Education
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Holy Family University Recently Awarded Aim & Attain Near Completer Grant
Holy Family University will partner with the Bucks County Workforce Development Board in support of a $1.3 million Aim & Attain Near Completer Grant that will benefit former University and other Pennsylvania undergraduate students who were near degree completion, but withdrew from the University prior to obtaining their diplomas or certificates. The grant was secured…
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Immaculata University Adds Three Minors to Prepare Students for In-Demand Careers
Immaculata University is offering new minors in digital forensics, emergency management, and applied politics and policy for the fall semester. These interdisciplinary minors can build upon the academic foundations of undergraduate disciplines in criminology, emergency planning and management, nursing, public administration, information systems, and business among others. “One of Immaculata’s main goals is to prepare students…
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Penn State Brandywine’s Bill Tyson Chosen to Head Domestic Abuse Project
Bill Tyson, director of strategic communications at Penn State Brandywine, has been elected president of the Domestic Abuse Project of Delaware County (DAP) board of directors. He joined the DAP board in 2016. Founded in 1976, DAP provides safety, advocacy, and supportive services to victims of domestic abuse. Each year, the organization assists thousands of survivors and…
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Cabrini University Expands Opportunities for Students with Ursinus College Partnership
Cabrini University is announcing a partnership with Ursinus College to ensure matching tuition, financial aid, curriculum, and the streamlining of credit transfer and application processes for Cabrini’s first-year, sophomore, and junior students. Ursinus is the fourth institution—along with Eastern University, Gwynedd Mercy University, and Holy Family University—to officially partner with Cabrini. The Ursinus teach-out agreement…
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Widener School of Nursing Recognized as a Center of Excellence
Widener University’s School of Nursing has been recognized by the National League for Nursing as a Center of Excellence in the area of advancing the science of nursing education. This is the third time Widener University in Chester has received this recognition. Only nine nursing education programs across the country from the academic spectrum of higher education…
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Junior Nursing Student Takes Seat on Widener Board of Trustees
The Widener University Board of Trustees has appointed rising junior nursing major Maritza Garcia to the student seat on the board. She will serve a two-year term. As the student trustee, Garcia, 20, of Bensalem Township, joins the prestigious governing body entrusted with the institution’s long-term success. The board monitors and oversees critical aspects of…
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Neumann Student’s COVID Research to be Published in Medical Journal
An article written by a Neumann University student, who conducted months-long research about the effectiveness of vaccination against COVID-19 in Pennsylvania, has been accepted for publication by the Journal of Medical Virology. Maria Ramunno, a mathematics major who graduated in May, found that “Covid vaccination is highly efficacious in preventing death from the disease. Even…
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Neumann University Adds Online Graduate Nursing Programs
Neumann University has added two graduate nursing programs to its curriculum in the last two years and, starting in the fall, will offer all three of its MS in nursing program options fully online. All programs have been approved by the Pennsylvania State Board of Nursing and are accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education…
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Folds of Honor Provides Life-Changing Scholarships for Families of Those Who Served
Folds of Honor is committed to their mission of helping the families of those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for their country. For 16 years, the organization has worked to help the families of those who have served in various ways, including handing out nearly 44,000 life-changing scholarships. This helpful act is one way…
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Harcum College Extends Support to Cabrini Students
Harcum College is offering support to Cabrini University’s newly accepted and current students following the university’s recent closure announcement. To assist these students in completing their degrees, Harcum College has introduced a new scholarship of up to $5,000 in financial support per year. Additionally, Harcum will accept up to 30 transfer credits from Cabrini University…
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Immaculata University Adds New Associate Degree in Social Services
Immaculata University is offering an associate degree in social services starting in fall 2023. This degree provides a foundation for students to pursue opportunities in social and human services such as education, psychology, and social work. The coursework focuses on developing students’ knowledge of social and human services and includes an interdisciplinary curriculum that addresses professional…
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Immaculata University Offering Supportive Transfer Pathways to Cabrini Students
With the announced closing of Cabrini University after the 2023-24 academic year, Immaculata University has created supportive pathways to enable Cabrini students to easily transfer to Immaculata. Recognizing that students and parents are disheartened and understandably concerned by the news of Cabrini’s impending closure, the Immaculata administration analyzed academic programs, tuition structures, and admissions processes to devise…
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Chester Charter Students Spend Four Days at Neumann University
More than 25 juniors from Chester Charter Scholars Academy got a taste of college life at Neumann University from June 19-22, as part of their participation in the Philadelphia Union Foundation’s iAM Project. The Chester Charter Scholars Academy students slept in the dorms and ate in the dining hall. They explored the 133-acre campus and…
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Immaculata’s Higher Education Doctoral Program Helps Professionals Fulfill Dreams of Leadership and Learning
When working professionals seek to advance their careers, gain experience in their fields, and feel a calling to the world of academia, they have turned to Immaculata University for a doctorate in Higher Education. Since the program’s first graduating class in 2015, more than 65 alumni have earned teaching and administrative positions in numerous colleges…
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Pottstown Home to One of the 15 Most Expensive High Schools in America
Education in the United States wears many price tags, but one local high school is among those that will break the bank for learning, writes Michael Rivera for the Southwest Journal. The Hill School in Pottstown has an annual tuition fee of $61,410, which is the sixth-highest tuition in the country. The school is also…
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Clock Tower Could Open at Glen Mills as early as July 1 but There Are Issues
Clock Tower is ready to bring students to the former Glen Mills School as early as July 1, but West Chester Area School District thinks that opening should be delayed a year, writes Alex Rose for the Daily Times. “We seek your assistance now before the mistake that Glen Mills eventually became is repeated with…
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VFMAC: Guns and Tanks and Soldiers …. OH MY!
The US Army is coming to the Valley Forge Military Academy & College in Wayne on Saturday, June 24 in an impressive demonstration of military might. The Army will demonstrate some of the equipment used in defense of the nation. The demonstration includes the firing of blanks from infantry weapons. “Each year as part of…
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Neumann Student Places Second in National Writing Contest
As a member of the honors program at Neumann University, Casandra Nguyen is challenged to do more than the standard curriculum requires. One of those assignments recently earned her second place in a national writing competition. During the spring semester, Nguyen was asked to write an honors paper about a topic relevant to one of…
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