Education
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Immaculata Receives Grant to ‘Fully Engage Next Generation’ of Special Education Teachers
Immaculata University has received the Special Education Performance Grant 2022-2024: Developing Future Special Educators from the Pennsylvania Department of Education. The grant provides $25,000 funding through the 2024 academic year. The goal of the grant is to recruit future special education professionals. “The teaching shortage affects all areas, including special education,” said Dr. Melissa Reed, chair of the Immaculata…
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TLC Leadership Academy Honors Seniors
The Lincoln Center for Family and Youth’s Leadership Academy hosted a Graduation Ceremony for their Class of 2022 students at the John James Audubon Center on June 1, 2022. The Academy, located in Audubon, is an accredited and licensed private academic school providing education, coaching, and counseling to students in grades 7 through 12. The…
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Immaculata to Host Info Session on Accelerated, Second-Degree B.S.N. on June 18
Immaculata University will host an information session on Saturday, June 18 for college graduates interested in earning a second bachelor’s degree in nursing. The session will be held from 10 AM to 12 PM in Loyola Hall, Room 18. Nursing faculty members will present information about the program, and attendees will have opportunities to talk with…
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Valley Forge Military Academy Graduates Class of 2022
Valley Forge Military Academy has awarded 36 Cadets with their high school diplomas as part of the 94th annual commencement ceremony. The Cadets have been accepted to more than 30 colleges and universities to begin studying for their bachelor’s degrees. “We are so proud of this class,” said Col Stuart B. Helgeson, USMCR (Ret), president…
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Pandemic Anxiety Puts Student on a Path That Ends With a Neumann Scholarship
The regular high school route just wasn’t working for Vincent Varallo, writes Mark Zimmaro for South Philly Review. Varallo suffered from anxiety before the pandemic and the shutdown made it worse. “Prior to, and especially during the pandemic, I didn’t feel my brick-and-mortar school was allowing me to be myself and reach my full educational…
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DELCO Careers— CCRES
CCRES, Downingtown, specializes in providing over 1,500 professional, dedicated staff members to meet the needs of children and adults challenged by autism, behavioral health issues, mental illness, intellectual/developmental disabilities, and physical disabilities. It works in collaboration with school districts, intermediate units, and the behavioral health system. There are numerous advantages to a CCRES career, including…
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Delaware County Leadership: Dr. Jon Jay DeTemple, President, Harcum College
Dr. Jon Jay DeTemple, the President of Harcum College, spoke with DELCO Today about growing up in government housing near Binghamton, N.Y.; his fondest memories of his blue-collar upbringing; playing multiple sports in high school; using football as a vehicle to attend Cornell; and giving up the sport in between his sophomore and junior years…
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It’s Instant Accept Week June 20-24 at Valley Forge Military College
Qualified students can ease the sometimes confusing college admission process during Instant Accept Week at Valley Forge Military College. During Accept Week June 20 to 24, VFMC will provide instant acceptance to qualified students prepared with their official transcripts. Pew Research has found that college graduates earn 50% more than those with a high school…
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Immaculata’s College of Adult Professional Studies Reduces Tuition for Fall 2022 Semester
Beginning this fall, Immaculata University is discounting its tuition for most programs in the College of Adult and Professional Studies (CAPS). This reduction adds to the competitive tuition as Immaculata’s rates are already some of the lowest undergraduate tuition rates of any four-year private institution in the region. Immaculata offers more than 60 majors at…
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Penn State Great Valley Names Interim Chancellor
Colin Neill, professor of software and systems engineering and director of engineering programs at Penn State Great Valley, has been named the school’s interim chancellor, dean, and chief academic officer. He will take over for James Nemes, who will retire on July 1. Neill has served as director of engineering programs for over a decade, overseeing the…
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New Penn State President Praises Branch Campuses Like Brandywine, Great Valley
Penn State University’s new president, Neeli Bendapudi, is a big fan of her university’s branch campuses like Penn State Brandywine in Media and Great Valley in Malven, writes Bill Schackner for Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. “I am very, very committed to the commonwealth campuses, for several reasons,” Bendapudi said Thursday. The 58-year-old said places like Penn State…
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Upper Darby Woman Studying at Immaculata Wins Scholarship While Balancing Work and Home Life
Ayana N. Williams-Smith of Upper Darby has received the American Association of University Women (AAUW) West Chester-Chester County Branch’s 2022 Alice Lawson Scholarship in the amount of $3,000. Williams-Smith is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Healthcare Management from Immaculata University’s College of Adult Professional Studies. Having earned a Surgical Technician diploma from Harrison Career Institute…
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Healthy NewsWorks, Began in Upper Darby, is About Health, Healing, Journalism
Healthy NewsWorks had its origins at an Upper Darby elementary school in 2003 when Inquirer journalist Marian Uhlman and second grade teacher Susan Spencer got together to create the program for kids, writes Kenny Cooper for WHYY. The purpose of Healthy NewsWorks was to address health issues and childhood reading problems as it turned students…
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WilmU’s Prevention Science Doctoral Program Is One of a Kind. Literally.
Dr. Hakim Stovall knew he wanted to earn a doctorate in Prevention Science, but he was too busy to attend in-person classes. Then he discovered Wilmington University. Wilmington University’s College of Social and Behavioral Sciences offers the nation’s only 100-percent-online doctoral degree in Prevention Science. The program focuses on developing evidence-based strategies that reduce risk…
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Justin Jennings Didn’t Let Cancer Stop His Penn State Brandywine Education
Justin’s Beach House in Bethany is named for a Penn State Brandywine student who battled cancer but was determined to pursue his college studies in the face of his obstacles, writes Mike Smith for Coastal Point. Named for the late Justin Jennings, the beach house offers a place where families can stay for a beach…
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2 Became 1 Wednesday as St. Joseph’s, USciences Merger Takes Effect
USciences is now part of St. Joseph’s University after a merger of the two universities became official Wednesday, writes Susan Snyder for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The merger of the health and sciences university into the Catholic university took about 18 months. The merger gives St. Joseph’s 26 new programs in pharmacy, physician assistant, physical therapy,…
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DELCO Careers — CCRES
CCRES, Downingtown, specializes in providing over 1,500 professional, dedicated staff members to meet the needs of children and adults challenged by autism, behavioral health issues, mental illness, intellectual/developmental disabilities, and physical disabilities. It works in collaboration with school districts, intermediate units, and the behavioral health system. There are numerous advantages to a CCRES career, including…
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Neumann University to Host Graduate Information Session on June 8
Neumann University will host an in-person information session about its graduate and degree completion programs on Wednesday, June 8, from 5-7:30 p.m. in the Rocco Abessinio Building. Two new master’s degrees, scheduled to begin this fall, are the MS in Cybersecurity and the MS in Forensic Psychology. The MS in Cybersecurity is offered online and…
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