Education
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Penn State Brandywine Announces Activities for March Women’s History Month
Penn State student organizations and units at campuses across the commonwealth will be holding events in honor of National Women’s History Month. According to the National Women’s History Alliance, the theme this year is “Women Providing Healing, Promoting Hope,” which is both a tribute to the ceaseless work of caregivers and front-line workers during the ongoing…
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Amazon Selects Wilmington University as an Education Partner for Career Choice Program
Amazon announced that it has selected Wilmington University as an education partner for its Career Choice program, providing Amazon’s hourly employees access to 150-plus certificate, associate, and bachelor’s degree programs. Fields of study include Business Management, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, and Organizational Leadership. Wilmington University will also offer Amazon Career Choice employees streamlined admissions and waive…
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Neumann University Partners with United Sports in Downingtown
Neumann University has signed an exclusive, three-year partnership with United Sports Training Center in Downingtown. The agreement, announced in a March 2 ribbon cutting, includes marketing and branding opportunities and student internships at the sports complex. Ted van Beuren, CEO and founder of United Sports, and Rick Knowles, general manager of the facility, joined Neumann’s…
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Penn State Great Valley Prof Gives Keynote at NASA Event
Kathryn Jablokow, a professor of engineering design and mechanical engineering at Penn State Great Valley, presented one of three keynote talks at NASA’s imaginAviation virtual event last week. Jablokow’s keynote, “The Edge of Uncomfortable,” was framed as a fireside chat with John Cavolowsky, NASA’s Transformative Aeronautics Concepts Program (TACP) director. The discussion focused on the challenges of…
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Immaculata Partners with Catholic Healthcare System to Offer Its Employees Discounted Tuition
Immaculata University is offering discounted tuition to employees of Trinity Health, a Catholic healthcare system with an enduring legacy and a steadfast mission to be a transforming and healing presence within the communities its serves. Trinity Health employees who are interested in earning a bachelor’s or master’s degree within various majors have the opportunity to continue…
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WCU’s ‘High Research Activity’ Earns It Lofty Status from Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education
West Chester University’s (WCU) reclassification from Master’s Colleges & Universities – Larger Programs (M1) to Doctoral Universities – High Research Activity (R2) was released in the most recent update of the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, which was posted for a public-review period in December 2021. The university’s new 2021 classification took place…
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Valley Forge Military Academy Welcomes New Plebes Class
Valley Forge Military Academy (VFMA) welcomes its latest class of plebes to the school to begin the spring semester. VFMA is a private, independent college preparatory school providing a military-style education for boys in grades 7-12. The new class spans the world with students from six U.S. states and the countries of Russia and Kenya.…
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Interboro Senior Gets $1M in Scholarship Offers Thanks to Hard Work +a Good Story
Interboro High School senior Brianna Maddonni has managed to generate $1.09 million in scholarship offers, writes Becca Hendrickson for 6abc.com. Maddonni has been accepted to 18 schools. “I revised my college essay several times, and I applied to all the scholarships that I could, and if they had an honors college I applied to the…
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Learn About P.I.T.’s Cannabis Studies at March 7 Information Session
Now’s your chance to get some information on how to get into Pennsylvania’s growing marijuana industry. Pennsylvania’s medical marijuana market has reached $3.4 billion in total sales since 2018, according to the state’s Medical Marijuana Advisory Board. Since marijuana was legalized in Pennsylvania for the treatment of serious medical conditions in 2016, 633,557 patients and…
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Temple University Launches Sonkin-Weisman Scholars Program at College of Liberal Arts
The College of Liberal Arts recently announced the launch of the Sonkin-Weisman Scholars Program, an invitation-only scholarship intended to attract elite students to Temple University. Set to officially begin in fall 2022, the program will award scholarships to the most academically accomplished and ambitious students and provide them with a range of experiential learning opportunities—including research,…
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Harcum College’s Early Childhood Education Program Reaccredited Through 2026
The Early Childhood Education (ECE) program at Harcum College received official notice of reaccreditation for a full seven-year term through 2026 by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). The notification letter recognized the program for the alignment of assessments such as student instructions and rubrics with 2020 Professional Standards and Competencies,…
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Neumann University Introduces MS in Cybersecurity at March 12 Info Session
Neumann University will introduce its new master’s degree in Cybersecurity as part of an in-person information session on Saturday, March 12, from 9-11:30 a.m. in the Rocco Abessinio Building. The MS in Cybersecurity is offered online and can be completed in two years or less. Students build their skills using real-world hacking lab scenarios and…
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Two Family-Friendly Performances Light Up March as Part of the WCU Live! Performing Arts Series
Tickets are now on sale for two family-friendly performances that are part of the WCU Live! Performing Arts Series at West Chester University. Both WCU Live! performances take place in the Emilie K. Asplundh Concert Hall, located in the Philips Memorial Building at 700 South High Street. Information available at the box office. On Friday, March…
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Immaculata to Host Adult Undergrad Admissions Events This Month
Immaculata University will hold various admissions events in March for adult students interested in earning an associate or bachelor’s degree to improve their job prospects. An accelerated B.S.N. information session will be held on Saturday, March 5 from 10 AM-12 PM. It is located in Room 18 of Loyola Hall on Immaculata’s campus. The accelerated…
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Broadway’s Christopher Jackson to Speak at WCU on March 19
Christopher Jackson of Broadway’s Hamilton will speak at West Chester University as part of the President’s Speaker Series on Saturday, March 19 at 8 PM in the Emilie K. Asplundh Concert Hall, located in the Philips Memorial Building at 700 South High Street. Purchase tickets. Jackson is the first speaker as part of this series…
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Parents of Interboro Grad Killed in Carjacking Receive His Temple U. Diploma
Sam Collington, a Temple University student activist from Prospect Park, killed Thanksgiving weekend, was remembered Saturday with a diploma presented to his parents, writes Barbara Laker for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Collington , 21, an Interboro High School graduate, was supposed to graduate from Temple in May as a political science major, with plans to attend…
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Bonner-Prendie High Celebrates 10th Anniversary of Saving the School
Ten years ago, Monsignor Bonner & Archbishop Prendergast High School almost closed. A Blue Ribbon Commission put the high school on its closure list. Administrators, students, families, alumni and community members appealed, raising $1 million in 13 days to keep the school open. The fund grew to over $5 million. On Feb. 24, 2012, Archbishop…
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A $13.5M Villanova University Gift From Former Sunoco CEO, Tech Execs
The former CEO of Sunoco John “Jack” G. Drosdick and two other tech executives have given a combined $13.5 million to Villanova University toward its $135 million renovation of the school’s engineering building, writes Kennedy Rose for Philadelphia Business Journal. Drosdick is a 1965 graduate of Villanova’s College of Engineering and he has chaired Villanova’s…
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