West Chester
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One of Bruce Springsteen’s Earliest Gigs Was at WCU … and It Did Not Go Well
One of Bruce Springsteen’s earliest gigs as a signed musician was at West Chester University, but the performance in October 1972 did not end up going as well as the famous artist had hoped it would, writes Martin Kielty for UltimateClassicRock.com. Springsteen recalled the event in an extended television interview with Jimmy Kimmel (reference to…
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Tuesdays with Michael: Core Activities Differentiate You and Are Rooted in Your Core Purpose
By Michael Gidlewski Core Activities differentiate you. They’re rooted in your Core Purpose and they’re essential to your Strategic Positioning. They comprise the excellence that makes you a leader. These are the must-do activities. You want to allocate resources to them. But it is not easy to know which products, services, and activities are Core…
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Tuesdays with Michael: Strategic Positioning Shows You Are Different from Your Competitors
By Michael Gidlewski Today’s workforce is not only “digitally native,” but it may be the most business-savvy ever. Millennials and their parents endured the worst financial crisis in nearly a century. Now that they’re on the mend, they need to know that their employer intends to succeed. They need to know what their employer stands…
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Tuesdays with Michael: Core Purpose Communicates the Difference You Want to Make
By Michael Gidlewski Core Purpose communicates the difference you want to make in the lives of others. It is the why behind everything that you do. Until recently, managers were taught that people work out of self-interest and that they are driven by money and prestige. In the business world, the concept of motivation has…
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Tuesdays with Michael: A Powerful, Game-Changing Tool for Your Organization
By Michael Gidlewski Today, growing businesses operate in a time of unprecedented change and speed. And the change is the only thing constantly moving forward. Every industry in the world is undergoing monumental disruption. No matter what business you’re in, the pace of change will influence your operations and ability to execute strategy. Therefore, you…
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Tuesdays with Michael: The Greatest Management Secret of the 21st Century
By Michael Gidlewski I’ll never forget when I was promoted to Vice President of Sales in the wholesale distribution business. I was given a short course on managing people by my boss. The essence of that very short course was to make sure your employees leave their personal problems at home, so when they come…
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Tuesdays with Michael: The Good Guy Always Wins
By Michael Gidlewski One of the most important parts of the journey toward personal leadership mastery is defining your personal values and then aligning your behavior with those values. Alexander Hamilton once said, “Those who stand for nothing fall for everything,” and all leaders are tempted to abuse power. In fact, the more power a…
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Students From West Chester Bond With Chester Kids in Memory of a Fellow Teen
The loving memory of a 17-year-old has brought students from West Chester and Chester together, writes Beill Rettew for the Daily Times. Henderson High School student volunteers have developed relationships with hundreds of Chester youth, offering tutoring and swimming lessons to pick-up games and arts and crafts. Andrew Hicks had started the tradition 10 years…
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Upper Darby Apartment Rents Are Lowest in the Region, but Grew the Fastest in July
The fastest growing rents in July for the Philadelphia area were in Upper Darby and Levittown, according to the Pennsylvania Rent Report . Rental apartment prices in Upper Darby increased by .6 percent month-over-month, $5 more per month. That said, rents in Upper Darby are the lowest in the region; $892. Rents in Drexel Hill…
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Chester’s Ronell Williams Went From Linebacker to Coach for the Chicago Bears
Chester High graduate Ronell Williams couldn’t believe it when he was asked Jan. 16 to join the Chicago Bears coaching staff, writes Joseph Santoliquito for the Philly Voice. The 2010 grad and Division II All-American West Chester linebacker found himself at age 27 the Bears’ new defensive quality control coach. Williams was a standout linebacker…
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WilmU Adjunct, Upper Darby Grad Defies Odds While Luring Some Big Fish to His Enterprise
By Bob Yearick As one of Shark Tank’s resident savants, Mark Cuban routinely turns thumbs down on the intense, almost desperate sales pitches that entrepreneurs present to him and his fellow sharks. And when he does offer to invest in an enterprise, it’s not often that he’s turned down. But that’s kind of what happened…
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More Than a Century Ago, Local Legislator Tried to Make Fourth of July Fireworks-Free
More than a century ago, a West Chester lawyer and legislator named Charles Pennypacker set out on a crusade to make Fourth of July celebrations safer, writes Michael Waters for Smithsonian.com. He was a member of a group of lawmakers and social reformers who called for an end to unsupervised fireworks and explosives under the…
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DNB Financial Announces Merger with Bancorp Based in Western Pennsylvania
S&T Bancorp, Inc. – the Indiana, Pa.-based holding company for S&T Bank, with operations in five markets including western Pennsylvania, central Pennsylvania, northeast Ohio, central Ohio, and upstate New York – and DNB Financial Corporation have signed a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which S&T will acquire DNB in an all-stock transaction. DNB shareholders will…
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Lansdowne Poet Wins Two Awards at West Chester University Poetry Conference
Lansdowne poet Janie McNeil will be accepting two awards from West Chester University this week at the 24th annual Poetry Conference, June 5-8, writes Ruth Rovner for the Delaware County News Network. The nation’s only all-poetry writing conference is dedicated to formal poetry, drawing renowned poets, teachers of poetry, poetry lovers and student poets. The…
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Neumann University Student Spends Her Internship in Brinton 1704 House
Deidra Turner, a Neumann University senior majoring in political science, turned her love of history into college credit through an internship at the Brinton 1704 House. “I love history – like a lot,” Turner said. “I was fortunate enough to intern at a museum.” And this museum is nothing short of history. In fact, the…
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Love at First Sight! Springfield Couple Who Met on First Day of College Has Wedding of Their Dreams
Springfield native Meghan Babcock and Ryan Curran, who grew up in West Chester, crowned their love, which began when they were students at West Chester University, with the wedding of their dreams in the bride’s hometown, writes Kellie Patrick Gates for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Meghan first laid eyes on Ryan during Move-In Day 2011 and…
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Devereux Program Helps Adults on Autism Spectrum Achieve Their Goals
Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health’s Community Adult Autism Partnership Program is helping local individuals on the autism spectrum achieve their goals, writes Richard Gaw for the Chester County Press. John Pagnoni, who grew up in Glen Mills and was diagnosed with Asperger’s in high school, wants to operate his own restaurant. Currently, he is using his…
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FROM CHESCO: What Are the Odds That This Baby Was Born on This Day at This Hospital?
Oxford residents Lauren and Dave Peirce will never have to worry about forgetting their son’s birthday, or vice versa, writes Dan Farrell for NBC Philadelphia. Both Lauren and Dave were born on Feb. 6, 1989 at Chester County Hospital. Decades later, they welcomed a son on the same day at the same hospital. The Peirces…
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