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Folcroft Family Continues Four-Generation Tradition of Making Pierogi
For the Kosloski family from Folcroft, the week following Thanksgiving means it’s time to gather for its annual pierogi-making party, a tradition that has continued for four generations, writes Peg DeGrassa for the Delaware County News Network. The tradition started in the home of Steve and Floss Kosloski and their eight children on Primos Avenue…
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Delaware County Community College’s Police Academy Graduates Most Females in Its History
Ten female cadets – the most to have graduated at one time from Delaware County Community College’s Municipal Police Academy – were among 67 students lauded at the college’s Municipal Police Academy graduation ceremony recently held at Ridley High School. Dr. L. Joy Gates Black, a U.S. veteran and the first female president of the…
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Happy Holidays from DELCO Today; See You in the New Year!
All of us here at DELCO Today and American Community Journals would like to wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. We will be taking next week off to spend the holidays with family and friends, and thus, will not be publishing any new stories until Tuesday, Jan. 2. Thank…
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Academy of Notre Dame Breaks Ground for New Center for STEM Education
The Academy of Notre Dame de Namur in Villanova has officially broken ground on its new 30,000-square-foot Center for STEM Education. The state-of-the-art facility will incorporate the latest technology and teaching/learning environments for study of the STEM disciplines of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Notre Dame President Dr. Judith A. Dwyer welcomed guests, students, faculty,…
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Researchers from Cheyney University Part of State-Funded Study on Brain Injuries
Cheyney University is among five institutions awarded a four-year, $4 million grant to rethink how traumatic brain injuries are diagnosed and treated, writes Stacey Burling for the Philadelphia Inquirer. The Pennsylvania Department of Health awarded the grant to a consortium of researchers from Penn Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Moss Rehab, the University of Pittsburgh,…
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Villanova Professor One of 10 Millennials to Watch in Higher Education
Villanova University professor Alexander Diaz-Lopez is one of the Philadelphia Business Journal’s 10 Millennials to Watch in Higher Education, writes Michelle Caffrey. Diaz-Lopez, a native of Puerto Rico, decided to settle in the region because of its many opportunities in higher education. After graduating from Notre Dame, he arrived in Greater Philadelphia to take a…
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Two Delco Legislators Aim to Give Women More Defenses Against Sexual Harassment
Two Delaware County legislators have introduced bills in Harrisburg to provide women with more defenses against sexual harassment in the workplace, writes Rick Kauffman for the Daily Times. Last week, Rep. Leanne Krueger-Braneky of Swarthmore and Rep. Margo Davidson of Upper Darby were among the legislators who introduced the package of sexual harassment bills. [uam_ad…
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WCU Prof Testifies During Redistricting Trial: ‘This Is a Gerrymandered Map’
While testifying recently at the state gerrymandering trial, West Chester University political science professor John J. Kennedy said that Pennsylvania’s congressional map takes splitting communities to a new level, writes Jonathan Lai for the Philadelphia Inquirer. “The 2011 map carves up Pennsylvania’s communities of interest at an unprecedented level, and contains more anomalies than ever…
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Video: Delaware County Community College Wishes You a Happy Holiday Season
As 2017 comes to a close, Dr. L. Joy Gates Black, president of Delaware County Community College, takes a moment to reflect on this year of new beginnings at the school. “I joined the college as president in July, and am inspired by the hard work of our faculty, staff, and community partners in providing…
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Adopted as a Baby, Teacher at Upper Darby Finds Biological Family Using Ancestry.com
Sue Beck, an English teacher at Upper Darby High School who was adopted as a baby, has found her biological family using Ancestry.com, writes Kathy Boccella for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Beck – a Springfield resident who was raised in Havertown by a loving, German-American couple – always felt different due to her “expressive and emotional”…
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Schoolhouse Center in Folsom Closes 40th-Anniversary Year in Style
The Springhaven Club in Nether Providence was full of joy recently as members of the Schoolhouse Center in Folsom – and their guests – socialized, ate, danced, and visited with Santa Claus at the center’s 40th annual holiday celebration, writes Peg DeGrassa for the Daily Times. The Schoolhouse Center is a part of Senior Community Services,…
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Students in Young Entrepreneurs Academy Working Hard on Their Business Plans
The Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!) is a groundbreaking program that transforms middle and high school students into real, confident entrepreneurs. Through the year-long program, students in grades 6-12 generate business ideas, conduct market research, write business plans, pitch to a panel of investors, and launch their very own companies. The students of the local YEA!…
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Delaware County Community College’s Presidential Lineage Celebrated in New Mural
Dr. Jerry Parker – who recently retired after 40 years of service to Delaware County Community College – has officially handed the presidential reins to Dr. L. Joy Gates Black, only the fourth person to sit at the helm of the 50-year-old institution. That changing of the guard is celebrated in a new mural in…
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Cabrini University Creating Environment to Better Serve Latino Students
During the first AL DÍA News forum on Latino achievement in post-secondary education, Donald Taylor, the President of Cabrini University, spoke about the efforts his institution has made to better serve Latino students, writes John McGuire for AL DÍA News. “Advancing Latino Success in Higher Education: What We Know and What We Can Do” brought…
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Proposed Tax Bill Spurs Debate Among Politicians … and Realtors
Democrats and realtors say the Republican-proposed tax plan should sound alarm bells in suburbs surrounding Philadelphia, where home prices and property taxes can be high, write Jonathan Tamari, Michaelle Bond, and Laura McCrystal for the Philadelphia Inquirer. “If you have a home in a middle- or upper-middle-class area (around) Philadelphia right now, under this GOP…
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Marple Newtown Alum Named New President of Arcadia University
Ajay Nair, a graduate of Marple Newtown High School who grew up in Broomall, has been hired as the new president of Arcadia University, writes Susan Snyder for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Nair is currently a senior vice president and dean of campus life at Emory University in Georgia. He previously worked at Penn, Columbia, and…
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Villanova Receives Hefty Donation from Multibillion-Dollar Tech, Defense Firm
The Harris Corporation, a multibillion-dollar tech and defense contracting firm based in Florida, has donated $1.25 million to Villanova University’s College of Engineering summer innovation incubator, writes Michelle Caffrey for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The majority of the donation will endow the entire innovation program, with $250,000 of the funds going toward programmatic support. The…
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Delaware County Community College Offers Wastewater Treatment Operator Certificate
Delaware County Community College is offering a Wastewater Treatment Operator Certification Program, with classes beginning Jan. 24 at the Marple Campus. Classes will be held on Mondays and Wednesdays from 6-9 PM. Certified by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), the program prepares entry-level operators for certification and employment. Wastewater Treatment Operators are essential…
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