreyas Parab of Aston went from a shy, unassuming teenager to a confident businessman, whose novelty ties have sold for almost $17,000 and declare him a chick magnet. All before his 16th birthday. Parab has sold nearly 600 of his ties, tapping into a market where whimsy is popular, writes Diane…
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From Bigfoot to JFK, Villanova Students Study Conspiracy Theories
Did aliens land in Roswell, N.M., in 1947? Was there a second gunman on the grassy knoll? Did the Jersey Devil and Loch Ness Monster actually exist? Did Paul McCartney secretly die in 1966, and the Beatles cover up his death by hiring someone who look and sang like him? For decades, these questions have been…
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