• ChristianaCare’s $50.9M Aston Micro-Hospital Opens Amid Delaware County Healthcare Crisis 

    ChristianaCare’s $50.9M Aston Micro-Hospital Opens Amid Delaware County Healthcare Crisis 

    ChristianaCare’s new micro-hospital in Aston opened its doors this week, marking a significant milestone for Delaware County residents still reeling from Crozer Health’s recent closures, reports Sarah Gantz for The Philadelphia Inquirer.  The facility, located at 700 Turner Industrial Way, is built for around-the-clock care. Its 24/7 emergency department features 10 treatment beds and is projected to serve roughly 15,000 patients…

  • Actress to Portray Egyptian Queen at Neumann University Event

    Actress to Portray Egyptian Queen at Neumann University Event

    Dr. Daisy Century will present an Egyptian queen at Neumann Univesity as she brings Egyptian Queen Hatshepsut to life in a historical impersonation on Thursday, February 1. Hatshepsut was the first woman to rule Egypt with the full authority of a pharaoh. The 1:30 p.m. performance is in the Bruder Life Center. Queen Hatshepsut ruled…

  • Golden Bachelor Contestant Susan Noles Talks About Life on the Show

    Golden Bachelor Contestant Susan Noles Talks About Life on the Show

    Aston’s Susan Noles talked about her experiences on The Golden Bachelor after she was released from the show following its fifth episode, writes Emily Bloch of The Philadelphia Inquirer. Noles said her goodbyes to Golden Bachelor Gerry Turner last week after she failed to receive a rose signaling her return the following week.  Noles presented…

  • Neumann University Joins Common Application Program That Aids in College Admission Process

    Neumann University Joins Common Application Program That Aids in College Admission Process

    Neumann University has joined the Common Application direct admissions program, which will provide hundreds of regional first-generation and low and middle-income students who are interested in college with proactive admissions offers. According to U.S. News & World Report, the Common Application (known as Common App) is accepted by more than 1,000 colleges and universities. Through…

  • Neumann NCAA Champ Mike Hedden Returns to Be Ice Hockey Head Coach

    Neumann NCAA Champ Mike Hedden Returns to Be Ice Hockey Head Coach

    Mike Hedden, the most prolific goal scorer in the history of Neumann University men’s ice hockey, is coming home to coach the team he once led to an NCAA championship. He is the seventh head coach in the team’s 26-year history. Hedden is a 2009 graduate of the university and served as an assistant captain…

  • Neumann Receives Largest Gift Ever, $15M Matching Grant, to Build Ed Snider Ice Rink

    Neumann Receives Largest Gift Ever, $15M Matching Grant, to Build Ed Snider Ice Rink

    Neumann University has received a challenge grant of $15 million from Ed Snider Youth Hockey & Education to support the construction of the Ed Snider Ice Arena on campus. When the university matches the fundraising challenge, the SNIDER gift will be the largest that the university has ever received. The grant was announced by Dr.…

  • Inspirational Entrepreneurs Share Their Stories at Neumann University

    Inspirational Entrepreneurs Share Their Stories at Neumann University

    Wil Reynolds, CEO of Seer Interactive, has something that’s very rare in today’s wealth-driven culture. He has enough. That’s why, in 2020, he turned down an offer of $50 million for his digital marketing agency. In fact, rather than taking a mind-boggling profit, he has pledged that Seer will invest at least $15 million in…

  • Chicken Soup for Nurses Author to Speak at Neumann University

    Chicken Soup for Nurses Author to Speak at Neumann University

    LeAnn Thieman, co-author of Chicken Soup for the Nurse’s Soul, will deliver the 17th Philadelphia General Hospital Lecture at Neumann University on Saturday, October 14. Titled “SelfCare for HealthCare,” the presentation is scheduled for 10 AM in the Bayada Teaching Auditorium on the second floor of the Rocco Abessinio Building. A book signing will follow…

  • Philadelphia Art Museum Treasures Revealed in Neumann Video Tour

    Philadelphia Art Museum Treasures Revealed in Neumann Video Tour

    The public can tour the Philadelphia Museum of Art treasures in the comfort of Neumann University’s Meagher Theatre at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 5. John Immerwahr will present a video tour of iconic works by Rembrandt, Rubens, Monet, van Gogh, Picasso, Duchamp, and other lesser-known artists. The presentation will help audiences “enjoy these works…

  • U.S. News Ranks Neumann University for Social Mobility, Undergraduate Teaching

    U.S. News Ranks Neumann University for Social Mobility, Undergraduate Teaching

    U.S. News & World Report has ranked Neumann University among the Best Regional Universities in the North for social mobility and undergraduate teaching in its Best Colleges 2024 issue. Neumann has been ranked among the best for social mobility for four consecutive years since the magazine first included rankings for this category in 2021. The…

  • Delaware County Symphony Concert Celebrates Local Composers

    Delaware County Symphony Concert Celebrates Local Composers

    The Delaware County Symphony Orchestra is participating in Delco Arts Week 2023 with a special concert program Oct. 1 of composers and arrangers with local connections. Delco Arts Week- Local Connections will open the Delaware County Symphony Orchestra’s fall season. It takes place 3 PM in Neumann University’s Meagher Theatre. Included on the program will…

  • Neumann University to Host Digital Teaching and Learning Conference

    Neumann University to Host Digital Teaching and Learning Conference

    Edge, a nonprofit technology consortium, is holding its next EdgeCon event on digital teaching and learning at Neumann University on September 28. Scheduled for 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Student Multipurpose Hall in the university’s Mullen Communications Center, the event offers general presentations and several tracks of breakout sessions focused on innovation in…

  • CEO to Share Her Equation for Success at Neumann University

    CEO to Share Her Equation for Success at Neumann University

    Dana Snyder, the CEO of Positive Equation, will share tips on personal branding and leadership in a free program entitled “Your Story Matters” on Sept. 27 at Neumann University. Her presentation is scheduled for 10-11:30 AM in the Bruder Life Center. Through a series of comedic stories, Snyder will share hard-won personal branding lessons about…

  • Tattooed Moms Exhibition Opens Today at Neumann University

    Tattooed Moms Exhibition Opens Today at Neumann University

    Kevin Russo created the Tattooed Moms project to shatter a stereotype. “It developed from my own learned prejudice about tattooed women,” he explains. “Growing up in the 1970s in South Philadelphia, there weren’t too many women who had tattoos, and if they did, they were thought of as biker chicks.” An artist now based in…

  • Ray Didinger at Neumann University: 50 years of Philly Sports

    Ray Didinger at Neumann University: 50 years of Philly Sports

    Ray Didinger, the dean of Philadelphia sportswriters, will speak about his storied career covering Philly teams at Neumann University on Sept. 7 at 1:30 PM in the Meagher Theatre. Didinger, who grew up in Folsom and graduated from St. James High School in 1964, was the first print journalist inducted into the Philadelphia Sports Hall…

  • Neumann University Students Jump into Community Service

    Neumann University Students Jump into Community Service

    One day after they moved into residence halls, more than 380 Neumann University first-year students flooded local organizations, schools, and charities to provide a day of service to the community. At 8:30 AM on Thursday, Aug. 24, students packed into the Mirenda Center to learn their destinations, meet their faculty/staff facilitators, and load buses and…

  • Neumann University Names Sarah Williamson as New Dean of Students

    Neumann University Names Sarah Williamson as New Dean of Students

    Neumann University in Delaware County has appointed Dr. Sarah Wesolowski Williamson, an experienced administrator in student affairs, as its new Dean of Students. Williamson comes to Neumann from Widener University, where she served as Assistant Dean of Students and Deputy Title IX Coordinator. She will begin her post at Neumann on Sept. 11, 2023. Sarah…